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King penguins and elephant seals gather on the beach during breeding season. The ultimate beach party, this profusion of wildlife is fueled by a krill‐rich current from Antarctica.
Location: St. Andrews Bay, South Georgia Island November 2008
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"The water was two feet deep, but the muck was endless, so I took this image from my pontoon boat. Even with anchors at each corner, the boat was still an unsteady platform. It took several akempts to achieve this one sharp image." ‐ Clyde Butcher
Location: Chasshowitzka River, Florida 1991
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Men fashion themselves as tigers during an annual celebration in southern India.
Location: Mangalore, India 1997
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The tops of a lava flow form solidified tubes as they cool. This image shows a lava tube that has broken off, revealing molten lava inside, which flows for miles. Along the top of the tube, lava can re‐melt and form stalactites, a rare phenomenon to witness.
Location: Kilauea Volcano, The Island of Hawai'i December 2005
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This 300‐foot redwood is roughly 1,500 years old and has the most complex crown structure scientists have ever mapped. A team of seven photographers collaborated with Nichols over 19 days; in one magic hour, they created this composite image of 84 individual images, which took 120 hours to stitch together.
Location: Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California 2009
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A male walrus flicks his tusks on the ice, sending a warning to the half-submerged photographer. The giant tusks of adult walruses can grow up to 90 centimeters long. Females prefer to congregate in Russian waters to the east, so the walrus population in Norway's Svalbard Archipelago is primarily male much of the year.
Location: Bellsund, Spitsbergen, Norway July 2007
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"I had been struck by this mangrove's sculptural beauty before, but the light hadn't been right to take a photograph. One summer morning everything came together. A survivor of Hurricane Donna in the 1960s, this mangrove was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew in 1992." ‐ Clyde Butcher
Location: Ten Thousand Islands, Florida 1989
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A young tigress, recently pushed out of the pride by her mother, seeks relief from sweltering 120‐degree heat in a pool, despite its fetid brew of rotting leaves and monkey urine. She takes her own picture by breaking an infared beam.
Location: Bandhavgarh National Park, India 1996
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"The fight to save the Everglades began at the Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge. I was looking for an image that represented my feelings about what the Everglades look like. This is it, the beautiful wetlands I care so much about." ‐ Clyde Butcher
Location: Loxahatchee Wildlife Refuge, Florida 1989
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A polar bear swims submerged in Lancaster Sound in the Nunavut Territory of Canada, its image mirrored in the icy water. The continuous loss of ice platforms where polar bears forage has led to shorter hunting seasons, increasingly threatening their survival.
Location: Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada June 2004
