December 2010
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Wetland wildlife
These photos show the wonderful array of wildlife which can be found in Britain’s endangered wetlands. Hundreds of thousands of waterbirds live and breed among a network of 2,000 hectares of wetlands across the UK. Now the inhabitants of this watery world can be seen in this collection of regional winners of a photographic competition organised by The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust...
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Picture of the day: 31 December 2010
Artist Harwinder Singh Gill displays a special new year message he carved into the tips of coloured pencil in Amritsar, India
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Pictures of the year 2010: space station, sun,...
A Nasa probe sent back photographs of what appear to be trees on the planet’s surface. But it is an optical illusion - they are sand dunes coated with a thin layer of frozen CO2. The “trees” are trails of debris caused by landslides as ice melts…More http://bit.ly/elP9Xp
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Animal pictures of the year 2010
Ice the husky dressed as Superman. The super-dog has become an internet hit after footage was put on the internet by his owner in Hangzhou, China…More http://bit.ly/evHTGe
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Picture of the day: 30 December 2010
A wallaby stands on a large round hay bale, trapped by rising flood waters, outside the town of Dalby in Queensland, Australia
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Jump
Jump by Wayne Lawes (UK). “Only one shot was taken.”
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Personal motto on skin
Market Town by James Mortram (UK). “Personal motto on skin.”
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Superman in Cardiff
Superman in Cardiff by Maciej Dakowicz (UK). “A Saturday night in Cardiff.”
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Picture of the day: 29 December 2010
An eight-month-old German Shepherd is shown stuck in a hole in an 18-inch block wall in Desert Hot Springs, California in this photograph released by the Riverside County Animal Services. The dog’s body was on one side and his head popped out on the other side…
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Scavenger in Jakarta
Scavenger in Jakarta by Joakim Behrman (UK). “Sifting through the mountains of trash at the Bantar Gebang landfill.”
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Bathroom Landscape
Bathroom Landscape by Slawek Kozdras (UK). “Atlas mountain tops reflected in an outdoor bathroom’s mirrors.”
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Somewhere in Hungary
Somewhere in Hungary by Zoltán Balogh (Hungary). “Hungary, Baja-Budapest railway.”
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Picture of the day: 28 December 2010
Extraordinary plans for a dog-shaped vacuum cleaner designed to make pets more comfortable around the household cleaning device have come to light. The bizarre motorised cleaner had a retractable suction nozzle located in the tail. Strangely the idea, submitted in a patent application in the UK in 1973, was never put into production.
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Journey of Ocean Life
Journey of Ocean Life by Kamarulzaman Russali (Malaysia). “The moment a young boy jumps from a boat onto a little island.”
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Strike
Strike by Alisdair Miller (UAE). “Shot in Dubai on a rare occasion as we hardly see storms in this part of the world.”
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The Trees Dance
The Trees Dance by Pierre Pellegrini (Switzerland)
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Picture of the day: 27 December 2010
However this dog and its owner brave the freezing weather whilst walking along Commonwealth Avenue in the US city of Boston
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Roker Pier
Roker Pier by Jeff Vyse (UK). “A shot I had planned for a while, just waiting on the right clouds and light.”
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The Polar Bear
The Polar Bear by Tilly Meijer (Netherlands). “Polar bear in the winter.”
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Movement of Life
Movement of Life by Buchachon Petthanya (Thailand). “Many, many butterflies, some moving, some standing.”
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Shakhari Bazar, Old Dhaka
Shakhari Bazar, Old Dhaka, Bangladesh Naser Hossain
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Wildlife Winner
Wildlife Winner: Ci Luk Baaaa by Andiyan Lutfi (Malaysia). “Taken in my garden house with a Canon 100mm f/2.8 macro lens.”
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Night at Djemaa el Fna
Night at Djemaa el Fna, Marrakesh Jon Stanton of Cottenham, Cambridgeshire
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9.20 to London
9.20 to London by Graham Love (UK). “The 9:20 train to London passes the skyline of Canary Wharf.”
