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2014 - Best-of février 2014 (172) Images supplémentaires...
Highlights added to our site in the 2 months to February 2014 included dramatic sharks and other marine life from new contributors Chris and Monique Fallows, bold winter portraits of European lynx and wolves from Edwin Giesbers, sifakas in action from Andy Rouse and Nick Garbutt, a wealth of beautiful British landscapes from Adam Burton, unique and endemic wildlife and plants from New Caledonia, Alex Mustard's amazing underwater images from the seas and oceans of the world, and close-ups of the endangered Californian condor by Claudio Contreras.
Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), Mexican subspecies, probably extinct in the wild, captive.
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Claudio Contreras / Mexican wolf (Canis lupus baileyi), Mexican subspecies, probably extinct in the wild, captive.
Eurasian grey wolf (Canis lupus lupus) at a vulture watching site in the Madzharovo valley, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Eurasian grey wolf (Canis lupus lupus) at a vulture watching site in the Madzharovo valley, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.
Northern raccoon (Procyon lotor), group standing on branch, captive.
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Claudio Contreras / Northern raccoon (Procyon lotor), group standing on branch, captive.
African Lion (Panthera leo) female calling at sunrise, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa
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Andy Rouse / African Lion (Panthera leo) female calling at sunrise, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa
Lionesses (Panthera leo) grooming each other, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
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Denis-Huot / Lionesses (Panthera leo) grooming each other, Masai-Mara Game Reserve, Kenya
Male African lion (Panthera leo) at night, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Male African lion (Panthera leo) at night, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), male portrait, Bandhavgarh, India, February 2013
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Danny Green / Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris), male portrait, Bandhavgarh, India, February 2013
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female hunting, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa
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Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) female hunting, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cub playing, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Honoured in the African wildlife category
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Andy Rouse / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) mother and cub playing, Maasai Mara, Kenya, Africa. Honoured in the African wildlife category
Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus) running, Kalahari Desert, Botswana.
Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female 'Machali', Ranthambore NP,~India
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Andy Rouse / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female 'Machali', Ranthambore NP,~India
Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female Ranthambore NP, India
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Andy Rouse / Bengal Tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) female Ranthambore NP, India
Scottish Wildcat (Felis sylvestris), captive, UK, June
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Ann & Steve Toon / Scottish Wildcat (Felis sylvestris), captive, UK, June
Male Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) looking out at its enclosure, at the Arabian Wildlife Centre & captive-breeding project, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. March 2013
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Nick Garbutt / Male Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) looking out at its enclosure, at the Arabian Wildlife Centre & captive-breeding project, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. March 2013
Male Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) at the Arabian Wildlife Centre & captive-breeding project, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
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Nick Garbutt / Male Arabian Leopard (Panthera pardus nimr) at the Arabian Wildlife Centre & captive-breeding project, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
African Wild Cat (Felis sylvestris) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana
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Richard Du Toit / African Wild Cat (Felis sylvestris) Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Botswana
Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), Finland.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), Finland.
Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) emerging from burrow, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkat (Suricata suricatta) emerging from burrow, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.
Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) standing alert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.
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Ann & Steve Toon / Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) standing alert, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa, January.
Young African elephants (Loxodonta africana) playing and sparing, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.
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Mark MacEwen / Young African elephants (Loxodonta africana) playing and sparing, Masai Mara, Kenya, Africa.
Fallow deer (Dama dama) male, Studen Kladenets reserve, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Fallow deer (Dama dama) male, Studen Kladenets reserve, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.
A group of Pure Arab, Shagya Arab and East Bulgarian fillies running in snow, Kabiuk National Stud, Shumen, Bulgaria.
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Kristel Richard / A group of Pure Arab, Shagya Arab and East Bulgarian fillies running in snow, Kabiuk National Stud, Shumen, Bulgaria.
Exmoor ponies, one of the oldest and most primitive horse breeds in Europe, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Exmoor ponies, one of the oldest and most primitive horse breeds in Europe, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.
Exmoor pony at sunrise, one of the oldest and most primitive horse breeds in Europe, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Exmoor pony at sunrise, one of the oldest and most primitive horse breeds in Europe, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.
Five day old purebred Andalusian foal (Equus caballus) playing in a field, Alsace, France, May.
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Eric Baccega / Five day old purebred Andalusian foal (Equus caballus) playing in a field, Alsace, France, May.
