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  1. A grey seal laying on its side on white rocks surrounding by other seals doing the same. It has a small orange tag on its flipper.

  2. A tunnel of beech trees form a ceiling over a rural road surrounded by grass. The trees are bare and the road is narrow. There are four people on horses coming down the road.

  3. A huge pile of waste, mainly different parts of wood, and other construction scrap, dumped on a field

  4. The Bootham Bar section of York's city walls, which includes a tower, two arches and a stone staircase. Tourists gather in front of it as a meeting point.

  5. A tall brown dinosaur stands in a forest, its ostrich-like head almost in the tree canopy, grasping trees with hands containing two very large claws and sets of orange feathers on the arms. The dense rainforest is a dark green mixture of tropical-looking hardwood trees and fern-like plants.

  6. Spiral of light seen in the night sky

  7. A spiral in the night sky

  8. A man fills a grey car with petrol using a pump.

  9. Pale blue glowing spiral shape in the night sky. It has cloud-like markings around it. The middle is particularly bright.

  10. Close-up of one of the sugar gliders in a cardboard box. It is grey with black stripes, big ears and big, black eyes. It is sitting on a yellow blanket and is looking up at the camera.

  11. A yellow warning sign with the words POLLUTED WATER PLEASE AVOID CONTACT written in black. it is hung on grey metal railings

  12. A snowdrop flower illuminated only by the light from a streetlight.

  13. A spiral light set against a dark night sky framed by the eaves of two bright houses.

  14. Bulwick, Northamptonshire

  15. Kemp's ridley sea turtle 'Rhossi' - a marine turtle with white skin and dark brown mottled patches, with a dark brown and black carapace. The turtle is facing to the left, with its head out of water, and its beak up against the tank where it being rehabilitated

  16. About a dozen turbines in an offshore wind farm.

  17. A peregrine falcon in flight starring at the camera

  18. Mario, a white robot with three long arms, is brightly illuminated in a dark room

  19. The exterior of an observatory, with wooden benches and a telescope in the foreground. The observatory building comprises a light-coloured brick flat section and a dark-coloured brick curved section which has a silver domed roof on top.

  20. Sir Steve Redgrave in 2023 sits on a polished wooden boat wearing a navy blazer, white trousers, and a tie, holding a sign that reads "I SUPPORT HEALTHY RIVERS." Behind him, traditional boathouses and riverside buildings line the opposite bank of the river under an overcast sky.

  21. A white sheep with horns stood in a green field, with trees, other sheep, and a shelter in the background. The sheep is wearing a harness, which attaches it to four metal legs with wheels on the end.

  22. Surrey Choices and the team of volunteers at the Drove Road at Ranmore Common. They are all wearing outdoor clothing, with a number wearing high-viz clothing.

  23. A man wearing glasses and a rubber gloves holds a decorative copper alloy finial that's been cleaned up

  24. A man standing on the side of the road with a his hands behind his back. There is a tractor on the road to the left and is has a black and yellow sign that reads "no farmers, no food". The sky is blue in the background