Michael D. Kern / Kaleidoscope pattern formed from picture of Greenbottle blue tarantula (Chromatopelma cyaneopubescens) - see original image number 01482830 EMBARGOED FOR NAT GEO UNTIL the end of 2015
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Alex Mustard / Grooved brain coral (Diploria labyrinthiformis) at night with polyps extended to feed, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands, British West Indies. Caribbean Sea.
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David Shale / Hydromedusa/ Trachymedusa (Crossota sp) from approx 2700m, mid Atlantic ridge, June 2010
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Floris van Breugel / Sand dunes reflecting pink and orange glowing colours from the sky at sunset. Death Valley National Park, California, USA. November 2009.
Highly Commended in the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photoga...
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Red-crested turaco (Tauraco erythrolophus) looking around and raising crest, Tracy Aviary. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Himalayan monal pheasant (Lophophorus impejanus) male looking around, Pheasant Heaven. Captive.
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Joel Sartore / Photo Ark / Great green macaw (Ara ambiguus) turning its head and moving tongue, Tracy Aviary. Captive.
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Jacob Guy / Scoly coral (Scolymia) feeding under UV light, Corwall, UK. Filmed in studio.
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Jacob Guy / Starry cup coral (Acanthastrea echinata) timelapse of movement under UV light. Filmed in studio.
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Noemie Stroh / Yellow scroll coral (Turbinaria reniformis) surrounded by colourful reef fish, Jackson Reef, Red Sea, Egypt, September.
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Oscar Dewhurst / Mandarin duck (Aix galericulata) drake swimming on pond, backlit by rising sun and bokeh effect, Richmond Park, London, UK. February.
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Will Burrard-Lucas / Drone shot of Fagradalsfjall Volcano erupting, with lava flow from crater. Iceland, Europe. June 2021.
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Carlos Zorrilla / Male Andean cock-of-the-rock (Rupicola peruvianus) displaying at lek in tree, Ecuador
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Solvin Zankl / Blood-red hermit crab (Pagurus edwardsi) around 4cm in size, emerging out of its shell, Comau Fjord, Patagonia, Chile.
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Andy Murch / Happy Eddy (Haploblepharus edwardsii) amongst Cape sea urchin (Parechinus angulosus) and starfish. False Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. June.
Andres M. Dominguez / Crested tit (Lophophanes cristatus) about to land on Elmleaf blackberry (Rubus ulmifolius) plant, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Southern Spain, January.
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Paul Harcourt Davies / Species rich alpine meadow with Orange lily (Lilium bulbiferum), Meadow clary (Salvia pratensis) and Yellow rattle (Rhinathus sp). View towards Campitello di Fassa and mountains, Fassa Valley, Dolomit...
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Morley Read / Slow motion shot of a Rufous tailed hummingbird (Amazilia tzacatl) drinking nectar from a Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Slow motion shot of a Violet tailed sylph hummingbird (Aglaiocercus coelestis) drinking nectar from a Heliconia flower, Mindo, Ecuador.
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Ross Hoddinott / Westward Ho! beach at sunrise, colourful sky at low tide and tidal pool, north Devon, UK. February.
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Nick Upton / Buff-tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) queen about to land at her nest burrow in a garden lawn with loaded pollen sacs to provision grubs that will become future workers for her colony, Wiltshire,...
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Nick Upton / Seven-spot ladybird (Coccinnella septempunctata) just emerged from hibernation, sunning on a Honeysuckle leaf with buildings in the background, Wiltshire garden, UK, April.
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Michael Hutchinson / Flower crab spider (Misumena vatia) yellow female on Honesty flowers with house and garden visible, Bristol, UK, April
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Michael Hutchinson / Female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua) flower, trying to catch a hoverfly, Bristol, England, UK, April.
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Michael Hutchinson / Close-up of a female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua) flower, feeding on hoverfly prey, Bristol, England, UK, April.
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Michael Hutchinson / Close-up of a female Goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia) catching a hoverfly, on Annual honesty (Lunaria annua), Bristol, England, UK, April.
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David Hall / A Giant rock scallop (Crassadoma gigantea) encrusted with and surrounded by several other invertebrates, including White anemones (Metridium sp.), White mushroom ascidians (Distaplia sp.), Red soft co...
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Alex Mustard / A vibrant Caribbean coral reef with two Reef sharks (Carcharhinus perezi) and Common sea fans (Gorgonia ventalina) and sea plumes (Pseudopterogorgia sp). Jardines de la Reina, Gardens of the Queen Nat...
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Derek Galon / Timelapse of a Monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) caterpillar feeding on Mexican butterfly weed (Asclepias curassavica), Dominica, Lesser Antilles.
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Derek Galon / Timelapse of a Passionflower (Passiflora edulis) opening, Dominica, West Indies. Controlled conditions.
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Franco Banfi / Cuckoo wrasse (Labrus mixtus) male in front of Red sea fan, (Paramuricea clavata), Stupiste In dive site, Vis Island, Croatia, Adriatic Sea, Mediterranean
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Erlend Haarberg / Wild pansy (Viola tricolor) with single Dandelion (Taraxacum sp) Innlandet, Norway, June.
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Milan Radisics / Crystallised patterns in an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain. Phosphogypsum is a radi...
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Milan Radisics / Service road crossing an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with crystallised patterns and shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain....
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Milan Radisics / Service road crossing an abandoned pond used for the disposal and stacking of phosphogypsum with crystallised patterns and shallow, but highly toxic radioactive green water in Huelva, Southern Spain....
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Andres M. Dominguez / Ocellated or jewelled lizards (Timon lepidus) basking on rocks, Los Alcornocales Natural Park. Southern Spain. May.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Adult male King Eider (Somateria spectabilis) in flight. Batsfjord, Norway, March.
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Andres M. Dominguez / Adult male King Eider (Somateria spectabilis).Batsfjord, Norway, March.
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Georgette Douwma / Translucent coral goby (Bryaninops erythrops) in Seapen (Virgularia gustaviana). Komodo National Park, Indonesia. Indo-West Pacific.
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Morley Read / Slow motion clip of a large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.
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Morley Read / Large group of Butterflies (Pieridae) taking flight after puddling, absorbing nutrients or minerals from damp soil, Orellana Province, Amazon rainforest, Ecuador.
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Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of yellow mineral sediments flowing into the Atlantic Ocean, near Stokkseyri, Southern Iceland, August 2018.
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Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of the Austurfljot glacial river, southern Iceland, August 2018.
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Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of the Austurfljot glacial river, southern Iceland, August 2018.
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Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of the Hafursa glacial river running over black sand, southern Iceland, August 2018.
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Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of steam geysers at Gunnhuver Hot Springs, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, August 2018.
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Milan Radisics / Aerial shot of Gunnuhver steam geyser, Gunnhuver Hot Springs, Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, August 2018.
