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Picture post: Sailfish Strike - October 31, 2008

The annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition has opened at the Natural History Museum in London. As a special treat one of the winning entries includes the best thing in the sea: the mighty sailfish.

nhm wild sailfish.JPG

This shot – Sailfish Strike - is by Amos Nachoum. More below the fold. A full gallery of photos is available on the museum’s website. The competition is run by the museum and BBC Wildlife Magazine.

Whooper lift-off - Ellen Anon nhm wild bird.JPG
First encounter - Brian Skerry nhm wild whale.JPG
Battle of the bears - Tom Mills nhm wild seal supper.JPG

All images © the photographer / Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2008

Posted by Daniel Cressey on October 31, 2008
Categories: Earth, environment & ecology | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)

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Your post has started a bit of a caption competition over on Nature Network...

http://network.nature.com/people/boboh/blog/2008/10/31/bears-in-search-of-a-caption#comment-preview

Posted by: Matt Brown | October 31, 2008 05:14 PM

very nice photos. I think photos are very useful tools to promote science and curiousity in non-scientists, or those who young minds who may not be aware how beautiful science can be.
-Kevin

Posted by: Kevin Baker | November 2, 2008 09:04 PM

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