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Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on Champ Island glacier above the sea

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) walking on Champ Island glacier above the sea, Franz Josef Land, Russian Arctic. Highly commended in Animals in their Enviroment Category of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (WPOY) Competition. 2018

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Alone, Animal, Animalia, Arctic, Bear, Blue, Carnivora, Carnivore, Colour, Competition Winner, Distant, Endangered Species, European Russia, Franz Josef Land, Glacier, Ice, Mammal, Mammalia, Northwest Federal District, Photography Award, Polar, Polar Bear, Russia, Russian Europe, Solitary, Solitude, Threatened, Ursidae, Ursus, Ursus Labradorensis, Ursus Marinus, Ursus Maritimus, Ursus Polaris, Vertebrate, Vulnerable, Western Russia, Wildlife

A rare British broadsheet illustration with contemporary hand colouring

A rare British broadsheet illustration with contemporary hand colouring, drawn and engraved by John Emslie and published by James Reynolds in 1849. It shows reconstructions of extinct creatures in their established epocs prior to the creation of man

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Aerial view after sunrise, showing the sun reflecting off water that has flowed into Lake Eyre South and formed a pond; the water being the result of recent uncommonly high local desert rainfall

Aerial view after sunrise, showing the sun reflecting off water that has flowed into Lake Eyre South and formed a pond; the water being the result of recent uncommonly high local desert rainfall. Salt pan edges and rivulets visible around the edge as well as some (uncommon) desert greenery. Lake Eyre South, South Australia,
March 2022

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