Alex Mustard / Wide lacuna snail (Lacuna vincta) lays a chain of doughnut shaped egg clutches on a kelp leaf. Browning Pass, Port Hardy, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. Pacific Ocean
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Alex Mustard / RF- Leather sea star or Garlic star (Dermasterias imbricata) in shallow water beneath forest. Browning Pass, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. North East Pacific Ocean. (This image may be li...
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Alex Mustard / Unborn squid, probably bigfin reef squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana) inside a sausage shaped egg case. Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Sulawesi Sea.
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Juergen Freund / Aerial view of Hardy Reef, Great Barrier Reef, August 2011
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Barrie Britton / Darwin's Orchid (Angraecum sesquipedale) species which is pollinated by a long-tongued moth, from Ambila, Madagascar. Photograph taken on location for BBC 'Wild Madagascar' Series, August 2009.
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Andy Trowbridge / Mount Cook / Aoraki (height 3754m) in the late evening sun. View from Hooker Valley, Hooker River in the foreground. Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park, MacKenzie Country, South Canterbury, New Zealand,...
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Ben Lascelles / Tsaparang (sometimes known as the mythical Shangri-la) was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Guge in the Garuda Valley, Ngari Prefecture, Western Tibet. Tsaparang is a huge fortress perched on a p...
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Ben Lascelles / Looking out from inside cave in Tsaparang (sometimes known as the mythical Shangri-la) was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Guge in the Garuda Valley, Ngari Prefecture, Western Tibet. Tsaparang i...
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Ben Lascelles / Buddhist prayer flags outside window frame at Tsaparang (sometimes known as the mythical Shangri-la) was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Guge in the Garuda Valley, Ngari Prefecture, Western Tibe...
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Ben Lascelles / Doorway in Tsaparang (sometimes known as the mythical Shangri-la) was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Guge in the Garuda Valley, Ngari Prefecture, Western Tibet. Tsaparang is a huge fortress per...
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Martin Willis / Black-headed Weaver (Ploceus melanocephalus) male attending its dome-shaped nest, Lake Mburo National Park, Uganda
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Silhouette or wind-shaped Hawthorn tree (Crataegus monogyna) and granite outcrop near Saddle Tor, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, January 2011.
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Ross Hoddinott / 2020VISION / Silhouette ow wind-shaped Hawthorn tree (Crataegus monogyna) and granite outcrop near Saddle Tor, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, England, UK, January 2011.
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Nick Upton / Common orange lichen (Xanthoria parietina) with many cup-shaped apothecia fruiting bodies, growing on Hawthorn branch (Crataegus monogyna) in early spring, Wiltshire, UK, March.
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Niall Benvie / Heart-shaped mossy rock in fast flowing river, Craigengillan Estate, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, October.
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Niall Benvie / Heart-shaped mossy rock in fast flowing river, Craigengillan Estate, Dalmellington, Ayrshire, October.
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Mark Carwardine / Striped love / buffalo beetle (Eudicella gralli) large y-shaped horns of male, captive, from Forests of equatorial Africa, Bristol Zoo
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Oriol Alamany / Saskatchewan Glacier and peaks in Banff National Park, Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada
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Andy Sands / Comma butterfly (Polygonia c-album) at rest with wings closed on Hazel leaf showing comma shaped pheromone gland, Hertfordshire, UK, September
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Mark Payne-Gill / 'U' shaped valley, Dutch Harbour, Unalaska, Aleutian Islands off Alaska, USA, August 2005
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Solvin Zankl / Army ant (Eciton burchellii) head of a soldier with sickle-shaped mandibles. The soldier caste defends the others. Specimen photographed using digital focus stacking
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Alex Hyde / Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) found growing on a twig, showing mass of apothecia (cup-shaped fruiting bodies). This species is very resistant to air pollution. Peak District National Park, UK, January.
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Alex Hyde / Lichen (Xanthoria parietina) found growing on a twig, showing mass of apothecia (cup-shaped fruiting bodies). Peak District National Park, UK. January.
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Peter Cairns / 2020VISION / View along River Twymyn from Dylife over upland hill and farming landscape. Cambrian Mountains, Wales, April 2012.
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Alex Mustard / RF- Boulder star coral (Montastrea annularis) showing fluorescent green coloration, photographed under blue light at night, to excite fluorescent pigments in the coral, East End, Grand Cayman, Cayman...
