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Photographs of Antarctica’s Blue Ice at Eye Level by Julieanne Kost

On a recent trip to Antarctica, photographer Julieanne Kost (previously) spent several days weaving in-between icebergs around Black Head, Cuverville Island, and Pleneau Bay, spending her time aboard a zodiac boat in order to experience the beauty of the continent's blue ice at eye level. Her images showcase the deep gradations of blue peeking out from within the icebergs, wavy impressions in the outer layers revealing dark blue centers. You can see more of Kost's photography, including many aerial shots of naturally vibrant landscapes, on her Instagram and Facebook.
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Purple Views of the San Francisco Bay Salt Ponds by Julieanne Kost

While flying south of San Francisco recently, photographer Julieanne Kost managed to capture this beautiful series of photographs that look like something out of a Dr. Seuss book. The color in the photos isn't altered, nor were the images taken with an infrared lens, instead what you're seeing are countless trillions of microorganisms thriving away inside shallow salt ponds. It takes an average of five years to transform bay water into salt brine, during which the various organisms that live in the ponds undergo a dramatic chromatic shift as the salinity increases. You can a bit more about the process…
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