National Geographic

Despite threats from tomb robbers and environmental decay, Seti's mummy endured for over 3,000 years—a testament to the ancient Egyptian art of preservation. #LostTreasuresOfEgypt is now streaming on @DisneyPlus. 

National Geographic

Video by @joelsartore | Strike a pose! A critically endangered gray-shanked douc langur is seen at the Endangered Primate Rescue Center @eprc.vietnam. To see more species featured in the Photo Ark, follow @joelsartore. #PhotoArk 

National Geographic

Movies love to show T. rex as fierce swimmers chasing prey through lakes, but evidence suggests they were probably best suited to a version of the doggy paddle. Thanks to air-filled bones and powerful legs, it could paddle across rivers and swamps, likely sticking close to the surface rather than jumping in at the deep end. 🦖 Learn more about what tyrannosaur swimming actually looked like at the link in bio. Illustration by Fotokita, Getty Images 

National Geographic

When you hear the word "lightning," it probably conjures an image of a bright white bolt, zigzagging down out of a stormy sky. But in Earth's upper atmosphere, lightning can look very different. Transient luminous events—TLEs—are lightning that occur high above the clouds and can look like red branching roots, green glows, or blue or purple darting lights. Captured photographically for the first time in 1989, scientists are now able to crowdsource images of TLEs from all over the world and hope to use these images to start identifying patterns in these mysterious electrical phenomena. Read more about what causes TLEs at the link in bio. Photographs by Paul Smith (@paulmsmithphotography) 

Haruka 𓇼沖縄の海を毎日お届け

🪸 @haruka_okinawa_sea 3年前の📍阿嘉島　北浜ビーチ　 #coral #paradise #naturegeography #okinawajapan #沖縄 #水下攝影 

hello_dongwon 장동원

교토 가면 여긴 제발 밤에 가세요. 아무도 없어서 다른 세상에 들어온 것 같아요. If you go to Kyoto, please go here at night. I think I entered a different world because there was no one there. 📍니넨자카 산넨자카 (ninen zaka sanen zaka) #오사카여행 #교토여행 #kyototrip 

Chicago

Photo by 📷: @layne_ferd 

Mads Peter Iversen Photography

Since last summer I’ve wanted to reshoot this composition with leaves on the tree in dramatic light with heavy clouds in the sky. I got the chance a couple of weeks back. Which one is your favorite? 🤔 I show the process of photographing these photos from a 1st person perspective in my latest video, so if that’s of interest check it out. And if you struggle with using moody light to your benefit definitely get my ebook on light in landscape photography. With 251 pages, minimal text and tons of examples with extended EXIF data it’s easy to read and I make sure to get to the point fast. There’s a link in my bio. Enjoy your Friday! 😁 

New York Times Travel

In search of the increasingly rare, old-school joints that still cook barbecue the way it’s been made in North Carolina for centuries, the writer Ingrid Williams went to the lively college town of Greenville. She proceeded to nearly eat her weight in pulled pork, coleslaw and hush puppies. Williams wasn't just looking for any kind of barbecue, but what's known as “eastern North Carolina” style. Think whole hogs, smoked low and slow over wood, served in a peppery, vinegar-based sauce. Read about the spots Williams visited — and whether she found the barbecue she was looking for — at the link in our bio. Photos by @laurenviedallen