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Aaron Ansarov
This is an ongoing series in which Aurora will continue to develop with Aaron called The Backyard Series. Aaron captures and releases these animals, photographing them a few feet away from their natural habitat in his studio.
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Various/ Aurora Photos
Charles Darwin considered carnivorous plants some of the most captivating living beings on earth. Carnivorous plants are plants that receive most of their nutrients from trapping and consuming animals or insects. Aurora photographers give us a closer unique look at these peculiar plants.
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Eric Rorer / Aurora Photos
Ever since Charles Darwin first visited the Galapagos in 1835, the tiny archipelago 600 miles off the coast of Ecuador has captivated the world’s imagination. However, increased tourist traffic and population growth have put a huge stress on the islands’ ecological balance. Invasive non-native plants and animals are feeding on or forcing out rare native species and the heavy impact of the human footprint is often hidden out of view. Aurora photographer shows a place that is at once beautiful, magical and under siege.
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Various Aurora Photographers
What insects do we find in art? What insects affect us psychologically? Can you think of any song, book or movie based on insects? Perhaps you've experienced entomophobia (fear of insects). You might have heard Flight of The Bumblebee, read 'Metamorphosis,' or seen 'The Fly.' The Egyptian's deified the scarab beetle and the ancient Greek cult of Artemis worshipped the bee. Some Scientist think that 10% of the animal biomass of the world is ants, another 10% is composed of Termites. That's an incredible 20% of the total animal biomass of the planet. Insects are everywhere and have become a part of almost every facet of the humanities.
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Fishing is about more than the catch. It is the life that surrounds the experience; standing in a cold river at sunrise, studying the hatch, listening to the river, and of course watching for the dashing figures beneath the surface of the water. And then the tug on the line.
These are the experiences we long for. Aurora Photos photographers have provided all of these experiences in their imagery, now they are available through Aurora's Outdoor Collection.
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Various Aurora Photographers
• There are more than 9,000 different species of birds in the world. • Peregrine Falcons have been estimated to reach speeds between 100 and 200 mph. • There are more than 9,000 different species of birds in the world. • Most migrating birds crossing the Caribbean travel at around 10,000 feet. They may begin their nightly flights cruising around 5,000 feet then gradually climb to a top altitude around 20,000 feet. • Aurora has several pages of bird photos online.
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Melissa Farlow / Aurora Photos
Horse country is a story about how thoroughbred horses are born and raised in Kentucky creating a billion dollar industry. Although there are prestigious farms with names like Calumet, they are really horse factories churning out hundreds of racing hopefuls year after year. Over 600 farms spread throughout six counties ranging in size from a thousand acres to many thousands. This is just a small sample of the images Melissa Farlow has on this topic.
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James Balog / Aurora
Photographer James Balog always goes beyond the visuals of a subject. This photographic album of endangered wildlife is no exception.
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Carl Walsh / Aurora
Lobster is woven into the fabric of Maine’s culture as long as anyone can remember. The cold, clean waters of Maine’s rocky coast provide an ideal habitat for lobster. Maine's lobstermen are guardedly optimistic about the 2005 season and have been surprised to see signs of an earlier start. Pat White of the Maine Lobstermen's Association says no one knows why signs point toward an earlier start this year. Sometimes, it doesn't pay to try to figure out the habits of Maine's most valuable sea creature. "We can't figure out how to outsmart an animal with no brain," said White, a lobsterman based in York Harbor.
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Paul Souders / IPN / Aurora
Do a search for "Souders" on Aurora's site and these are some of the images that appear. Range, versatility, quality and more comes from Paul Souders' photography. Enjoy looking and searching through his expanded collection.
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Jose Azel / Aurora
Few, if any places can provide the spectacular scenery and abundant wildlife one can see in Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks in winter. Mystical, lovely, even surreal, the landscape takes forms that inspire and cause us to pause.
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Adrain Bailey/Aurora
The relocation of wildlife has replaced natural migration as human
development has closed the ancient paths African animals used to follow. A seasonal operation that takes place when animals are under least stress, predators, antelope, giraffe and even elephant are captured and moved for commercial or scientific reasons. It is even possible for tourists to join in certain relocations.
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Adrian Bailey/Aurora
Aurora photographer Adrian Bailey has spent four months with one troop in northern Botswana’s Selinda Reserve, first habituating the troop to his presence on foot, and then photographing their fascinating natural history. As the accompanying photographs illustrate, chacma baboons spend their entire waking moments interacting with other troop members: grooming, playing or fighting and constantly establishing and finetuning an intricate network of allies that are the core of the troops’ existence
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Bernd Jonkmanns/ laif/Aurora
Elephant polo was first played in India around the turn of the 20th century by members of the British aristocracy. The first games were played with a soccer ball, but after finding that the elephants like to smash the balls, the soccer ball was replaced with a standard polo ball. Strange? There's more....
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Randy Olson/Aurora
The largest purchase to date for the Nature Conservancy is the Palmyra atoll situated about 300 miles north of the equator.
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Adrian Bailey/Aurora
Each year around June, the African Wild Dog, one of Africa's most endangered carnivores, begins the process of raising a litter. The hope of the species falls on the pups, staving off extinction for a few more years. Come and follow...
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Adrian Bailey/Aurora
The lion pride is widely held to be a stereotypical grouping of females and their cubs lorded over by a set of dominant males who, in return for protecting the territory, greedily appropriate most of the females hard
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Adrian Bailey/Aurora
Botswana's Chobe National Park was proclaimed in 1961. Bounded in the north by the Chobe river and extending southwards to the Mababe depression, this 11 000 square kilometer park is the third largest in the countr
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Russell Gordon/Aurora
Several varieties of the Morpho Butterfly which ranges from southern Mexico to central Argentina. Considered by some to be the symbol of the Neo-Tropics it's beauty is elusive and hypnotic.
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Adrian Bailey/Aurora
Formidable adversary of lion, vengeful beast of hunting folklore and neighborhood thug in the rural village, the African buffalo is one of the most feared animals on the continent.
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Andrew Councill/Aurora
Cross the rugged Hindukush Mountains that form the northern border of Afghanistan and Pakistan with Aurora photographer Andrew Council.
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Chris Hamilton/Aurora
Join Aurora photographer Chris Hamilton as he documents the annual Rattlesnake Roundup in Sweetwater, Texas - the largest Rattlesnake Roundup in the world.
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Photographs by Bob Caputo
Anacondas are aquatic boa inhabiting the swamps and rivers of the dense forests of tropical South America. How do you catch one?
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Adrian Bailey / Aurora
Water and wildlife are never far apart. Adrian Bailey has spent countless hours following and photographing African beasts and over those years has documented the water-wildlife relationship.
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