« Απάντηση #1 στις: Ιουνίου 15, 2011, 20:21:58 μμ »
Alessandro Grassani / LUZphoto.
In Mongolia's Arkhangai province, the Tsamba family lives on the edge, struggling through harsh winters alongside their herd of sheep. Severe winter conditions, known as dzud, have been responsible for the deaths of half the family's once 2,000-strong herd over the past three winters. Recently, in search of warmer pastures, the Tsambas moved from Bulgan province in the north to this region near a central Mongolian village called Ulziit.
In the photo above, 29-year-old Erdene Tuya hauls a sheep lost to the dzud to a small burial ground close to their yurt (gher) in March.
In her gher, Erdene Tuya gives water to an exhausted sheep. During that March night, the family took a dozen sheep into their home to protect them from the bitter cold.
A nearby gher sits abandoned by a herding family after a snowstorm.
Erdene Tuya's husband, Batgargal Tsamba, 39, carries a sheep that didn't survive the night to the cemetery near their gher.
Erdene Tuya, her 3-year-old son Tuvchinj, and a young lamb wake up after a cold night. Her husband, Batgargal, has just left the gher with their 6-year-old son Azjargal to check on the herd.
A view of the capital, Ulan Bator, over the shoulder of a slumbering drunk. Alcoholism is a huge problem in the city, home to half of Mongolia's people. The capital's population has doubled in the past two years, expanding outward in a haphazard sprawl, and many inhabitants live in slums known as the "Gher District." High levels of unemployment and poverty await herders who abandon rural areas and arrive in the city, illiterate and untrained in any skills necessary for urban jobs.
Meanwhile, several hundred miles from the capital, the Tsamba family has lost nearly 20 sheep over the course of two cold winter days.
The five members of the Jigjjav family sleep in their crawl space under a staircase in Ulan Bator: a 55-year-old former shepherd and his wife, their two daughters, and one 4-year-old grandson. The family decided to move to the city after the dzud killed their 150 sheep. Now, they live off the meager earnings brought in by the shepherd's wife, who works as an apartment guard in the building where the family is living. She is the only one with a job; one daughter is expecting a child soon.
At the garbage dump in Ulan Bator, many environmental refugees find their first job in the city: collecting scrap bits and selling them for money.
Dyun Erdene, the shepherd's 26-year-old, pregnant daughter, sits in the crawl space where she lives with her family in Ulan Bator.
In Arkhangai province, Batgargal Tsamba watches over his herd.
A view of Ulan Bator's Gher District, where residents live in informal settlements without access to electricity or the city's main water supply.
« Τελευταία τροποποίηση: Ιουνίου 15, 2011, 20:24:56 μμ από thailandgr »
"Δικό σου είναι αυτό που δεν μπορεί να υπάρξει χωρίς εσένα" The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
« Απάντηση #2 στις: Ιουνίου 15, 2011, 20:24:13 μμ »
Ed Wray.
A monkey tears off a rubber baby doll head it is being trained to wear at Kampung Cipinang Besar, also known as "monkey village" in Jakarta, Indonesia.
Madi, a trainer, sits on a monkey cage with two of his performing monkeys in "monkey village."
A monkey lunges out of its cage in "monkey village" on June 15, 2010.
"Although forcing the animals to work on the streets is cruel, the keepers, and handlers of these animals, live in a harsh and unforgiving world of extreme poverty," Wray said, "And this is the only way they know to make a little money to survive."
A monkey peers out of its cage in "monkey village."
Madi disciplines one of his performing monkeys by threatening to hit him.
A young monkey is chained so that he must learn to stand on two feet.
Monkeys and their handler at Kampung Cipinang Besar.
A trainer moves to untie the hands of a young monkey he has been training at Kamoung Rambutan.
A masked monkey performs on the streets of Kampung Munyet.
A monkey from Kampung Cipinang Besar performs in a neighboring village.
A monkey performs at a busy intersection in Jakarta.
A monkey and its handler attempt to attract change from passers-by on a busy street in Jakarta.
A monkey practices riding a wooden horse at Kampung Cipinang Besar in Jakarta.
A young monkey being trained to stand on two feet.
A monkey in Kampung Munyet - an Indonesian village where monkeys are trained, rented, and sold.
"Δικό σου είναι αυτό που δεν μπορεί να υπάρξει χωρίς εσένα" The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
« Απάντηση #4 στις: Ιουνίου 15, 2011, 20:32:11 μμ »
Brent Stirton - Pastoralists in Transition...
Image of a massacre site where the Pokot tribesman came out of the Rift Valley, their traditional area, and attacked a Samburu village over cattle grazing rights in the north of Kenya at a time of the worst drought in the region for the last 100 years, 20 November 2009.
An emaciated Samburu Elder pastoralist stands in his burnt-out cattle boma at at time of the worst drought in Kenya for the last 100 years.
Images of a massacre site where Pokot tribesman came out of the Rift Valley, their traditional area, and attacked a Samburu village over cattle grazing rights in the north of Kenya at a time of the worst drought in the region for the last 100 years.
A Kenya Police reservist guards Borana cattle which were raided by Rendille Moran tribesman in retaliation for a huge Boran raid in September 2009.
Melako Conservancy Scouts patrol Koya, an area which became a vast no mans land after extensive cattle raiding between the Rendille tribe and the Borana tribe, Koya, north Kenya, 28 February 2010.
The Rendille ended up moving 42 kilometers away and the Borana also pulled back, leaving a viable pastoral and conservation area deserted and contentious. The Melako Conservancy community group with the help of the Northern Rangelands trust are trying to rehabilitate the area for both Pastoralists and for wildlife tourism. The scouts are appointed by the community and with the help of a few Kenya Administrative Police are trying to secure the area and the wildlife so that people may safely return and invest in the area for both their cattle and tourism returns.
A Samburu pastoralist stands on the banks of the Ewaso Nyiro river, the only major river in the north of Kenya at a time of the worst drought in Kenya for the last 100 years, 20 November 2009. Due to the drought the Ewaso Nyiro is estimated to flow for only two months of the year and it is seen here right after the rains of a very brief rainy season. The drought has brought about increasingly deadly conflict between pastoralists as well as conservationists all competing for grazing land.
Aerial images of the ground effects on small farmers of the worst drought in 100 years currently affecting Kenya's nothern Rift Valley province.
