January 2011
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Taba
Camel caddy in Taba Heights, Egypt.Gillian Hill of Selsey, West Sussex
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Mother & Child
Elk and child in the Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.Eleanor Scriven of Chesterfield, Derbyshire
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Picture of the day
Meet Zlata - the world’s most flexible woman. Pictured here on the streets of London, the contortionist drew crowds in the UK capital displaying her wiry skills. The Russian national has been performing her contortionist act for 10 years wowing the public with her eye-watering positions.
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Child-Monster
A child demonstrates its best sea monster impression at Vang Vieng, Laos.Daniel Griffin of Abingdon, Oxon
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Turquoise Seas
The turquoise seas of the Caribbean.James Goode of Jersey
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Balloons
Hot air balloons rise through the early morning mists at Bagan, Burma (Myanmar) Mark Withers of Southampton
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Dubai aquarium
A child immersed in the watery world of a Dubai aquarium
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Picture of the day
A Boeing Delta 4 Heavy rocket, which may someday be used to send humans into space, rises from the launch pad during its first unmanned launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California
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Painted
A painted face at a Kathakali peformance in Bangalore
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Climbing
A lion cub branches out in the Serengeti
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Picture of the day
Spokesman Wouter Walmink explains: “Some of our food is given beautiful patterns by nature, like cauliflower and pineapples. Others like the banana have been less lucky. To help the unfortunate, Studio:ludens has used their own pattern-making software to laser engrave patterns on a variety of food. The result is a bizarre blend of clean geometric precision on unpredictable, edible...
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Sleepy
A woman sells her wares at a market stall in Burma.Pamela Boothman of Burnley, Lancs
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Colourful visitors
Colourful visitors to Chand Baori - one of the largest stepwells in India.Keith Budd of West Sussex
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Picture of the day (A Walking Gorilla)
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Crab
A crab at St Agnes, Isles of Scilly
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Race
A race against the tide at St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall.Roy Curtis of Truro, Cornwall
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Picture of the day
An armoured vehicle of US Marines from 1st Battalion 8th, Bravo is seen in front of the Milky Way galaxy during an operation not far from Shir Chazay in Musa Qala district of Helmand province, Afghanistan
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Sunset
Bathers cool off at the end of a hot day on Abu Dhabi’s Persian Gulf.Saad Majid of Birmingham
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Green transport
Green transport in Hanoi, Vietnam.Jack Walton of Stamford Bridge, Yorkshire
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Picture of the day
A red crowned crane is pictured in Yancheng, Jiangsu, China. This is one of the winning entries in an international competition to secure images of the 566 most threatened birds on Earth. They are to be featured in a new book, The World’s Rarest Birds, which aims to highlight the plight of these endangered birds.
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BYE!
This bear looks as if he’s waving goodbye to his friends. Sergey Gorshkov spent six years following bears as they hunted for salmon, paddled in a lake and walked for miles through forests. The photographs were taken at Kurile Lake in Kamchatka, Russia, home to more than 18,000 bears…
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Picture of the Week
An F-18 Super Hornet passes through the sound barrier, creating a visible ‘vapour cone’ at the Miramar Air Station in San Diego, California, United States. Amateur photographer Steve Skinner didn’t know he had captured the vapour cone moment, until he looked at the photos later that day.
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Goat
An inquisitive goat blocks a footpath in Kefalonia.Charlotte O’Toole of Southampton
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Ganges
Early morning on the Ganges river at Varanasi.David Vila of Berkhamsted, Herts
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Animal picture of the week
Lionesses pounce on a crocodile after the reptile attempted to attack one of the pride’s cubs. The protective females leapt into action to fend off the aggressive crocodile after it had attempted to pick off the youngster. During the encounter the crocodile managed to bite one of the big cats but was soon killed by the pride. The scenes were captured by Tony Goldman while on a safari trip...
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Ready
A leopard reacts to an approaching hyena in the Kruger National Park, South Africa.Peter Leigh of Nottingham
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The Arches
The Arches National Park in Utah.Anthony Haines of Borehamwood, Herts
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Hungry monkey
Hungry monkey in Varansi, India, is oblivious to the breach of health & safety in the background.Marta Goluchowska of Abingdon, Oxfordshire
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Underwater
A glimpse of the underwater world off Belize.Cate Donovan of Greenford, Essex
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Pictures of the day(Frozen)
A soldier looks frozen during training, as newly recruited soldiers of the People’s Liberation Army take part in a training session in Yichun, Heilongjiang Province, China…
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LOVE
Love in a cold climate, Schloss Platz, Berlin
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Pictures of the day (Bears)
The mother polar bear plays with one of her cubs
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Colorful Pigeons
A flock of pigeons display their racing colours above Rojales, Spain.Dave Walsh
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Ride
Hitching a ride in the Everglades, Florida.Scott Donald
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Pictures of the day(Baby Goat)
A baby goat jumps to avoid a 300lb boulder which came crashing down and almost wiped out the entire family, while 5,000ft up a snow-covered mountain slope. Kent Keller photographed the sight and had to scramble out the way to avoid being hit by the boulder himself. The father of one took the photographs while on holiday at the Mount Timpanogos Wilderness, in Utah, America.
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Ready
A termite mound provides a convenient vantage point in Namibia Roger Litton of Harrogate, North Yorkshire
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A walking haystack
A walking haystack in Peru.David Smith of Grays, Essex
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Pictures of the day(Grey Wolf)
A Mexican Grey Wolf flashes a devilish grin as she bares her fangs. The image was captured by Scott Denny during a visit to Brookfield Zoo in Illinois, America.
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Up Close and Personal
Up close and personal with a whale shark off the Seychelles Joe Daniels of Ipswich, Suffolk
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Sand sculpture
Sand sculpture in the Libyan Sahara Sheila Marchant-Webb of Worthing, West Sussex
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Waiting
A cheetah family survey Tanzania’s Serengeti Graham Westlake of Pulborough, West Sussex
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White and Brown
A demanding chick in South Georgia, Antarctica David Whittam of Kingston upon Thames, Surrey
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Two-Trunked Elephant
An incredibly rare two-trunked elephant is captured on camera in South Africa Andrew McElwee of London
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Boy soldiers
Boy soldiers in Kiev, Ukraine Thom Davies of Staines, Middlesex
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Hoar frost
Hoar frost on the banks of the river Nar Paul West of Marham, Norfolk
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A rock with a face
A rock with a face in the Sierra Nevada, California David Venables of Solihull, West Midlands
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Synchronised
Synchronised sipping at a watering hole in the Masai Mara, Kenya.David Benardout of Stanmore, Middlesex
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In the west
A wrangler at work on a ranch in Santa Fe, New Mexico Lisa Mardell of Guildford, Surrey
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Colourful buildings
Colourful buildings in Innsbruck, Austria.Carol Saunders from St Albans
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A snake and a lizard
A snake and a lizard do battle in France’s Lot Valley. The lizard eventually wriggled free.Pete Thorn from Barnstaple