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Nature shows a colorful contrast as a bright yellow blossoming rape field is seen next to a still green grain field near Proetzel, Germany, May 19.
Colorful fields are a study in contrast
Long-exposure photo captures seagull flight paths
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From a cat bath to peeping chicks and dozing pandas, get your cuteness fix with creatures great and small.
Seagulls fly over the skies of Rome in this slow-exposure photo taken on May 2.
Photographer captures stunning images from paraglider
Photographer George Steinmetz flies a motorized paraglider over deserts around the world to capture these incredible shots, from China to Africa to Antarctica. He has been taking the stunning photos for the last 15 years, now compiled in the beautiful book 'Desert Air.'
Adventurous photographer George Steinmetz goes to extraordinary lengths to get the photos he wants, shooting from the air in a motorized paraglider he helped design. NBC's Jamie Gangel reports on how the daredevil captures his incredible images.
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A blanket of fog envelops frosted trees in Colorado
Low clouds are seen over frost covered trees in Idaho Springs, Colo., on Nov. 26.
Visitors marvel at China's 'red beach'
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Visitors at the red beach scenic area in Panjin, in northeast China's Liaoning province, on September 30, 2012. The beach gets its name from its appearance, which is caused by a type of seaweed that flourishes in the saline-alkali soil.
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More than 1,000 buffalo thunder across prairie land during the 47th annual Buffalo Roundup in western South Dakota's Custer State Park, Sept. 24, 2012. Event organizers estimate that more than 14,000 people attended the event.
South Dakota prairie rumbles from 1,000 buffalo
Two-year-old Jameson Maxwell sat mesmerized Monday as nearly 1,000 bison rumbled across the prairie in western South Dakota, the massive creatures racing at speeds of up to 50 mph in the annual Buffalo Roundup at Custer State Park. Full story…
Caleb Cain Marcus
Norway: Nigardsbreen, Plate I, 2011
'A Portrait of Ice'
Caleb Cain Marcus’s second monograph, A Portrait of Ice, is a series of color photographs depicting the glaciers of Patagonia, Iceland, Norway, New Zealand and Alaska.
While on a trip to Patagonia Caleb Cain Marcus began to think about the role of a horizon. “As the boat that crossed Lake Argentino swayed back and forth, I thought about the oppression created by the lack of a horizon in an urban environment and what would happen if there was no visible horizon in the open space. What would happen if it vanished?” To create a successful photograph he believes, “The preconceived line between the artist’s vision and what the subject resonates blurs until the influence from artist and subject can no longer be distinguished.”
Learn more at calebcainmarcus.com
Moth exhibit coming to the American Museum of Natural History
Jim des Rivières
A Scarlet-winged Lichen Moth (Hypoprepia miniata) with a wingspread of 30 millimeters.
Press release excerpt — Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large, an exhibition of 34 striking images of moths, opens Sept. 29 at the American Museum of Natural History. The exhibition displays the arresting beauty and surprising diversity of moths from Ottawa-based photographer Jim des Rivières.
To create these larger-than-life images, des Rivières scans each moth specimen at a resolution of 4,800 pixels per inch.
With some 3.5 million specimens, the Museum’s collection of moths and butterflies is among the five largest in the world.
Learn more at the American Museum of Natural History amnh.org
Jim des Rivières
A female Luna Moth (Actias luna) with a wingspread of 101 millimeters.
Jim des Rivières
An Io Moth (Automeris io) with a wingspread of 64 millimeters.
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Beached fin whale spotted on Carlyon Bay
Rescuers examine an endangered female fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) stranded on the beach at Carlyon Bay on Aug. 13, 2012 in St. Austell, England. The stranded whale was spotted by holidaymakers just after 5 p.m. Rescuers hoped to re-float the 60-foot fin whale, the second largest animal on the planet, however, the mammal died on the beach.
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Milky Way flickers over Switzerland
A man looks for meteorites while standing on the Col du Tronc path above Verbier, Switzerland on Aug. 10, 2012. The Mont Blanc massif mountain range lies in the background of this one-second-exposure photograph.
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Baby orca spotted near San Juan Islands
A baby orca whale swims with its mother on Aug. 6, 2012, off the coast of Washington state. The baby is reported to be healthy and spry.
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Full moon shines through Olympic rings in London
Full moon rises through the Olympic Rings hanging beneath Tower Bridge during the London 2012 Olympic Games on Aug. 3.