Alex Mustard / RF - Silhouette of a California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) swimming through an underwater cave. Los Islotes, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, Gulf of California, East Pacific...
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Nick Hawkins / Overhead view of a blue shark (Prionace glauca) off Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. July.
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Stefan Christmann / Sunset with beams of light shining through Neumayer-Station III, Alfred-Wegener-Institut research station. Atka Bay, Antarctica. January 2017.
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Sven Zacek / Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale), a field of many seedheads highlighted at sunset. Karula National Park, Valgamaa, Southern Estonia. June 2017.
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Jack Dykinga / Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) in a meadow beneath redwood trees, Del Norte Redwoods National Park, California, USA. June
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Jack Dykinga / Roosevelt elk (Cervus canadensis roosevelti) in a meadow beneath redwood trees, Del Norte Redwoods National Park, California, USA. June
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Remi Masson / Water lilies (Nymphaea alba) lit by the sun's rays, seen under water. Alps, Ain, France. June. Highly commended in the the Underwater World category, GDT European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 201...
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Tony Wu / Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae australis) female, stationary with calf heading to surface for breath of air. Vava'u, Tonga, South Pacific.
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Guy Edwardes / Rocky shore at Kimmeridge Bay with Clavell Tower in background, Isle of Purbeck, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2010.
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Guy Edwardes / Corfe Castle in morning mist, Corfe, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. September 2013.
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Guy Edwardes / Corfe Castle in morning mist, Corfe, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. September 2013.
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Guy Edwardes / Clavell Tower, Kimmeridge Bay, Jurrasic Coast, Isle of Purbeck, Dorset, England, UK. November2011.
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Guy Edwardes / Callanish Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2015.
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Guy Edwardes / Callanish Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2015.
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Guy Edwardes / Durdle Door and Bats Head at sunset, Jurassic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. December 2014.
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Guy Edwardes / Footpath past The Needle, Quiraing, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. January 2014.
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Guy Edwardes / The Needle, Quiraing, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. January 2014.
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Guy Edwardes / The Needle, Quiraing, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. January 2015.
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Guy Edwardes / The Quiraing, Trotternish Peninsula, Isle of Skye, Inner Hebrides, Scotland, UK. January 2015.
Franco Banfi / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean
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Franco Banfi / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) tail, Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean
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Alex Mustard / Schools of Pacific creolefish (Cephalopholis colonus) and Panamic sergeant major (Abudefduf troschelii) swimming through sun beams inside an underwater cavern. Los Islotes, La Paz, Baja California Sur...
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Jack Dykinga / Cap-rocks on the rim of the Escalante Canyon at dawn. Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument, Utah, USA, October 2012.
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Ingo Arndt / View from Margaret Knoll lookout of sunset and rain clouds over the Indian Ocean and the east coast of Christmas Island, Indian Ocean, Australian Territory, December 2009.
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Richard Robinson / Shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) profile portrait, just below surface, off the West Coast of Auckland, New Zealand, February
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Nick Garbutt / Sun beam at sun rise over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yelllowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. January 2016.
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Nick Garbutt / Sun beam at sun rise over the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone, Yelllowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA. January 2016
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Alex Mustard / California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) adult female swimming through sunbeams in an underwater cave. Los Isotes, La Paz, Mexico. Sea of Cortez, East Pacific Ocean.
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Alex Mustard / Great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) from above. Guadalupe Island, Baja California, Mexico. East Pacific Ocean
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Alex Mustard / Lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) with feeding tentacles spread swimming in the sun in shallow water. Gulen, Norway. North East Atlantic Ocean.
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Claudio Contreras / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with rays of sunlight, Akumal, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, January. Endangered species.
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Franco Banfi / Devilrays (Mobula tarapacana) large group at the surface, Ambrosio dive site, Santa Maria Island, Azores, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean
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Richard Robinson / Blue shark (Prionace glauca) worked from below with rays of sun, off the coast of Hawke's Bay, New Zealand, February.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Galapagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) group underwater, Galapagos. Endemic.
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Jack Dykinga / Frost damaged Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) with sunset light shining through limbs. South Maricopa Mountains Wilderness, Arizona, USA, March 2015.
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Floris van Breugel / Two Guanacos (Lama guanicoe) at edge of lake with Cuernos del Paine beyond. Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, June 2014.
