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Photo contest contestant Jarrod Castaing of Sydney, Australia snapped this shot among the ruins of this ancient temple complex
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Among the organisms documented by photographer Rachel Sussman are 80,000-year-old aspen trees and 600,000-year-old bacteria
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In Chile’s Atacama Desert, astronomers are preparing for a new array that will stretch across 10 miles
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This beautiful long exposure by photo contest contestant Mike Beauchamp captures the night sky as it circles around Polaris, the North Star
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Photographer Indranil Sengupta snapped this photo at a Puli Kali procession during the annual Onam festival in Kerala, India
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Giant snakes, lost footage, secret histories and more in this wrapup of our most watched videos of the year
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New York–based photographer Shinichi Maruyama has a knack for capturing motion on film
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Meet the artist who burns her creations to amazing effect
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Before the weather turns cold, take one last walk in the woods with these beautiful autumn photos submitted by our readers
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Over 48,000 photos were entered in the Veolia Environnement contest; these 10 were among the most stunning
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Two photographers ventured deep into the forests of central Africa to capture touching photos of a 33-year-old wild silverback and his clan
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We took the spook-tacular celebration to the depths of the ocean, where some of the craziest—and scariest—looking creatures lurk in the dark
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Abandoned mansions, ghostly twins and murders of crows are just a few of the scariest entries from past photo contests
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Photographer Zed Nelson traveled the world documenting how body improvement has practically become a new religion
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An editors' pick from our ongoing 10th annual photo contest
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Artist Evan Roth's award-winning work puts the action in interaction
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The concrete and plastic dinosaurs beside America's highways can be strange and beautiful. Tell us which one you think is the best
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Check out these incredible images by photojournalist Brian Skerry, and help select which photographs will appear in an upcoming exhibit
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Look closely at these photographs. Shut down by the Chinese government, Liu Bolin has mastered the art of disappearing
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Wheaties has been around for nearly 90 years, but when did they start putting athletes on the cover?
