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    Polar Bear & Northern Lights, Hudson Bay, Manitoba, Canada.
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  • Children's Toys 'dolls House' Actress Dame Judy Dench With Her Dolls House To Be Auctioned For The Sick Children's Trust A Dollhouse Or Doll's House Is A Toy Home Made In Miniature. For The Last Century Dollhouses Have Primarily Been The Domain
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    Children's Toys 'dolls House' Actress Dame Judy Dench With Her Dolls House To Be Auctioned For The Sick Children's Trust A Dollhouse Or Doll's House Is A Toy Home Made In Miniature. For The Last Century Dollhouses Have Primarily Been The Domain
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Crump/Associated Newspapers/REX (2776159a)
    Children's Toys 'dolls House' Actress Dame Judy Dench With Her Dolls House To Be Auctioned For The Sick Children's Trust A Dollhouse Or Doll's House Is A Toy Home Made In Miniature. For The Last Century Dollhouses Have Primarily Been The Domain Of Children But Their Collection And Crafting Is Also A Hobby For Many Adults. The Term Dollhouse Is Common In The United States And Canada. In Uk The Terms Dolls' House Or Dollshouse Are Used.
    Children's Toys 'dolls House' Actress Dame Judy Dench With Her Dolls House To Be Auctioned For The Sick Children's Trust A Dollhouse Or Doll's House Is A Toy Home Made In Miniature. For The Last Century Dollhouses Have Primarily Been The Domain

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    Happy Birthday: Judi Dench feiert am 9.Dezember ihren 85.Geburtstag

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  • Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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    Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Eric Lusito/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Eric Lusito's "After the Wall: Traces of the Soviet Empire" photo project. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eric Lusito/REX (4033703ay)
    KAZAKHSTAN / Chagan / 2008. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Parade ground. Built in the 1950s Chagan (also known as Dolon and Semipalatinsk Dolon) was a long range air base facility in the Semipalatinsk region, Kazakhstan. It was a major base for heavy bomber aircraft which weretargeted at northern USA and Canada.
    Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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    These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.

    They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.

    Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.

    The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".

    What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks, and huge monuments, including those in the shapes of a soldier and a sword.
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  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263d)
    Northern Lights over Vermilion Lakes, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263r)
    Northern Lights near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263p)
    Northern Lights near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263b)
    Northern Lights over Vermilion Lakes, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263g)
    Northern Lights over Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263a)
    Northern Lights over Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263c)
    Aurora borealis over Cascade Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263k)
    Northern Lights over Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263j)
    Corona over Herbert Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263i)
    Aurora borealis over Cascade Mountain, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263h)
    Northern Lights over Vermilion Lakes, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263f)
    Northern Lights near Banff, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263e)
    Northern Lights over Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263t)
    Northern Lights over Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263s)
    Northern Lights over Vermilion Lakes, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263o)
    Northern Lights over Two Jack Lake, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263n)
    Northern Lights over Vermilion Lakes, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
    (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

    DUKAS/REX

     

  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    MANDATORY CREDIT: Paul Zizka/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Paul Zizka's work. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
    Mandatory Credit: Photo by Paul Zizka/REX (3557263m)
    Northern Lights over Lake Minnewanka, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
    FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/okxq

    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
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  • Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    Northern Lights over Vermilion Lakes, Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada.
    Paul Zizka captures Auroras over Banff National Park, Alberta, Canada - 2014
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    These stunning images show the result of one man's mission to capture the Northern Lights in all their glory.

    Paul Zizka has been shooting the aurora borealis over the last 18 months over Banff National Park, in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.

    His work presents one of the most jaw-dropping galleries of the natural celestial lightshow.

    Highlights include aurora and mountains reflected in lakes and, in Paul's favourite image, a great horned owl sitting atop a lone pine tree against the green-tinged skies.