Rendille women collect water from a well at the new Manyata Koya, a relocated village which moved 42 kilometers from the original Koya in 1992 due to heavy cattle raiding and fighting with the Borana tribe, North of Kenya, 27 February 2010.
Rendille Morans dig water for goats and camels in an area designated as sustainable by the Melako Conservancy comittee, Koya, North Kenya, 28 February 2010.
Pastoralist Masaai prepare a field of Maize in Orngayanet, Kenya, 22 February, 2010. Crop cultivation is a relatively new thing for the Masaai, and is a result of living next to other tribes who practise agricultural and have fared better than the Masaai with their cattle in times of drought and disease and shrinking grazing land. There are now large fields of maize under cultivation by the Masaai as some move from pastoralism towards a more stable means of income and subsistence.
Masaai elders sit outside a bar in a town which has grown up outside one of the gates of the Masaai Mara National Reserve, Orngayanet, 22 February, 2010, Kenya. This is a recent occurence, the elders would previously be found in the village dispensing wisdom and sitting under trees with their cattle in the distance. As their land has shrunk, populations mushroomed, droughts have impacted, the Masaai are increasingly in touch with the western world. A steady erosion of their culture is a result.
Masaai children at a boarding school for primary scholars, Olderekesi Ranch, Masaai Mara, Kenya, 19 February 2010. Education for their children, access to medical services and access to water are the three biggest pastoralist concerns today. The pastoralists across Kenya have found themselves at a tipping point, lack of land, overpopulation, pastoralist conflicts, the worst drought in over 100 years and huge subsequent cattle losses have driven the pastoralist tribes of Kenya to a point where change is becoming inevitable.
Images of a rural Masaai village school in Orngayanet area, Kenya, 22 February, 2010. The main priorities of the Pastorilists around Kenya is access to medical treatment, education for their children and access to water for good grazing. The culture around cattle however means that selling them for money for these purposes is often a reluctant process. As land for grazing diminishes and drough and climate change and overpopulation loom, these practises will have to change if pastoralists are to move into a modern way of life.
Beatrice Chebkurui, one of two nurses in a local Masaai village, treats a Masaai child who has Malaria and Pneumonia in her small clinic in Orngayanet, 22 February, 2010, Kenya. This is a private practise and an average treatment costs around 500 Kenyan shillings, around $7. The main priorities of the Pastorilists around Kenya is access to medical treatment, education for their children and access to water for good grazing. The culture around cattle however means that selling them for money for these purposes is often a reluctant process. As land for grazing diminishes and drough and climate change and overpopulation loom, these practises will have to change if pastoralists are to move into a modern way of life.
Olderekesi community group Masaai men walk across a hillside overlooking some of their tradional land, Olderrekesi Ranch.
Kenyan men who are former pastoralists now working for an early morning ballon ride service inside the Masaai Mara National Reserve.
Masaai men practise a tradtional dance they will perfom for tourists as part of a new income plan for members of this community who have chosen tourism as a primary income source as opposed to traditional pastoralist practise, Cottars Camp.
Mass building of tourist camps and lodges along the Talik and Mara rivers on the outskirts of the Mara Triangle Conservancy Masaai Mara National Reserve.
Scenes of local Samburu men from the Kalama Conservancy working at exclusive Saruni Lodge in Northern Kenya.
A tradional Masaai woman crosses in front of a Somali run Mosque in the Muslim town of Kajiado, Kenya, 25 February 2010. The rise of Islam is a new phenomenon in this region. Across Kenya the Somalis are increasingly a rising power. Their natural talent as traders has made them formidable businessmen and in towns like Kajiado and others, the Somalis and their brand of Islam is dominant and growing. Somalis have entered into business relations with the Kikuyu people and they have acquired large tracts of land from naÔve pastoralists who now find themselves squeezed into unsustainable pockets of grazing land. As a consequence many pastoralists are forced into urban poverty or unskilled alternatives to cattle, all of which guarantee the increasing domination of the Somalis who already have political representation in Nairobi.
Lake Turkana in North Kenya
Dasenetch pastoralist people with their catch of Tilapia fish in Lake Turkana in North Kenya.
The Dassanech people in the Lower Omo Valley, South West Ethiopia, 14 December 2007.
Dasenetch pastoralist children play in a small pool in a dry river bed near Lake Turkana in North Kenya.
A Dasenetch pastoralist circumcision ceremony in Lake Turkana in North Kenya, 20 May 2010. The Dasenetch are moving slowly into a more modern way of thinking, with more focus on education and alternative livelihoods.
A Dasenetch pastoralist father and son use netting to catch Tilapia fish in Lake Turkana in North Kenya, 20 May 2010. Fishing is a relatively new phenomenon for the Dasenetch, drought and climate change have forced them to look further than cattle for alternative sources of sustenance and economy. Fishing has become the primary means in the Lake Turkana region. The lake is the largest desert lake in the world and sustains both Turkana and Dasenetch people as well as Gabra and other tribes in the region. Lake Turkana faces an uncertain future however as the Gibe 3 dam project in Ethiopia, a massive hydro-electric scheme and Ethiopia's biggest single investment, comes on line.
Dasenetch pastoralist people with their catch of Tilapia fish in Lake Turkana in North Kenya, 20 May 2010.
Trained Dasenetch pastoralist men sift for hominid fossils at one of the sites of the Ileret Turkana Basin Institute in Lake Turkana in North Kenya, 20 May 2010. The Lake Turkana region is one of the greatest fossil fields in the world and the Institute seeks to employ as many local pastoralist people as it can as a way of translating the value of the area across multiple platforms, from academia, to tourism and local job creation.
Trained Dasenetch pastoralist men sift for hominid fossils at one of the sites of the Ileret Turkana Basin Institute in Lake Turkana in North Kenya, 20 May 2010. The Lake Turkana region is one of the greatest fossil fields in the world and the Institute seeks to employ as many local pastoralist people as it can as a way of translating the value of the area across multiple platforms, from academia, to tourism and local job creation.
Trained Dasenetch pastoralist men clean fossils at the Ileret Turkana Basin Institute in Lake Turkana in North Kenya, 20 May 2010.
Trained Dasenetch pastoralist men clean fossils at the Ileret Turkana Basin Institute in Lake Turkana in North Kenya, 20 May 2010.
