Images Dated 30th June 2004

Art-Sculpture-Statue of Liberty

Photo prise le 30 juin 2004 d'une Statue de la Liberte haute de 12 metres, replique de celle erigee dans la rade de New york, installee sur le rond-point nord de Colmar et edifiee en commemoration du 100e anniversaire du deces de son createur Auguste Bartholdi, originaire de la ville. La variete des decorations qui ornent les ronds-points couvrant la France, leader europeen du giratoire, semble sans limite et divise l'opinion. AFP PHOTO FREDERICK FLORIN
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Mammoth bone hut

Mammoth bone hut. Archaeologists inside a reconstruction of a hut made from bones and tusks of the woolly mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius). The walls of the hut are almost entirely composed of mammoth bones, supported by a framework of wooden branches and supporting struts. This hut dates from between 45, 000 and 10, 000 years ago in the Palaeolithic period (Stone Age). It was found in Mezhirich in the Ukraine. The archaeologists are using mammoth bones as percussion instruments, as they believe the original inhabitants of the hut would have done. Photographed in 1976

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Large water lilies, Nymphaea

A large colony of flowering water lily, Nymphaea sp., on the surface of a lake. The leaves and flowers of water lilies rise from a thick rootstock, held securely in the mud at the bottom of the shallow lake by long, tough roots. The leaves are round or heart-shaped with a shiny, leathery upper surface. They float on the surface of the water, except where overcrowding forces them upward. Photographed on Beaver Lake, British Columbia, Canada

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