Photos: Stunning Shots of the Natural World and Wildlife

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dark birds, Sony World Photography Awards

(Image credit: Manuel Enrique González Carmona/Sony World Photography Awards)

Using a double exposure, Manuel Enrique González Carmona, of Spain, created this photo of common murre in two positions in Carmona in Saltee Islands, Ireland, the BBC reported

Dusk of the Jellyfish

jellyfish, Sony World Photography Awards

(Image credit: Angel Fitor/Sony World Photography Awards)

Angel Fitor, Spain, with a surreal image of a jellyfish right at the water's surface.

Intense

salmon, Sony World Photography Awards

(Image credit: Yung-sen Wu/Sony World Photography Awards)

Yung-sen Wu, of Taiwan, captured these Pacific salmon during their annual migration.

Jeanna Bryner
Managing editor, Scientific American

Jeanna Bryner is managing editor of Scientific American. Previously she was editor in chief of Live Science and, prior to that, an editor at Scholastic's Science World magazine. Bryner has an English degree from Salisbury University, a master's degree in biogeochemistry and environmental sciences from the University of Maryland and a graduate science journalism degree from New York University. She has worked as a biologist in Florida, where she monitored wetlands and did field surveys for endangered species, including the gorgeous Florida Scrub Jay. She also received an ocean sciences journalism fellowship from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. She is a firm believer that science is for everyone and that just about everything can be viewed through the lens of science.