2011 British Wildlife Photography Awards

Overall Winner: "Jellyfish in the Blue Sea":
A brilliantly colored jellyfish illuminates the depths near the tiny Scottish island of Sula Sgeir in the winning picture from the 2011 British Wildlife Photography Awards, announced this week.

White Lions, South Africa

Wildlife photography is often about capturing animals in action or in their natural habitat.

African Ambush:Crocodile Attacks Elephant

Rare Pictures:A routine trip to the water hole recently resulted in a life-or-death struggle for a pair of African elephants when they were ambushed by a hungry Nile crocodile .

Space launch System artist concepts NASA Announces Design for New Deep Space Exploration System

NASA is ready to move forward with the development of the Space Launch System -- an advanced heavy-lift launch vehicle that will provide an entirely new national capability for human exploration beyond Earth's orbit.

Tennis:US Open Women's Singles title 2011

Samantha Stosur (AUS)[9] holds her trophy after winning the Women's Singles Finals at the 2011 US Open.

Usain Bolt's Jamaica set world record in 4x100m gold in 37.04sec

Nesta Carter, Michael Frater, Yohan Blake and Usain Bolt, top right, celebrate victory and a new world record in the men's 4x100m relay final at the world championships in Daegu,(South Korea).

Hurricanes: The Sound and the Fury

It took Clifford Ross a few years of photographing hurricanes and being dissatisfied with the results before he realized that the central drama was in the ocean. And that if he wanted to capture it, he’d have to get in it. “There’s an apocryphal tale that Turner lashed himself to a ship’s mast” says Ross describing the 19th century painter’s desire to depict stormy seas.
The artist, a New York City native, first became interested in photographing hurricanes in the mid-’90s, he thought he’d be chasing them all over the world. Until he realized he could just stay put on Georgica Beach, a few miles from his Long Island home. “I sit like a fisherman and wait,” says Ross who lenses eight to 12 storms per year. He doesn’t use waterproof cameras, “I don’t want anything between me and the wave,” says Ross. Despite photographing in water anywhere from his ankles to his neck, “the camera and I have both survived,” says Ross. “Its like dancers who say they leave their body during a performance. I’m so riveted by what I see, and trying to stay upright, I don’t feel any fear.”

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