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The awe-inspiring winners of a prestigious nature photo contest, from a shot of a crocodile attack to a picture of a prancing polar bear cub… which is YOUR favourite?

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Dramatic cloud formations over a Chilean mountainscape, a crocodile devouring a wildebeest and a polar bear cub prancing over an ice shelf.

These are some of the scenes captured by the winners of All About Photo (AAP) magazine’s nature photography contest, a prestigious awards that celebrates photographers who ‘beautifully capture the essence of nature, highlighting the magnificence of landscapes, wildlife, and flora and fauna’.

It’s the first nature-themed contest organised by AAP, a monthly online magazine that endeavours to

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Awe-inspiring new photo travel book reveals the majesty of Africa, from Morocco to Madagascar

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Want to explore Africa but not sure where to start? Turn to the pages of this stunning new book for inspiration.

Africa, written by Anne-Marie Bissada and published by Amber Books, takes you on an eye-opening journey through the continent, showcasing ‘a diversity of culture and landscape rarely seen elsewhere’.

Its pages are lavishly illustrated with 180 stunning colour photographs, offering ‘a pictorial exploration of this great and varied continent in all its majesty’.

Among the striking photographs

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HMS Gloucester: New footage reveals the ‘awe-inspiring’ ship wreck

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It was hailed as the biggest maritime discovery since the Mary Rose was found back in the 1970s.

Now, incredible underwater footage reveals the ‘awe-inspiring’ wreck of royal warship HMS Gloucester, which sank on May 6, 1682 after hitting the Norfolk sandbanks in the southern North Sea. 

The ‘outstanding’ ship foundered while carrying the future King of England and Scotland James Stuart, then the Duke of York, who survived at the expense of up to 250 crew and passengers. 

Its

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Instagramming photographer’s awe-inspiring astronomy photos, from Australia to the U.S

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What happens when you combine a spectacular landscape, a sky full of stars and a very talented photographer? Take one look at photographer Marcin Zajac‘s work and you’ll discover it’s something special.

The California-based amateur photographer has a remarkable talent for astrophotography, turning his camera on the skies over locations such as the Bisti Badlands of New Mexico and the Eastern Australian coast. Unsurprisingly, Instagram has taken notice – his photography account has nearly 69,000 followers to date.

Speaking

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The 2022 Historic Photographer of the Year winners, from misty islands to awe-inspiring abbeys

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It’s quite a combination – some of the best photographers in the world capturing some of the planet’s most fascinating historic sites.

The upshot? Difficult decisions to be made by the judges of the 2022 Historic Photographer of the Year competition.

But the verdicts are in and the shortlisted and winning entries – from 1,200 that were submitted – are breathtaking.

The contest – run by History Hit, the content platform founded by historian Dan Snow, and media network Little

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‘Awe-inspiring’ properties vying to be Grand Designs: House of the Year 

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They’re billed as the most ‘awe-inspiring’ homes that have made the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA)’ House of the Year shortlist… and the second episode of Grand Designs: House of the Year did not disappointment with a remarkable set of homes. 

In the second programme of the series, airing tonight on Channel 4, Kevin and his co-presenters, architect Damion Burrows, Natasha Huq and design expert Michelle Ogundehin, visited five properties battling it out for a place on the

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