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Mental health, climate change and COVID-19: 18 mesmerising winners from the Wellcome Photography Prize 2021 © Aly Song/Wellcome Photography Prize 2021

Mental health, climate change and COVID-19: 18 mesmerising winners from the Wellcome Photography Prize 2021

LIGHT GOLD AWARD WINNER – Bernhard Schubert, Austria. Prize: £500.
Image Title: Magic Spores
Subject: Cockroach and bracket fungus
On a night hike through a Bornean national park, I noticed this bracket fungus releasing masses of spores. At first, I held my headlamp behind the fungus to get a better sense of the floating spores. As I tried capturing the scene with my camera and a flash, I noticed that the white light split up in many different spectral colours. Experimenting to achieve the right angle for the flash in relation to the position of my camera took quite a while, but in the end I was rewarded with this picture. The cockroach which came by later added just the final touch to it.
Equipment and Settings: Canon EOS 5D mark IV with Tamron 35mm DI VC f/1.8 lens. Focal length 35mm; 1/200 second; f/16; ISO 800. Meike MT-24 flash.
Website address: www.bernhardschubert.com
Instagram: @bernhardschubertphoto

Stunning cockroach bathing in light wins WildArt photo competition

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In pictures: Blue Origin helps Wally Funk achieve spaceflight dream

This image combines observations of the nearby galaxies NGC 1300, NGC 1087, NGC 3627 (top, from left to right), NGC 4254 and NGC 4303 (bottom, from left to right) taken with the Multi-Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE) on ESO’s Very Large Telescope (VLT). Each individual image is a combination of observations conducted at different wavelengths of light to map stellar populations and warm gas. The golden glows mainly correspond to clouds of ionised hydrogen, oxygen and sulphur gas, marking the presence of newly born stars, while the bluish regions in the background reveal the distribution of slightly older stars. The images were taken as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) project, which is making high-resolution observations of nearby galaxies with telescopes operating across the electromagnetic spectrum.

Galactic fireworks: New images of nearby galaxies

Time to shine: 7 stunning photos of glow-in-the-dark animals © Jake Schoen/Toledo Zoo

In photos: How glow-in-the-dark animals use the language of light

Astronauts install a new solar power array on the ISS during a epic six-hour spacewalk © NASA/Johnson

Astronauts install a new solar power array on the ISS during a epic six-hour spacewalk

SH2-308 - Dolphin Head Nebula

Wonders of the Universe: 23 mind-blowing photos from the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2021 shortlist

XUAN EN, CHINA - JUNE 23: A rainbow is seen at a 290-meter deep karst sinkhole, located near the village of Luoquanyan, on June 23, 2021 in Xuan en County, Enshi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, Hubei Province of China. (Photo by Song Wen/VCG via Getty Images)

Indoor rainbows and spotty seals: 22 amazing images in science from June 2021

CAPE SOINIO, GREECE - JUNE 24: Full moon, also known as the Strawberry Moon, rises behind Temple of Poseidon, near capital city Athens, in Cape Sounio, Greece on June 24, 2021. (Photo by Ayhan Mehmet/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Strawberry supermoon: Full Moon photos from around the world

CONNECTION GOLD AWARD WINNER ñ Amit Eshel. Israel. Prize: £500.
Image Title: Lessons for Life
Subject: Patagonia Puma Puma concolor
This beautiful female Puma is looking for prey from a high vantage point while her playful cubs are learning through imitation.

I spent a week tracking this Puma family, comprising a mother and four cubs, in Patagonia, Chile. These incredible wild cats where completely calm in my presence, and accepted me into their world and allowed me to capture some special moments.
The Puma of Patagonia, once almost hunted to extinction, has made a phenomenal comeback in the last few decades thanks to safeguarding measures. This is an example of conservation and coexistence with a wild cat that is persecuted and misunderstood in other parts of the Americas.
Equipment and Settings: Canon EOS 1DX mark II with Canon EF200-400mm f/4L IS USM lens. Focal length 381mm; 1/1,250 second; f/4; ISO 640.
Website address: www.amiteshel.com
Instagram: @siberianart

Puma mother and her playful cubs win WildArt photo competition

OROVILLE, CA - JUNE 08: In an aerial view, houseboats whose owners chose to leave them in the lake, float at a water level nearly 200 feet below normal at the Lime Saddle Marina for Lake Oroville near Paradise, Calif., on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. Drought has caused the water level to drop in Lake Oroville several hundred feet, leaving houseboat owners to make a choice to leave their craft in the water or to remove them since boat ramps will not reach the low level of the water as it drops lower and lower. (Carlos Avila Gonzalez / The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images)

Latest photography of California’s devastating drought emergency

Toronto, ON- June 10 - The morning of the eve of Ontario moving into Stage One of COVID-19 reopening is marked with a solar eclipse as viewed from the Beaches in Toronto. June 10, 2021. Close to 80 percent of the sun was covered by the moon at 5:40 am, about five minutes after sunrise. (Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images)

Solar eclipse 2021: The best pictures of the Sun spectacle from around the world

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All eyes open: 20 sublime images from the Nature Through The Lens photography competition

XINJIANG, CHINA - MAY 1, 2021 - Starry skies are seen above a road crossing the hinterland of the Taklamakan Desert in Tarim Basin, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, May 1, 2021.
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Everyday science

Mars bases and robot babies: 23 stunning science photos from May 2021

The full blood super moon is seen during the partial eclipse in Melbourne on May 26, 2021 as stargazers across the Pacific are casting their eyes skyward to witness a rare

Blood supermoon 2021: Jaw-dropping photos of the total lunar eclipse from around the world