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Introducing Chris’s quite appalling t-shirt tan.

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It’s an early start and an epic sunrise for the Earth-Touch crew in Pomene, Mozambique.

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Tips and tricks for using the HDR photography technique

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We have left Savute and are now back in the Okavango Delta.  It is a real change of scenery to the open marsh of Savute with thick, dense foliage and a serious amount of water on the ground everywhere! Our main aim is to hunt down our regular pride of Lions (Panthera leo).  We are unsure as to what the Xakanaxa pride has been up to in our absence as the thick, dense foliage present at this time of year has meant that the resident lodge guides have really battled to find them.  As soon as the film camp was…

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Thousands of stinging bluebottles and precarious terrains make filming a challenge for the camera crew in South Africa’s De Hoop Nature Reserve.

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Well, we have finally landed! It has taken two full days of tenuous navigation and hair raising overtaking along the wet and wild Mozambican back roads, but thanks to everyones exceptional off-road driving (excluding me) here we are in beautiful Pomene. We got in late Sunday evening looking slightly haggard or possibly insane but we made quick work of locating the bar and nurtured ourselves with a fine local brew. Woken up at 6 am by the lapping estuary today revealed a slightly overcast and broody looking sky so we decided to hop into the trusty cruiser and just drive…

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How do carmine bee-eaters perceive the world? Watching these birds in flight sparks some questions about the way they process visual information.

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