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  • <1> – 547 votes in Final; Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador Attribution:amalavida.tv (flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

    <1> – 547 votes in Final;
    Two Julia Butterflies (Dryas iulia) drinking the tears of turtles in Ecuador Attribution:amalavida.tv (flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • 380 votes in Final; Lijiang, Yunnan, China: Naxi people carrying the typical baskets of the region – Attribution: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Cccefalon (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    380 votes in Final;
    Lijiang, Yunnan, China: Naxi people carrying the typical baskets of the regionAttribution: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Cccefalon (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 375 votes in Final; Polar Bear jumping, in Spitsbergen Island, Svalbard, Norway. – Attribution: Arturo de Frias Marques (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 354 votes in Final; Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434), a dark nebula in the constellation Orion. – Attribution: Ken Crawford (imagingdeepsky.com) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    354 votes in Final;
    Horsehead Nebula (also known as Barnard 33 in emission nebula IC 434), a dark nebula in the constellation Orion.Attribution: Ken Crawford (imagingdeepsky.com) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 324 votes in Final; Rocks formations and the Dedo de Deus (God's Finger) peak in the background, at the Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil. – Attribution: Carlos Perez Couto (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    324 votes in Final;
    Rocks formations and the Dedo de Deus (God's Finger) peak in the background, at the Serra dos Órgãos National Park, Rio de Janeiro state, Brazil.Attribution: Carlos Perez Couto (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 310 votes in Final; Head of a Calliphora vicina, face view. – Attribution: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab (flickr) (CC BY 2.0)

  • 294 votes in Final; Pair of Mandarins (Aix galericulata), at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK – Attribution: Francis C. Franklin / Baresi franco (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    294 votes in Final;
    Pair of Mandarins (Aix galericulata), at Martin Mere, Lancashire, UK Attribution: Francis C. Franklin / Baresi franco (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 293 votes in Final; A Cheetah (Acinonyx juvatus) silhouetted against a fiery sunset, in the Oakavango Delta, in Botswana. – Attribution: Arturo de Frias Marques (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    293 votes in Final;
    A Cheetah (Acinonyx juvatus) silhouetted against a fiery sunset, in the Oakavango Delta, in Botswana.Attribution: Arturo de Frias Marques (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 292 votes in Final; Sunrise in morning mist near Dulmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany – Attribution: Dietmar Rabich / XRay (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    292 votes in Final;
    Sunrise in morning mist near Dulmen, North Rhine-Westphalia, GermanyAttribution: Dietmar Rabich / XRay (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 290 votes in Final; A U.S. Marine Corps C-130T Hercules aircraft with the Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron; – Attribution: DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar L. Olive IV, U.S. Marine Corps/Released. (flickr) (PD-USGov-Marines)

    290 votes in Final;
    A U.S. Marine Corps C-130T Hercules aircraft with the Blue Angels, the Navy's flight demonstration squadron; – Attribution: DoD photo by Staff Sgt. Oscar L. Olive IV, U.S. Marine Corps/Released. (flickr) (PD-USGov-Marines)

  • 276 votes in Final; Front of a giant manta ray (Manta birostris) filter feeding. – Attribution: Arturo de Frias Marques (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    276 votes in Final;
    Front of a giant manta ray (Manta birostris) filter feeding. Attribution: Arturo de Frias Marques (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 276 votes in Final; Crystal Mill, an 1892 wooden powerhouse located on an outcrop above the Crystal River in Crystal, Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. – Attribution: Fowler (frickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

    276 votes in Final;
    Crystal Mill, an 1892 wooden powerhouse located on an outcrop above the Crystal River in Crystal, Gunnison County, Colorado, United States. – Attribution: Fowler (frickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • 271 votes in Final; Mosaic of four images taken by Rosetta's navigation camera (NAVCAM) on 19 September 2014 at 28.6 km (17.8 mi) from the centre of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. – Attribution: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, (CC BY-SA IGO 3.0)

    271 votes in Final;
    Mosaic of four images taken by Rosetta's navigation camera (NAVCAM) on 19 September 2014 at 28.6 km (17.8 mi) from the centre of comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko. – Attribution: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM, (CC BY-SA IGO 3.0)