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Alex Mustard / Vibrant Red Sea reef scene, with orange female Scalefin anthias (Pseudanthias squamipinnis) swarming in front of Fire coral (Millepora dichotoma) feeding on plankton brought to the reef by currents. R...
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Angelo Gandolfi / Snorkeller with shoal of Piraputanga (Brycon hilarii), Rio Olha d'Agua at Cabeceira do Prata, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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Alex Mustard / A shoal of Golden grey mullet (Liza aurata) swim in the surf breaking on the shore of El Hierro Island. Canary Islands, Spain. East Atlantic Ocean.
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Michael Pitts / Devil rays (Mobula japonica) viewed from below, South Ari atoll, Maldives.
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Franco Banfi / Piraputanga (Brycon hilarii) reflecting on the water surface, Aquirio Natural, Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil
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Jack Dykinga / Cenote Samula (sink hole) with elongated roots of a Fig tree (Ficus sp) from ground level descending to the subterranian tourquoise coloured water below. Rays of sulight pass through the hole to illum...
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Wild Wonders of Europe / Maitland / Ray of light shining through thunder clouds over Lake Ohrid, Galicica National Park, Macedonia, June 2009
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Andy Rouse / Rays of light shining through storm clouds over Drake Passage, Antarctica, February 2006
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Jack Dykinga / Ray of light falling on a lone Acacia tree in the Masai Mara, Kenya
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Bernard Castelein / Sun rays filter through row of Oak (Quercus robur) trees. Peerdsbos, Brasschaat, Belgium. November.
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Alex Mustard / Pod of false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) swimming beneath the surface of the ocean. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka.
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Alex Mustard / White-belly damsel (Amblyglyphidodon leucogaster) photographed against the light patterns created by the setting sun on the surface of the ocean. Gubal Island, Egypt. Strait Of Gubal, Gulf of Suez, Re...
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Alex Mustard / Aggregation of moon jellyfish (Aurelia aurita) with sunbeams, below the surface of the ocean. Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba. Caribbean Sea.
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Sergio Hanquet / Group of freedivers training in Atlantic Ocean with aid of sled. Tenerife, Canary Islands. 2015.
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Jack Dykinga / Sun rays over The Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA. 2019.
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Shane Gross / Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezi) swimming over coral reef, silhouetted. Caribbean Sea off Gardens of the Queen National Park, Cuba.
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Ernie Janes / Frigate birds (Fregata) and sunset over Pacific ocean at Golfo de Nicoya, Costa Rica.
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Theo Bosboom / Last rays of the sun through a hole in a Seastack with the Atlantic Ocean in the background. Sintra coast, Portugal, December
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Shane Gross / Marine biologist Dr. Heather Masonjones tags a seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) to study a land locked alakaline lagoon's population. Through this method of injecting a non-toxic dye that can only b...
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Shane Gross / Marine biologist Dr. Heather Masonjones tags a seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) to study a land locked alakaline lagoon's population. Through this method of injecting a non-toxic dye, that can only...
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Shane Gross / Underwater view of a blue hole in The Bahamas known locally as the Sapphire blue hole. Eleuthera, Bahamas.
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Shane Gross / Underwater view of a blue hole on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas.
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Shane Gross / Bahamas cave fish / cusk eel (Lucifuga spelaeotes) an almost blind fish species, at the bottom of a blue hole on Eleuthera Island, Bahamas. Awarded in Underwater category, Wildlife Photographer of the...
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Shane Gross / The floor of a blue hole in The Bahamas, covered in decaying matter, food for the yet-to-be-described red cave shrimp. Bahamas.
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Alex Mustard / Snorkeller looking down on a Blue whale (Balaenoptera musculus) passing beneath. Indian Ocean, off Sri Lanka.
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Alex Mustard / Sun beams spear down into the depths of the sea. Indian Ocean off Sri Lanka.
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Franco Banfi / Pod of sleeping Sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean.
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Franco Banfi / Pod of sperm whale with diver, (Physeter macrocephalus), Dominica, Caribbean Sea, Atlantic Ocean. Ocean Photographer of the Year 2022 Competition Winner - Adventure category - Winner.
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Franco Banfi / Scuba diver silhouetted in cenote Sugar bowl, part of cenote Tajma Ha, Quintana Roo, Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico.
