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2012 - Best-of novembre-décembre 2012 (162) Images supplémentaires...
Highlights of images uploaded to the NPL site in Novemer and December 2013 included rare western lowland gorillas from Anup Shah and Fiona Rogers, weird Japanese giant salamanders from Yukihiro Fukuda, more endangered Amur leopards, and a wealth of great coverage on dolphins, penguins, albatrosses, seabirds from Christmas Island and the dramatic eruption of Plosky Tobalchik volcano in Kamchatka. New contributors David Pattyn and Paul Stewart joined us in 2012 and have added a new dimension to our collection with graphic European wildlife and illustrations of many extinct species.
Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) rear view, Westland, New Zealand, Vulnerable species. November.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Fiordland crested penguin (Eudyptes pachyrhynchus) rear view, Westland, New Zealand, Vulnerable species. November.
Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) or Hoiho calling. Katiki Point, Moeraki, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. January. Endangered species
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Andy Trowbridge / Yellow-eyed Penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) or Hoiho calling. Katiki Point, Moeraki, Otago, South Island, New Zealand. January. Endangered species
Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia. November.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Royal Penguin (Eudyptes schlegeli) Macquarie Island, Sub-Antarctic Australia. November.
Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) in flight low over ocean, Auckland Island, New Zealand. November.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Southern Royal Albatross (Diomedea epomophora) in flight low over ocean, Auckland Island, New Zealand. November.
Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) in flight over ocean, Campbell Island, New Zealand. November.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Campbell Albatross (Thalassarche impavida) in flight over ocean, Campbell Island, New Zealand. November.
Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight against sunrise sky. Snares Islands, New Zealand. November. November.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight against sunrise sky. Snares Islands, New Zealand. November. November.
Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight, Auckland Islands, New Zealand. November.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Shy Albatross (Thalassarche cauta) in flight, Auckland Islands, New Zealand. November.
Gibson's Albatross / Toroa (Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni) or Kaikoura Coast, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand. January.
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Andy Trowbridge / Gibson's Albatross / Toroa (Diomedea antipodensis gibsoni) or Kaikoura Coast, Kaikoura, South Island, New Zealand. January.
Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight low over ocean near Maquarie Island, Australia. November.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Black-browed Albatross (Thalassarche melanophris) in flight low over ocean near Maquarie Island, Australia. November.
Masked booby (Sula dactylatra) parent and young with beaks gaping to cool down in harsh sunlight, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Masked booby (Sula dactylatra) parent and young with beaks gaping to cool down in harsh sunlight, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) chicks leaving nests to start flight training on beach, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Sooty tern (Onychoprion fuscatus) chicks leaving nests to start flight training on beach, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
White capped / Black noddy (Anous minutus) chick in nest in tree, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Yukihiro Fukuda / White capped / Black noddy (Anous minutus) chick in nest in tree, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
White terns (Gygis alba) pair in flight, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Yukihiro Fukuda / White terns (Gygis alba) pair in flight, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
White terns (Gygis alba) pair sitting in tree, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Yukihiro Fukuda / White terns (Gygis alba) pair sitting in tree, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
White terns (Gygis alba) flock in flight overhead, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
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Yukihiro Fukuda / White terns (Gygis alba) flock in flight overhead, Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, July
Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) abstract head portrait, Lake Kerkini, Greece, March
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David Pattyn / Dalmatian pelican (Pelecanus crispus) abstract head portrait, Lake Kerkini, Greece, March
Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight above Wadden sea, Terschelling Island, The Netherlands, June
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David Pattyn / Black-headed gull (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) in flight above Wadden sea, Terschelling Island, The Netherlands, June
Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) Tasmania. December.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Pacific Gull (Larus pacificus) Tasmania. December.
Tasmanian Native hen (Gallinula mortierii) endemic bird of Tasmania. Bruny Island, Tasmania.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Tasmanian Native hen (Gallinula mortierii) endemic bird of Tasmania. Bruny Island, Tasmania.
Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male perched in Date Palm, Oman, March
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Hanne & Jens Eriksen / Kestrel (Falco tinnunculus) male perched in Date Palm, Oman, March
Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying with fish prey, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August.
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Claudio Contreras / Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) flying with fish prey, Ria Lagartos Biosphere Reserve, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico, August.
Short eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight over Vendeen Marsh, West France, June
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Loic Poidevin / Short eared owl (Asio flammeus) in flight over Vendeen Marsh, West France, June
Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) living in a wrecked helicopter fuselage. Florida, USA. August 2008.
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Martha Holmes / Burrowing owl (Athene cunicularia) living in a wrecked helicopter fuselage. Florida, USA. August 2008.
Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) adult and chicks on nest. Nest 'frame' is manmade. Ostersund, Sweden. June.