    The 34-year-old landscape and adventure photographer says he specialises in photographing in difficult conditions and hard-to-reach places, and this project fulfilled "his passion for documenting the interplay of light and weather in the mountains."
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  • 366 Handstands by Julie Dumont for charity, Britain - May 2012
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    366 Handstands by Julie Dumont for charity, Britain - May 2012
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    Julie doing a handstand with her para-Olympian mother Jacqueline Roy. 'Racing my para Olympian mother Jacqueline Roy (it's close race too!). In 1979 she won all gold medals on this track as well as best all around female athlete. And my pops was her coach'., Cardiff University PhD student Julie Dumont has pledged to do a handstand a day for a year to raise money to build a playground in Uganda.
    365 (and 1) Handstands: Woman Doing A Leap Year Worth Of Handstands For Charity
    Julie Durmont makes charity look as easy as standing on your head.

    The Cardiff-based neuroscience student has vowed to do a handstand every day for year to raise money to build playgrounds in Uganda.

    And because it is a leap year, the 26-year-old has to pull 366 acrobatic poses.

    Canadian Julie, currently studying at Cardiff University, decided on the challenge after joining a facebook group called Handstand February.

    She explains: "I joined the facebook group started by an Australian couple who have been doing a handstand challenge for a few years where you have to take a picture of yourself doing a handstand in different locations.

    "While I was doing Handstand February, some of my friends said that I should do this for a whole year. My response was "are you crazy?".

    "However, when the month ended, I was wondering "now what?" and also wanted to continue improving as I noticed that I was getting better at them.

    "I decided I would only continue the challenge for a year if I did it to raise money and awareness for a charity that would bring fun to children."

    Julie found the charity East African Playgrounds online and decided it perfectly matched her ideal cause.

    "I believe that every child deserves a fun and safe play space, so I Googled "building playgrounds for underprivileged children" and East African Playgrounds popped up."
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  • Life in Iran
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    Life in Iran
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    Life In Iran
    Think of Iran and certain words may spring to mind: 'secretive', 'oppressive', 'evil'.

    However, beyond the headlines and the politics, dig a little deeper and a very different Iran emerges.

    It is a country where a large proportion of the population is under 35, partly thanks to a call by Ayatollah Khomeini to create 'armies for Islam'.

    Ironically, the country's youth is now considered to be one of the biggest dangers, with many deeply unhappy with the current regime.

    And, rather than despise America and the West, this group of post-revolution young adults do not prescribe to the anti-American propaganda that is often spouted.

    As its President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad can often be seen as the 'face' of Iran and his hardline views considered to be the feelings of the majority.

    Meanwhile, George W Bush's 2002 comments that Iran was part of an "axis of evil" has further coloured outside views of the country.

    In reality Iran is a lot friendlier - and a lot more complicated - a country than you might first have thought.

    MUST CREDIT PHOTOS BY: Amos Chapple / Rex Features

    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/CZKLOQFKI (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)

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  • Quebec Province, Canada - Jul 2011
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    Quebec Province, Canada - Jul 2011
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    Cap-des-Rosiers Lighthouse National Historic Site in the village of Cap-des-Rosiers was erected in 1858 and is Canada's tallest lighthouse. Gaspesie peninsula, Quebec, Canada.
    Quebec Province, Canada - Jul 2011

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  • Quebec Province, Canada - Jul 2011
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    Quebec Province, Canada - Jul 2011
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    Canada's example of the true sense of coastal living: Mr Xavier Blanchette's House (he was a fisherman and farmer) in Forillon National Park along highway 132 in Quebec. Anse Blanchette in Forillon National Park, the Gaspesie peninsula, Quebec, Canada.
    Quebec Province, Canada - Jul 2011

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  • Quebec Province, Canada - Jul 2011
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    Quebec Province, Canada - Jul 2011
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    Cape Gaspe Lighthouse is located at the end of Forillon National Park. Gaspesie peninsula, Quebec, Canada.
    Quebec Province, Canada - Jul 2011

