Wildlife category, second place: Double Breach
‘Two giant, school bus-sized, blubbery whales, sometimes weighing up to 40,000 kilograms, coordinated a jump at the same time. I took this image off the coast of Lennox Head, northern NSW, this winter, Saturday 5 July. We call it the humpback highway; every day you can see whales jumping. This was a rare opportunity to capture two at the same time.’
Photograph: Danielle Smith
Plants & Fungi category, second place: Galactic Ghost
‘During the autumn months, Tasmania sees a brief explosion of a short-lived bioluminescent fungus, the so-called ghost fungus (Omphalotus nidiformis) in secluded damp forest patches affixed to rotting trees.
Photograph: Benjamin Alldridge
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#astrophotography
#fungus
#bioluminescence
#MilkyWay
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