Andy Rouse / Polar Bear (Ursus maritimus) portrait in sea-ice landscape. Wide angle / fish-eye shot. Svalbard, Norway, September.
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Doug Perrine / Bioluminescence from glowing plankton in sea tide line on beach, with stars above and ship lights on horizon, Vaadhoo Island, Raa Atoll, Maldives, Indian Ocean, October 2010
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Sergio Hanquet / Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), two viewed from above. Tenerife, Canary Islands.
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Danny Green / Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) resting on sea ice, view from above. Svalbard, Norway, June 2018.
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Guy Edwardes / Milky Way above Durdle Door rock arch. Jurasic Coast, Dorset, England, UK. August 2019. Composite image.
Alex Mustard / School of White collar butterflyfish (Chaetodon collare) pack together above a coral reef. North Male Atoll, Maldives. Indian Ocean
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Alex Mustard / Veined octopus (Amphioctopus marginatus) shelters inside an old clam shell, with silver-sides in the water above. Bitung, North Sulawesi, Indonesia. Lembeh Strait, Molucca Sea.
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Espen Bergersen / Aerial shot of Killer whale (Orcinus orca) hunting Atlantic herring (Clupea harengus) using carousel feeding, with herring jumping out of the water and gulls (Larus) circling above, Tromvik, Troms, No...
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Marie Read / Horned Puffin (Fratercula corniculata) flying over a pattern of kelp and sea foam, photographed from above, St. Paul, Pribilof Islands, Alaska, USA. July.
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George Sanker / North American river otter (Lontra canadensis) swimming with head above water. Acadia National Park, Maine, USA. November.
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Sven Zacek / Wild boar (Sus scrofa) swimming with head above water in Suur Emajogi River. Alam-Pedja Nature Reserve, Tartumaa, Southern Estonia. November.