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Yesterday evening again two polar bears came close to our ship. Probably they were the same we saw already a couple of days before our arrival at the floe. Nobody was out on the ice when the bears appeared and there was no danger for the expedition’s participants. The bears stayed several minutes around Polarstern and the ice camp. For our own safety and for the safety of the polar bears we don’t want them to get used to be our neighbors. The expedition’s lead and professional polar bear guards therefore chased them with a flare gun. The bears have not been injured and left the area immediately. This procedure agrees with the complex safety concept of the MOSAiC expedition. October 10, 2019, Esther Horvath

In pictures: Following the mission to discover how the climate crisis is changing the Arctic

In pictures: Sir David Attenborough's new series A Perfect Planet © Silverback Films/Grab/BBC

In pictures: Sir David Attenborough’s new series A Perfect Planet

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2020 in photos: Stunning images from the scientific world

Panning shot of a Dalmatian Pelican. Its tough, but so worth it when it turns out well. This shot was taken with 1/30s, f/8.0, and ISO 800 at 80mm.

Swift Pelican wins top Ecology Photo Prize

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Everyday science

The best scientific images of 2020

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Los moldes de yeso de lo que se cree eran un hombre rico y su esclavo que huían de la erupción del volcán Vesuvio hace casi 2.000 años se ven en lo que era una finca elegante en las afueras de la antigua ciudad romana de Pompeya, destruida por la erupción de 79 d.C. Excavaciones recientes los sacaron a la luz, dijeron autoridades del parque arqueológico el sábado 21 de noviembre de 2020
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Incredibly preserved bodies of two men discovered in Pompeii

Tiger's tender moment wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020 © Sergey Gorshkov, Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020

Tiger’s tender moment wins Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2020 competition

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Everyday science

20 stunning microscopic photos from the Nikon Small World 2020 competition

LSST: 7 photos of the camera that could change our view of the Universe © Jacqueline Orrell/SLAC

LSST: 7 photos of the camera that could change our view of the Universe

Mountain Hare Lepus timidus
A confiding adult, high in the Cairngorms mountains, forms the shape of a ball as it grooms
Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK

Wildlife Photographer of the Year launches People’s Choice Award

An aggregation of mobula rays wins Ocean Photography Awards 2020 © Nadia Aly

A mob of mobula rays wins Ocean Photography Awards 2020

Love Heart of Nature

A shark with a heart wins Drone Photo Awards 2020

Sea slugs: 8 photos of the other-worldy creatures that live right here on Earth © Magnus Lundgren/Wild Wonders of China/naturepl.com

Sea slugs 8 photos of the other-worldly creatures that live right here on Earth

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Blizzard in Brooklyn wins Royal Met’s top photography prize

High Angle View Of Bingham Canyon Open Pit Copper Mine

The hole wide world: 14 images of the Earth’s broken landscape