Images Dated 8th May 2000

XMM-Newton telescope

XMM-Newton telescope. Artwork of the XMM (X-ray Multi-Mirror)-Newton X-ray telescope observing a supernova remnant. This European Space Agency (ESA) satellite has three separate X-ray telescopes which allow study of high-energy phenomena such as supernovae and black holes. Each of the X-ray telescopes contains 58 concentric mirrors, positioned so as to glance X-rays onto the detectors at the telescope's rear (lower left). The telescope has a highly elliptical orbit around Earth, reaching 114, 000 kilometres away at its furthest point. This allows it to observe from above Earth's large radiation belts. XMM-Newton was launched on 10th December 1999

© DAVID DUCROS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Spring scene with Tulips & trellis, Conservatory Garden Central Park, New York

© Anderson, John / Animals Animals/Earth Scenes

Blooming, Central Park, Conservatory Garden, Garden, John Anderson, Landscape, Outdoors, Plant, Spring, Trellis, Tulip

Sand Lizard aka Sand Swimmer (Scincus scincus) Deserts o. Africa to Iran

© Leszczynski, Zigmund / Animals Animals/Earth Scenes

Aa Photographer, Anapsida, Animal, Animalia, Archosauria, Autarchoglossa, Chordata, Desert, Diapsida, Environment, Environmental, Geology, Individual, Lacertilia, Lepidosauria, Leszczynski, Lizard, Natural, Nature, Number, Pattern, Patterned, Reptile, Reptilia, Sand, Sand Skink, Sand Swimmer, Sandfish, Sauria, Scincidae, Scincus, Scincus Scincus, Single, Skink, Squamata, Stripe, Striped, Vertebrata, Wild Life, Zig, Zig Leszczynski, Zigmund Leszczynski