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Life

Striking photos of jellyfish shed light on the enigmatic invertebrates

Photographer Jan Schlegel鈥檚 new project, Of Aliens, Mermaids and Medusas, is a celebration of these prehistoric sea creatures, shot at the jellyfish lab in the Two Oceans Aquarium in Cape Town, South Africa

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A gas eruption in the submerged crater of the island of Panarea

Environment

Incredible photos reveal underwater volcanic activity near Sicily

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FEATURE

Life

Fascinating shots of extinct and endangered animals and plants

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Earth

Dazzling photo of a pink salt lake shortlisted for major competition

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FEATURE CROP The global winning image was taken by Jan Martinek (Czech Republic). Arabidopsis thaliana flower with pollen tubes growing through the pistil. The flower tissues were chemically cleared to become transparent, while the pollen tubes were stained with aniline blue (yellow fluorescence) in order to be seen.

Life

Dazzling close-up images of the natural world, from flowers to flies

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Life

Polar bears caught feeding on a whale carcass in breathtaking photos

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All the tablets cancer patient Ann-Marie takes in a month. I have been collecting a month of empty packaging, and have taken photos from arrival to making into dossett boxes some 50 tablets a day, making 1500 a month

Health

Radiotherapy masks to hellebore root: see the ways we confront cancer

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FEATURE CROP

Humans

A city of 10 billion: Speculative image paints a vision of the future

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The Arrival of The Boat People, 2020, Tuan Andrew Nguyen, pigment print on Hahnemuhle paper, 27 x 48 in. ? Tuan Andrew Nguyen 2021. Courtesy the artist and James Cohan, New York

Humans

Remarkable images bring water’s myriad meanings to life

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FEATURE International Space Station Airlock and Hatch

Humans

Striking images of the International Space Station and space shuttles

These detailed images from photographer Roland Miller鈥檚 new book Orbital Planes offer a privileged peek inside NASA鈥檚 space shuttle programme

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Environment

Stunning images of mollusc shells reveal their beauty and diversity

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Environment

Stunning photograph shows a flower as an insect might see it

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Environment

Earth’s vital rivers captured in stunning drone and satellite images

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Technology

See the murky world of vampire appliances captured on camera

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