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RARE WHITE KERMODE BEARYou may be mistaken for thinking this is a polar bear that's taken a wrong turn and found itself in the woods - but these enchanting images show an extremely rare 'white' black bear. Neither a polar bear nor an albino, this beautifully unique creature is known as the spirit bear, a white variant of the North American black bear.Extremely rare, the bear, also known as the kermode bear, lives amongst the dense green forests of British Columbia. 
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JOEL SATORES AMAZING ANIMALSThese are the unusual portraits which show some of the world's most magnificent animals as you have never seen them before. From a polar bear and a porcupine to a lemur and a leopard, these stunning portraits capture the individual beauty of animals great and small. Each pictured against a black or white background, these are just a handful of the world's rarest and most stunning animals photographed by Joel Sartore.
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GARDENS ON THE ROOFTOPSThese are the blooming marvelous rooftop gardens which prove the sky is the limit when it comes to going green. From a wildflower meadow on top of a house in London to the tidy lawn above an office block in New York, colourful gardens are blossoming on rooftops in cities across the world.The gardens not only transform the roofs of dull office buildings but save energy, reduce noise pollution and create a new habitat for birds and insects.
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YOSEMITE BASE JUMPERSThese breath-taking images were captured by a pair of fearless photographers who risked their lives to capture the mind-blowing feats of the Yosemite climbers during the summer of 2010. The duo also captured a group of base jumpers seemingly jumping to their deaths from the edge of renowned rock formation Half Dome in the US national park.
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ANIMAL EYESWhat a sight! These are the eye opening images which capture the beauty in the eyes of the animal kingdom. The colourful pictures show the intricate differences and delicate detail of a variety of animal eyes. From the eye of a tiger or a tree frog to the eyes a penguin or a parrotfish, the close up images were taken by a series of photographers who certainly dont have a lack of vision.
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DAVID DOUBILETS AMAZING PICSThese are the remarkable images taken by an intrepid photographer who risks his life swimming alongside the world's most dangerous sea creatures. David Doubilet has dedicated years of his life to his aquatic ambition in a bid to give people a glimpse of the mesmerising world beneath the sea. The daredevil photographer, 64, regularly delves into the depths of the unknown coming face to face with notorious predators including great white sharks and killer crocodiles.
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ONE CUBIC FOOTThese are the fascinating images which reveal life on Earth as you've never seen it before. From the common earthworm to the more unusual Post-Larval Octopus, these intruiging collages capture the myriad of life that inhabits just one cubic foot - a space not much bigger than shoebox. National Geographic photographer, David Liittschwager travelled the globe with a metal frame and a 12 inch cube, in a bid to uncover the huge variety of plants and animals living in such a small spac
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DAREDEVIL LAVA LOVERSDicing with death photographing the world's most deadly volcanoes wouldn't be everyone's idea of a perfect day - but for one daredevil couple it's their life. Donna and Steve O'Meara have been researching and photographing deadly volcanoes since they first met in 1986. One of the couple's first dates saw them hovering in a helicopter witnessing an eruption of the world's most active volcano, Kilauea in Hawaii.
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MAGNIFICENT ANIMAL PORTRAITSThese are the unusual portraits which show some of the world's most magnificent animals as you have never seen them before. From a polar bear and a porcupine to a lemur and a leopard, these stunning portraits capture the individual beauty of animals great and small. Each pictured against a black or white background, these are just a handful of the world's rarest and most stunning animals photographed by Joel Satore.
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AMAZING UNDERGROUND CAVESThese are the fascinating images which show dare-devil climbers descending hundreds of feet below the earth's surface. Plunging down the largest of waterfalls, shimmying through the tightest of underground spaces and swimming in the world's most remote underground rivers - these images show the lengths cavers will go to to explore the hidden depths of the world's caves. Taken inside some of the world's deepest, darkest and most dangerous caves.
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AMAZING ABACO ISLAND CAVESThese are the fantastic underwater caves on Abaco Island in the Bahamas. Working at depths of up to 270 feet, Skiles images reveal how a team of divers collected samples of bacteria, water and gases in order to better understand how life survives in conditions unrecognisable to most of us.
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BIGGEST CAVE PASSAGEThese are the breathtaking images which capture the hidden depths of the world's biggest cave passage - so large the end is yet to be found. Hidden in the depths of the Vietnamese jungle lies The Hang Son Doong, part of a network of over 150 caves. Discovered by British cavers in 2009, the cave passage in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park was originally thought to be a modest 150 metres long and 200 feet high.
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THE BEAUTIFUL MACHU PICCHUThese are the remarkable images taken over 100 year's ago, by the man who discovered one of the seven wonders of the world - the lost Inca city of Machu Picchu. The black and white images were taken by American explorer Hiram Bingham during the early 1900's after he discovered the ancient city by accident. Bingham a lecturer at Yale University was searching for the famed ruins of Vilcabamba when he stumbled across Machu Picchu.
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ISOLATED BABY SEA TURTLESThese pictures taken by photographer Kent Kobersteen show the nesting habits of female turtles on the isolated volcanic island between Angola and Brazil. The images taken between March 31st and April 6th, 2011 document the intricate mating season of the green turtles who swim some 2,000km to and from the island for mating and nesting.
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CLIFF FACE CAMPINGHanging precariously in TENTS off a jaw-dropping 4,000ft vertical cliff face wouldn't be most peoples idea of the perfect camping trip.But for these daredevil explorers, scaling cliffs and pitching tents at the equivalent height of more than 300 double decker buses is just a normal day at the office.For them, chasing the longest and hardest - and probably most dangerous - big wall climb ever attempted is a challenge they chase every day.
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PENGUINS COVERED IN OILNew images have emerged of the devastating oil spill which threatens to wipe out half the worlds population of Happy Feet penguins. Tens-of-thousands of Rockhopper penguins, made famous by the film Happy Feet, have been smothered in oil after a cargo ship ran aground on one of Britains remote South Atlantic islands. The M.S Olivia was grounded on Nightingale Island in the Tristan da Cunha, spilling over 1,500 tons of oil into the Atlantic Ocean.
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FLAMINGOS FROM ABOVEThis is the remarkable moment a photographer captured a real 'bird's eye' view', as flamingos gather in the shape of a flamingo. The unbelievable image was captured by photographer Bobby Haas in Yucatan, Mexico. The aerial photographer was photographing a flock of pink flamingos from a helicopter, when the birds suddenly aligned themselves in the shape of a flamingo. He had spent around half an hour flying above the flock.
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