A Rare High Altitude Night Flight Above NYC

Loving these night photos of NYC from Vincent Laforet.

From fiery volcanos to mass protests, these are the images that defined our year. Handpicked by Mashable editors.

Powerful images.

Named for the original model — an employee of Kodak — the portraits were used by photo labs to calibrate printers. But until the 1970s, that model was always white.

Friday listening/reading: NPR’s fascinating look at Shirley, the original skin tone model for all of its photo printing.