A poster advertises the highly anticipated video game, “Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3” at a GameStop Corp. store November 6, 2011 in North Las Vegas, Nevada. Video game publisher Activision plans to release the eighth installment in the “Call of Duty” franchise at midnight on November 8. (Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images)

“The Sunsetter”. An EF-4 tornado rips through the open space of farmland near Rozel, Kansas. This tornado moves slowly but powerful towards the setting sun an gets its beautiful color right before sunset. Storm Chasers are spotting on the left side. Photo location: Rozel, Kansas. (Photo and caption by Dennis Oswald/National Geographic Photo Contest)

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“The Sloan Digital Sky Survey III (SDSS-III) has released the largest-ever three-dimensional map of massive galaxies and distant black holes, which will help astronomers explain the mysterious “dark matter” and “dark energy” that scientists know makes up 96 percent of the Universe”. – SDSS-III

A competitor calls with a shell at the German championships in Deer-Calling at the “Jagd & Hund” (hunting & dog) exhibition in Dortmund February 6, 2015. Competitors use specially designed instruments or ox horns to imitate the mating call of red deers. About 750 exhibitors will present their latest developments at the 34th “Jagd & Hund” exhibition, which runs from February 3 to February 8. (Photo by Ina Fassbender/Reuters)

“Attacking Howler Monkey”. Due to a major tropical rainstorm my wife and I were forced to stay overnight in a Howler Monkey Rescue center in Panama. I used the time to explore the area and to take photos of the monkeys. Just after the rain finally stopped, I ran into this monkey that tried to mock attack me. I quickly took a couple of photos before retreating to a (more) safe distance. (Photo and caption by Christian Mueller-Planitz/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

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“Cub”. In the colony of penguins in South Georgia. (Photo and caption by Ondrej Zaruba/National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest)

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A woman looks at artwork called “Alphabetti Spaghetti” by British sculptor Alex Chinneck, one of a series of “knotted” postboxes, installed as part of a public art trail for Kensington & Chelsea Art Week on October 3, 2020. (Photo by Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images)

Crowd members attempt to keep dry with umbrellas and ponchos prior to the 2012 Sydney Gay & Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on March 3, 2012 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Brendon Thorne/Getty Images)