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Andy Trowbridge / Great Grey Owl (Strix nebulosa) adult and chicks on nest. Nest 'frame' is manmade. Ostersund, Sweden. June.
Little owl (Athene noctua) young owlet stretching wings in the rain, France, July
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Eric Medard / Little owl (Athene noctua) young owlet stretching wings in the rain, France, July
New Zealand Rock Wren (Xenicus gilviventris) pineapple shrub (Dracophyllum menziesii), Homer Tunnel, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand.
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Andy Trowbridge / New Zealand Rock Wren (Xenicus gilviventris) pineapple shrub (Dracophyllum menziesii), Homer Tunnel, Fiordland National Park, South Island, New Zealand.
Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) perched with shadow, Tasmania. December.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Welcome Swallow (Hirundo neoxena) perched with shadow, Tasmania. December.
Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) singing on a branch, Vendee, West France, May
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Loic Poidevin / Bluethroat (Luscinia svecica) singing on a branch, Vendee, West France, May
Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) Bruny Island, Tasmania. December.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Superb Fairywren (Malurus cyaneus) Bruny Island, Tasmania. December.
Yucatan banded gecko (Coleonyx elegans), El Mirador-Rio Azul National Park, Department of Peten, Guatemala, October.
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Claudio Contreras / Yucatan banded gecko (Coleonyx elegans), El Mirador-Rio Azul National Park, Department of Peten, Guatemala, October.
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) in river, Japan, March
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) in river, Japan, March
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) at the entrance to its nest, raising its head to the surface, Japan, August
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) at the entrance to its nest, raising its head to the surface, Japan, August
Male Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) protecting his eggs inside his nest, Japan, October
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Male Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) protecting his eggs inside his nest, Japan, October
Male Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) in river, Japan, August
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Male Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) in river, Japan, August
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) moving upstream to spawn, Japan, August
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) moving upstream to spawn, Japan, August
Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) eating the eggs of another salamander, Japan, August
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Yukihiro Fukuda / Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) eating the eggs of another salamander, Japan, August
Natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita / Bufo calamita) next to an empty bullet cartridge on military land, Belgium, June.
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Bert Willaert / Natterjack toad (Epidalea calamita / Bufo calamita) next to an empty bullet cartridge on military land, Belgium, June.
Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) trapped in a drifting abandoned net, Mediterranean Sea. (Winner of the One Earth Award, WPY Competition 2010 )
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Jordi Chias / Loggerhead turtle (Caretta caretta) trapped in a drifting abandoned net, Mediterranean Sea. (Winner of the One Earth Award, WPY Competition 2010 )
Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) caught in gill net, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean
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Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) caught in gill net, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean
Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) silhouette of one caught in gill net, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean
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Jeff Rotman / Common Thresher Shark (Alopias vulpinus) silhouette of one caught in gill net, Huatabampo, Mexico, Sea of Cortez, Pacific Ocean
Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) rear view of shark feeding at the surface on plankton, Cairns Of Coll, Isle of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, North East Atlantic Ocean, June
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Alex Mustard / Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus) rear view of shark feeding at the surface on plankton, Cairns Of Coll, Isle of Coll, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK, North East Atlantic Ocean, June
Wolf eel (Anarrichthys ocellatus) eating Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus). Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada, North Pacific Ocean.
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Jeff Rotman / Wolf eel (Anarrichthys ocellatus) eating Red Sea Urchin (Strongylocentrotus franciscanus). Queen Charlotte Strait, British Columbia, Canada, North Pacific Ocean.
Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) with soft corals and sweepers. Egypt, Red Sea.
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Georgette Douwma / Emperor angelfish (Pomacanthus imperator) with soft corals and sweepers. Egypt, Red Sea.
Wood Ant (Formica rufa) worker protecting the nest by jetting formic acid from its tail. Endemic to Europe and Asia. Surrey, UK.
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Kim Taylor / Wood Ant (Formica rufa) worker protecting the nest by jetting formic acid from its tail. Endemic to Europe and Asia. Surrey, UK.
Red hot lava from the Plosky Tolbachik Volcano eruption, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 5 December 2012
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Sergey Gorshkov / Red hot lava from the Plosky Tolbachik Volcano eruption, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 5 December 2012
Ash plume and lava erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 5 December 2012
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Sergey Gorshkov / Ash plume and lava erupting from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 5 December 2012
Red hot lava flow from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012
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Sergey Gorshkov / Red hot lava flow from Plosky Tolbachik Volcano, Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia, 15 December 2012
Forest fire at night with silhouetted trees, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
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Mark Taylor / Forest fire at night with silhouetted trees, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
Sunset Crater National Monument with dawn light on the San Francisco Peaks over fields of flowering Prairie sunflowers (Helianthus petiolaris) Arizona
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Jack Dykinga / Sunset Crater National Monument with dawn light on the San Francisco Peaks over fields of flowering Prairie sunflowers (Helianthus petiolaris) Arizona
Sunset on Everest (8848m), Sagarmatha National Park (World Heritage UNESCO). Khumbu / Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya, October 2011.
