Andrew Parkinson / Mountain hare (Lepus timidus) three adults on a snow slope high in the Cairngorm Mountains, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, February. Finalist in the Mammals category of the Wildlife Photogra...
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Eric Baccega / Melting ice at Floe Edge, Arctic Bay, Baffin Island, Nunavut, Canada, April 2009.
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Sue Flood / Sign showing the location of the North Pole, June 2008
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Rob Tilley / White sand dunes against blue sky, White Sands National Park, New Mexico, USA, February 2009
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Tui De Roy / Tundra bog, sparse moss beds in glaciated terrain, Kvitoya, eastern Svalbard, Norwegian Arctic
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Steven David Miller / Cathedral termite (Nasutitermes triodiae) mound in sparse woodland. A mound of 7m can take 5-8 years to construct and contains millions of termites. Mary River National Park, Northern Territory. Weste...
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Stephen Dalton / Mixed woodland showing both sides of anti-deer netting. The green far side has been protected for 3 years, while ground flora and fauna is extremely sparse in the unprotected region in the foreground...
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Martin Gabriel / Typical sand desert with sandstone outcrops and sparse vegetation, Rimal Al Wahiba desert, Sultanate of Oman, February.
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Martin Gabriel / Two Arabian camels / Dromedaries (Camelus dromedarius) feeding in the sparse vegetation of the Rimal Al Wahiba desert, Sultanate of Oman, February.
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Merryn Thomas / Surfer running on beach to sea, Rhossili, Gower, Wales. February 2013
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Merryn Thomas / Tortuga Bay, Isla Santa Cruz, Galapagos, Ecuador, November 2013.
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Juan Carlos Munoz / Sand dunes in Swakopmund with sparse vegetation, Namibia, Africa, June 2015.
