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Photo: a creation by designer Cesar Arellanes at exhibition to mark bicentenary of Mexican independence

Photo: hundreds of people watch the lighting of the falla 'Literato Azorin' in Valencia

Photo: artist's impression of an icy exoplanet. "An era of planet discovery is dawning that will see thousands of new worlds identified in the next few years"

Photo: slap-sole shoes, probably Italian, mid-17th century, are seen on display in the "On a Pedestal: From Renaissance Chopines to Baroque Heels" exhibition in Toronto

Photo: a Sauropod dinosaur egg fossil retrieved from Dholi Dungri in India

Amazing new images beamed back from Mars, "crystal clear views of alien rock formations"

Photo: a People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) volunteer adjusts her lettuce dress in Mumbai

Photo: a local resident desperately tries to fill a container with water at a dried-up reservoir in Zhulin Town, China

Photo: a dog at a shelter in Romania, with men clearing snow that was threatening the dogs' lives

Tsunami warning to every nation around the Pacific after massive 8.8 earthquake strikes Chile

Galaxy quest: First stunning images from WISE telescope scanning our entire night sky

Indian Holi festival goers warned about water wastage

Photo: Raja, an eight-year-old rescued Royal Bengal Tiger, at the South Kahayar Bari tiger rescue centre

Photo: a Maina bird flies over a Simolu flower tree on the outskirts of Guwahati city, India

Startling article: Great White Sharks now more endangered than tigers with just 3,500 left in the oceans

Photo: one-month-old South China tiger cub Niuniu is seen at a zoo in Luoyang, Henan province

Photo: two red-crowned cranes dance to attract each other as others are still sleeping at their winter roost in Japan

Pluto Discovered 80 Years Ago Today ~ Still a Big Mystery

Photo: a man holds a painting entitled "Orion" by actor Sir Anthony Hopkins on sale at Gallery 27, London

Photo: newlyweds celebrate after 10,000 couples from 20 countries wed in a mass ceremony in Goyang, near Seoul

Happy Year of the Tiger!!

Photo: the giant stellar nursery surrounding NGC 3603, in which stars are continuously being born

Walls of water overwhelm spectators at Mavericks surfing contest

Photo: students come face to face with a Sumatran tiger during a visit to Edinburgh Zoo.

Photo: a nun walks in St. Peter's Square during a snow fall

RIP Alexander McQueen. Two articles, including "How Alexander McQueen became 'the most influential designer of his generation'"

Dramatic images of World Trade Center collapse on 9/11 released for first time

Lord Of The Rings prequel made by actress Kate Madison for £25,000 -- "Born of Hope" has scored 500,000 views on the internet (see it here)

The Hawaiian sky at night: Stunning moonbow arches over dramatic volcanic landscape

Photo: Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off from its launch pad at Cape Canaveral

Photo: a haka is performed in Waitangi to celebrate New Zealand's National Day

Photo: Anti-whaling ship Bob Barker collides with Japanese harpoon ship Yushin Maru No. 3 in Antarctic waters

Photo: an installation of laser lights is seen in Vancouver

Never-before seen photos of Marilyn Monroe with poet Carl Sandburg go up for sale (shot by Len Steckler)

Photo: a US army helicopter flies over the stepped Ziggurat temple, which dates back to 2113 BC, in the ancient city of Ur

Young leopard gets a prickly reception as it tries to eat a porcupine in Botswana

Photo: villagers remove petioles of red chili at Shertha village in India where they earn 7 rupees (US$ 0.14) for 44pounds

Photo: a humpback whale breaching in waters off Hook Head, Ireland

Photo: panda cubs from the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve in Sichuan

Photo: children play football in an old swimming pool on a hill in Kabul

Magnificent lion awoken from catnap by his cub's gentle roar

Incredible journey: How Baltic the scrappy dog drifted 90 miles on a piece of ice down a river and out to sea before being rescued

Photo: a walker climbs over sheets of ice on the beach at Ruegen Island, northern Germany

Photo: John Galliano flanked by models at his presentation for Dior in Paris

Photo: a view of a ruined church in Port-au-Prince 13 days after the earthquake

Photo: an image from the Spitzer Telescope of a region of space called W5

Photo: a stunning sunrise over Melbourne

Delightful new winter photo from Luciole friend/contributor Esmaa Self. What do you see in the outline of the branch?

