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Winning images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023

Orcas hunting a seal, duelling Nubian ibexes and a stunning horseshoe crab appear in winning images from this year鈥檚 Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

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cf. Mycena (???) Reserva Los Cedros, Cotacachi, Ecuador

Life

Fascinating photos of fungi show their diversity

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Lewis Burnett - Manta

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See this award-winning shot of a reef manta ray taken by a drone

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Solar Flare X1 from AR2994 in ?Motion? ? Miguel Claro Photograph of the Sun taken from a 27-minute timelapse of a solar, flare which took place on 30 April 2022. Taken with a Sky-Watcher Esprit ED120 telescope, Daystar Quark Chromosphere filter, Sky-Watcher EQ6 mount, Player One Apollo M-Max Solar camera, 840 mm, 900 frames at 9.1 ms per frame (recorded as video at 109 FPS) Location: Dark Sky Alqueva region, ?vora district, Portugal

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See the remarkable photos up for Astronomy Photographer of the Year

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Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg, Pollinator Pathmaker LAS Edition, Digital Render, Pollinator Vision ? 2023

Life

Stunning photos show how an AI algorithm could help insect pollinators

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Earth

See some of the images up for the Earth Photo 2023 competition

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Lastrea focnisecii; Anna Atkins (British, 1799 - 1871), and Anne Dixon (British, 1799 - 1877); 1853; Cyanotype; 25.4 ?? 19.4 cm (10 ?? 7 5/8 in.); 84.XO.227.24; No Copyright - United States (http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/)

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New book collates the pioneering photographs of Anna Atkins

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See a prize-winning photograph of mating golden-tabbed robber flies

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Searching for the stars near my hometown, Pollachi, led me to the forests of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve. As I moved away from towns and their lights, the darker it got, the more I could see - fireflies, stars. I was fascinated when I saw hundreds of fireflies flashing at the edge of the forest and heard stories of trees laden with fireflies deep in the forest. Predicting the time of their peak activity, I set out to a remote area of the reserve along with forest officials. I waited for nightfall in anxiety. Flashes of green started appearing at twilight. As the place grew dark, millions of fireflies started synchronizing their flashes across several trees. Flashes started in one tree and continued across several trees in a mexican-wave like fashion. It lasted all night. I felt transported to another planet. Being under a sky full of stars, with fireflies flashing in the foreground, owls and other nocturnal creatures calling at a distance, Elephants and Leopards lurking around the corner, this was Nature as our ancestors experienced. The image, created by stacking several photographs, shows a 16 minute activity of the fireflies. ? Sriram Murali, India, 3rd Place, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, Sony World Photography Awards 2023

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See our pick of the entries for the Sony World Photography Awards

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Video still showing the size of a ball in natural and linear perspective

Technology

Video games have been getting perspective wrong, but now there’s a fix

A digital perspective tweak improves how people judge distance in images and doing this in video games and CGI movies could make them feel more immersive

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Earth

Some of the stunning winners of the Sony World Photography Awards

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Life

Dazzling photographs of flocking flamingos

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Earth

Wintry scenes top Weather Photographer of the Year competition

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Environment

A gift from nature: Geothermal energy in Tuscany’s Valle del Diavolo

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