Images Dated 14th October 2009

Tulipa The Claude, Tulipa Duke of Sutherland

Watercolour of Tulipa The Claude, Tulipa Duke of Sutherland by Caroline Maria Applebee painted c1815. Applebee was born in London in 1799 and appears to have been the daughter of a wealthy middle-class family that had conservatories and greenhouses providing access to the plants and flowers she painted

landsknecht

"Landsknecht by Albrecht Durer (1471-1528) Landsknecht with a flag of MaximilianLandsknechts (singular Landsknecht, German plural Landsknechte, sometimes also in English publications) were European, most often German, mercenary pikemen and supporting foot soldiers from the late 15th to the late 16th century, and achieved the reputation for being the universal mercenary of the European Renaissance.The first Landsknecht regiments were formed by Maximilian I. He called upon Georg von Frundsberg, known by many as the Father of the Landsknechts, to assist him in their organization. They later went on to fight in almost every 16th century military campaign, sometimes on both sides of the engagement."

© ivan-96

A golden jellyfish, Raja Ampat, Indonesia

A golden jellyfish (Mastigias papua) swims just under the surface of a lagoon in Raja Ampat, Indonesia. These jellies have a symbiosis with zooxanthellage and thus stay in shallow, sunlit waters

© Ethan Daniels/Stocktrek Images

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