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Photo by @jimmychin / June 2, 2017. Portrait of @alexhonnold the day before he free soloed El Cap. For more images of climbing adventures around the world, follow @jimmychin.
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Photo by @michaelchristopherbrown / Two young Romany girls play in a Romany village located in the Rose Valley, just south of the Balkan Mountains in Bulgaria. In this region, roses have been cultivated for centuries, and the Romany play a vital role in gathering the flowers and delivering the precious petals to distilleries, which are poured into giant, boiling vats of water to create roughly half of the world supply of rose oil. Follow @michaelchristopherbrown for more human stories from around the world. Sun May-2021-16 10:25 PM
Photo by Luján Agusti @lujanag / Portrait of a participant in the dance drama Moros y Cristianos (Moors and Christians) in Malpais, located in Mexico's Veracruz state, during celebrations in 2016. This dance features a dialogue between the captains of each sides about their respective gods. The Moros y Cristianos is a traditional dance that was incorporated by the Iberian conquerors during the colonization of the American continent. In it they represented aspects of religion and war. Follow me at @lujanag to learn more about this and other stories. Sun May-2021-16 10:25 PM
Photo by @mattiasklumofficial / Such a privilege to be able to observe a relaxed female polar bear nursing her cubs, near the Nordenskiöld glacier, in Norway's Svalbard archipelago. This female expressed particularly gentle behavior while nursing and stretching, softly groaning as if she enjoyed the moment. Female polar bears nurse their cubs for approximately two years. In the first months, their milk is rich in protein and comprised of over 30% fat content. The fat content declines as the cubs grow. I took this photograph after the family had devoured a bearded seal. After a good meal, some well deserved time to relax. One cub was already fast asleep. To explore more of my work from Svalbard and other places please visit @mattiasklumofficial. #arctic #savingthearctic #climatechange #conservation #expedition Sun May-2021-16 10:25 PM
Photo by Karine Aigner @kaigner / If I ever had a pet rattlesnake, I’d want it to be this individual. We met on a morning run in epic fashion—the snake magnificently spread perpendicular across a dirt ranch road. I approached slowly, admiring its intricacies and assessing its demeanor. It lay unperturbed as it watched me come near—and allowed me five minutes of cell phone snaps—without a single rattle warning.
I went on my way, returning to the same area an hour later. The snake was still there, now actively canvassing the bushes—back and forth, round and round. For 45 minutes I followed and photographed. It seemed to be searching. I sat on the ground and watched as it gracefully maneuvered through prickly pear, bush-tongue tasting the air. As it finally crossed behind my truck, back over the road, I finally saw it, and realized what I was watching. Like an arrow to a bull's-eye, the snake headed straight toward a cottontail rabbit that lay paralyzed in the scrub.
Already familiar with the scent it had relocated, the snake knew it was time. I watched in privilege and awe as the perfectly designed creature commenced at the head, dislocated its jaws, and in 21 minutes swallowed the cottontail whole. As the rabbit's feet finally disappeared, the fabulous creature crossed back over the road, its bulging belly sliding into the bushes with no more than a whisper.
We shared a meal—without a single rattle. Until next time, friend … For more stories about the intersections of humans and nature, follow @kaigner! #rattlesnake #snakelove #texas #snakes Sun May-2021-16 10:25 PM
Photo by @lynseyaddario / COVID-19 patient Anji Henson, 43, from Essex, walks with the aid of physiotherapists at Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England, on January 20, 2021. Henson got COVID around Christmas and ended up in a medically induced coma; she doesn't recall about 6 to 10 days of her life. Her mother and father both also got COVID. Her father passed away on January 19, and her mother, 80, is doing well. Sun May-2021-16 10:25 PM
Photo by @paoloverzone / Each May the city of Arles, in France, celebrates the Fête des Gardians, dedicated to Saint George, the patron saint of horsemen. They come from across the Camargue region to parade through town alongside Arlésiennes in their traditional dresses. Gardians are the French version of cowboys. Women wear the Arlésienne dress, dating to the mid-18th century, when the women of Arles decided to dress differently from other French women as a symbol of their independence. The dress was inspired by the Parisian fashion of the time, and it’s still worn today. Follow @paoloverzone for more photos and stories. Sun May-2021-16 10:25 PM
Photo by @maddiemcgarvey / Birds fill the sky in Tiptonville, Tennessee. I was on the road, stopping whenever something caught my eye, when I saw thousands of birds flying over this empty stretch on a foggy day. For more views of rural America, follow me @maddiemcgarvey. Sun May-2021-16 10:25 PM
Photo by @enricsala / Tierra del Fuego, Chile: There is something very deep in our souls, an innate attraction between humans and nature that sends us seeking unfiltered contact with the wild and with the other forms of life that share this planet. I believe that this inexpressible love of nature is more powerful than any rational construct as an answer to the question of why we should care for the natural world. To learn more about our oceans, follow @natgeopristineseas and @enricsala. @insidenatgeo Sun May-2021-16 10:25 PM
Photo by Keith Ladzinski @ladzinski / A ray of light pours into the opening of a dusty cavern in the Mojave Desert in California. As my friend Tommy Joyce stepped within it, he cast a long and dramatic shadow onto the cave floor. The power and magnetic appeal that sculpted light can bring never ceases to amaze me, especially where its presence creates an extra layer of mystery. Sun May-2021-16 10:25 PM
Photo by @renaeffendiphoto / In Faiyum, 60 miles (100 km) southwest of Cairo, I photographed this old man fidgeting with an object as he fixed something. It was one of those fleeting moments when a ray of light fell on the man, and I took one shot and went away. I used Kodachrome medium-format slide film, which made the afternoon shadows look deep and velvety. I'm still not sure what the man was fixing, perhaps a clock or a part of a motorcycle. I'd love to hear your ideas. #egypt #faijyum #sun #shadows #dailylife Sun May-2021-16 10:25 PM
Photo by Kris Graves @themaniwasnt / While on assignment to cover Confederate monuments in the South, I also visited the Old Slave Mart in Charleston, South Carolina, which was constructed in 1859 and served as a private auction house during the antebellum period. In 1865, when Union forces occupied Charleston, the remaining slaves imprisoned in the mart were freed, and the building was converted to a tenement dwelling. In the late 1990s the building was restored by the South Carolina African American Heritage Commission and now functions as a museum and historical site. To see more of my work, please follow @themaniwasnt and @kgpnyc.
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