Dasenetch pastoralist women bring a daughter with epilepsy to a local clinic in Ileret, North East Lake Turkana in North Kenya, 20 May 2010. Access to medical care remains one of the highest priorities of the pastoralist people of this region. A lack of facilities and a lack of money by which to pay for medicine and treatment remain a big problem for these groups. The Dasenetch are moving slowly into a more modern way of thinking, with more focus on education and alternative livelihoods. The presence of various religous groups and the introduction of schools has had a profound impact on the way that Pastoralists view themselves and their future, changing values and distancing them from many of their traditional ways.
Dasenetch pastoralist men service a windmill designed to bring water to the town of Ileret, North East Lake Turkana in North Kenya, 20 May 2010. The Dasenetch are moving slowly into a more modern way of thinking, with more focus on education and alternative livelihoods. The presence of various religous groups, aid groups and schools has had a profound impact on the way that Pastoralists view themselves and their future, changing values and distancing them from many of their traditional ways.
"Δικό σου είναι αυτό που δεν μπορεί να υπάρξει χωρίς εσένα" The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
« Απάντηση #6 στις: Ιουνίου 28, 2011, 11:03:23 πμ »
Animal Magic
Akasha, a two-year-old female Bengal tiger, swims after a chunk of meat thrown into her pool at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom in Vallejo, California, May 5, 2011. Unlike most cats, tigers enjoy the water and with the hot temperatures in the area. The park's cats can often be seen lounging in the water. (c) Nancy Chan—Six Flags Discovery Kingdom/Reuters
These sardines have had their chips as they are picked off by sailfish at the Isla Mujeres in Mexico on April 18, 2011. (c) Daniel Botelho—National News/Zuma Press
Riders and horses of the Epona Spanish Riding School perform in the Court of the Lions of the Royal Castle of Budapest, Hungary, Saturday evening, May 7, 2011. The riding school started its weekly performances, from May to October, with the aim to evoke the long lost classical tradition of the pre-war Spanish Riding School of the Hungarian Royal Guards. (c) Bela Szandelszky—AP
Steam rises off a horse as it gets a bath after a morning workout at Churchill Downs on Thursday, May 5, 2011, in Louisville, Ky. (c) Charlie Riedel—AP
The eye of an elephant at the Maesa Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai, Thailand, 24 March 2011. (c) Jens Kalaene—Newscom
A new species of fish named "Heteroconger" photographed on May 8, 2011 off the resort island of Bali. Scientists from Conservation International have discovered eight new fish and one new coral species off Indonesia's Bali Island. Indonesia is a massive archipelago of 17,000 islands which are home to rich marine biodiversity. (c) Conservation international Indonesia/AFP/Getty Images
A Cuban blue cat is pictured in its enclosure in Havana May 25, 2011. Cuban cat lovers believe there is a newly identified breed of short-hair cat they call the Cuban blue. Uriarte Rubio, president of the Cuban Association of Cat Enthusiasts, is spearheading the effort to identify the Cuban blue as a new breed and hopes it will one day take its place alongside the world's five other cat breeds known as "blues." (c) Desmond Boylan—Reuters
Lolo, a black jaguar, plays with Ward, her 14-month-old spotted cub, inside their enclosure at the zoo in Amman May 12, 2011. (c) Ali Jarekji—Reuters
A trained monkey wears a mask during a Topeng Monyet (Monkey Mask) show, a traditional Indonesian street performance, in east Jakarta April 25, 2011. Karmini, a monkey trainer who has four trained monkeys, said his group can collect $10 a day for their performance. (c) Beawiharta—Reuters
A Mexican Coyote that had been rescued with other animals while being trafficked illegally, is seen through the bars of an enclosure at the Federal Wildlife Conservation Center on the outskirts of Mexico City May 20, 2011. According to Mexico's Federal Wildlife Conservation Department, at least 2,500 different animals are rescued annually in the country, 70 percent from illegal animal trafficking within and outside the country and 30 percent from domestic captivity. (c) Carlos Jasso—Reuters
Two Herens cows lock horns during the annual "Battle of the Queens" cow fight finals in Aproz, in the western Alpine canton of Valais May 8, 2011. Each year when taken to the alpine pastures, the cows test their strength and fight for the herd's leadership. The competition continues until a new queen has forced all the other cows to retreat. (c) Valentin Flauraud—Reuters
Painted dogs eat a beef carcass in their new enclosure at Chester Zoo, northern England, April 5, 2011. The animals, which are also known as African Wild Dogs, are on display at the zoo for the first time after recently arriving from a zoo in Sweden. (c) Phil Noble—Reuters
Dogs wander around the town of Minami Soma, inside the deserted evacuation zone established around the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in northeastern Japan, April 7, 2011 (c) Hiro Komae—AP
A snake swims as floodwaters slowly rise in Holly Grove, Arkansas May 10, 2011. (c) Eric Thayer—Reuters
A U.S. Army soldier with the 10th Special Forces Group and his military working dog jump off the ramp of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter from the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment during water training over the Gulf of Mexico as part of exercise Emerald Warrior 2011 in this U.S. military handout image from March 1, 2011. (c) Manuel J. Martinez—U.S. Air Force/Reuters
May 27, 2011. An aerial view of Kabul city is seen from atop a hill as a street dog walks in Kabul, Afghanistan. (c) Mustafa Quraishi—AP
A swan walks through a green field on April 12, 2011 in Kamp-Lintfort, Germany. Swans are among the largest flying birds and are native to temperate environments around the world. (c) Roland Weihrauch—AFP/Getty Images
A white peacock looks on from a cage on a warm spring day in a park in Bucharest, Romania, on May 24, 2011. Romania is experiencing temperatures higher than usual for this time of year. (c) Vadim Ghirda—AP
"Δικό σου είναι αυτό που δεν μπορεί να υπάρξει χωρίς εσένα" The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
« Απάντηση #10 στις: Οκτωβρίου 09, 2011, 19:00:19 μμ »
The Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition lets us see beyond the capabilities of our unaided eyes. Almost 2000 entries from 70 countries vied for recognition in the 37th annual contest, which celebrates photography through a microscope. Images two through 21 showcase the contest's winners in order, and are followed by a selection of other outstanding works. Scientists and photographers turned their attention on a wide range of subjects, both living and man-made, from lacewing larva to charged couple devices, sometimes magnifying them over 2000 times their original size.
