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By Lucy Dodwell

18 March 2009

�鶹��ý. Science news and long reads from expert journalists, covering developments in science, technology, health and the environment on the website and the magazine. — (Image: Copyright Alexander Safonov, courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009)

A dives after a shoal of millions of migrating pilchard off the coast of Port St Johns, South Africa. Taken by Alexander Safonov, this photo was the winner of the amateur natural history category of the . The winning pictures, announced this week, will be exhibited at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France, from 14 to 19 April.

See a gallery of photos shortlisted in the Natural History and Landscape categories

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