Planet Earth: the world in photos
A Telegram channel posting one photo of the world at a time since 2015, each tagged with the place, the country and the photographer's name.
What it is
Planet Earth is a Telegram channel of photos of our planet. Its tagline is "The beauty of the world, one photo at a time." The description says it has been running since December 14, 2015, and names the photo channel @Pictures_Land as a partner. When we checked, it had about 23,600 subscribers and an archive of more than 8,600 photos and nearly 1,900 videos.
The format is strict and minimal. Each post is a single image with a pin and the place name, the country's flag, and a camera icon with the photographer's name. There are no long captions and no "10 places you must visit" lists, just the shot and where it was taken.
Why we picked it
Telegram is full of pretty-view channels, but most are anonymous reposts with no place or photographer named. Planet Earth is different. You almost always know where a photo was taken and who took it. That's fair to the photographers, and it's practical too: if you love a place, you already know what it's called.
The geography is wide and goes well beyond the postcard classics. In recent weeks the feed featured Istanbul (photo by Tolga Ahmetler), Padua, the Schäfler ridge in Switzerland (Karsten Winegeart), Lepakshi in India's Andhra Pradesh (Suhas Hanjar), Kelibia in Tunisia (Mohamed Fsili) and Aruba. A little earlier there were Uluru (Wietse Jongsma), Fitz Roy in Argentina (Rafael Peier), the Tenorio volcano in Costa Rica (Sterling Lanier), Namibia (Sean Robertson), Giza, Baku (Zulfugar Karimov) and Fuerteventura.
The pace is relaxed, about one post every day or two, so the feed never turns into a flood you can't keep up with.
Where to start
- Scroll through the past month to see how landscapes, cities and coastlines alternate.
- Note the places you'd never heard of. Lepakshi, Kelibia and Tenorio are all worth looking up.
- Treat it as a daily mini-gallery: one picture, one pause.
- For more amateur shots, try the channel's partner, @Pictures_Land.
Who it's for
Travel and nature lovers looking for ideas about where to go next. Photographers who want a steady stream of reference for light and composition. And anyone who'd rather have a minute of beauty a day than another news alert.
Captions are in English, but there's barely anything to read. Place names and photographer credits need no translation.
Quick answers
Whose photos are these? Many different photographers. Most posts credit the photographer by name.
Is it a travel channel? It's more of a photo gallery of places around the world: landscapes, cities and coastlines. There are no tips or itineraries.
How long has it been around? The description says since December 14, 2015, and when we checked it was still posting regularly.
