Wim van den Heever / Ancient dead Camelthorn trees (Vachellia erioloba) with red dunes, and star trails, Namib desert, Sossusvlei, Namibia. Composite.
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Graham Eaton / Coastal hexagonal columns of Basalt lava, Reynisdrangar, Iceland, March 2015.
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Gerrit Vyn / Jonah natural gas field south of Pinedale, Wyoming.
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John Cancalosi / American bullfrog (Lithobates catesbeianus) swimming near Water lilies (Nymphaea sp) Washington DC, USA. July.
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Cyril Ruoso / Oilseed rape (Brassica napus) fields in flower, Burgundy, France, May.
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Solvin Zankl / Portuguese Man-of-War (Physalia physalis) close up of tentacles, Sargasso Sea, Bermuda
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Alex Hyde / Chlorophyte or green alga (Volvox aureus) in pond water. UK. The larger spheres are approximately 0.5mm in diameter. Digital composite image.
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Pal Hermansen / Composite of flying butterflies (Lepidoptera) on sphere.
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Jean E. Roche / Aerial view of Salin de Giraud, Camargue, France, July.
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Paul Williams / View from plane of eroded salt dome, Kavir Desert, Iran, December.
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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.
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Theo Bosboom,Theo Bosboom / Arctic tern (Sterna paradisae) on telegraph lines, near a small village on the Reykjanes peninsula in the south west of Iceland, June