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  • Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Britain's The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official tour of Canada. The couple visit a Canadian Rangers station at Blachford Lake in the North West Territories of Canada where they visited the Rangers Station, met with First Nation villagers and later canoed to 'Honeymoon Island' where they spent a secluded night together in tents
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011

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  • Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Britain's The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official tour of Canada. The couple visit a Canadian Rangers station at Blachford Lake in the North West Territories of Canada where they visited the Rangers Station, met with First Nation villagers and later canoed to 'Honeymoon Island' where they spent a secluded night together in tents
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011

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  • Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    5th July 2011 Yellowknife Canada
    Britain's The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official tour of Canada. The couple visit a Canadian Rangers station at Blachford Lake in the North West Territories of Canada where they visited the Rangers Station, met with First Nation villagers and later canoed to 'Honeymoon Island' where they spent a secluded night together in tents
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011

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  • Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    5th July 2011 Yellowknife Canada
    Britain's The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official tour of Canada. The couple visit a Canadian Rangers station at Blachford Lake in the North West Territories of Canada where they visited the Rangers Station, met with First Nation villagers and later canoed to 'Honeymoon Island' where they spent a secluded night together in tents
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011

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  • Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    5th July 2011 Yellowknife Canada
    Britain's The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official tour of Canada. The couple visit a Canadian Rangers station at Blachford Lake in the North West Territories of Canada where they visited the Rangers Station, met with First Nation villagers and later canoed to 'Honeymoon Island' where they spent a secluded night together in tents
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011

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  • Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    5th July 2011 Yellowknife Canada
    Britain's The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official tour of Canada. The couple visit a Canadian Rangers station at Blachford Lake in the North West Territories of Canada where they visited the Rangers Station, met with First Nation villagers and later canoed to 'Honeymoon Island' where they spent a secluded night together in tents
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011

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  • Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    5th July 2011 Yellowknife Canada
    Britain's The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official tour of Canada. The couple visit a Canadian Rangers station at Blachford Lake in the North West Territories of Canada where they visited the Rangers Station, met with First Nation villagers and later canoed to 'Honeymoon Island' where they spent a secluded night together in tents
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011

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  • Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    5th July 2011 Yellowknife Canada
    Britain's The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official tour of Canada. The couple visit a Canadian Rangers station at Blachford Lake in the North West Territories of Canada where they visited the Rangers Station, met with First Nation villagers and later canoed to 'Honeymoon Island' where they spent a secluded night together in tents
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011

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  • Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    5th July 2011 Yellowknife Canada
    Britain's The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official tour of Canada. The couple visit a Canadian Rangers station at Blachford Lake in the North West Territories of Canada where they visited the Rangers Station, met with First Nation villagers and later canoed to 'Honeymoon Island where they spent a secluded night together in tents
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011

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  • Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011
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    5th July 2011 Yellowknife Canada
    Britain's The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their official tour of Canada. The couple visit a Canadian Rangers station at Blachford Lake in the North West Territories of Canada where they visited the Rangers Station, met with First Nation villagers and later canoed to 'Honeymoon Island' where they spent a secluded night together in tents
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    Prince William and Catherine Duchess of Cambridge Royal Tour, Yellowknife, Canada - 05 Jul 2011

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  • Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    A rifle owner opens his gun cabinet at his hunting camp property in rural Ontario. Canada.
    Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    A rifle owner checks the sight of his rifle at a hunting camp property in rural Ontario. Canada.
    Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    A rifle owner walks around his hunting camp property in rural Ontario west of Ottawa. Canada.
    Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Patrick Deegan, a senior range officer at the Shooting Edge, looks through the scope of long gun at the store. Canada.
    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    A rifle owner checks the sight of his rifle at a hunting camp property in rural Ontario. Canada.
    Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    A rifle owner opens his gun cabinet at his hunting camp property in rural Ontario. Canada.
    Guns in Ontario, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Patrick Deegan, a senior range officer at the Shooting Edge, displays a long gun at the store in Calgary. Canada.
    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Rifles under lock and key at the Shooting Edge in Calgary. Canada.
    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Cartridges lie on a shelf infront of long guns at the Shooting Edge store in Calgary. Canada.
    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Patrick Deegan, a senior range officer at the Shooting Edge, displays long guns at the store in Calgary. Canada.
    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010
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    Long guns under lock and key at the Shooting Edge store in Calgary. Canada.
    Shooting Edge store in Calgary, Canada - 15 Sep 2010