  • 249 votes in Final; Two young cheetah brothers cleaning each other after having fed. Okavango Delta, Botswana. – Attribution: Arturo de Frias Marques (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    249 votes in Final;
    Two young cheetah brothers cleaning each other after having fed. Okavango Delta, Botswana. – Attribution: Arturo de Frias Marques (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 247 votes in Final; The Windmills of Consuegra (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain), seen at dusk in the image, were built in the first half of the 19th century and were proclaimed a Spanish Historical Site in 2008. – Attribution: Hugo Díaz-Regañón (Flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

    247 votes in Final;
    The Windmills of Consuegra (Castilla-La Mancha, Spain), seen at dusk in the image, were built in the first half of the 19th century and were proclaimed a Spanish Historical Site in 2008. – Attribution: Hugo Díaz-Regañón (Flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • 242 votes in Final; View of Carpathian National Park from Hoverla. Carpathian National Park, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine – Attribution: Balkhovitin (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    242 votes in Final;
    View of Carpathian National Park from Hoverla. Carpathian National Park, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine – Attribution: Balkhovitin (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 241 votes in Final; A panoramic view from a ridge located between Segla and Hesten mountain summits in the island of Senja, Troms, Norway in 2014 August. – Attribution: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    241 votes in Final;
    A panoramic view from a ridge located between Segla and Hesten mountain summits in the island of Senja, Troms, Norway in 2014 August. – Attribution: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 218 votes in Final; Antares Orb-3 launch failure, Oct. 28, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. – Attribution: NASA/Joel Kowsky (flickr) PD-USGov-NASA)

    218 votes in Final;
    Antares Orb-3 launch failure, Oct. 28, 2014, at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. – Attribution: NASA/Joel Kowsky (flickr) PD-USGov-NASA)

  • 211 votes in Final; Daughter of Niobe bent by terror of Artemis. Uffizi Gallery - Sala della Niobe. Florence, Italy. – Attribution: Petar Milošević / PetarM (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    211 votes in Final;
    Daughter of Niobe bent by terror of Artemis. Uffizi Gallery - Sala della Niobe. Florence, Italy. – Attribution: Petar Milošević / PetarM (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 210 votes in Final; St. Basil cathedral in Moscow. – Attribution: Petar Milošević / PetarM (CC-BY-SA-3.0-RS)

    210 votes in Final;
    St. Basil cathedral in Moscow. – Attribution: Petar Milošević / PetarM (CC-BY-SA-3.0-RS)

  • 210 votes in Final; The Swallow's Nest Castle near Gaspra, Yalta municipality. Republic of Crimea/Autonomous Republic of Crimea. – Attribution: (Cc-by-sa-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)

    210 votes in Final;
    The Swallow's Nest Castle near Gaspra, Yalta municipality. Republic of Crimea/Autonomous Republic of Crimea. – Attribution: (Cc-by-sa-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0)

  • 208 votes in Final; Iron sculpture Zauberlehrling (sorcerer's apprentice) looking like a deformed and dancing power pole, photographed at sunset. – Attribution: Tuxyso (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    208 votes in Final;
    Iron sculpture Zauberlehrling (sorcerer's apprentice) looking like a deformed and dancing power pole, photographed at sunset. – Attribution: Tuxyso (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 208 votes in Final; The Hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg during a plenary session in 2014. – Attribution: Diliff(CC BY-SA 3.0)

    208 votes in Final;
    The Hemicycle of the European Parliament in Strasbourg during a plenary session in 2014. – Attribution: Diliff(CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 195 votes in Final;
    Caminandes- Llama Drama - a Creative Commons movie – Attribution:Pablo Vazquez, Beorn Leonard, and Francesco Siddi. Music and Sound by Jan Morgenstern. (YouTube) (CC BY 3.0)

  • 184 votes in Final; Altja river in Lahemaa National Park, Estonia. – Attribution: Margus Opp / Margus6 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    184 votes in Final;
    Altja river in Lahemaa National Park, Estonia. – Attribution: Margus Opp / Margus6 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 180 votes in Final; Watch tower of the dam, Embalse de los Bermejales, Arenas del Rey, Andalusia, Spain – Attribution: Jebulon (cc-zero)

    180 votes in Final;
    Watch tower of the dam, Embalse de los Bermejales, Arenas del Rey, Andalusia, Spain – Attribution: Jebulon (cc-zero)

