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Lunático

El Cardón, venerated by the inhabitants of the native towns of north-west Argentina.

Photograph: Jose Pereyra Lucena

2023 Nature Conservancy photo contest

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Plants and Fungi – Ghost Mushrooms! A group of ghost mushrooms, Omphalotus nidiformis, which grow and then disappear quickly, on warm nights after a few rainy days in Coastal Forests, Gerroa, NSW, Australia 🇦��. Photograph: Ashley Sykes/TNC Photo Contest 2023

People and Nature – Wildebeest Breakfast Balloon Safari! A small troupe of wild blue wildebeest (Connochaetes Taurinus) watch from a safe distance as a hot air balloon lands and spills out its safari tourists in Maasai Mara National Park, Kenya. 🇰🇪. Photograph: Michael Hegyi/TNC Photo Contest 2023

Plants and Fungi – Lunático! El Cardón, venerated by the inhabitants of the Native Towns of North-West Argentina 🇦🇷. Photograph: Jose Pereyra Lucena/TNC Photo Contest 2023

Lands – Sound and Vision! Two seasons collide in Alaska, USA 🇺🇸, with an impressive display of autumn colours in the forest being blanketed by the first snow of winter. Photograph: Alessandro Carboni/TNC Photo Contest 2023

Underwater life – Parting the Tide! A grey reef shark parts a bait ball in the shallows of the Ningaloo Reef, Western 🇦🇺. This photo was taken inside the bait ball, as a shark burst out, hunting its next mouthful of fish. Photograph: Daniel Nicholson/TNC Photo Contest 2023

Paris, France 🇫🇷! Thousands gather in front of the Palais Garnier opera house as dancers from across Europe perform Chiroptera. The facade of the opera house was transformed into a philosophical allegory of Plato’s cave as part of a new project by the French Artist JR. Photograph: Kiran Ridley/Getty Images