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Common cuttlefish (Sepia officinalis) male closely guarding his female mate, caressing her with his tentacles as he displays to a rival male in the background, Babbacombe Bay, Devon, UK, English Chann...
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Diane McAllister / Beautiful sunbird (cinnyris pulchella) male bracing itself on a swinging purse-shaped enclosed nest while feeding its young, Serengeti NP, Tanzania
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Looking up through the canopy of Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) woodland showing heart shaped opening in canopy, Abernethy Forest, Highland, Scotland, UK, March. Did you know? The needles of a yo...
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Looking up through the canopy of Scots pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) woodland showing heart shaped opening in canopy, Abernethy Forest, Highland, Scotland, UK, February. 2020VISION Book Plate. Did you...
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Looking up through the canopy of Scot's pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) woodland showing heart shaped opening in canopy, Abernethy Forest, Highland, Scotland, UK, March
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Mark Hamblin / 2020VISION / Looking up through the canopy of Scot's pine trees (Pinus sylvestris) woodland showing heart shaped opening in canopy, Abernethy Forest, Highland, Scotland, UK, February
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Alex Mustard / 2020VISION / Swimming / Harbour crab (Liocarcinus depurator) displaying claws to defend its patch of seabed in a sea loch, Loch Fyne, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, UK, July. Did you know? Of the ten limbs of the swim...
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Kathryn Jeffs / Camera lens view of crew on board the 'Golden Fleece' in the centre of a horseshoe shaped iceberg off the Antarctic Peninsula, Antarctica, February 2009, Taken on location for BBC Frozen Planet series
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Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, wind shaped rocks, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.
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Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, wind shaped rocks, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.
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Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, a wind shaped rock, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.
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Jeff Wilson / Ventefact, wind shaped rocks, in the Dry Valleys, Antarctica, December 2009. Taken on location for the BBC series, Frozen Planet.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Igloo-shaped church in Iqaluit, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, 1987.
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Simon Colmer / Cone-shaped shelter on Hazel leaf caused by Birch Leaf-roller beetle larva (Deporaus betulae) Sussex, UK, June
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Simon Colmer / Cone-shaped shelter on Hazel leaf caused by Birch Leaf-roller beetle larva (Deporaus betulae) Sussex, UK, June
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Simon Colmer / Cone-shaped shelter on Hazel leaf caused by Birch Leaf-roller beetle larva (Deporaus betulae) Sussex, UK, June
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Pete Oxford / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) group feeding, Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba
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Pete Oxford / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba
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Pete Oxford / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) group and diver, Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba
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Pete Oxford / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba
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Pete Oxford / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba
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Pete Oxford / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis) group swimming near surface, Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba
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Pete Oxford / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba
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Pete Oxford / Silky Shark (Carcharhinus falciformis), Jardines de la Reina National Park, Cuba
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Juergen Freund / Star shaped Pincushion / Pillow cushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea), detail of the underbelly. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Juergen Freund / Star shaped Large pincushion starfish (Culcita novaeguinea), detail of the underbelly. Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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Luciano Candisani / Saltwater lake in southern Pantanal shaped like a heart, Brazil
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Chien Lee / Matang Narrow-mouthed Frog (Microhyla nepenthicola) tadpoles in a pitcher of Flask-shaped Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ampullaria), Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
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Chien Lee / Matang Narrow-mouthed Frog (Microhyla nepenthicola) tadpoles in a pitcher of Flask-shaped Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ampullaria), Kubah National Park, Sarawak, Borneo, Malaysia
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Thomas Marent / Flask-shaped Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ampullaria), Tanjung Puting National Park, Borneo, Indonesia
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Town of Uummannaq with its heart shaped Mountain. Disko Bay, West Greenland, 1997.
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Town of Uummannaq with heart shaped Mountain beyond. Disko Bay, West Greenland, 1997.