Wim van Egmond of the Micropolitan Museum in Rotterdam, Netherlands photographed a Leptodora kindtii (giant waterflea) eye from a living specimen using the differential interference contrast method. (Wim van Egmond)
Dr. Igor Siwanowicz of the Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology in Martinsried, Germany shot "Portrait of a Chrysopa sp. (green lacewing) larva" at 20x magnification using the confocal method. (Dr. Igor Siwanowicz) #
A blade of grass at 200x magnification by Dr. Donna Stolz of the University of Pittsburgh using confocal stack reconstruction and autofluorescence. (Dr. Donna Stolz) #
A living specimen of Melosira moniliformis at 320x magnification imaged with differential interference contrast by Frank Fox of Fachhochschule Trier in Trier, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany. (Frank Fox) #
Intrinsic fluorescence in Lepidozia reptans (liverwort) at 20x magnification in a live mount with confocal microscopy by Dr. Robin Young of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. (Dr. Robin Young) #
The surface of a microchip in a 3D reconstruction at 500x magnification using incident light and Normarski interference contrast by Alfred Pasieka of Germany. (Alfred Pasieka) #
Cracked gallium arsenide solar cell films at 50x magnification using the brightfield method by Dennis Callahan of the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. (Dennis Callahan) #
A mouse nerve fiber layer on a retinal flatmount at 40x magnification by Gabriel Luna of the UC Santa Barbara Neuroscience Research Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif. using the laser confocal scanning method. (Gabriel Luna) #
Graphite-bearing granulite from Kerala, India in polarized light at 2.5x magnification by Dr. Bernardo Cesare of the Department of Geosciences in Padova, Italy. (Dr. Bernardo Cesare) #
A marine copepod, Temora longicornis, at 10x magnification imaged by Dr. Jan Michels of Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel in Kiel, Germany using the confocal process with autofluorescence and Congo red fluorescence. (Dr. Jan Michels) #
Joan Rohl of the Institute for Biochemistry and Biology in Potsdam, Germany used differential interference contrast to capture a freshwater water flea, Daphnia magna, at 100x magnification. (Joan Rohl) #
An ant head magnified ten times and photographed by Dr. Jan Michels of Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel in Kiel, Germany using the confocal method with autofluorescence. (Dr. Jan Michels) #
Thomas Deerinck of the National Center for Microscopy and Imaging Research in La Jolla, Calif. captured HeLa (cancer) cells at 300x magnification with 2-photon fluorescence. (Thomas Deerinck) #
A curare vine (Chondrodendron tomentosum) in cross-section at 45x magnification was shot by Dr. Stephen S. Nagy of Montana Diatoms in Helena, Montana using the brightfield method and digitally inverted. (Dr. Stephen S. Nagy) #
Lobe coral (Porites lobata) displays tissue pigmentation response with red fluorescence and epifluorescence with triple band (U/B/G) excitation in this image by James H. Nicholson of the Coral Culture and Collaborative Research Facility, NOAA/NOS/NCCOS/CCEHBR & HML in Charleston, S.C. (James H. Nicholson) #
Dr. Christopher Guerin of the Flanders Institute of Biotechnology in Ghent, Belgium photographed cultured cells growing on a bio-polymer scaffold using the confocal method at 63x magnification. (Dr. Christopher Guerin) #
Dr. Witold Kilarski of the EPFL-Laboratory of Lymphatic and Cancer Bioengineering in Lausanne, Switzerland shot Litomosoides sigmodontis (filaria worms) inside lymphatic vessels of the mouse ear at 150x magnification using aFluorescent confocal microscopy. (Dr. Witold Kilarski) #
The venation network of a young quaking aspen leaf (Populus tremuloides) was magnified 4 times by Benjamin Blonder and David Elliott of the University of Arizona in Tucson utilizing a brightfield image of safranin-stained tissue. (Benjamin Blonder and David Elliott) #
Dr. Donna Stolz of the University of Pittsburgh assembled a wreath collage of mammalian cells stained for various proteins and organelles magnified from 220x to 2000x. (Dr. Donna Stolz) #
Douglas Moore of the University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point used stereomicroscopy and fiber optics to photograph unpolished agatized ca. 150 million years old dinosaur bone cells magnified 42 times. (Douglas Moore) #
A freshwater shrimp eye and head shot with image stacking photography by Jose R. Almodovar at the Microscopy Center, Biology Department, UPR Mayaguez Campus in Mayaquez, Puerto Rico. (Jose R. Almodovar) #
Bladderwort bladder (Utricularia gibber) photographed with the darkfield method and magnified 40x by Jose R. Almodovar at the Microscopy Center, Biology Department, UPR Mayaguez Campus in Mayaquez, Puerto Rico. (Jose R. Almodovar) #
A confocal image of giant liposomes of pulmonary surfactant was magnified 40 times by Dr. Jorge Bernardino de la Serna of MEMPHYS - Center for Biomembrane Physics, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in Odense, Denmark. (Dr. Jorge Bernardino de la Serna) #
A confocal image of a reconstruction of a fruit fly (Drosophila sp.) nervous system by Dr. Jana Boerner of Florida Atlantic University in Boca Raton, Fla. (Dr. Jana Boerner) #
Using laser-triggered high-speed macrophotography, Dr. John H. Brackenbury of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, UK captured a water droplet containing a pair of mosquito larvae. (Dr. John H. Brackenbury) #
The embryonic pectoral fin of a whitespotted bamboo shark (Chiloscyllium plagiosum) was photographed by Dr. Andrew Gillis of the University of Cambridge using stereomicroscopy with fiber optic lighting. (Dr. Andrew Gillis) #
Dr. Marta Guervos of the Image Processing Unit, Scientific-Technical Facilities, University of Oviedo in Asturias, Spain photographed Acacia dealbata (Silver wattle tree) anther using the confocal method with autofluorescence. (Dr. Marta Guervos) #
Confocal image of Clausidium sp. nov., female with egg sacs, ventral view was made by Dr. Terue Kihara of the German Centre for Marine Biodiversity Research (DZMB) in Senckenberg am Meer, Germany. (Dr. Terue Kihara) #
An antique mount of a blowfly (Calliphoridae) proboscis was photographed by Dr. Davis Linstead of Kent, UK with differential interference contrast. (Dr. David Linstead) #
The double compound eyes of a male St. Mark's fly (Bibio marci) photographed with reflected (episcopic) diffuse illumination by Dr. David Maitland of Feltwell, UK. (Dr. David Maitland) #
The egg of a red admiral butterfly (Vanessa atalanta) in stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) trichomes photographed by David Millard of Austin, Texas with diffuse incident illumination. (David Millard) #
