Images Dated 13th September 2004

Venus Slipper, an unshelled pteropod mollusc

Venus slipper. Venus Slipper, Cymbula sp., an unshelled pteropod mollusc which has adapted to a free-swimming lifestyle in the ocean. The Venus Slipper has two muscular wings protuding from its body with which it flaps like a butterfly to propel itself through the water. The Venus Slipper feeds on plankton. It has no gills and breathes through its body surfaces

© SINCLAIR STAMMERS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Cut-away view of the Ariane 5 launcher

Ariane 5. Artwork showing a cut-away view of the European Ariane 5 launcher. Ariane 5 consists of a large first stage (lower 2/3rds of the central vehicle) flanked by two solid rocket boosters, with a smaller second stage (top 1/3rd). Most of the first stage is taken up by the vast liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen tanks, which feed the single Vulcain motor (bottom left). The second stage is powered by a DASA engine powered by storable propellants (dinitrogen tetroxide and monomethyl hydrazine). The payload depicted here is the Cluster mission with its four identical spacecraft (blue/gold). The first Ariane 5 flight, carrying Cluster, is due for launch in mid-1996

© DAVID DUCROS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

RAINFOREST - NEW CALEDONIA. Moss (Spindens vieillardii) covering trunks of Tree Fern (Cyathea novae-caledoniae)

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RAINFOREST - NEW CALEDONIA. Moss (Spindens vieillardii) covering trunks of Tree Fern (Cyathea novae-caledoniae)
Blue River Regional Park, New Caledonia
Cyathea novae-caledoniae
Moss (Spindens vieillardii) covering trunks of Tree Fern (Cyathea novae-caledoniae)
Jean Paul Ferrero
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