Photo: terracotta warriors made of chocolate, on display in Beijing

Photo: a gull soars with the Swiss Alps in the background at sunrise in Lausanne

Photo: Siberian tigers wait to be fed at the Tiger Park in Harbin, north-eastern China

Photo: a model parades a dress complete with table attached at Sao Paulo Fashion Week

Photo: moonlit night in Himalayas as bright star Capella rises above Mount Everest

Photo: the Milky Way stretching above the Sahara, in the remote Tassili National Park

Haiti earthquake: Machete-wielding gangs roam streets as fears grow death toll could hit 200,000

Longest solar eclipse for 1,000 years turns Sun into a blazing ring of fire

Aid slowly reaching Haitians as desperation grows

Photo: long night-exposure taken in Wengen shows famous Swiss mountains Moench and Jungfrau

Photo: two Belgian work horses stand together in the snowfall on a farm in Middlefield, Ohio

Photo: Indian vendors sell flowers for the celebration of the festival of Pongal

Photo: icicles hang around a statue in St Petersburg, Russia

Haiti earthquake: Number of dead could be more than 100,000

Photo: the Tungurahua volcano spews ashes and lava in Cotalo, Ecuador

Surprising Sea Slug Is Half-plant, Half-animal

Photo: St. Isaac's Cathedral, seen through snow-covered trees in St. Petersburg

A graphic showing NASA's hunt for Earth-like planets with Kepler

Photo: icicles are bent in the wind in Ostermarkelsdort, on the northern German island of Fehmarn

Ocean in motion: Surfer captures mesmerising world where waves break against the shore

Wreckage of first plane taken to Antarctica in 1912 is a once in a blue moon find

Cassini mission captures Saturn in its natural colors with little sign of the spectacular rings

Photo: lava flows from the crater of Mayon volcano as viewed from Lignon Hill in Legazpi city

Photo: Amur tiger cubs Natalia and Vladimir enjoy the snow at the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland

Cool photo: the Russian Soyuz spacecraft approaches the International Space Station

Photo: a monkey at the Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy in Sukhimi; researchers say one of the primates there "could be blasted off to Mars"

Photo: the glittering metropolis of the cluster galaxy M13; home to over 100,000 stars but only 150 light years across

Sleeping beauties: picture perfect penguin chicks take a break on the ice

Photo: sea lion Jay writes the word tiger in Chinese characters to welcome the Year of the Tiger at Hakkeijima Sea Paradise aquarium

Once in a blue moon ... stargazers savor spectacular lunar wonder on New Year's Eve

Photo: a gorgeous cardinal as a bright red spot against the snow, sitting on a squirrel feeder

Photo: a man drives a sleigh carrying tourists in a park on a bank of the Moskva River, Moscow

The amazing wall of ice that makes Cumbria, Britain look more like Narnia

Embers 10,000 times hotter than our Sun left behind by supernova

New Year photo from Moscow, plus link to more

Celebrate the new year early with the newly published Winter 2010 Issue of Luciole Press! Here is the Table of Contents

Photo: the lighthouse on the north pier in South Haven, Michigan, reflected in water

Beautiful photo of a boat near Waikiki

Photo: a truly vast New Year Tree in downtown Minsk, Belarus

Photo: the newly discovered flower (Dendrobium jiwhoei) found on Mount Kinabalu, Borneo

Photos from Luciole Press contributor/friend Christine McClintock, which appear in the Autumn Issue 2009

Incredible photos from Iran as reform protesters clash with police, who are accused of firing on the demonstrators

Photo: three tigers at the Everland amusement park in Yongin, South Korea

Photo: people run out from the mobile Russian baths (banya) into the snow in the village of Bobrovka

Another beautiful photo of a robin on a snowy branch

Photo: baby elephant Jamuna Toni cuddles with a zookeeper at Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo

Photo: a king penguin chick walks on the frozen ice and snow in its enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo

Photo: fossil of a feathered raptor dinosaur with grooved fangs that delivered venom

Cool art! Danish artist Peter Callesen creates dainty models using glue, a scalpel and just one sheet of paper

Antarctic expeditioners to have a truly white Christmas

"Perfect winter image" of a robin perched on a snowy twig

Swedish Christmas straw goat burns again (I posted about this last year as well)