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2021 will perhaps be remembered as a time when the world remained in the grip of a global health crisis. We hope that these nature photographs, in some small way, will help to lift your spirits. Science has shown that simply viewing images of nature can boost your immune system, as well as lower your heart rate and improve your mood. So if the idea of being out in the wider world fills you with dread, then why not look at these evocative images - and let them transport you to faraway places.
Wide angle macro photo of an algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus) as it reaches out and investigates the camera. Dauin, Dauin Marine Protected Area, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, tropical we...
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Alex Mustard / Wide angle macro photo of an algae octopus (Abdopus aculeatus) as it reaches out and investigates the camera. Dauin, Dauin Marine Protected Area, Dumaguete, Negros, Philippines. Bohol Sea, tropical we...
Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in frosty garden, Wales, UK January.
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Andy Rouse / Grey squirrel (Sciurus carolinensis) in frosty garden, Wales, UK January.
Male Korean seahorse (Hippocampus haema) giving birth. Some of the babies are still curled up inside their egg membranes. Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
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Tony Wu / Male Korean seahorse (Hippocampus haema) giving birth. Some of the babies are still curled up inside their egg membranes. Kumamoto Prefecture, Kyushu, Japan.
Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) pack in snow, forest in Bialowieza National Park. Poland. January 2019. Received Honour award at the Mont Photo 2020 Competition.
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Mateusz Piesiak / Eurasian wolf (Canis lupus lupus) pack in snow, forest in Bialowieza National Park. Poland. January 2019. Received Honour award at the Mont Photo 2020 Competition.
Slow motion shot of Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) diving for and flying off with fish, Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.
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Neil Aldridge / Slow motion shot of Osprey (Pandion haliaetus) diving for and flying off with fish, Rothiemurchus, Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, July.
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker bees cleaning the wall around the entrance of the nest cavity, view of the cavity / Germany
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker bees cleaning the wall around the entrance of the nest cavity, view of the cavity / Germany
Honey bee (Apis mellifera), in fllight, Germany
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera), in fllight, Germany
Honey bees (Apis mellifera), in flight, Germany
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bees (Apis mellifera), in flight, Germany
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) hive in Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) nest, Germany
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Ingo Arndt / Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) hive in Black Woodpecker (Dryocopus martius) nest, Germany
Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker setting a scent track for other bees to find the way to their new beehive inside a tree hole cavity, Germany.
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Ingo Arndt / Honey bee (Apis mellifera) worker setting a scent track for other bees to find the way to their new beehive inside a tree hole cavity, Germany.
Pair of Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) on Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) at sunrise, Dorset, England, UK. July.
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Guy Edwardes / Pair of Marbled white butterflies (Melanargia galathea) on Pyramidal Orchid (Anacamptis pyramidalis) at sunrise, Dorset, England, UK. July.
Clustered bonnet fungi (Mycena inclinata) growing in moss, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. Focus stacked image. October.
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Guy Edwardes / Clustered bonnet fungi (Mycena inclinata) growing in moss, New Forest National Park, Hampshire, England, UK. Focus stacked image. October.