SCOTLAND: The Big Picture / Close up of a colony of Jewel anemones (Corynactis viridis) Scotland, UK, October.
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Solvin Zankl / Bioluminescent Sea-fireflies (Vargula hilgendorfii) producing a bright blue light. The light is produced by mixing two chemicals together in the presence of oxygen and is for mating displays or defenc...
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Peter Cairns / Twilight over Flakstad beach, Lofoten, Norway. February 2014.
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Peter Cairns / Twilight over Flakstad beach, Lofoten, Norway. February 2014.
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Ole Jorgen Liodden / Svalbard reindeer (Rangifer tarandus platyrhyncus) feeding at sunset, Spitsbergen, Svalbard, Norway, April.
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Alex Hyde / Alpine meadow, Nordtirol, Austrian Alps, July 2014.
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Christophe Courteau / Light of the Creac'h Lighthouse at night. Ile d'Ouessant / Ushant, Finistere, Brittany, France, September 2011.
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Jack Dykinga / Sun shining through mesquite bosque forest with lush winter rain-fed grasses covering the forest floor at sunset, Catalina State Park, Arizona. February 2014.
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Sandra Bartocha / Silver birch (Betula pendula) and Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) trunks in snow, Muritz-National Park, Germany, January.
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Ernie Janes,Ernie Janes / Fallow deer (Dama dama) crossing rural road through Berkhamsted Common at dusk, Hertfordshire, UK, December
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Paul D Stewart / Aerial view of Grand Prismatic thermal spring in Yellowstone National Park, USA. The bright colours are natural, coming from thermophile bacteria in the water. People can be seen walking on the raised...
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Martin Dohrn / Cardinal fish (Apogon sp) moments after it has mistakenly tried to eat an ostracod. The ostracod then releases glowing mucus that is so bright that it can be seen through the body of the fish. This gi...
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Frederique Olivier / Large flock of Guanay cormorants (Phalacrocorax bougainvilli) flying to feed, Ballestas Islands, Peru.
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Frederique Olivier / Large flock of Guanay cormorants (Phalacrocorax bougainvilli) flying to feed, Ballestas Islands, Peru.
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JIM CLARE / Nests of Guanay cormorants, (Phalacrocorax bougainvilliiorum) after breeding has finished, shows build-up of guano around the nest. The colonies are strictly protected and the guano will be harvested...
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JIM CLARE / Nest of Guanay cormorants, (Phalacrocorax bougainvilliiorum), after breeding has finished, shows build-up of guano around the nest. The colonies are strictly protected and the guano will be harvested...
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JIM CLARE / Balls formed in and around nests of guanay cormorants (Phalacrocorax bougainvilliiorum) as they walk over moist ground and coat loose stones, or even eggs, with guano. Each of the balls usually has a...
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JIM CLARE / Nests of Guanay cormorants, (Phalacrocorax bougainvilliiorum), after breeding has finished, shows build-up of guano around the nest. The colonies are strictly protected and the guano will be harvested...
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JIM CLARE / Nests of Guanay cormorants, (Phalacrocorax bougainvilliiorum), after breeding has finished, shows build-up of guano around the nest. The colonies are strictly protected and the guano will be harvested...
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Frederique Olivier / Large flock of Guanay cormorants (Phalacrocorax bougainvilli) flying to feed, Ballestas Islands, Peru.
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Cyril Ruoso / Guanay cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii) breeding colony of around 500,000 birds on guano peninsula, Punta San Juan, Peru, 2013
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Cyril Ruoso / Guanay cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii) breeding colony of around 500,000 birds on guano peninsula, Punta San Juan, Peru, 2013
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Cyril Ruoso / Guanay cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii) breeding colony of around 500,000 birds on guano peninsula, Punta San Juan, Peru, 2013
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Cyril Ruoso / Guanay cormorant (Phalacrocorax bougainvillii) breeding colony of around 500,000 birds on guano peninsula, Punta San Juan, Peru, 2013
