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Hilma af Klint The Ten Largest, Group IV, No. 9, Old Age, 1907 Courtesy of The Hilma af Klint Foundation

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Famed abstract artists capture nature as you’ve never seen it before

The pioneering work of Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian, who trained in the late 19th century, is finally brought into conversation at the Tate Modern in London

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Searching for the stars near my hometown, Pollachi, led me to the forests of the Anamalai Tiger Reserve. As I moved away from towns and their lights, the darker it got, the more I could see - fireflies, stars. I was fascinated when I saw hundreds of fireflies flashing at the edge of the forest and heard stories of trees laden with fireflies deep in the forest. Predicting the time of their peak activity, I set out to a remote area of the reserve along with forest officials. I waited for nightfall in anxiety. Flashes of green started appearing at twilight. As the place grew dark, millions of fireflies started synchronizing their flashes across several trees. Flashes started in one tree and continued across several trees in a mexican-wave like fashion. It lasted all night. I felt transported to another planet. Being under a sky full of stars, with fireflies flashing in the foreground, owls and other nocturnal creatures calling at a distance, Elephants and Leopards lurking around the corner, this was Nature as our ancestors experienced. The image, created by stacking several photographs, shows a 16 minute activity of the fireflies. ? Sriram Murali, India, 3rd Place, Professional competition, Wildlife & Nature, Sony World Photography Awards 2023

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See our pick of the entries for the Sony World Photography Awards

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The sheep return to the stable after grazing at the

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Photos of solar sheep and an eco-winery capture Italy’s green journey

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Andrew McCarthy and Jason Guenzel 140 megapixel image of the sun

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Dazzlingly detailed photo of a record solar tornado '14 Earths tall'

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thermal night vision grab of starlings roosting A group of common starlings come in to roost after dark ? shown using thermal imaging cameras, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall Page 235, Wild Isles book

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Stunning photographs accompany Attenborough's Wild Isles show

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Image taken: 2nd March 2023 SNOW WAY! The surreal site of snow-draped cacti in Arizona???s Sonoran Desert was captured in breath-taking detail by Jack Dykinga last week. The scenes, which meteorologists have described as ???once in a generation??? demonstrate a rare convergence of nature???s extremes. The Sonoran desert is typically known for its arid sub-tropical climate. Even in winter, days are sunny and mild. But this month the area saw 2-4 inches of snow that lasted about 4 hours. Dykinga, who has been photographing the Sonorn Desert since 1976, says the last big snow was a full decade ago. He described this year???s otherworldly scenes as ???pure magic, seemingly out of place and strikingly beautiful.??? Before the snow arrived, the Desert looked completely different, boasting an explosion of flowers and clear blue skies. The reason for the uncharacteristic snowfall is not fully understood. The current La Ni??a event (a cyclic weather pattern that influences global weather) is partly responsible, coupled with a persistent blocking pattern over the Pacific Ocean and cold air migrating south from the Arctic. Climate change also means extreme weather events are becoming more likely.

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Rare photograph of snow in the usually baking hot Sonoran desert

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https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/world-of-change/PadmaRiver January 7, 1990

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See pictures documenting the magnificent Padma river

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8. Photogrammetry carried out by Maritime carried out by Maritime Archaeology Trust ? Norfolk Historic Shipwrecks Ltd_2

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Relics illuminate the wreck of HMS Gloucester, a 17th-century warship

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RPS Woman Science Photographer of the Year a small group of atmospheric scientists move a fluxsled to the ice, this was the first instrument deployed on the new MOSAiC floe. ?Leap of Science? by Lianna Nixon (USA)

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See the top shots in the Woman Science Photographer of the Year award

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Cool photographs capture new geopolitics of the melting Arctic

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Cool photographs capture new geopolitics of the melting Arctic

As global warming accelerates, the Arctic is changing fast. Gregor Sailer captures this deep shift in his photographs of military stations and ice monitoring kit, part of his exhibition called The Polar Silk Road

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Some of the stunning winners of the Sony World Photography Awards

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Magnificent photograph captures eruption of Fagradalsfjall volcano

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Stunning photos show nomadic life of Mongolian goat herders

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Close-up photographs capture feathers' dazzle factor

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