Images Dated 1st February 2005

Aircrew of an AH-64 Apache helicopter conducting preflight checks before lifting

February 1, 2005 - The aircrew of a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter conducts preflight checks before lifting off from the USS Nassau (LHA-4) during joint shipboard weapons and ordnance training as the ship operates in the Atlantic Ocean. Army personnel are aboard the amphibious assault ship to train alongside Navy aviation ordnancemen in a joint training environment

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False-col TEM of influenza virus

False-colour transmission electron micrograph of an influenza virus (WSN strain) raised in the laboratory, but originally obtained from a human specimen. The roughly spherical particles measure 100 nanometres in diameter and contain glycoprotein spikes on their surfaces. The influenza viruses belong in a group known as the orthomyxoviruses. They cause an acute febrile illness and are of world-wide distribution. Magnification: x14, 100 at 35mm size. blue and red version

© DR. GOPAL MURTI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Eastern Grey KANGAROO - licking forearm for evaporative cooling, joey in pouch

CAN-2010
Eastern Grey KANGAROO - licking forearm for evaporative cooling, joey in pouch
Queensland, Australia
Macropus giganteus
John Cancalosi
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