Images Dated 15th January 2004

A SNAKE RETREATS INTO A DRAWER IN HONG KONG

A snake retreats into a drawer at a store selling snake soup in Hong Kong January 15, 2004. For hundreds of years, Chinese have been eating snakes as a health-enhancing delicacy. Picture taken January 15, 2004. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE REUTERS/Bobby Yip Pictures of the month January 2004 Pictures of the Year 2004 BY/TW/CRB - RP4DRIFVSHAA

Atmospheric waves on Jupiter

Voyager 1 image of atmospheric wave motions to the west (left) of Jupiter's Great Red Spot (extreme right), compiled during the spacecraft's encounter with the planet in February, 1979. The Spot is believed to be a giant cyclonic storm system, several times the size of the Earth, which has survived for at least the past 200 years

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Middle East

Middle East, satellite image. North is at top. Vegetation is green, water is dark blue and bare ground, mostly desert, is yellow-brown. At centre is the Red Sea, to the right of which is the Arabian Peninsula, mainly comprising Saudi Arabia. The Arabian Sea is at bottom right. Iraq is above Saudi Arabia, and Iran lies between the Caspian Sea (top right) and the Persian Gulf (centre right). Afghanistan and Pakistan are at upper right. To the left of the Red Sea, and below the Mediterranean Sea (upper left), are Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Chad and Niger in north-east Africa. This image is compiled from data obtained by MODIS on the TERRA satellite from June-September 2001

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