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Pascal Tordeux / Field of ripe wheat, Surfontaine, Picardy, France, July.
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Pascal Tordeux / RF- Farm track running between fields of harvested wheat and sugarbeet, Villers Le Sec, Picardy, France, July 2018. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Sven Zacek / Sunset reflected in a bog pool covered with first ice of winter. Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. December 2015.
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Sven Zacek / Self portrait of photographer holding photograph of the same woodland scene taken the previous day. Lahemaa National Park, Laane-Virumaa, Northern Estonia. May 2016.
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Sven Zacek / Reflection of sun in forest pool. Haanja Nature Park, Vorumaa, Southern Estonia. May.
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David Fleetham / Painted frogfish (Antennarius pictus) with first dorsal spine and lure extended to attract prey. Dumaguete, Philippines.
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David Fleetham / Florida manatee (Trichechus manatus latirostris), mother and calf on sandy river bed amongst fish. Three Sisters Spring, Crystal River, Florida, USA.
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David Woodfall / Sun rays on Ballycroy National Park, County Mayo, Republic of Ireland, July 2017.
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David Fleetham / Commerson's frogfish (Antennarius commerson) camouflaged against coral on bow of Alma Jane wreck, diver in background. Off Sabang Beach, Puerto Galera, Mindoro, Philippines. April 2017. Model rele...
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Kirkendall-Spring / Sunlight streaking through the trees along the Appelton Pass Trail, Olympic National Park, Washington, USA, April 2018.
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Guy Edwardes / Church of St. Primoz, Jamnik, Slovenia. July 2017
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Jack Dykinga / Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) with foggy dawn light. creating rays in the forest canopy. Del Norte Redwood National Park, California, USA. June.
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Jack Dykinga / Rays of low sunlight through Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) trees in early morning fog, Redwood State and National Parks, California, USA. May.
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Jack Dykinga / Rays of low sunlight through Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) trees in early morning fog, Redwood State and National Parks, California, USA. May.
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Jack Dykinga / Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) tree trunk with flowering Rhododenron in early morning fog with rays of sunlight in the forest canopy. Del Norte Redwood National Park, California.
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Jack Dykinga / Giant redwood trees (Sequoia sempervirens) Prairie Creek Redwoods State & National Park, California, USA, May.
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Claudio Contreras / whale Shark (Rhincodon typus), IUCN Redlist Endangered, La Paz, Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California), Baja California, Mexico, February
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Remi Masson / School of Perch (Perca fluviatilis) amongst Water lilies (Nuphar lutea) lit by the sun's rays, Lake Bourget, Alps, Savoie, France, June.
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Remi Masson / School of Perch (Perca fluviatilis) amongst Water lilies (Nuphar lutea) lit by the sun's rays, Lake Bourget, Alps, Savoie, France, June.
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Remi Masson / School of Perch (Perca fluviatilis) amongst Water lilies (Nuphar lutea) lit by the sun's rays, Lake Bourget, Alps, Savoie, France, June.
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Remi Masson / School of Perch (Perca fluviatilis) amongst Water lilies (Nuphar lutea) lit by the sun's rays, Lake Bourget, Alps, Savoie, France, June.
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Remi Masson / School of Perch (Perca fluviatilis) amongst Water lilies (Nuphar lutea) lit by the sun's rays, Lake Bourget, Alps, Savoie, France, June.
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Remi Masson / Remains of prehistoric pile dwellings / stilt houses in Lake Annecy, part of 'Prehisotric pile dwellings around the Alps UNESCO World Heritage Site', Haute-Savoie, France, October.
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Claudio Contreras / Green turtle (Chelonia mydas) with rays of sunlight, black and white image, Akumal, Caribbean Sea, Mexico, July. Second place in the Visions of our Nature 2018.
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Sue Flood / Union Glacier camp, view of staff tents, Antarctica.
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Jeff Foott / Scuba diver with Humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) and calf, Tonga.
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Guy Edwardes / Callanish Standing Stones, Isle of Lewis, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK. March 2014.
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Franco Banfi / Bryde's whale (Balaenoptera edeni) Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, Indian Ocean
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Bruno D'Amicis / Maremma Sheepdog with sheep, Gran Sasso National Park, Abruzzo, Italy, June