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# Fearsome beauty - lion is caught on camera in full charge
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## Charging towards the camera in all its fearsome glory, it is clear this
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lion was not too keen on having his photograph taken.
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![Fearsome beauty ? lion is caught on camera in full charge][1]
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The picture was taken by renowned Dutch photographer Marsel Van Oosten last
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year Photo: MARSEL VAN OOSTEN
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[![Richard Alleyne][2]][3]
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By [Richard Alleyne][4], Science Correspondent 5:06PM BST 08 May 2011
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[Comments][5]
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The picture, taken in the Kalahari Desert, in South Africa, was one of the
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winning entries in the Travel Photographer of the Year competition currently
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going on display at Royal Geographical Society.
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It was taken by the renowned Dutch photographer Marsel Van Oosten last year.
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The exhibition includes images from the mud mosque in Djenne, Mali, to a young
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boy swimming with his pet shark in Indonesia.
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Featuring the winning shots from the 2010 awards, the exhibition has been
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curated by the renowned British landscape photographer Nick Meers.
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It also some items from the Society's remarkable archive of more than half a
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million artworks, negatives, lantern slides and albums including iconic images
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such as Herbert Ponting and Frank Hurley's Antarctica photographs.
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## Related Articles
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* [Travel Photographer of the Year][6]
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06 May 2011
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* [Mauled in the lion's den][7]
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04 Sep 2009
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* [Swimming with tigers][8]
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20 Oct 2008
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The free exhibition, due to run until 10 June,
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Meanwhile, the 2011 TPOTY competition is opening for entries on Tuesday.
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Categories include "Cultures and Traditions", "Exotic", "Natural Elements" and
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"Spirit of Adventure".
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Dr Rita Gardner, Director of the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) said:
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"Photography has a unique power to instantly inspire and inform us in equal
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measure about the landscapes, people and places of our world.
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"As an avid photographer, I welcome this opportunity for the Society's
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historic collection to be linked with some of the very best contemporary
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images, reflecting our long-term commitment to the photographic image as both
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a means of visual record and also as a source of pleasure and inspiration."
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