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Animals Menace Photographers

On the one hand, being a wildlife photographer sounds like the greatest job in the world. Travelling to far-flung destinations in search of amazing fauna, then getting all outdoorsy as you prepare to take the perfect animal shot. On the other hand, however, one might foresee certain risks attached to the profession, not least for those trying to take pictures of the larger, more aggressive or carnivorous of our creature kin – and particularly when going in for a close-up.

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Lightning Vs Aeroplanes

Lightning striking any object is enough to send shivers down your spine, but when the object is an aeroplane, it's an event that can shake us to our very bones. Every time a plane plummets from the sky, we are reminded of how precarious flying is for us humans, and the force of lightning seems to highlight how much the heavens' odds seem stacked against us. Yet exactly what danger does it present to planes?

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