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FEATURE - Clouds of Hydrogen Gas ? Simon Tang Clouds of hydrogen gas give way as the magnetic field lines of the sun snap and clash together. This display of nature creates astonishing features, known as prominences, on the limb of the Sun. Taken with QHYCCD QHY5III-174M camera, 5040mm f/33.6, 1000 x 12-millisecond frame exposures Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

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Stunning solar prominences shine in photography competition

This photograph of solar features called prominences is one of the dazzling cosmic images shortlisted for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in the UK

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This young green turtle was eagerly snacking on a lion?s mane jellyfish at Julian Rocks like a child eating candy floss. She took such a large mouthful that the jelly morsel wrapped around her face like a veil as she kept swimming blindly towards the surface.

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Like a child eating candyfloss: see a green turtle tuck into jellyfish

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Striking photos of jellyfish shed light on the enigmatic invertebrates

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Striking photos of jellyfish shed light on the enigmatic invertebrates

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A gas eruption in the submerged crater of the island of Panarea

Environment

Incredible photos reveal underwater volcanic activity near Sicily

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Fascinating shots of extinct and endangered animals and plants

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Dazzling photo of a pink salt lake shortlisted for major competition

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Dazzling photo of a pink salt lake shortlisted for major competition

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FEATURE CROP The global winning image was taken by Jan Martinek (Czech Republic). Arabidopsis thaliana flower with pollen tubes growing through the pistil. The flower tissues were chemically cleared to become transparent, while the pollen tubes were stained with aniline blue (yellow fluorescence) in order to be seen.

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Dazzling close-up images of the natural world, from flowers to flies

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Polar bears caught feeding on a whale carcass in breathtaking photos

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Polar bears caught feeding on a whale carcass in breathtaking photos

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All the tablets cancer patient Ann-Marie takes in a month. I have been collecting a month of empty packaging, and have taken photos from arrival to making into dossett boxes some 50 tablets a day, making 1500 a month

Health

Radiotherapy masks to hellebore root: see the ways we confront cancer

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Humans

A city of 10 billion: Speculative image paints a vision of the future

A series of immersive installations, including Planet City, a film that imagines a "hyper-dense" city of 10 billion people, are part of Our Time on Earth, a new exhibition at the Barbican Centre in London encouraging people to reconnect with the natural world

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Humans

Remarkable images bring water's myriad meanings to life

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Striking images of the International Space Station and space shuttles

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Stunning images of mollusc shells reveal their beauty and diversity

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Stunning photograph shows a flower as an insect might see it

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