Bodie, California, an abandoned gold mining town
United StatesIn Bodie, California, abandoned buildings and a rusted-out 1937 Chevy glow eerily in this hour-long exposure. The former gold-mining town—designated a National Historic Landmark in 1961—is preserved in a state of arrested decay.
Photograph by Berthold Steinhilber, LAIF/Redux
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male blue ghost fireflies near Brevard, North Carolina
United StatesLike will-o’-the-wisps on a humid summer night, male blue ghost fireflies illuminate the woods near Brevard, North Carolina. This image was made by digitally stitching together more than 300 30-second exposures spanning four hours.
Photograph by Spencer Black
the Quarry Bay neighborhood in Hong Kong
ChinaIn this vertiginous view of Hong Kong, low clouds race above the Quarry Bay neighborhood, reflecting the city lights below. Most of the 18- to 20-story residential buildings in this shot were erected in 1972.
Photograph by Romain Jacquet-Lagrèze
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