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Penguins, Ice, Light & Wildlife Photos
Penguins, ice and light... the beauty of nature captured on camera by the world's greatest wildlife photographers
- Another image shows western lowland gorilla walking through cloud of butterflies she disturbed
- Photographs feature in Natural History Museum book called The Masters of Nature Photography
- It brings together the work of ten of the world’s greatest wildlife photographers for the first time
By Mark Duell
PUBLISHED: 01:18 GMT, 16 July 2013 | UPDATED: 05:06 GMT, 16 July 2013
Stare at the beautiful sight of African elephants at twilight, and witness the split second before a grizzly bear shuts his jaws on a sockeye salmon.
Or study a western lowland gorilla walk through a cloud of butterflies she has disturbed, and see a greater bulldog bat's reflection as it catches a fish.
These extraordinary images feature in a new book bringing together the work of ten of the world’s greatest wildlife photographers for the first time.
Underwater: Penguins, Ice and Light by David Doubile is one of the most extraordinary images featuring in a book called The Masters of Nature Photography
Red on white: Ice Formation is by Pal Hermansen, a photographer who is a specialist in the use of light and dark, and featured in the new Natural History Museum book
To the surface: Featured in the book is Antarctica Expedition - Climate Reality by Paul Nicklen, who has become known for his pioneering underwater photography
Mane image: Horse Spirit by Jim Brandenburgh is in a new book book bringing together the work of ten of the world's greatest wildlife photographers for the first time
Birds at play: Dancing Cranes by Vincent Munier. The photographers are all past winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition
The Masters of Nature Photography features the artistry of Jim Brandenburg to the underwater images by David Doubilet and Paul Nicklen.
The book also includes Pål Hermansen’s use of light and dark, the viewpoints of Frans Lanting and Anup Shah’s intimate portraits.
In addition there are the visual statements of Michael Nichols, Thomas Mangelsen’s landscapes and Christian Ziegler’s images of wild behaviour.
Each photographer has a biography along with a portfolio of the ten images that they consider is most representative of their work.
It's lunchtime: Catch of the Day by Thomas Mangelsen shows the split second before a grizzly bear shuts his jaws on a sockeye salmon
Pretty pink: African Elephants at Twilight by Frans Lanting is an astonishing photograph taken at Chobe National Park in northern Botswana
Splash: Perfect Trawl is a beautiful photograph by Chris Ziegler, showing a greater bulldog bat - also known as noctilio leporinus - catching a fish
Flying around: Anup Shah's photograph shows a western lowland gorilla walking through a cloud of butterflies she has disturbed in the Central African Republic
Visual statement: Whiskey by Michael Nichols is one of many photographs featured in The Masters of Nature Photography, which will be published on September 19
For every photographer there is a brief biography defining the essence of their art and what drives and inspires them.
The photographers are all past winners of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition, which is now in its 49th year.
The Masters of Nature Photography will be published by the Natural History Museum of South Kensington, central London, on September 19.
A collection of some of the best pictures from past years of the competition is featured in Wild Planet, also published by the museum.
The lost temples of India part 1 of 6 discovery channel documentary
The Mysteries of Asia three-part video series was originally produced for the Learning Channel. During this segment, historians and others examine temples built in India more than 1,000 years ago. They remain quite intriguing, though today's tourists rarely visit them. Records reveal that trained elephants had to drag millions of stone blocks to help erect these structures. The program notes that due to the temples' size, the U.S. Senate, Versailles, the Houses of Parliament, and St. Paul's Basilica in Rome could all fit within a single one of them. Michael Bell narrates as footage and animated maps are used to help viewers learn more about what these ancient structures look like and why they were built. Asia is a continent steeped in ancient cultures, religions, and buildings. In this intriguing program, we are transported to this exotic land and examine the mysteries behind some of the most fascinating structures found there. Southern India has the largest temple complexes ever built. In "Lost Temples of India", we examine these 1,000-year-old temples adorned with intricate and beautiful sculptures. We learn how the kings used large herds of trained elephants to drag the millions of stone blocks into place and how these temples are virtually unknown and unvisited by Western tourists. Truth or fiction, the stories of Mysteries of Asia will amaze and delight.
Boozy BangaloreBangalore’s booming nightlife,
all before 11:30pm
all before 11:30pm
Bangalore has worked hard to earn its nickname, Pub City. For years, the IT epicentre has been South India’s unofficial bar capital, a bustling city of chic rooftops, hole-in-the-wall bars, and dozens of venues in between. But don’t come here for the usual rounds of Kingfisher – though that is readily available should you want it – there are craft beers on tap, full-fledged wineries nearby and a nightlife scene that could rival that of any major metropolis (if only they could do something about the government-imposed 11:30 pm curfew).
Sunset in Bangalore
The area around Brigade Road
Arbor Brewing Company
The Indian branch of the original ABC Brewpub in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Travel by rickshaw
An aerial view of Nandi Hills
Grover Vineyards
Visitors to Grover Vineyards can tour the lush facilities, thick with vines rooted in the region’s signature red soil, taste the vintages and dig into lunch at the onsite restaurant. Linger long enough and you may catch the sun setting over the hills. Less than a kilometre away on Nandidurga Road, the Nandi Valley Winery also offers tours and tastings and has rooms available for vinophiles who are thirsty enough for more than a day trip. As at Grover, shiraz and cabernet sauvignon are the standout varietals.
Of course, you do not have to leave the city to get a taste of the region’s increasing appetite for quality alcohol. On Magrath Road in Bangalore’s Ashok Nagar neighbourhood, Arbor Brewing Company (ABC) is the Indian branch of a mini chain of craft beer bars that started on the other side of the world, in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Bangalore native Gaurav Sikka fell in love with the original ABC Brewpub while studying at the University of Michigan. After returning to his hometown, Sikka pitched the idea of a sub-continental expansion to ABC’s founders, Matt and Rene Greff.
World's largest university for women opened in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH: Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Abdullah inaugurated Sunday the SR20-billion Princess Nora bint Abdulrahman University (PNU), 25 km east of the Saudi capital, amid cheers of over 2,000 students and faculty members. With a capacity to enroll about 50,000 students, the PNU is the largest women-only university in the world and part of an ambitious education plan of the Saudi government.
On arrival on the university campus, King Abdullah was escorted by Riyadh Gov. Prince Salman and Finance Minister Ibrahim Al-Assaf. The three boarded a university train for a tour of the sprawling campus, which sits on a site that exceeds 800 hectares.
"Princess Nora University is a symbol of women's education and women's participation in the building of this nation," said Al-Assaf while giving an overview of the campus, which includes a medical facility, a research center and a library with about five million books and journals.
"A residential area at PNU has about 1,400 villas, and massive hostel facilities to accommodate 12,000 students," said the minister, adding that a sports city for girls is another major attraction besides a service tunnel along the university campus. This education facility has set up major facilities complying with environmental guidelines, said Al-Assaf.