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Laurent Geslin / The Creux du Van cirque, an amphitheatre-like valley head shaped by glacial erosion. Seen in autumn, partly hidden by clouds. Switzerland
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Laurent Geslin / The Creux du Van cirque, an amphitheatre-like valley head shaped by glacial erosion. Seen in autumn, partly hidden by clouds. Switzerland
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Floris van Breugel / Sunlight illuminating shaped rocks, Alabama Hills in Eastern Sierras, California, USA, May 2009
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Sue Daly / Elegant anemone (Sagartia elegans) with tentacles open in the shape of a heart, Sark, British Channel Islands, UK
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Chien Lee / Matang Narrow-mouthed Frog (Microhyla nepenthicola) male at pitcher of Flask-Shaped Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ampullaria) which where the eggs will be laid, Kubah National Park, Malaysia
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Chien Lee / Matang Narrow-mouthed Frog (Microhyla nepenthicola) male at pitcher of Flask-Shaped Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ampullaria) which where the eggs will be laid, Kubah National Park, Malaysia
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Chien Lee / Flask-Shaped Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ampullaria), Gunung Mulu National Park, Malaysia
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Chien Lee / Matang Narrow-mouthed Frog (Microhyla nepenthicola) tadpoles in a pitcher of Flask-Shaped Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ampullaria), Kubah National Park, Malaysia
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Chien Lee / Matang Narrow-mouthed Frog (Microhyla nepenthicola) tadpoles in a pitcher of Flask-Shaped Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes ampullaria), Kubah National Park, Malaysia
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Colin Monteath / Tree shaped by strong coastal winds, Hokitika, New Zealand
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Bryan and Cherry Alexander / Chapel in the Ice Hotel, with cross shaped window. Jukkasjarvi. Sweden, 1993.
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Michel Roggo / River lamprey (Lampetra fluviatilis) sucker with disk-shaped mouth with horny teeth, Europe, Captive
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Michel Roggo / Sea lamprey (Petromyzon marinus) close up of disk-shaped mouth with horny teeth, Europe, Captive
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Shattil & Rozinski / Rocky Mountain juniper tree (Juniperus scopulorum) in 'krummholz' formation, shaped by the environment at altitude, on edge of the treeline, Wyoming, USA, North America
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Shattil & Rozinski / Rocky Mountain juniper tree (Juniperus scopulorum) in 'krummholz' formation, shaped by the environment at altitude, on edge of the treeline, Wyoming, USA, North America
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Edwin Giesbers / Heart shaped pattern in Map lichen (Rhizocarpon geographicum) on rock, Menorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, Europe
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Steven David Miller / Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus haematodus)perched on parrot shaped garden water feature, after bathing. Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Kristel Richard / A gaucho (cowboy) prepares his sun-shaped stirrups just before the wild horse is released during the rodeo of the Fiesta De La Patria Gaucha, Tacuarembo, Uruguay, April 2008
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Colin Monteath / Anvil shaped cloud at sunset above Matukituki Valley, from Cascade Saddle, Mount Aspiring National Park, New Zealand
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Juan Manuel Borrero / Egg-shaped sculpture balanced on roof at Salvador Dali's House-Museum. Port Lligat, Cap de Creus Natural Park, Gerona, Catalonia, Spain. March 2009.
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Lilja / Carob (Ceratonia siliqua) trees shaped by the wind, Kolimvaro, Crete, Greece, April 2009
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Angelo Gandolfi / Remains of ancient wolf-trap at Cabo Vilan, Galicia, Spain. Note the two V-shaped walls, where the wolves were driven by hunting parties into the trap. July 2008.
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Stephen Dalton / Comb footed spider (Episinus angulatus) on characteristic H-shaped web close to ground, UK, Theriidae
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Stephen Dalton / Comb footed spider (Episinus angulatus) on characteristic H-shaped web close to ground, UK, Theriidae
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Chien Lee / Limestone pinnacles shaped by erosion and wind, slopes of Mount Api in Gunung Mulu National Park, Sarawak, Malaysia
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Fred Bavendam / Striated Frogfish (Antennarius striatus) waving its worm shaped lure to entice prey, Lembeh Strait, Indonesia
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Stephen Belcher / Southern Beech (Nothofagus sp) trees shaped by wind, Patagonia, Argentina
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Peak above Fluted Wall formation shaped by erosion, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Fluted Wall formation of multi-hued sandstone layers shaped by erosion, Capitol Reef National Park, Utah
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandstone hoodoos shaped by erosion, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandstone hoodoos shaped by erosion, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Sandstone arch and hoodoos shaped by erosion, Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah
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Alex Hyde / Underside wing detail of Comma butterfly {Polygonia c-album} showing the white comma-shaped mark from which it gets its name. Pinned specimen, Focus composite.
