Images Dated 1st January 2009

Close-up of Agave, Maui, Hawaii, USA

Agave is a genus of monocots and is a perennial. Chiefly Mexican, agaves occur also in the southern and western United States and in central and tropical South America. They are succulents with a large rosette of thick fleshy leaves, each ending generally in a sharp point and with a spiny margin; the stout stem is usually short, the leaves apparently springing from the root. Along with plants from the related genus Yucca, various Agave species are popular ornamental plants

USH-3687 Ice Rain - on grass

USH-3687
Ice Rain - on grass
Lower Saxony, Germany
Duncan Usher
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Lace Monitor lizard (Varanus varius) on leaves, Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, New South Wales, Australia

The Lace Monitor or Lace Goanna, (Varanus varius), is a member of the monitor lizard family, Australian members of which are commonly known as goannas. Lace monitors are the second-largest monitor in Australia after the Perentie. They can be as long as 2.1 meters (over 6ft 10ins) with a head and body length of up to 76.5 cm (2Aoe ft)

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