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desert

Earth

Stripy ponds in the Utah desert help green the bone-dry land

Multicoloured patchwork ponds in this desert play a key part in tapping sources of potassium chloride, a vital fertiliser

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beewolf

Life

A honeybee struggles to escape the grip of a fearsome beewolf

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glacier

Earth

The brothers who went missing on a glacier for almost 90 years

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black balloon

Gas-filled black balloons create eerie floating worlds

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aye-aye

Life

Endangered animals – and made-up beasts – drawn with gonzo charm

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China flood

Earth

Satellite shows clear-up operation after severe floods in China

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pteranodon

Life

Prehistoric creatures dazzle in recreated art nouveau murals

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mammoth tusk

Life

See the 'tuskers' hunting woolly mammoths in Siberian permafrost

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termite mound

Life

Bioluminescent termite mounds lure insects to their death

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Micrographia 1

Life

Meticulous engravings that gave first glimpse of the invisible

In 1665, Robert Hooke's Micrographia brought micrscopic observations of objects smaller than a grain of sand out of the laboratory and into the wider world

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Technology

The spongy fuel that's made from trees

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Life

Gorgeous rainbow frogs come in different colours on every island

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Earth

Satellite's eye view reveals retreating glaciers in the Andes

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Humans

Brain images display the beauty and complexity of consciousness

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