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photography

light pillars

Earth

Spectacular light pillars rise up in frozen North America

The same cold weather that has caused frozen sharks to wash up on the US East Coast has given us a light show more often seen in polar regions

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wave

Technology

Old 51¶¯Âþ: Just like the movies

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Scott's team of five standing at the pole on 18 January 1912, immediately following their discovery that they were not the first to arrive

Humans

Scott’s tragic polar selfie: Rare photo goes under the hammer

Culture

Art of auto rickshaw

Technology

Illuminating India: The genius of making a little go a long way

Culture

Snap decisions: Thomas Ruff's show is, literally, off colour

Space

Snap decisions: Thomas Ruff's show is, literally, off colour

Culture

woman swimming

Earth

Stunning shots capture how we interact with our natural world

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sun's movements

Technology

Solar time lapse burns through film to create a unique look

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Alaska

Earth

Pink mountains light up in otherworldly view of fjord

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crab claw

Life

Feel the pinch: A pioneer of science photography does crab claws

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men in panda suits

Life

Humans in panda suits try to track down bears in the woods

That bizarre get-up isn't meant to fool you – it's for the bears in Wolong Nature Reserve, China, who must not get used to human contact

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Humans

Seeking refuge in the heat of the night

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Physics

The pioneering snowflake photographs of a young obsessive

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Life

Early sketches of the brain show Ramón y Cajal's artistic genius

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Life

Carbon cascade reveals fresh look to the element of life

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