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Kermodskaya bear, British Columbia

Bear - the mother of two children - climbs the wild apple tree to collect several small sour fruit. In years when the fall in the river comes a little salmon fish, bears are looking for other foods - berries, fruits, roots, lupine, shells.

Photo: Paul Nicklen



1. Sunnyside Gardens, New York

Sunnyside Gardens in New York's Rockefeller picturesque manor, day and night. Linden Alley takes for the perfect temple of Aphrodite.

Diane Cook and Len Dzhenshel



2. Cape Blossom, Wrangel Island

Coastal Spit - a natural barrier that blocks the way to Wrangel Island. It extends to Cape Blossom, south-western tip of the island.

Photo: Sergei Gorshkov



3.Bitva eagles, Poland

Last fall, traveling to rural areas of central Poland, Sylvia Domaratskaya repeatedly watched clashes between eagles. For example, these two birds is not shared place that both wanted to sit down. "They are always arranged brawl" - says Silvia.

Sylvia Domaratskaya



4. Grand Canal, China

Barges overcome centuries of the Grand Canal in 1800-kilometer route from the majestic Beijing in the north to the south of Hangzhou brilliant. During a recent reconstruction of the embankment there appeared copies of ancient temples.

Michael Yamashita



5. Lake Erie, USA

Leaks fertilizers cause excessive algal blooms. In 2011, the "nitrogen algae" covered a third of Erie, one of the Great Lakes on the border of the US and Canada.

Peter Essick



6. Bonobo, Democratic Republic of the Congo

Bonobos, which is also called the pygmy chimpanzee - unusual primate found only in the forests on the left bank of the Congo River. Among the unique features of species - authoritativeness and hypersexuality female monkeys of both sexes, the causes of which clarify the current research.

Christian Ziegler



7. Farm, Wisconsin

To remove the abundant harvests, nitrogen need more than the earth can give. On this farm in Wisconsin, the nitrogen content in the soil increases, corn planting strip between legumes - soybeans and alfalfa.

Peter Essick



8. Arctic fox, Wrangel Island

Not yet had time to put on a snow-white winter plumage fox cub plays with a carcass lemming. Foxes happy to eat these rodents

Photo: Sergei Gorshkov



9. Musk oxen, Wrangel Island

Two measures the musk ox one another appraising look. In September, at the height of the breeding season, the males often hold tournaments for head-butting.

Photo: Sergei Gorshkov



10. Angora rabbit, Netherlands

At the exhibition of animals not far from the Dutch town of Barneveld Visitors closely looked marvelous fur of the Angora rabbit, in fact it is often used to make luxury sweaters and scarves. "He was lying so still that he seemed lifeless," - says Ava Krayenbrink. Ava enlarge the image to see the animal is breathing or not. Rabbit breathing.

Ava Krayenbrink



11. kangaroo and wombat, Australia

Five-month kangaroo and wombat Peggy Anzac nestled at the Center for the Protection of Wildlife Kilmore, Victoria. Mother of children killed under the wheels of cars. Head of the Center hopes that in time will be able to return the animals to the wild.

Rob Leeson



12. Kestrel, Hungary

Male kestrels flying home with prey - a lizard. The picture was taken from a tower located in the courtyard of the photographer Bence Mate Hungary

Photo: Bence Mate



13. Chicken Farm, Pennsylvania

These chickens fertilize a field in Pennsylvania. Farmers have chicken coops every day in different parts of the field to manure is evenly distributed and not washed into the Chesapeake Bay.

Peter Essick



14. brown seagull, India

Last year, during a trip to the reservoir on the river Bhima, where flamingoes spend the winter, Singh remarked brown seagull gliding over the water. He pressed a button camera just as happy when a seagull vytsepit fish out of water.

Chandrabala Singh



15. Manatees Florida

The kids are fed from the mother's nipples located on the belly of the fins. The period of maternal care can last for two years. Keep following the mother, kids learn to seek food and shelter.

Photo: Paul Nicklen



16. Equatorial Saki, Ecuador

Equatorial Saki (Pithecia Aequatorialis) - one of the ten species found in Yasuni National Park.

Tim Laman



17. Halong Bay, Vietnam

In 1994, Halong Bay has been listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2011, is recognized as one of the new seven wonders of nature.

Dmitry Moiseenko, Stanislav Sedov / AirPano



18. American crocodile, Mexico

Three-meter crocodile lurking in the ostroryly covered with sea grass "edge" of mangrove forest in the shallows Chinchorro off the coast of the Yucatan Peninsula. "Whatever happens, I take care that my body was taken home - Jeff muttered Uildermut, assistant photographer Brian Skerry, when the two of them went into the water. - I do not want to stay somewhere near mangrove log. " When prodded Uildermut crocodile swims long plastic tube, I do not dodged as a shark would do. Predator opened his mouth and began to approach. "Feel prey - a unique feeling," - said Skerry when they Uildermutom saved.

Brian Skerry



19. Mount Huangshan, China

In China there is a saying: "If you visited the five sacred mountains, then you can no longer ride in the mountains. And after visiting Huangshan, you can no longer ride on the five mountains ».

Oleg Gaponyuk / AirPano



20. Lake five colors, China

Heaven and earth are reflected in the Lake five colors, intricately painted in mineral salts and water plants. The Chinese call this painting magic. "Nothing on earth can compare to Jiuzhaigou" - they say.

Michael Yamashita



21. Cock, Brazil

This cock Gerson de Oliveira met in passing in his home state of Rio Grande do Sul Brazilian festival in honor of Farroupilha Revolution in 1835. "Rooster - a symbol of the King" - says de Oliveira.

Gerson de Oliveira



22. Bonneville salt flats, USA

Horizon Bonnevillskoy salt flats in Utah painted pinkish glow of downtown Salt Lake City, located in more than one hundred and fifty kilometers.

Jim Richardson