The eyes (anterior lateral and median) of a jumping spider photographed in reflected light by Walter Piorkowski of South Beloit, Illinois. (Walter Piorkowski) #
A confocal image of a charge coupled device (CCD) sensor, direct surface view, magnified 1000 times by Kevin Smith of MetPrep Ltd. in Warwickshire, UK. (Kevin Smith)#
A water flea (Daphnia sp.) and green algae (Volvox sp.) captured with darkfield and flash by Dr. Ralf Wagner of Dusseldorf, Germany. (Dr. Ralf Wagner)#
« Απάντηση #12 στις: Νοεμβρίου 28, 2011, 10:33:14 πμ »
National Geographic Photo Contest 2011
Υπάρχει ακόμα χρόνος! Η προθεσμία για τις συμμετοχές για τον Διαγωνισμό Φωτογραφίας National Geographic αυτού του έτους ληγει στις 30 Νοεμβρίου. Φωτογράφοι όλων των επιπέδων (πέρυσι ειχαμε περισσότερες από 16.000 φωτογραφίες που υποβάλλονται από φωτογράφους από 130 χώρες) στελνουν φωτογραφίες σε τρεις κατηγορίες: Φύση, ανθρώπους και μέρη. Οι φωτογραφίες θα κριθουν με βάση τη δημιουργικότητα και τη φωτογραφική ποιότητα από ομάδα εμπειρογνωμόνων. Υπάρχει ένας πρώτος νικητής σε κάθε κατηγορία καθώς και ένα μεγάλο βραβείο. Παρακάτω είναι μια επιλογή από 54 συμμετοχές από κάθε μία από τις 3 κατηγορίες. Οι πληροφορίες που παρέχονται στην λεζάντα και γραμμένες από τον κάθε φωτογράφο.
LONE TREE YELLOWSTONE: A solitary tree surviving another harsh winter in Yellowstone National Park. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. (Photo and caption by Anita Erdmann/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest)
IS HE STILL THERE?!: One morning while on the Big Island of Hawaii, i exploring my surroundings to see if i could find something to photograph. I almost went back inside when something on this huge palm tree leaf caught my eye. I stayed around and it was this little gecko, startled by my presence he was hidden between the ridges of the leaf. He would pop his head up periodically to check his surroundings, as soon as he saw i was still there he would hide again. We played this game for a while until i got the shot. Holualoa big Island, Hawaii. (Photo and caption by Lorenzo Menendez/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
LANDSCAPE IN THE RAIN: It was raining heavily when I took the photo, but the sun illuminated the landscape parochially. Bergueda, Catalonia, Spain. (Photo and caption by Mihaly Attila Kazsuba/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
NONI NECTAR FOR GREEN GECKO: Madagascar Gold Dust Day Gecko licking nectar from a young noni fruit in Kailua, Hawaii. These geckos were living all around the hale' we were staying in, enjoying the noni and basking on the railing and sunny steps to our place. They were very shy mostly, except this one must have enjoyed the nectar so much as to let me get a shot of their favorite activity. They seemed to tend the noni very attentively throughout the day. August 2010, Chandra S Sherin. Kona Village Resort, Kailua - Kona, Hawaii. (Photo and Caption by Chandra Sherin/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
MOSAIC: Patterns of sea stars as exquisite mosaics, attractive, and each time is different. Cambodia (Photo and caption by Andrey Narchuk/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
DUNBAR: Two elements. Water and rock. Motion and tranquility. Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland. (Photo and caption by Tatana Vacovska/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
FLIGHT OF AN EAGLE OWL: A large adult eagle owl in flight. Lingfield, Surrey, UK. (Photo and caption by Mark Bridger/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
CONFRONTING: Cage divers confront a great white shark on the Isla de Guadalupe. (Photo and caption by David Litchfield/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
THE CLOUD: At safari not only animals can attract attention. South Africa, Western Cape, Aquila Safari park. (Photo and caption by Dmitry Gorilovskiy/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
FLESH AND BONES: In a world where no one understands the importance of nature, all that is left of our nature is just these flesh & bones. Toronto, Canada. (Photo and caption by Amirhassan Farokhpour/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
ATACAMA SUNSET: Setting sun lights up clouds over Salar de Atacama in north Chile. I took this photo in July 2011 and at that time clouds like this were worrying sign of more unusual snow fall which already blocked roads to Bolivia and Argentina. Thankfully this time it just served as spectacular canvas to a sunset and reminder how beautiful is the world we live in. Salar de Atacama, Chile. (Photo and caption by Magdalena Rakita/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
STINGRAY: This image was captured to Sandbar, Grand Cayman during my last trip.This beautiful creature turn around you very close and you can touch it.This is a really amazing experience, you are surrounded by dozen of this friendly animal. Sandbar-Grand Cayman-Caribean (Photo and caption by Gazzaroli Claudio/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
LOVE OF PARENTS: The emperor penguins fight for survival and to protect their only baby in the frozen Antarctic ice desert. Antarctica: Atka Bay, Weddell Sea. (Photo and caption by Claus Possberg/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
WINTER LOLLIPOPS: Winter is extremely beautiful in Lithuania. It was an early morning and minus 25 degrees Celsius outside. This landscape feels out of this world, but in fact it's in the outskirts of my home city, Kaunas—just a mile away from my house. Oftentimes beauty lies just a step away from our door. Kaunas, Lithuania (Photo and caption by Matas Juras/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
OXPECKER'S PUZZLE: I've always been intrigued by the markings of giraffes--how they vary between individuals and how they look like pieces of a puzzle, cracked mud or even tectonic plates in my scientific mind. I've tried many times to capture them but it was never right. Here, this oxpecker in a tight crop, lost on the abstract surface and framed by the legs of the larger animal finally seems to work. South Africa. (Photo and caption by Benjamin Bronselaer/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
RHEA'S PORTRAIT: A different angle from an American Rhea (Rhea americana) seen in Pantanal, Brazil, on a cloudy day. Pantanal, Miranda, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. (Photo and caption by Simony Blanco/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
SAND SPHERES: The food filtered 2-3mm sand ball creations of a tiny Sand Bubbler Crap. Done so that it knows which sand has been filtered for food. Daintree Rainforest region, Cairns, Austrailia. (Photo and caption by Baron Collocott/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
SUMMER AT GRANNY'S: This is a heart-shaped stawberry in the hand of my grandmother. Love is the message. Gyula, Hungary. (Photo and caption by Szabo Eszfer/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
