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Slime mold (Lamproderma)

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Dazzling photographs reveal the world on a microscopic scale

From a close-up of a 1-millimetre-wide coral polyp to a shot of a tiger beetle clasping a fly, these photos are some of the top entries in the Nikon Small World 2022 Photomicrography competition

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Tony Wu watches the electrifying reproductive dance of a giant sea star.

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Winning images from Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2022 competition

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Dazzling photograph of pink-breasted galahs in Australian desert

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Dazzling photograph of pink-breasted galahs in Australian desert

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Striking photos show scale of development in sub-Saharan Africa

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Striking photos show scale of development in sub-Saharan Africa

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A postprocessed version of a photo that has been made blurry by a signal injection attack

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Spoofing cyberattack can make cameras see things that aren’t there

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022

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Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022

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Camera lenses on the back of a smartphone

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Wafer-thin cameras with long focal lengths are theoretically possible

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3D-printed lenses that can ignore certain objects in frame

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AI-created lenses let camera ignore some objects when taking pictures

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Image printed on a flexible material

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Stretchy material could make bandages change colour when getting loose

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FEATURE - Clouds of Hydrogen Gas ? Simon Tang Clouds of hydrogen gas give way as the magnetic field lines of the sun snap and clash together. This display of nature creates astonishing features, known as prominences, on the limb of the Sun. Taken with QHYCCD QHY5III-174M camera, 5040mm f/33.6, 1000 x 12-millisecond frame exposures Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

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Stunning solar prominences shine in photography competition

This photograph of solar features called prominences is one of the dazzling cosmic images shortlisted for the Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, run by the Royal Observatory Greenwich in the UK

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Like a child eating candyfloss: see a green turtle tuck into jellyfish

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Striking photos of jellyfish shed light on the enigmatic invertebrates

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Environment

Incredible photos reveal underwater volcanic activity near Sicily

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Life

Fascinating shots of extinct and endangered animals and plants

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