Iberian black pig foraging in oak woodland, Sierra de Aracena Natural Park, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, Europe. Breed used to produce Iberico ham / Jamon Iberico
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Iberian black pig foraging in oak woodland, Sierra de Aracena Natural Park, Huelva, Andalucia, Spain, Europe. Breed used to produce Iberico ham / Jamon Iberico
Highland cattle cow (Bos taurus) cleaning nose with tongue, Aurochs breeding site run by The Taurus Foundation, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Highland cattle cow (Bos taurus) cleaning nose with tongue, Aurochs breeding site run by The Taurus Foundation, Keent Nature Reserve, The Netherlands, September.
Kittens exploring garden lawn, Germany
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Konrad Wothe / Kittens exploring garden lawn, Germany
Harvest mice (Micromys minutus), captive, UK, June
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Ann & Steve Toon / Harvest mice (Micromys minutus), captive, UK, June
Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, January. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Natur...
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Pal Hermansen / Red squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) sitting on an old car, Bastnas, Sweden, January. Winner of the Fritz Polking Prize at the GDT competition 2013 and winner of the Portfolio category in the Melvita Natur...
Orange-tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) egg on Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) sequence from new laid to hatch. Read from top left. Surrey, England. Digital composite
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Kim Taylor / Orange-tip Butterfly (Anthocharis cardamines) egg on Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) sequence from new laid to hatch. Read from top left. Surrey, England. Digital composite
Leaf-cutting Bee (Megachile species) sequence showing cutting leaf section from rose. Read from top left. Surrey, England. Digital composite.
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Kim Taylor / Leaf-cutting Bee (Megachile species) sequence showing cutting leaf section from rose. Read from top left. Surrey, England. Digital composite.
Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on Horsetail (Equisetum), Herbitzheim near Saarbruecken, Saarland, Germany. Finalist in the Macro category and winner of the audience award in the Montpho...
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Radomir Jakubowski / Marbled white butterfly (Melanargia galathea) on Horsetail (Equisetum), Herbitzheim near Saarbruecken, Saarland, Germany. Finalist in the Macro category and winner of the audience award in the Montpho...
Fossilised fly in Baltic amber. Whole specimen approx 15mm long. Fly approx 5mm.
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Adrian Davies / Fossilised fly in Baltic amber. Whole specimen approx 15mm long. Fly approx 5mm.
Woodcock orchid (Ophrys cornuta/scolopax) with mating Black veined white butterflies (Aporia crataegi), Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Widstrand / Woodcock orchid (Ophrys cornuta/scolopax) with mating Black veined white butterflies (Aporia crataegi), Bela Reka, Eastern Rhodope Mountains, Bulgaria, May 2013.
Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemari maria) yawns as it peers out from a hole in the reef. West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
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Alex Mustard / Secretary blenny (Acanthemblemari maria) yawns as it peers out from a hole in the reef. West Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) on a yellow sponge. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Candy stripe shrimp (Lebbeus grandimanus) on a yellow sponge. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Canada. North East Pacific Ocean.
A portrait of a European clawed lobster (Homarus gammarus). Taken at night. Grevelingenmeer, Zeeland, Netherlands. North Sea.
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Alex Mustard / A portrait of a European clawed lobster (Homarus gammarus). Taken at night. Grevelingenmeer, Zeeland, Netherlands. North Sea.
Nudibranch (Flabellina nobilis) feeding on a solitary hydroid (Tubularia indivisa) and laying eggs. Gulen, Bergen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Nudibranch (Flabellina nobilis) feeding on a solitary hydroid (Tubularia indivisa) and laying eggs. Gulen, Bergen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.
A portrait of a nudibranch ( Limacia clavigera) searching for food on algae. Gulen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.
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Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A portrait of a nudibranch ( Limacia clavigera) searching for food on algae. Gulen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.
A nudibranch (Flabellina nobilis) feeding on a solitary hydroid (Tubularia indivisa), note how the hydroid is bent back as it is pulled into the nudibranch's mouth. Gulen, Bergen, Norway. North East A...
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Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / A nudibranch (Flabellina nobilis) feeding on a solitary hydroid (Tubularia indivisa), note how the hydroid is bent back as it is pulled into the nudibranch's mouth. Gulen, Bergen, Norway. North East A...
Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) hides on the seabed, with Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger) and copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) behind in the bull kelp forest. Browning Pass, Vanc...
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Alex Mustard / Red Irish lord (Hemilepidotus hemilepidotus) hides on the seabed, with Quillback rockfish (Sebastes maliger) and copper rockfish (Sebastes caurinus) behind in the bull kelp forest. Browning Pass, Vanc...
A portrait of a Mexican hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia). Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean
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Alex Mustard / A portrait of a Mexican hogfish (Bodianus diplotaenia). Socorro Island, Revillagigedos, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean
Devil rays (Mobula japonica) viewed from below, South Ari atoll, Maldives.
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Michael Pitts / Devil rays (Mobula japonica) viewed from below, South Ari atoll, Maldives.
Whaleshark (Rhincodon typus) swimming and filtering fish eggs from the water. A behaviour known as ram-feeding. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.
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Alex Mustard,Alex Mustard / Whaleshark (Rhincodon typus) swimming and filtering fish eggs from the water. A behaviour known as ram-feeding. Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsular, Mexico. Caribbean Sea.
Plumose anemones (Metridium senile) and common starfish (Asterias rubens) beneath the sun in a Norwegian Fjord. Gulen, Bergen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Plumose anemones (Metridium senile) and common starfish (Asterias rubens) beneath the sun in a Norwegian Fjord. Gulen, Bergen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.
Hooded nudibranchs (Melibe leonina) filter feeding beneath bull kelp. Hussar Point, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
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Alex Mustard / Hooded nudibranchs (Melibe leonina) filter feeding beneath bull kelp. Hussar Point, Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.
A portrait of a large male Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus). Lavezzi Islands, between Sardinia and Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Alex Mustard / A portrait of a large male Dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus). Lavezzi Islands, between Sardinia and Corsica in the Mediterranean Sea.
Old tree branches on the floor of Cenote pool, beneath the forest canopy with Snell's Window effect. Puerto Aventuras, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
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Alex Mustard / Old tree branches on the floor of Cenote pool, beneath the forest canopy with Snell's Window effect. Puerto Aventuras, Quintana Roo, Mexico.
Fronds of bull kelp (Durvillaea potatorum) beneath waves. The Laterns, Tasmania, Australia. Tasman Sea.
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Alex Mustard / Fronds of bull kelp (Durvillaea potatorum) beneath waves. The Laterns, Tasmania, Australia. Tasman Sea.
Diver explores the cathedral at Silfra Canyon, deep fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. May 2011....
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Alex Mustard / Diver explores the cathedral at Silfra Canyon, deep fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. May 2011....
Pair of divers floating in Silfra Canyon, a deep fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates) at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. May 2011. I...
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Alex Mustard / Pair of divers floating in Silfra Canyon, a deep fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates) at Thingvellir National Park, Iceland. May 2011. I...
The narrow Nes Canyon, a fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates in northern Iceland.
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Alex Mustard / The narrow Nes Canyon, a fault filled with fresh water in the rift valley between the Eurasian and American tectonic plates in northern Iceland.
Alder (Alnus glutinosa) wood with bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Multiple exposure. Argyll, Scotland.
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Fergus Gill / Alder (Alnus glutinosa) wood with bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) Multiple exposure. Argyll, Scotland.
Trunks of giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Sequoia National Park, California, USA, November 2012.
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Jouan Rius / Trunks of giant sequoia trees (Sequoiadendron giganteum) Sequoia National Park, California, USA, November 2012.
Natural pool and Cook's pine trees (Araucaria columnaris), Oro, Ile des Pins / Isle of Pines, South Province, New Caledonia.
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Roland Seitre / Natural pool and Cook's pine trees (Araucaria columnaris), Oro, Ile des Pins / Isle of Pines, South Province, New Caledonia.
Western red cedar tree (Thuja plicata) deemed Canada's 'Gnarliest tree' in the old growth forest. Avatar Grove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.
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Cheryl-Samantha Owen / Western red cedar tree (Thuja plicata) deemed Canada's 'Gnarliest tree' in the old growth forest. Avatar Grove, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada, July.
