Images Dated 31st October 2002

Two French soldiers with Hotchkiss machine gun, WW1
Two French soldiers manning a Hotchkiss machine gun, by Charles Gillet

Two French soldiers with Hotchkiss machine gun, WW1
Two French soldiers manning a Hotchkiss machine gun, by Charles Gillet

Statue of a 1st World War Tommy wearing greatcoat, gor blimey cap, rifle slung over right shoulder. English School

Grenade thrower. English School

Close-up of a fossil crinoid or sea-lily
Fossil crinoid. Close-up of a fossilized crinoid from rocks of the Carboniferous period. The crinoids or sea lilies are primitive marine animals related to starfish and sea urchins

Acetobacter and Schizosaccharomyces. Coloured scanning electron micrograph of Acetobacter bacteria and Schizosaccharomyces yeast cells in a culture of Kombucha" tea

Statue of a 1st World War Tommy wearing greatcoat, gor blimey cap, rifle slung over right shoulder. English School

Statue of a 1st World War Tommy wearing greatcoat, gor blimey cap, rifle slung over right shoulder. English School

Wooden Tommy in hand-carved oak, WW1
Wooden Tommy in hand-carved oak on a circular wooden plinth, c. 1914. Trench Art. Date: circa 1914

The human embryo at five weeks of gestation
Embryo. A five week old human embryo. Its crown- rump length from the vertex of the skull to the mid-point of the buttocks is about 10-12mm

All-sky camera (ASC) beneath its protective dome at the Poker Flat Research Range (PFRR), Alaska, USA. The northern location of the PFRR allows this ASC to be used for auroral research

Close-up of the mouth of a woman wearing lipstick
Mouth. Close-up of the lips of the mouth of a woman wearing lipstick

Artwork of a section through the human kidney
Kidney. Artwork of a longitudinal section through a human kidney. The functions of the two kidneys are to excrete urine and to regulate water, electrolyte and acid-base balance

Nautilus shell. Section through the shell of a nautilus (Nautilus sp.), showing the spiral structure and chambers of mother-of-pearl (nacreous)

Riometer radio antennae

Riometer radio antennae

Cut agate
Agate. Slice of the mineral agate, a form of quartz (silicon dioxide), consisting of banded chalcedony

Cut agate
Agate. Slice of the mineral agate, a form of quartz (silicon dioxide), consisting of banded chalcedony

Atacama desert. Boulders strewn across a plain in the Atacama desert of northern Chile. This is one of the driest regions on Earth

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