  • 180 votes in Final; Castle ruins of Aggstein, Wachau, Lower Austria – Attribution: Uoaei1 (C-BY-SA-3.0-AT)

    180 votes in Final;
    Castle ruins of Aggstein, Wachau, Lower Austria – Attribution: Uoaei1 (C-BY-SA-3.0-AT)

  • 176 votes in Final; Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus). – Attribution: Greg Skomal / NOAA Fisheries Service (PD US NOAA)

    176 votes in Final;
    Basking shark (Cetorhinus maximus). – Attribution: Greg Skomal / NOAA Fisheries Service (PD US NOAA)

  • 173 votes in Final; Male human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis. – Attribution: Gilles San Martin (flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

    173 votes in Final;
    Male human head louse, Pediculus humanus capitis. – Attribution: Gilles San Martin (flickr) (CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • 170 votes in Final; A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter and a Royal Marine rigid-inflatable boat (RIB), off Studland Bay, Dorset, UK. – Attribution: LA PHOT HAMISH BURKE / MOD.UK(Open Government Licence v1.0)

    170 votes in Final;
    A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter and a Royal Marine rigid-inflatable boat (RIB), off Studland Bay, Dorset, UK. – Attribution: LA PHOT HAMISH BURKE / MOD.UK(Open Government Licence v1.0)

  • 160 votes in Final; Hoya HMC Pro1 Neutral Density (ND) ND4 filter used to increase exposure time and accentuate water flow in daylight. – Attribution: Robert Emperley (flickr)(CC BY-SA 2.0)

    160 votes in Final;
    Hoya HMC Pro1 Neutral Density (ND) ND4 filter used to increase exposure time and accentuate water flow in daylight. – Attribution: Robert Emperley (flickr)(CC BY-SA 2.0)

  • 153 votes in Final; Hendrik Voogd - Italian landscape with Umbrella Pines. – Attribution: Created by Hendrik Voogd; photographed by Rijksmuseum (PD-Art (PD-old-100))

    153 votes in Final;
    Hendrik Voogd - Italian landscape with Umbrella Pines. – Attribution: Created by Hendrik Voogd; photographed by Rijksmuseum (PD-Art (PD-old-100))

  • 144 votes in Final; Timeline of the universe – Attribution:NASA/WMAP Science Team; modified by Ryan Kaldari (PD NASA)

    144 votes in Final;
    Timeline of the universe – Attribution:NASA/WMAP Science Team; modified by Ryan Kaldari (PD NASA)

  • 141 votes in Final; Stairs in the Main Hall, Aarhus City Hall. – Attribution: Villy Fink Isaksen (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    141 votes in Final;
    Stairs in the Main Hall, Aarhus City Hall. – Attribution: Villy Fink Isaksen (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 140 votes in Final; Spanish Civil War - Mass grave - Estépar, Burgos. – Attribution: Mario Modesto Mata (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    140 votes in Final;
    Spanish Civil War - Mass grave - Estépar, Burgos. – Attribution: Mario Modesto Mata (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 136 votes in Final; Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: City Mosque in Likas (south side). – Attribution: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Cccefalon (© CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0)

    136 votes in Final;
    Kota Kinabalu, Sabah: City Mosque in Likas (south side). – Attribution: CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / Cccefalon (© CEphoto, Uwe Aranas / CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 131 votes in Final; Fly Agaric or Fly Amanita, Amanita muscaria, Family: Amanitaceae, Location: Germany, Erbach, Ringingen – Attribution: H. Krisp / Holleday (CC BY 3.0)

    131 votes in Final;
    Fly Agaric or Fly Amanita, Amanita muscaria, Family: Amanitaceae, Location: Germany, Erbach, Ringingen – Attribution: H. Krisp / Holleday (CC BY 3.0)

  • 130 votes in Final; A leaf hair of thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), an unique structure that is made of a single cell. – Attribution: NASA pictures: used by Heiti Paves (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    130 votes in Final;
    A leaf hair of thale cress (Arabidopsis thaliana), an unique structure that is made of a single cell. – Attribution: NASA pictures: used by Heiti Paves (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 124 votes in Final;
    Lake Urmia drought (NASA images mixed using cross dissolve transition in adobe-premiere) – Attribution:مانفی's work using NASA pictures (PD-USGov-NASA)

