2011 - February Highlights (128) More files...
This month we started to represent the dramatic underwater material of British photographer Alex Mustard, and added rare images from Guadalupe Island in Mexico by Claudio Contreras, the bold landscapes of Floris van Breugel, and Christophe Courteau's bushmen and African aerial coverage.
Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) close-up of weaner / juvenile sleeping, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April
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Claudio Contreras / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) close-up of weaner / juvenile sleeping, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April
Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) close-up of eyes, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January
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Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) close-up of eyes, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January
Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) head portrait of weaner / pup, on beach at Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April
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Claudio Contreras / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) head portrait of weaner / pup, on beach at Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, April
Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) head portrait of chick, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico,  March
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Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) head portrait of chick, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March
Two Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) males fighting for dominance, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. April
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Claudio Contreras / Two Guadalupe fur seals (Arctocephalus townsendi) males fighting for dominance, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. April
Pair of Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) male holding female during copulation, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January
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Claudio Contreras / Pair of Northern elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris) male holding female during copulation, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January
Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) weaner / juvenile head portrait, with head turned to look at camera, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, Febr...
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Claudio Contreras / Northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris) weaner / juvenile head portrait, with head turned to look at camera, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, Febr...
Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalos townsendi) head portrait of pup, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March
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Claudio Contreras / Guadalupe fur seal (Arctocephalos townsendi) head portrait of pup, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March
Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) head portrait calling mate, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March
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Claudio Contreras / Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) head portrait calling mate, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, March
Eye and spiracle detail of a Bluespotted / Ribbontail Stingray (Taeniura lymma) Sipadan Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. May
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Alex Mustard / Eye and spiracle detail of a Bluespotted / Ribbontail Stingray (Taeniura lymma) Sipadan Island, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia. May
Two Amazon river dolphins / Botos (Inia geoffrensis) swimming underwater in flooded rainforest, one with beak open, Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil, July
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Kevin Schafer / Two Amazon river dolphins / Botos (Inia geoffrensis) swimming underwater in flooded rainforest, one with beak open, Rio Negro, Amazonia, Brazil, July
Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007
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Tim Laman / Pfeffer's Flamboyant Cuttlefish (Metasepia pfefferi) West Papua, Indonesia, April 2007