GOOD MORNING: Jabulani the elephant greeting his caretaker, Stavros Chakoma, before heading out on safari. Kapama Game Reserve, Kruger region of South Africa. (Photo and caption by Paula Durham/Nature/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
CLASH OF CIVILISATIONS: Walking down a main street in Addis, I met this young character. We started talking and soon became friends. One day, he invited me to his home to try some famous Ethiopian coffee, prepared traditionally. As I drank cup after cup of exquisite, freshly roasted coffee, this scene emerged in front of me. In a way it described my experience of Ethiopia, and other African nations I had worked in: a rapidly changing, dynamic world where tradition and modernity struggle to coexist. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. (Photo and caption by Jason Benovoy/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
YUENGLING, 2011: This is the first photo that I took of my friend, Robert, when he got back from serving in Afghanistan for one year. He didn't talk much. We just sat together, and he showed me what he was feeling when I put my camera in front of him. He was humble. He didn't complain, but only filled the room with his experience of wearing combat boots, and carrying a gun to work everyday. He drinks a lot now, but I guess he always did. Douglasville, GA. (Photo and caption by Ashley Kauschinger/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
DUSK IN THE BALE MOUNTAINS: A kitten and an elderly woman stand outside their hut deep in the subalpine Bale Mountains of southeastern Ethiopia. Bale Mountains, Ethiopia. (Photo and caption by Benjamin Guez/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
THE PENITENTS: The day of Friday, there is the traditional procession of penitents through the village streets beating their backs with the discipline of rings and metal plates. San Lorenzo Maggiore, Benevento, Italy. (Photo and caption by Salvatore Picciuto/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
DAY OF YOUTH: Muslim girls at the day of the youth on the 11th of February. The girls are walking in a procession to the mayor of the village and are singing about the power of Cameroon. Lagdo, Cameroon. (Photo and caption by Ronnie Dankelman/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
SUNBATHING UNDERWATER: The sun gives us energy even underwater. This image was captured during freediving (diving on a single breath without scuba gear) in the Red Sea. Eel Garden, Dahab, Sinai, Egypt. (Photo and caption by Vaclav Krpelik/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
WEATHERED HANDS: The Kara women collect the water, cook for family, harvest the fields, make the clothing, and are the backbone of the tribe. This elderly woman was the only white-haired person I came in contact with. I tried desperately to get a pleasing portrait and caught her hands in my peripheries; the perfect symbol of the woman's role in tribal society in the Omo River Valley. Her bracelets are made from salvaged AK-47 shell casings, a symbol in itself for the cyclic theme of war and revenge between the Kara and the neighboring tribe, the Nyangatom. Omo River Valley, Ethiopia. (Photo and caption by Nicholas Wiesnet/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
WORSHIPPER, HOLY SEPULCHRE: A worshipper in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Holy Week. Old City, Jerusalem. (Photo and caption by Matthew Goddard-Jones/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
CHILDHOOD: When does childhood become adulthood? When does snack time become lunch at your desk? When did safety shift from blankies to insurance? When did magic turn into illusion? Childhood. When the whole world is magic. Portland, Oregon. (Photo and caption by Mei Ratz/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
THE UNTOLD STORY: A young Afghan refugee girl living, with her family, in a village named Bhaun near district Chakwal in Punjab, Pakistan. Village Bhaun, Punjab, Pakistan. (Photo and caption by Mohsin Khawar/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
WRESTLER'S HANDS: A wrestler at the US Olympic Training facility in Colorado Springs, CO, stops to rest and catch his breath after a hard training session. Colorado Springs, CO. (Photo and caption by Stephanie Zollshan/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
TERENCE STAMP: The actor at my home in Ojai, California, during a casual photoshoot in my living room. Ojai, CA. (Photo and caption by Betina La Plante/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
MY OWN LIGHT: Pinki Kundu, a 13 yrs old girl is suffering from a chronic disease & is being treated in Mother Teresa TB Hospital in Kolkata.She is under CAT 1 drug therapy & is doing well.The day I photographed her she was very hopeful mood that she would be returning back to her parent soon. Kolkata, West Bengal, India. (Photo and caption by Saibal Gupta/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
PAPA: This a portrait that I took of my Grandfather. He was a photographer and I wanted to show all his wonderful old cameras and his life in an editorial styled portrait. He just turned 95 years old and still remembers how all his old camera's work. I really love this picture and hope you like it as well. Hillside, IL. (Photo and caption by Christopher Bellezza/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
SALOME RAMOS: Salome Ramos is 64 years old and lives in Quibdo, a town with a 95 percent Black population derived from African slaves imported to Pacific coast of Colombia by the conquistadors. She is presently out of work, but her previous Jobs include everything from maid to miner. The economics of Quibdo are almost entirely supported by the wages of mining or fishing and the towns atmosphere has a raw vibrance, I felt like an alien as everyone stared at me- in a curious rather than un-welcoming way. Quibdo, Colombia. (Photo and caption by Carlos Manuel Saavedra/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
AUBURN PRIDE: Young men driving into a patch of reflected light along Auburn Rd. Part of a larger personal project documenting the western Sydney suburb of Auburn. The series provides a glimpse into the life of the next generation of Australians living in Auburn, peering behind the veil of this little-known side of society. Auburn is a small suburb in Sydney’s west, a landing point for many migrants and refugees when they first arrive in Australia. Sydney, Australia. (Photo and caption by George Voulgaropoulos/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
ROSA: My 89-year-old Great Aunt sits in the living room of her second floor apartment. Philadelphia, PA. (Photo and caption by Amber Verbas/People/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