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Sunset on Everest (8848m), Sagarmatha National Park (World Heritage UNESCO). Khumbu / Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya, October 2011.
Climber on Kala Pattar peak (5545m) with Buddhist prayer flags at sunset. Sagarmatha National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khumbu/Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya. October 2011. Winner of Mountain...
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Enrique Lopez-Tapia / Climber on Kala Pattar peak (5545m) with Buddhist prayer flags at sunset. Sagarmatha National Park UNESCO World Heritage Site, Khumbu/Everest Region, Nepal, Himalaya. October 2011. Winner of Mountain...
Angel Glacier with morraine, Jasper National Park, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada
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Oriol Alamany / Angel Glacier with morraine, Jasper National Park, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada
Cathedral Cove just after sunrise, Hahei, Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand. November, 2006.
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Andy Trowbridge / Cathedral Cove just after sunrise, Hahei, Coromandel Peninsula, Thames-Coromandel District, Waikato Region, New Zealand. November, 2006.
Moeraki Boulder / Kaihinaki, on Koekohe Beach. 60 Million year old mudstone concretions. Moeraki, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand. January, 2012. Taken with Blue-n-Gold Polar...
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Andy Trowbridge / Moeraki Boulder / Kaihinaki, on Koekohe Beach. 60 Million year old mudstone concretions. Moeraki, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand. January, 2012. Taken with Blue-n-Gold Polar...
Fumaroles at Hverir at night with northern lights in sky above, Namafjall, Iceland, February 2011
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Erlend Haarberg / Fumaroles at Hverir at night with northern lights in sky above, Namafjall, Iceland, February 2011
Sliding Stone or Moving Rock of Racetrack Playa, Death Valley, California, USA
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Mark Taylor / Sliding Stone or Moving Rock of Racetrack Playa, Death Valley, California, USA
Abstract patterns of mud by the river Jokulsa a Fjollum, Iceland, August 2010
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Erlend Haarberg / Abstract patterns of mud by the river Jokulsa a Fjollum, Iceland, August 2010
Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) carpet under Beech woodland (Gagus sylvatica) with dawn sunlight, Haller Forest, Halle, Belgium, April 2010
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David Pattyn / Bluebell (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) carpet under Beech woodland (Gagus sylvatica) with dawn sunlight, Haller Forest, Halle, Belgium, April 2010
Sunrise with fog over heather landscape, Kampina Nature Reserve, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands, August 2007
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David Pattyn / Sunrise with fog over heather landscape, Kampina Nature Reserve, Oisterwijk, The Netherlands, August 2007
Skull of Moa or Dinornis discovered by Mr. Walter Mantell on the North Island of New Zealand. Plate with later tinting, from Gideom Mantell's petrifactions and their teachings (1851) published by Henr...
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Paul D Stewart / Skull of Moa or Dinornis discovered by Mr. Walter Mantell on the North Island of New Zealand. Plate with later tinting, from Gideom Mantell's petrifactions and their teachings (1851) published by Henr...
Landscape of the Triassic coastal environment with reconstructions of dinosaurs and marine reptiles, 'Dr. Schubert's Naturgeschichte - Geologie, Mineralreich, Palaontologie'. Published in Stuttgart 18...
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Paul D Stewart / Landscape of the Triassic coastal environment with reconstructions of dinosaurs and marine reptiles, 'Dr. Schubert's Naturgeschichte - Geologie, Mineralreich, Palaontologie'. Published in Stuttgart 18...
Two species of weevil showing the size disparity even in single families of insect. The larger is the Bamboo weevil of East Asia Cyrtotrachelus dux, the smaller is identified (perhaps misidentified) o...
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Paul D Stewart / Two species of weevil showing the size disparity even in single families of insect. The larger is the Bamboo weevil of East Asia Cyrtotrachelus dux, the smaller is identified (perhaps misidentified) o...
Six-lined long-tailed lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus), captive, occurs South East Asia
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Chris Mattison / Six-lined long-tailed lizard (Takydromus sexlineatus), captive, occurs South East Asia
Giant pill millipede (Arthrosphaera cf branti), captive, occurs Tanzania.
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Chris Mattison / Giant pill millipede (Arthrosphaera cf branti), captive, occurs Tanzania.
Cute tabby kittens, Stanley and Fosset, 9 weeks.
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Mark Taylor / Cute tabby kittens, Stanley and Fosset, 9 weeks.
Tabby kittens, Stanley and Fosset, 12 weeks, lounging together.
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Mark Taylor / Tabby kittens, Stanley and Fosset, 12 weeks, lounging together.