Images Dated 28th March 2003

Residential area, alley with people, clotheslines, Venice, Italy, Europe

Biennale Park, Trees, Venice, Italy, Europe

Canal, Marble House, Venice, Venice, Italy, Europe

Spend your Holidays in the Lake District, LMS poster, 1923-1947
Poster produced for London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMR) to promote rail travel to the Lake District, Cumbria

Short-haired woman

Devil

Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassisi) off Santiago (James) Island. GALAPAGOS
Pacific green turtle (Chelonia mydas agassisi) swimming off Santiago (James) Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador, South America

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) returning over sea ice to their rookery. Although only around 70 centimetres tall, Adelies are swift runners and agile jumpers

Marine iguana (Amblyrhynchus cristatus). This is the only truly marine lizard and is also known as the sea or Darwins lizard. It spends much of its time feeding on seaweed and algae underwater

Adelie penguins on nest
Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) nesting. Adelie penguins are highly social birds and a single colony can contain tens of thousands of pairs

Emperor penguin rookery
Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) rookery on sea ice. The grey-feathered chicks are three months old. The adults feed them by regurgitating fish

Emperor penguin rookery
Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) rookery on sea ice. The grey-feathered chicks are three months old. The adults feed them by regurgitating fish

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) on sea ice. The emperor is the largest penguin species, standing around 115 centimetres tall and weighing 30 to 40 kilograms

Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) returning over sea ice to their rookery. Although only around 70 centimetres tall, Adelies are swift runners and agile jumpers

Blue eyed shag (Phalacrocorax atriceps) defending its nest. The females lay up to three eggs, which are incubated for 30 days by both parents

Albino chinstrap penguin incubating its eggs on a nest. Albinism is an inherited disorder that results in the lack of an enzyme that controls skin pigmentation

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) returning to their colony over sea ice

Wandering albatrosses. Two male wandering albatrosses (Diomedea exulans) with their wings extended, performing a mating display to a female

Jamess flamingos (Phoenicopterus jamesi) feeding by Laguna Colorada (the Coloured Lake), Bolivia, at sunset. Flamingos have exceptionally long legs and long, flexible necks

Jamess flamingos (Phoenicopterus jamesi) feeding by Laguna Colorada (the Coloured Lake), Bolivia, at sunset. Flamingos have exceptionally long legs and long, flexible necks

Emperor penguins incubating eggs
Emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) males incubating eggs. This picture was taken in August. These are the only penguins to breed in the Antarctic during the winter

Marine iguanas (Amblyrhynchus cristatus) basking on rocks. This is the only truly marine species of lizard. It spends much of its time feeding on seaweed and algae near the shore

Polar bear (Ursus maritimus) yawning, while lying in the snow. The polar bear is a solitary animal, meeting only to mate. It inhabits the ice floes and coastal waters of the Arctic region

Southern fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) bull (male). The southern (or South American) fur seal breeds in large, densely-packed colonies

Arctic fox

Weddell seal mother with pup
Weddell seal (Leptonychotes weddelli) female with a week old pup. Females gather in pupping colonies on the surface of the ice to raise their young, usually returning to the same location each year

Atlantic walrus

Beluga whale bull
Beluga whale (or white whale, Delphinapterus leucas) bull. In summer, belugas migrate into river estuaries, where they moult

Gentoo penguins

Southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina) diving. This female lacks the trunk-like proboscis found in the male which gives the seal its name

Emperor penguins with chick

Bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus) male lying on an ice floe. This solitary seal prefers shallow waters covered in pack ice. It travels seasonally, often carried on floating ice floes

Polar bears playing. Two young polar bears (Ursus maritimus) playing in the snow at sunset. Females give birth to up to four young, every 3 years

Blue fox

Southern elephant seals

Blue fox. The blue fox (Alopex lagopus) is a colour variation of the white Arctic fox. Its coat is pale grey in the winter and thinner & darker in the summer

Polar bear swimming

Southern right whales eye

Southern fur seal (Arctocephalus australis) diving in a kelp forest. The southern (or South American) fur seal hunts mostly at night, diving up to 170 metres to feed on fish and krill

Cardinal fish over reef

Shoal of sardines (family Clupeidae). The shoal is the dark blue mass that runs from bottom right to upper left. Photographed by Stradbroke Island, off the Queensland coast of Australia

Trans-Alaska oil pipeline. This pipeline transports crude oil across Alaska

Timelapse image of a total solar eclipse
Solar eclipse. Time-lapse image of a total solar eclipse. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon completely blocks the Suns disc causing darkness during the day

Suspension bridge construction at sunset. This is the Second Severn Crossing, which opened in 1996 to carry the M4 motorway from England to Wales

Power lines. Pylons supporting electrical power lines. Photographed east of Livermore, California, USA

Power lines

Nanophage
Nanotechnology virus. Conceptual computer artwork of an artificial virus created with nanotechnology

Head blood vessels. Computer artwork showing the veins (blue) and arteries (red) of the head and neck

4th of July fireworks
Fireworks photographed during 4th of July celebrations in Hawaii, USA in 1991

Biological research. Conceptual computer artwork of interlocking fields of biological research, spelled out in tiles from a word game

DNA helix. Computer artwork of the double helix of DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), viewed from the inside

Vitamin A molecule
Vitamin A. Computer model of a molecule of vitamin A, or retinol (C20. H30. O). Atoms are represented as rods and are colour-coded: carbon (black), hydrogen (white) and oxygen (red)

Sine waves. Conceptual image of overlapping sine waves on a monitor

False-col SEM of Penicillium chrysogenum
False-colour scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of Penicillium chrysogenum, the species of penicillin fungus from which the antibiotic is manufactured

Ferns. Two unidentified tree ferns (far left and centre left) surrounded by other ferns of temperate climates. Tree ferns belong to an ancient group

Open stoma on tobacco leaf
False-colour scanning electron micrograph of an open stoma, or pore, on the surface of a leaf of the tobacco plant, Nicotiana tabacum

Stoma on sepal of primula flower
False-colour scanning electron micrograph of a stoma, or pore, on a sepal of the primula flower, Primula malacoides

Leptin molecule. Computer model of a molecule of leptin, a protein produced by white fat cells in adipose tissue

Buttress roots on a tree in swamp
Buttress roots on an unidentified tree in the Nariva freshwater swamp, Trinidad

Ghost Gum in Alice Springs landscape
DH-3336 Ghost Gum in Alice Springs landscape Near Historical Telegraph Station, Alice Springs, Northern Territory

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