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Reflecting
Reflecting by Ben Bruce (UK). “Pip reflects over her long exciting day at a Scottish beach.”
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A tilt-shift view
A tilt-shift view of Des Voeux Road, Hong Kong Geoff Hopkins
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Britain Inspired Winner
Britain Inspired Winner: Man Utd Twins by Andrew Lever (UK). “A portrait of twin teenage boys standing on Bournemouth Beach.”
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Cooling off
Cooling off in Amapá, Brazil Gareth Jones of Upton Warren, Worcestershire
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Picture of the day: 24 December 2010...
It’s the one-in-a-million shot some people spend years trying to capture. Fisherman and photographer Matt Deans was motoring back from an unsuccessful day’s fishing with his father and cousin when they saw the dolphin off Coffs Harbour, New South Wales, Australia. He grabbed a battered old point-and-shoot camera he keeps on the boat to take fishing photos. “It was just one of...
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Mud volcanoes
Mud volcanoes at Buzau, Romania Alexandre Gheorghe
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Camel caravans
Camel caravans on Cable Beach, Western Australia Tim Neale
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Chair-o-Planes
Chair-o-Planes by Andrew Rutherford (UK). “Royal Perth Show, 2009.”
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The Getaway
The Getaway by Richard James Taylor (UK). “Travel… Italian style…”
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Picture of the day: 23 December 2010( A bird that...
A young tern looks like an angel as it lifts its wings in a bid to get food from its parents. The cute sight was captured by Johann Schumacher on Long Island, New York, America.
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Joy of Nature
Joy of Nature by Nimai Chandra Ghosh (India). “Two village boys are bathing in a pond.”
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Giggling girls
Giggling girls in Guatemala Bent Bornstein
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A golden light
A golden light illuminates Traeth Mawr, at Nash Point, South Wales Jeff Moreau
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Adrenaline
Adrenaline - 3rd place: Football Fans in the Club by Maciej Dakowicz (UK). “Fans watch a football match in the pub in Cardiff, Wales.”
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Picture of the day: 22 December 2010
A full moon is seen behind Cinderella Castle at Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.
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Preparing vegetables
Preparing vegetables for supper in the Thar desert, India.
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Fire Fighter
Fire Fighter by Buchachon Petthanya (Thailand). “Firefighters put out a wildfire on my drive home in Thailand.”
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Riding the Falls of Lora
This image of a kayaker riding the Falls of Lora, near Oban, Scotland.
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Beautiful clear waters
“This underwater photograph was taken at Duranbah beach near the Gold Coast City in Australia. Beautiful clear waters and fine waves were on offer. As the set waves approach, I held my breath and dived deep, opening my eyes underwater to get myself in the perfect position. Shooting on high-speed continuous enabled me to choose the perfect single shot.”
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Picture of the day: 21 December 2010
This is the dramatic moment a barn owl swooped down and snatched a field mouse searching for food in the snow. Wildlife photographer Mark Hancox waited for five hours in -10C temperatures in a field near Oswestry, Shropshire, to capture the shot on Saturday. He said: “I knew this field was a place where barn owls often hunted in winter so set up camp at the edge of the land facing a steep...
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waiting for one last wave
waiting for one last wave on Haleiwa beach, Oahu, Hawaii.Peter Holmes from Harrogate
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The Munna Wedding Party Band in Janakpur, Nepal
The Munna Wedding Party Band in Janakpur, Nepal.Richard Beven from Deal, Kent
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A Cape starling prepares to take flight
A Cape starling prepares to take flight.Mark Herring from Sheringham, Norfolk
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Woods in Micheldever, Winchester
Woods in Micheldever, Winchester
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Picture of the day: 20 December 2010 ( Amazing...
Alison Parsons-Smith took this picture while walking on the Isle of Wight at the weekend. “I wanted to capture some scenes near my home, and we began to climb St Martins Down,” she said. Alison was with husband James when they noticed the amazing cloud formation. “I could not quite believe what I was seeing above me,” she said. “This cloud shaped like an angel...
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Hiking in the Lake District
Hiking in the Lake District.Laura King from Kidlington, Oxford