Images Dated 17th September 2004

A rider cycles during the 13th stage of the Tour of Spain cycling race

A rider cycles during the 13th stage of the Tour of Spain cycling race from El Ejido to Malaga on September 17, 2004. Italy's Alessandro Petacchi won the stage, Germany's Erik Zabel was second and Spain's Pedro Horrillo third. Spain's Roberto Heras retained the overall race lead. REUTERS/Victor Fraile NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE VF/WS - RP5DRIAQWOAA

Technician in OPAL detector, CERN

A technician works on one of two end caps of the OPAL detector at CERN, the European centre for particle physics near Geneva. OPAL is one of 4 giant particle detectors at the LEP collider. LEP collides electrons & positrons accelerated to an energy of 50 GeV in a circular tunnel 100m underground & 27km in circumference. OPAL is a cylindrical assembly of many types of apparatus which fit together like an onion around the point where the particles collide. The OPAL end caps consist of pre-shower counters (the "spokes" of the wheel) & electro-magnetic & hadron calorimeters. The technician is Martin Sproston of the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory in Britain. Photo taken April 1989

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Diamond Dove - Australias smallest dove

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Diamond Dove - Australia's smallest dove.
Kupungarri, Kimberleys, Western Australia
Geopelia cuneata
Found in large areas of Australia except to the south. Largely a bird of the dry interior but moves to coast in times of drought. Inhabits grassy and spinifex woodlands and dry scrublands. Never far from water.
Don Hadden
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