PLATFORM 2: Early morning commuter walks the tracks. New Delhi Railway Station, India. (Photo and caption by Danny Griffin/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
NEW ORLEANS STREETCAR: This is a streetcar in New Orleans traveling back towards The Quarter on St. Charles Ave. I held the camera against the window sill, making sure to divide the image equally between the inside and the outside. New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo and caption by Don Chamblee/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
PRAYING ON THE LAND OF BLACK JERUSALEM - I: Black Jerusalem is the name given to Lalibela, the ancient capital of Abyssinia and monastic city of northern Ethiopian mountains. Its 11 rocky churches hidden in the volcanic rock are still venerated as the Mecca of the Ethiopian Coptic Christianity. Every believer is required to make at least once in his or her life a pilgrimage. Inside the rock-carved church Debra Sina, a female pilgrim draped in her robe is reading the bible. In the background a corridor communicates with the church Golgotha whose access is denied to women. Lalibela - Ethiopia. (Photo and caption by Sophie Picavet/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
FLAT OCEAN: Just before a huge monsoon downpour, the ocean became flat as I have never seen before. It was drizzling a bit, people were on their way to their house, when I walked up this pier. The light rain made the pier mirror-like, and the ocean was so calm. On the horizon are the islands just in front of Makassar, part of that special islands of Sulawesi. Makassar, Indonesia. (Photo and caption by Erik Kievit/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
LIGHT'S TRYST WITH DARKNESS IN SEMI-URBAN INDIA: Image shot at 11:45pm, where a windstorm caused complete blackout on a newly constructed bridge in Lucknow,India. The pic is taken in a newly urbanized area, however cheaper modes of transport-autorickshaws and 2 wheelers still rule the streets at any hour. The pic shows various contrasting features - Some folks sitting, some walking, some driving without lights (autorickshaw), some navigating with 'high beam lights' to also give the missing illumination of installed street lights. The contrasting movements/features are depicted by the contrast of lightness and darkness, in the semi-urban city. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. (Photo and caption by Taran Bedi/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
THE TEMPLE OF TRANSITION: Morning light breaking through the windows of the 'Temple of Transition' during the Burning Man event 2011. Black Rock City, Nevada (Burning Man event). (Photo and caption by Lars Tiemann/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
THE PIGEON FEEDERS: Photographs taken at the entrance to the New Mosque in Eminonu districkt of Istanbul. After strolling through the streets of this ancient city, I have stopped there to relax watching the hordes flying from one feeder to the other. Istanbul, Turkey. (Photo and caption by Wojciech Ryzinski/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
FALLING LEAVES: This photo was taken in Bruges, Belgium in September in 2011. Bruges, Belgium (Brugge). (Photo and caption by Mandy Michels/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
NATURAL LANDSCAPE PAINTING: The Landmannalaugar is probably one of the most impressive place in Iceland, a popular tourist destination. Located near the volcano Hekla in southern section of Iceland's highlands. The area displays a number of unusual geological elements, like the multicolored rhyolite mountains. When I took this picture, it was raining and it became worse after. I waited a bit for have people into my composition, in such a landscape to have a notion of scale is important, hence you will find a group of people at the bottom left. Iceland, Landmannalaugar. (Photo and caption by Romain Chassagne/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
BY THE WIND OF CHANCE: I was doing my touristic duties to photograph the Pyramids, and I hear my professor shouting. Next thing you know my entire class and some police officers were running to catch my professors hat. It actually wasn't until later that night when scrolling through my photos that I realized I captured this gem. Great Pyramid of Giza. (Photo and caption by John Head/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
BLOW'N IN THE WIND: A warm blustery Labor Day 2011, Chicago. Oak Street Beach, Chicago, IL. (Photo and caption by Alison Wishart/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
THE GOLDEN GATE: A very different perspective of the Golden Gate Bridge. San Francisco, CA, USA. (Photo and caption by Reuben Cornel/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
FISHING ON THE CLOUD: Anglers fishing in the mist rising from the reservoir by dawn look like fishing on cloud. Gosam reservoir, Anseong, Gyeonggi-do, Korea. (Photo and caption by Sungjin Kim/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
TIME: An image with beautiful natural colours i was surveying for work when i found this moment and only got the one single shot due to the meeting with my client, the car and the climber was removed one week after the image was taken... UK. (Photo and caption by Simon Belham/Places/National Geographic Photo Contest) #
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"Δικό σου είναι αυτό που δεν μπορεί να υπάρξει χωρίς εσένα" The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
« Απάντηση #13 στις: Δεκεμβρίου 01, 2011, 21:15:35 μμ »
Φωτογραφίες που αν και δείχνουν παραποιημένες, είναι γνήσιεςΥπάρχουν ορισμένες φωτογραφίες που κοιτάζοντας τις ο θεατής, θα ορκίζονταν ότι είναι βγαλμένες από το γνωστό πρόγραμμα επεξεργασίας Photoshop... Στην εποχή που η αλλοίωση και η παραποίηση μίας εικόνας είναι εφικτή μόνο με μερικά «κλικ» που ο καθένας μπορεί να κάνει στον προσωπικό του υπολογιστή, η φωτογραφία κάθε άλλο παρά μπορεί να αποτελέσει αδιάψευστο μάρτυρα ότι όντος αυτό που απεικονίζει, πράγματι συνέβη. Ωστόσο, έχουν κατά καιρούς δημοσιευτεί εικόνες που αν και εύκολα μπορείς κανείς να υποθέσει ότι είναι παραποιημένες, στην πραγματικότητα είναι πέρα για πέρα αληθινές και ο φωτογράφος είχε απλά την τύχη να βρεθεί την κατάλληλη στιγμή στο κατάλληλο σημείο. Ακολουθούν ορισμένα παραδείγματα τέτοιων φωτογραφιών που αν και φαίνονται προϊόν μοντάζ ή δείχνουν «περίεργες», είναι αληθινές.
Στη ρετρό αυτή φωτογραφία απεικονίζεται ένα κοριτσάκι να ιππεύει έναν αλιγάτορα και αν και η προέλευση της δεν είναι γνωστή, δεν έχει αμφισβητηθεί η γνησιότητα της.
Ο υδροβιολόγος Trey Snow ερευνούσε μαζί με την ομάδα του μία περίεργη συμπεριφορά λευκών καρχαριών οι οποίοι κολυμπούσαν κοντά στις ακτές. Κάποια στιγμή, ενώ βρισκόταν με ένα πλεούμενο, ένας καρχαρίας τον πλησίασε. Ο φωτογράφος άγριας φύσης Thomas Peschak που βρισκόταν στο σημείο με ένα άλλο πλεούμενο κατάφερε και απαθανάτισε τη στιγμή.