  • 123 votes in Final; Vällingbydepån (the Vällingby Subway depot), Stockholm metro. – Attribution: Arild Vågen / ArildV (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    123 votes in Final;
    Vällingbydepån (the Vällingby Subway depot), Stockholm metro. – Attribution: Arild Vågen / ArildV (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 120 votes in Final; The torii gate at Itsukushima Shrine on the island of Itsukushima (Miyajima) in Hiroshima Prefecture, – Attribution: JordyMeow (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    120 votes in Final;
    The torii gate at Itsukushima Shrine on the island of Itsukushima (Miyajima) in Hiroshima Prefecture, – Attribution: JordyMeow (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 116 votes in Final; Pulteney Bridge, Bath, England – Attribution: Diego Delso / Poco a poco (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    116 votes in Final;
    Pulteney Bridge, Bath, England – Attribution: Diego Delso / Poco a poco (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 109 votes in Final; Detail of "Woman with green shawl", by Cyprien Eugène Boulet. – Attribution: Cyprien Eugène Boulet; Phtographed by The Photographer(PD-Art (PD-old-auto))

    109 votes in Final;
    Detail of "Woman with green shawl", by Cyprien Eugène Boulet. – Attribution: Cyprien Eugène Boulet; Phtographed by The Photographer(PD-Art (PD-old-auto))

  • 101 votes in Final; Borgund Stave Church in Lærdalen in Lærdal municipality, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway in 2013 June. – Attribution: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    101 votes in Final;
    Borgund Stave Church in Lærdalen in Lærdal municipality, Sogn og Fjordane, Norway in 2013 June. – Attribution: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 100 votes in Final; Basaltic Prisms, Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, Mexico – Attribution: Diego Delso / Poco a poco (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    100 votes in Final;
    Basaltic Prisms, Huasca de Ocampo, Hidalgo, Mexico – Attribution: Diego Delso / Poco a poco (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 86 votes in Final; Bones inside the ossuary below the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. – Attribution: Jan.Kamenicek (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    86 votes in Final;
    Bones inside the ossuary below the Cemetery Church of All Saints in Sedlec, a suburb of Kutná Hora in the Czech Republic. – Attribution: Jan.Kamenicek (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 81 votes in Final; Sveti Stefan, Montenegro. – Attribution: Hons084 / Halavar (CC BY-SA 4.0)

    81 votes in Final;
    Sveti Stefan, Montenegro. – Attribution: Hons084 / Halavar (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 80 votes in Final; Modular origami – Attribution: Jacek Halicki (CC BY 3.0)

    80 votes in Final;
    Modular origami – Attribution: Jacek Halicki (CC BY 3.0)

  • 66 votes in Final; Here is the true natural portrait of the town, city, university of Parisy. Map of Paris, 1576 – Attribution: Rossingol, Melchior edit. Jebulon for upload (Gallica Digital Library) (PD-Art (PD-old-100))

    66 votes in Final;
    Here is the true natural portrait of the town, city, university of Parisy. Map of Paris, 1576 – Attribution: Rossingol, Melchior edit. Jebulon for upload (Gallica Digital Library) (PD-Art (PD-old-100))

  • 62 votes in Final; View of the Pont de la Margineda, a bridge located in Santa Coloma d'Andorra, Andorra la Vella Parish, Andorra. – Attribution: Diego Delso / Poco a poco (CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 4.0)

    62 votes in Final;
    View of the Pont de la Margineda, a bridge located in Santa Coloma d'Andorra, Andorra la Vella Parish, Andorra. – Attribution: Diego Delso / Poco a poco (CC BY-SA 3.0, CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • 51 votes in Final; Landscape at Lyngen fjord towards north, Spåkenes, Nordreisa, Troms in 2012 June. – Attribution: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    51 votes in Final;
    Landscape at Lyngen fjord towards north, Spåkenes, Nordreisa, Troms in 2012 June. – Attribution: Ximonic (Simo Räsänen) (CC BY-SA 3.0)

  • 47 votes in Final; Interior of the Christmas Tree, Puerta del Sol, Madrid. – Attribution: J.Ligero & I.Barrios / Alurín (CC BY-SA 3.0)

    47 votes in Final;
    Interior of the Christmas Tree, Puerta del Sol, Madrid. – Attribution: J.Ligero & I.Barrios / Alurín (CC BY-SA 3.0)