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Lion Pride, South Africa (Original Content)

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Ngorongoro Crater, Tanzania  (Original Content)

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ESO’s Paranal Observatory, Chile. A group of astronomers were observing the centre of the Milky Way using the laser guide star facility at Yepun, one of the four Unit Telescopes of the Very Large Telescope (VLT).

Credit: ESO/Yuri Beletsky

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Lion outside tribal hut, South Africa (Original Content)

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Tippi Benjamine Okanti Degré, daughter of French wildlife photographers Alain Degré and Sylvie Robert, was born in Namibia. During her childhood she befriended many wild animals, including a 28-year old elephant called Abu and a leopard nicknamed J&B. She was embraced by the Bushmen and the Himba tribespeople of the Kalahari, who taught her how to survive on roots and berries, as well as how to speak their language.

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How I wish I grew up.

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I second this. Also, wasn’t going to reblog at first, but then I saw that frog and I about died. This is so perfect. I want to re-do my childhood.

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Giving a Helping Hand.

Giant pandas Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan playing in the Wolong Giant Panda Breeding Center in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province

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Hayman Beach Villa, Great Barrier Reef, Australia

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Aquarium Bed by Acrylic Tank Manufacturers

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Informally known as the “Soap Bubble Nebula”, this planetary nebula (officially known as PN G75.5+1.7) was discovered by amateur astronomer Dave Jurasevich on July 6th, 2008.

Credit: T. A. Rector/University of Alaska Anchorage, H. Schweiker/WIYN and NOAO/AURA/NSF

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Natural phenomenon electric neon blue water - Vaadhoo island Maldives

The blue “fire” in the picture is bioluminescence — tiny phytoplankton, microbes washed ashore by the tides, turning their chemical energy into light energy. The process is ancient, natural and found around the world.

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Ellerslie International Flower Show - Christchurch, New Zealand

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Saxophone battle in NYC subway

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Turquoise Ice, Northern Lake Baikal, Russia

Due to the density of the ice. This is glacial ice which has been fractured off of the glacier. Glacial ice is very dense due to the intense pressure it experiences (so there's almost no air bubbles in this ice). The result is that the natural blue color of water becomes visible in the ice. 

Source Golden-Calf and Image Credit: Alexey Trofimov

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A MARRIED couple (101 & 103 years old) have finally posed for their wedding photos - 88 YEARS after tying the knot.

  Wu Conghan, 101, and his wife Wu Sognshi, 103, married in 1924 and have been together for almost nine decades.

Cameras were almost unknown in China when they got married, but their new keepsakes are something they have dreamed of having ever since.

Their wish came true after a local photo company offered to help the pair from Nanchong, Sichuan province pose for wedding album shots.

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The "Appennine Colossus" by Giambologna, at Villa di Pratolino just north of Florence, Italy

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Monuriki is an uninhabited tiny island in the Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Viti Levu in a group of islands known as the Mamanuca Islands. The island is of volcanic origin and is approximately 1 kilometre long and 600 metres wide. (100 acres) The land area is approximately 0.4 square kilometres surrounded on all sides by a coral reef. The highest point is 178 m. This volcanic islet is part of the Atolls islands and related to a group of three islets in the larger group of Fiji Islands, called "Mamanuca". The islet is surrounded by coral reef; it also includes volcanic rocks, lagoons, and several small beaches, including some white sand beaches.

The island was used for the movie Cast Away with Tom Hanks.

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