Ένας από τους πιο διάσημους ισπανούς ταυρομάχους, ο Julio Aparicio, τραυματίστηκε σοβαρά το 2010 όταν το κέρατο ενός ταύρου διαπέρασε το λαιμό του και βγήκε από το στόμα του. Ο ταύρος γρήγορα σκοτώθηκε από άλλους ταυρομάχους, ενώ ο Aparicio αν και ήταν σε κρίσιμη κατάσταση, τελικά επέζησε έπειτα από χειρουργικές επεμβάσεις στις οποίες υποβλήθηκε
Το νησί σε σχήμα καρδιάς που βρίσκεται στην Κροατία, έγινε ευρύτερα γνωστό χάρη στο Google Earth. Ονομάζεται Galesnjak αν και πλέον πολλοί το αποκαλούνε «Νησί της Αγάπης», καθώς, αν και είναι ιδιωτικό, έχει γίνει πόλος έλξης ερωτευμένων ζευγαριών που θέλουν να ταξιδέψουν μέχρι εκεί.
Το ουγγρικό τσοπανόσκυλο πηδάει πάνω από εμπόδιο κατά τη διάρκεια επίδειξης σκύλων στο Dortmund.
Κορίτσια μικρής ηλικίας και μελλοντικές μπαλαρίνες, πηδούν σε πλήρη συγχρονισμό.
Η Cathie Jung λάτρευε τα ρούχα της Βικτωριανής περιόδου και βάλθηκε να αποκτήσει όσο το δυνατόν μικρότερη μέση γίνεται. Μόνο με τη χρήση κορσέ και χωρίς επεμβάσεις, κατάφερε η περιφέρεια της μέσης της να φτάσει τα 38 εκατοστά, και να κατακτήσει ρεκόρ Γκίνες!
Ο φωτογράφος απαθανάτισε το μοντέλο του, την στιγμή που πηδούσε πάνω στο κρεβάτι
Η μικρή αυτή βραχονησίδα βρίσκεται στη λίμνη Χάρον των ΗΠΑ.
"Δικό σου είναι αυτό που δεν μπορεί να υπάρξει χωρίς εσένα" The Little Prince - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
A lion's mane jellyfish swims beneath the waters at the Farne Islands, England. The archipelago of 16 to 28 separate islands (depending on the tide) off Northumberland is a summer home to many kinds of wildlife. (Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) #
A female Amur tiger, Iris, licks its 7-week-old cub during one of their first walks in an open-air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Krasnoyarsk, Russia. The Amur tiger is an endangered species. (Ilya Naymushin/Reuters) #
A snake at a snake farm in Zisiqiao village, also known as the snake town, in Zhejiang Province, China. Residents raise more than 3 million snakes a year for food and medicinal purposes. (Aly Song/Reuters)#
A rare baby Siamese crocodile hatches from an egg at the Lao Zoo outside Vientiane, Laos. Last month, 20 baby crocodiles were hatched from eggs found in a lake in southern Laos; they will eventually be released into the wild. (Wildlife Conservation Society/Associated Press) #
Two 3-month-old crowned lemurs lay on their mother's back at the zoo in Mulhouse, France. Every year there are about 250 to 350 births at the Mulhouse zoo. (Sebastien Bozon/AFP/Getty Images)#
Horses fight during the Rapa Das Bestas traditional event in Sabucedo, Spain. Hundreds of wild horses are rounded up, trimmed, and groomed in Spain's northwestern region of Galicia on the first weekend of July. (Miguel Vidal/Reuters) #
A chameleon waits to be weighed and measured in the reptile house at the London Zoo. Every year the keepers record the heights and weights of more than 750 different species in the International Species Information System, where they can be shared with zoos across the world. (Ki Price/AFP/Getty Images) #
Iblis, an Asiatic lion, plays with a recycled Christmas tree in his enclosure at the Chester Zoo in England. Unsold Christmas trees donated to the zoo are used in the animal enrichment program. (Phil Noble/Reuters) #
Ana Julia Torres kisses Jupiter, a lion rescued from a circus 12 years ago, at Villa Lorena shelter, in Cali, Colombia. Torres, 52, a teacher, founded the shelter, which protects about 600 animals seized from drug traffickers, circuses, animal traffickers, or abandoned by their owners. (Luis Robayo/AFP/Getty Images) #
A new blue phalaenopsis orchid called "Blue Mystique" is sold by Bachman's florists in Minneapolis. The color is achieved using a patented process from Europe that colors the flowers from the inside. (Chris Polydoroff/The St. Paul Pioneer Press via Associated Press)#
A colony of Gentoo penguins enters the water at the Sea Life London Aquarium in central London. The nine Gentoos are a new adition to the aquarium after being transfered from Edinburgh Zoo's thriving colony. (Ben Stansall/AFP/Getty Images) #
A black rhino is transported by helicopter in South Africa. Nineteen of the critically endangered animals established by the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project were moved from the Eastern Cape to a new location in Limpopo province. (Green Renaissance-World Wildlife Fund/Associated Press) #
Tam Dao, a 2-week-old Francois leaf monkey, is presented to the media at Taronga zoo in Sydney. Less than 1,000 of the monkeys exist in the wild. (Daneil Munoz/Reuters) #
A cicada emerges from its shell at a home in Fort Smith, Ark. There are more than 1,500 species of cicada. (Kaia Larsen/Times Record via Associated Press) #
A 4-day-old African spurred tortoise, one of eight babies, sunbathes on its mother's head in the animal park in Nyiregyhaza, Hungary. (Attila Balazs/MTI via Associated Press) #
An owl perches in front of Greenpeace activists who were arrested for raising an inflatable model of a wind turbine in front of Congress in Brasilia. (Ueslei Marcelino/Reuters) #
Long-tailed mayflies mate on the surface of the Tisza river near Tiszakurt, Hungary. Millions of these short-lived mayflies engage in a frantic rush to mate and reproduce before they perish in just a few hours. (Laszlo Balogh/Reuters) #
Sheep graze on a field at the Siennese clays area near Asciano, Italy. The Crete Senesi, located in Tuscany, consists of an untouched natural landscape of hills and woods. (Max Rossi/Reuters) #
A pair of great gray owls, or Lapland owls, sit inside an open air cage at the Royev Ruchey zoo in Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.( Ilya Naymushin/Reuters) #
Tree frogs sit on a leaf at an amphibian feeding camp outside Hanoi. Vietnam's first amphibian breeding farm was established in 2004 with the aim of promoting environmental awareness, conservation, and for export as pets. (Kham /Reuters) #
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