Images Dated 3rd December 2010

Giant Panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca

Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) - feeding on bamboo, snowy focus, Wolong Research and Conservation Centre, Sichuan Szechwan Province, Central China Order Carnivora, Family Ursidae, bear, well known for its thumb, which is actually a modified wrist bone that enables the panda to dextrously grasp bamboo stalks, inhabits inhabit montane forests, mixed coniferous & broadleaf forests, herbivore, solitary, Classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List 2006, and listed on Appendix I of CITES

Tyne Bridge under construction EPW019820

TYNE BRIDGE, Newcastle. Site of the new Tyne Bridge, photographed here in October 1927, a year before official opening of the bridge - the approaches are well underway. Also shown are Robert Stephenson's innovative High Level Bridge (1849), and the Swing Bridge (1876) funded by Armstrong to replace a stone bridge that obstructed river traffic. The original negative is damaged. Aerofilms Collection (see Links)

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Moses, detail of the altarpiece (painted wood)

CLG346448 Moses, detail of the altarpiece (painted wood) by Norwegian School, (18th century); Giske Church, Giske, More og Romsdal, Norway; (add.info.: carved by local craftsman Tavle Jakob (Jacob D. Giskegaard); the church was originally built in the 12th century, refurbished in the 1750s; Moise; tables de la loi; retable; bois peint; prophete; homme; cornes; Ancient Testament; colore; Norvege; scandinave; autel;); A© Clement Guillaume; Norwegian, out of copyright

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