Images Dated 27th March 2012

Forget-me-not flower, SEM

Forget-me-not flower. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a forget-me-not (Myosotis arvensis) flower. The petals (blue) are covered by numerous projections called papillae. Collectively the petals are known as the corolla. At the centre of the flower are the male and female reproductive structures. The stamens (yellow), which produce male gametes in the form of pollen grains, are fused to the corolla. The female reproductive structures (not seen) are located in the hole at the very centre of the flower. Magnification: x39 when printed 10cm high

© POWER AND SYRED/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Breton Breastfeeding her Child; Bretonne Allaitant son Enfant, 1855-1860 (oil on zinc)

656301 Breton Breastfeeding her Child; Bretonne Allaitant son Enfant, 1855-1860 (oil on zinc) by Corot, Jean Baptiste Camille (1796-1875); 32.4x24.5 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Breton Breastfeeding her Child; Bretonne Allaitant son Enfant. Jean Baptiste Camille Corot (1796-1875). Oil on zinc. Painted 1855-1860. 32.4 x 24.5cm); Photo A© Christie's Images; French, out of copyright

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Animals, Birds, Group, Five black-headed gulls perched in a row on the river Thames, Hambleden Lock, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK

© Paul Tomlins / Eye Ubiquitous

Aligned, Animals, Bird, Birds, Black Headed Gull, Chroicocephalus Ridibundus, England, Five, Group, Gull, Gulls, Line, Perch, Perched, Perching, Red Beaks, Red Legs, Row, Winter, Winter Plumage