How to Capture the Northern Lights With Just Your Smartphone

Modern cellphone cameras make it easy to capture the famously fickle Aurora Borealis.

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Sara Terry, Photographer Who Captured War’s Aftermath, Dies at 70

Her haunting work focused on the lingering traces of conflict in places like Bosnia and Sierra Leone, after the firing had stopped.

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Photos From NYC Mayoral Race Capture Campaigns of Mamdani, Cuomo and Sliwa

Times photographers caught signal moments from the campaign trail as Zohran Mamdani, Andrew Cuomo and Curtis Sliwa battled for votes.

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A Rare Visitor to Long Island Is Driving Birders Cuckoo

A common cuckoo, a species native to Europe and Asia, made several recent appearances in Riverhead, N.Y. The birds have been spotted in a handful of places in the lower 48 states, experts said.

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A Pilgrim Route in Norway: Berries, Bogs and a Viking King

Following one of the nine St. Olav Ways, a photographer trudged with soggy feet through tundras, forests and wetlands. Here’s what she saw.

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An Army of Robot Telescopes in Texas Makes the Stars Feel Closer Than Ever

Starfront Observatories allows amateur astronomers to rent a spot for their telescopes and photograph the cosmos over a high-speed data connection.

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How Tiffany Trump’s Instagram Posts Led Us to an Oil Magnate’s Megayacht

Photographs left a trail of clues showing Ms. Trump and her husband, Michael Boulos, vacationing on luxury vessels owned by billionaires.

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Photography’s Next Generation, Bursting Out of the Frames

On the 40th anniversary of the New Photography series at MoMA, 13 artists and collectives on three continents find ties that bind — and a resurrection.

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He Photographed Some of New York’s Extraordinary Trees

For Alex Kent, taking pictures of some of the city’s beautiful trees was humbling. The best time to capture them, he said, is sunrise or sunset.

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Joao Silva’s Journey Back to Afghanistan

Fifteen years after a combat photographer lost his legs to a land mine, he returned to the place in Afghanistan where it happened.

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