The sun breaks through layers of morning fog with wild Pacific Rhododendrons (Hymenanthes macrophylla) bloom amidst the giant Redwood trees. Del Norte Coastal Redwood State Park, June 2008
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Floris van Breugel / The sun breaks through layers of morning fog with wild Pacific Rhododendrons (Hymenanthes macrophylla) bloom amidst the giant Redwood trees. Del Norte Coastal Redwood State Park, June 2008
Interior of old abandoned car, with nettles growing inside and a smashed windscreen, Varmland, Sweden
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Pål Hermansen,Pal Hermansen / Interior of old abandoned car, with nettles growing inside and a smashed windscreen, Varmland, Sweden
Cart tracks in a flowering meadow, with Cork oaks (Quercus suber) in the background, Beja, Portugal, April.
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Roger Powell / Cart tracks in a flowering meadow, with Cork oaks (Quercus suber) in the background, Beja, Portugal, April.
Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) seedpods, Dorset, UK. July
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Colin Varndell / Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea) seedpods, Dorset, UK. July
Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) in flower, Devon, UK, June.
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David Pike / Bilberry (Vaccinium myrtillus) in flower, Devon, UK, June.
Gliding seed of Climbing Gourd (Alsomitra macrocarpa) in tropical rainforest, West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia, digital composite
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Konrad Wothe / Gliding seed of Climbing Gourd (Alsomitra macrocarpa) in tropical rainforest, West Papua, New Guinea, Indonesia, digital composite
Silhouettte of Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) at sunset, Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA, January 2013.
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Jouan Rius / Silhouettte of Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) at sunset, Joshua Tree National Park, Mojave Desert, California, USA, January 2013.
White Sands National Park with its white gypsum dunes dotted with Yuccas (Yucca elata) creating patterns amid the dunes. White Sands, New Mexico, USA. January 2013
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Jack Dykinga / White Sands National Park with its white gypsum dunes dotted with Yuccas (Yucca elata) creating patterns amid the dunes. White Sands, New Mexico, USA. January 2013
White Sands National Park with its white gypsum dunes dotted with Yuccas (Yucca elata) creating patterns amid the dunes. White Sands, New Mexico, USA. January 2013
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Jack Dykinga / White Sands National Park with its white gypsum dunes dotted with Yuccas (Yucca elata) creating patterns amid the dunes. White Sands, New Mexico, USA. January 2013
Irregular ripples on gypsum sand dunes created by high winds, White Sands National Park, Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, USA, December 2012.
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Jouan Rius / Irregular ripples on gypsum sand dunes created by high winds, White Sands National Park, Chihuahuan Desert, New Mexico, USA, December 2012.
Thawing alpine lake, Vanoise National Park, Rhne-Alpes, France, June.
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Benjamin Barthelemy / Thawing alpine lake, Vanoise National Park, Rhne-Alpes, France, June.
Glass beach at sunset - a former dump site, in which the glass has now become pebbles of sea glass. MacKerricher State Park. California. USA. January 2013
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Floris van Breugel / Glass beach at sunset - a former dump site, in which the glass has now become pebbles of sea glass. MacKerricher State Park. California. USA. January 2013
Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Europe, June 2011
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Giant's Causeway, UNESCO World Heritage Site, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, Europe, June 2011
View of Byoutier. a very small island in the Seychelles with a pristine beach. Byoutier, Seychelles March 2005
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Willem Kolvoort / View of Byoutier. a very small island in the Seychelles with a pristine beach. Byoutier, Seychelles March 2005
Warm sunlight in waterfall paradise, in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Washington, USA, May 2013
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Floris van Breugel / Warm sunlight in waterfall paradise, in Gifford Pinchot National Forest. Washington, USA, May 2013
Sandstone cliff at sunset, Colorado Plateau, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah, USA November 2012
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Jouan Rius / Sandstone cliff at sunset, Colorado Plateau, Kodachrome Basin State Park, Utah, USA November 2012
Sandstone formations in Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, USA November 2012
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Jouan Rius / Sandstone formations in Goblin Valley State Park, Utah, USA November 2012
Star trail over Badwater Salt Flats, Death Valley National Park, California. August 2008. Taken with multiple long exposures and fish eye lens.
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Floris van Breugel / Star trail over Badwater Salt Flats, Death Valley National Park, California. August 2008. Taken with multiple long exposures and fish eye lens.
Fireworks over the London Eye on New Years Eve 2012. London, England, UK.
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Peter Lewis / Fireworks over the London Eye on New Years Eve 2012. London, England, UK.