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

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NEW CLOUDS ABOVE US The modern world relies on satellites for its communications and commerce. While mostly invisible to us as we go about out daily lives, our entire modern way of living ? both socially and professionally ? is intimately linked with the orbital space around the Earth. How we treat this extraterrestrial environment will determine how much we can rely on it in the future. ?In this view of Greenwich, London, you?ve got examples of what?s in space. I photographed about 300 artefacts ranging from satellites to rocket bodies, satellite parts, solar panels, all the way down to the screws and a glove to show what?s up there. The photography was done over a one year period, across North America, Europe and the UK. I wanted to show this from a human perspective ? from the ground looking up. I chose Greenwich because of its history of astronomy and because from there you can see the financial district of London to highlight the modern world?s connection to the satellites that circle Earth.? Max Alexander

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Space debris problem highlighted in new series of photographs

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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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Andrew McCarthy and Jason Guenzel 140 megapixel image of the sun

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Dazzlingly detailed photo of a record solar tornado '14 Earths tall'

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Image taken: 2nd March 2023 SNOW WAY! The surreal site of snow-draped cacti in Arizona???s Sonoran Desert was captured in breath-taking detail by Jack Dykinga last week. The scenes, which meteorologists have described as ???once in a generation??? demonstrate a rare convergence of nature???s extremes. The Sonoran desert is typically known for its arid sub-tropical climate. Even in winter, days are sunny and mild. But this month the area saw 2-4 inches of snow that lasted about 4 hours. Dykinga, who has been photographing the Sonorn Desert since 1976, says the last big snow was a full decade ago. He described this year???s otherworldly scenes as ???pure magic, seemingly out of place and strikingly beautiful.??? Before the snow arrived, the Desert looked completely different, boasting an explosion of flowers and clear blue skies. The reason for the uncharacteristic snowfall is not fully understood. The current La Ni??a event (a cyclic weather pattern that influences global weather) is partly responsible, coupled with a persistent blocking pattern over the Pacific Ocean and cold air migrating south from the Arctic. Climate change also means extreme weather events are becoming more likely.

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Rare photograph of snow in the usually baking hot Sonoran desert

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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/PadmaRiver January 7, 1990

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See pictures documenting the magnificent Padma river

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Relics illuminate the wreck of HMS Gloucester, a 17th-century warship

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RPS Woman Science Photographer of the Year a small group of atmospheric scientists move a fluxsled to the ice, this was the first instrument deployed on the new MOSAiC floe. ?Leap of Science? by Lianna Nixon (USA)

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See the top shots in the Woman Science Photographer of the Year award

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Cool photographs capture new geopolitics of the melting Arctic

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Cool photographs capture new geopolitics of the melting Arctic

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A red-eyed tree frog in its Costa Rican rainforest home

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Some of the stunning winners of the Sony World Photography Awards

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Magnificent photograph captures eruption of Fagradalsfjall volcano

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Magnificent photograph captures eruption of Fagradalsfjall volcano

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Hellroter Ara oder Scharlachara, Ara macao, auseinadergefaltete Fl??gel sowie Hals und Schwanz, wie viele Ppageienarten f??llt er durch die extreme Farbigkeit seines Gefieders auf, sein Gefieder ist vorwie gend leuchtend rot, w??hrend der Ansatz der Oberfl??geldecken gelb und im weiteren Verlauf gr??n ist. Schwungfedern und R??cken sind leuichtend blau, er ist einer der gr????ten Papageien der Welt, Verbreitung: von Mexiko bis Zentralbrasilien, Lebensraum: feuchte Tieflandw??lder, Lichtungen, Savannen und Flu??ufer, L??nge von Fl??gelspitze zu Fl??gelspitze: 110 cm, Kopf-Schwanz 85 cm, Focus stack aus 3 Einzelaufnahmen

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Close-up photographs capture feathers' dazzle factor

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