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  • Whitecoat Harp Seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada - 23 Mar 2010
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    Whitecoat Harp Seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada - 23 Mar 2010
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    Whitecoat Harp Seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada - 23 Mar 2010
    CANADIAN SEAL HUNT - POOR ICE CONDITIONS LEAD TO SEAL FEARS

    Canada's controversial seal hunt has once again got underway but this year it would seem the greatest threat to the seals is not the hunters but the lack of ice.

    Thousands of harp seal pups are presumed dead in and around the Gulf of St. Lawrence due to some of the worst ice conditions recorded in eastern Canada.

    According to IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) the Gulf, which is the annual birthing ground for hundreds of thousands of harp seals, is essentially devoid of both ice and seals.

    "The conditions this year are disastrous for seal pups. I've surveyed this region for nine years and have never seen anything like this," said Sheryl Fink, a senior researcher with IFAW.

    "There is wide open water instead of the usual ice floes and rather than the hundreds of thousands of seal pups that we normally encounter only a handful of baby harp and hooded seals - animals that are normally found on ice - remain on the beaches."

    Due to the poor condition the group is expecting an extremely high pup mortality this year.

    It was a similar situation in 2007 when 99% of harp seal pups born in the Southern Gulf of St Lawrence are thought to have died due to lack of ice.

    Scientists with IFAW are concerned that the cumulative effects of high pup mortality because of poor ice conditions, added to the high numbers killed in other years due to the commercial hunt, could be devastating.

    "Finding these ice-dependent seal species on land is extremely unusual, and should be considered a warning signal," added Fink.

    "The seal pups we have found on shore are thin and unable to defend themselves or escape from land-based predators.

    "It is highly unlikely that any o...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EBPXDVXDR

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  • Whitecoat Harp Seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada - 23 Mar 2010
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    Whitecoat Harp Seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada - 23 Mar 2010
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    Whitecoat Harp Seals in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, Canada - 23 Mar 2010
    CANADIAN SEAL HUNT - POOR ICE CONDITIONS LEAD TO SEAL FEARS

    Canada's controversial seal hunt has once again got underway but this year it would seem the greatest threat to the seals is not the hunters but the lack of ice.

    Thousands of harp seal pups are presumed dead in and around the Gulf of St. Lawrence due to some of the worst ice conditions recorded in eastern Canada.

    According to IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) the Gulf, which is the annual birthing ground for hundreds of thousands of harp seals, is essentially devoid of both ice and seals.

    "The conditions this year are disastrous for seal pups. I've surveyed this region for nine years and have never seen anything like this," said Sheryl Fink, a senior researcher with IFAW.

    "There is wide open water instead of the usual ice floes and rather than the hundreds of thousands of seal pups that we normally encounter only a handful of baby harp and hooded seals - animals that are normally found on ice - remain on the beaches."

    Due to the poor condition the group is expecting an extremely high pup mortality this year.

    It was a similar situation in 2007 when 99% of harp seal pups born in the Southern Gulf of St Lawrence are thought to have died due to lack of ice.

    Scientists with IFAW are concerned that the cumulative effects of high pup mortality because of poor ice conditions, added to the high numbers killed in other years due to the commercial hunt, could be devastating.

    "Finding these ice-dependent seal species on land is extremely unusual, and should be considered a warning signal," added Fink.

    "The seal pups we have found on shore are thin and unable to defend themselves or escape from land-based predators.

    "It is highly unlikely that any o...
    For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/EBPXDVXDR

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