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photography

Earth

Dazzling damselflies and a SpaceX plume commended by photo awards

An aerial view of crabeater seals in Antarctica, mating damselflies and a twilight rocket launch were among the most lauded entries to the inaugural Nature TTL Photographer of the Year award

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Earth

Incredible close-up images of the natural world recognised with awards

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Life

Newly discovered species found deep in the ocean contains microplastic

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Space

Mysterious crater on Mars could be a good place to look for life

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Life

World’s only known pink manta ray spotted in the Great Barrier Reef

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Humans

I scanned thousands of research images by eye to expose academic fraud

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Earth

Lush island landscape in Polish lake captured from above

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Environment

Image of mice tussling wins a Wildlife Photographer of the Year prize

News

Life

Hundreds of millions of locusts are forming swarms bigger than cities

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Environment

Art prints made using rain, fog and snow reveal the nature of water

Artist Meghann Riepenhoff uses a Victorian photographic technique and rain, fog and snow to capture the many faces of water

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Humans

Don’t miss: A singing bridge, a lost people and brilliant minds

Culture

Environment

People have built a glacier in the desert using a huge tower of ice

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Life

Contaminated banknote images reveal how money gets caked in bacteria

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Life

Beautiful close-ups of endangered big cats make real catwalk look tame

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