Award-winning wildlife photos capture unearthly scenes, will mesmerize you
These wildlife images have a dream-like quality.
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LONDON -- The winners of the Natural History Museum's esteemed annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition have been announced, and the 2016 cohort has produced some truly majestic images.
From 50,000 entries spanning 95 countries, American photojournalist Tim Laman took home the grand title with his photo of a Bornean orangutan above the Indonesian rainforest making the climb up a strangler fig entwined with a tree.
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A hundred of the photos will be on display at the Natural History Museum from 21 October before touring internationally. Check out the winning images by category below:
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Grand Title -- Tim Laman: "Entwined lives"
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Black and White -- Mats Andersson: "Requiem for an owl"
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Young Grand Title -- Gideon Knight: "The moon and the crow"
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Detail -- Rudi Sebastian: "The sand canvas"
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Impressions -- Luis Javier Sandoval: "Star player"
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Urban -- Nayan Khanolkar: "The alley cat"
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Photojournalist Single Image -- Paul Hilton: "The Pangolin Pit"
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Underwater Winner -- Tony Wu: "Snapper Party"
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Plants Winner -- Valter Binotto: "Wind composition"
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Birds Winner -- Ganesh H. Shankar: "Eviction attempt"
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