This week's selection of readers' photographs features a captivating eclipse, a beautifully camouflaged hare, and a newborn whitetail deer fawn, among other striking images from around the world.
Eclipse and Wildlife Highlights
In Cambridge, UK, a composite image shows the eclipse's progression across the sky over two hours. The photographer noted that while the heatwave was hard to cope with, it provided outstanding weather conditions for viewing the event.
From Wisconsin, US, a newborn whitetail deer fawn quietly hides in the grass awaiting its mother's return. In Hunstanton, UK, a hare is captured crouching low, beautifully camouflaged.
Scenic and Cultural Captures
In California, US, Tomales Bay is pictured at sunset. From Walvis Bay, Namibia, sand dunes south of the city are featured. In Orkney, Scotland, the golden hour light at the Stones of Stennes is captured from a car.
In Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, a temple procession is shown, with the ceremony meant to drive away evil spirits, eradicate diseases and bless the local community.
More Reader Submissions
Other images include a hummingbird hawkmoth in a Sutton Coldfield garden, mother and foal ponies in the New Forest, Hampshire, and the disused Grinton Moor smelt mill in North Yorkshire. A sculpture of the goddess Gaia designed by Sarah Eberle has found a new home at Park Hill flats in Sheffield, having been the centrepiece of her award-winning RHS Chelsea flower show garden.
Readers also submitted photographs of alpacas in Donegal, Ireland, a kitten exploring in Dordogne, France, a Benjamin Bunny postbox topper in London, and a cheeky squirrel waiting to be hand fed nuts in Kent, UK.
