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Gallery: Tiny creatures as you’ve never seen before

Photographers Stanley and Kaisa Breeden have focused their lenses on some very small forms of life. The pair are masters of ‘focal stacking’ photography, in which they merge images to create an otherwise unachievable depth-of-field. Here, they’ve used their skills to bring out some of nature’s smallest details, from the amazingly delicate textures of moth wings to the curled-up form of a sleeping wasp. All these images can be found in their book, Small Wonders: A close look at nature’s miniatures.

Wildlife

Saved: Wildlife in Earth’s protected areas

The ‘Saved’ photography competition encouraged people from around the world to submit images of national parks and protected areas, inspiring others to nurture these important natural spaces. The finalists had their images displayed as part of the IUCN World Parks Congress, held in Sydney in November. See some of the images here, and find all of the finalists and winners at www.wpcsaved.com.

Wildlife

Beneath the waves in Sydney with Google Maps

Seascapes in 27 new locations around Australia have been made available to virtually dive through on Google Maps street view as part of the IUCN World Parks Congress (maps.google.com/ocean). The virtual panoramas were collected by the Catlin Seaview Survey, which is documenting reefs around the world to monitor their health over time. These images are from a series of dives in Sydney Harbour and surrounding beaches – 100,000 images from 32 locations along the Great Barrier Reef have also been released.

History & Culture

Shared Sky: Indigenous astronomy art

The Shared Sky art project connected indigenous artists in remote communities from either side of the Indian Ocean (Western Australia and South Africa) whom have ancient cultural connections to the two sites where the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope will be located.