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9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection (#2)

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9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Alien landscape, artwork

Alien landscape, artwork
Alien landscape. Artwork of gnarled plants and an alien life form (bottom right) on an alien planet. The planets parent star (upper centre) is much further away than the Sun is from Earth

Alien landscape, artwork
Alien landscape. Artwork of a lake and mountains on a planet located near the Milky Way, the large spiral galaxy seen in the night sky. The planets moon is at upper right

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Boats in a harbour

Boats in a harbour
Boats in Ceallan harbour, Grimsay, Outer Hebrides, Scotland, UK

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Saltburn cliff lift

Saltburn cliff lift. This lift links Saltburn Pier to the town centre, reaching a maximum height of 36.58 metres and a distance of 63.09 metres

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Space colony holiday islands, artwork

Space colony holiday islands, artwork. Titled Islands of the Gods, this artwork shows a human couple walking along a beach on a holiday island in a space colony

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Alien planet exploration, artwork

Alien planet exploration, artwork
Alien planet exploration. Artwork of astronauts on a cliff edge observing two rainbows formed during a storm on an alien planet

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Solar sail spacecraft, artwork

Solar sail spacecraft, artwork
Solar sail spaceship. Artwork of a solar sail spaceship passing the moon (lower right) of a gas giant planet (background). A globular star cluster is at top right

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Space elevator, artwork

Space elevator, artwork
Space elevator. Artwork of a transporter moving along a space elevator from the surface of the Earth to space. To remain stable

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Space rocket and ringed planet, artwork

Space rocket and ringed planet, artwork. The space rocket (left) has landed on the moon of a ringed gas giant planet

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Manned mission to Charon, artwork

Manned mission to Charon, artwork
Manned mission to Charon. Artwork showing a manned rocket landing on Charon, the largest moon of the dwarf planet Pluto (upper left)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Space Shuttle launch, artwork

Space Shuttle launch, artwork. The Space Shuttles, used by NASA, the US space agency, are reusable rockets that glide back to the surface after they re-enter Earths atmosphere at the end of each

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Earth from the Moon, artwork

Earth from the Moon, artwork
Earth from the Moon. Artwork of the surface of the Moon illuminated by Earthshine. This is the light of the Sun reflected from the Earth onto the Moon

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Formation of the Moon, artwork

Formation of the Moon, artwork
Formation of the Moon. Artwork of a Mars-sized protoplanet approaching a young volcanic Earth. This artwork is illustrating the giant impact theory of the formation of the Moon

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Surface of Mercury, artwork

Surface of Mercury, artwork. Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, has a rocky and cratered surface. It orbits at an average distance of 58 million kilometres

Formation of the Moon, artwork
Formation of the Moon. Image 4 of 4. Artwork of the Moon and the Earth after they formed. This artwork is part of a sequence illustrating the giant impact theory of the formation of the Moon

Formation of the Moon, artwork
Formation of the Moon. Image 2 of 4. Artwork of the second stage in a sequence showing the giant impact theory of the formation of the Moon

Formation of the Moon, artwork
Formation of the Moon. Image 3 of 4. Artwork of the third stage in a sequence showing the giant impact theory of the formation of the Moon

Formation of the Moon, artwork
Formation of the Moon. Image 1 of 4. Artwork first stage in a sequence showing the giant impact theory of the formation of the Moon

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Moon and Earth, artwork

Moon and Earth, artwork
Moon and Earth. Artwork of the Moon and the Earth, seen from orbit around the Moon. The Moon, with a diameter of 3475 kilometres (a quarter of that of the Earth)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Bone trabeculae, artwork

Bone trabeculae, artwork. The trabeculae are the bars of bone forming a honeycombed hollow network. This is the structure of spongy bone, the inner layer of a bone

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Sir John Franklin, British explorer

Sir John Franklin, British explorer
Sir John Franklin (1786-1847), the British naval officer and Arctic explorer who died with his crew attempting to find the Northwest Passage

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician

Leonhard Euler, Swiss mathematician
Leonhard Euler (1707-1783), Swiss mathematician. Euler developed the theory of differential equations and the calculus of variations, and did important work in astronomy and optics

Floating sphere, abstract artwork

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Joseph Gay-Lussac, French chemist

Joseph Gay-Lussac, French chemist
Joseph Gay-Lussac (1778-1850), French chemist. In 1804 Gay-Lussac made balloon ascents to measure changes in magnetism and air composition with altitude

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Galen lecturing on anatomy in Rome

Galen lecturing on anatomy in Rome
Galen (c.129-200 AD), Ancient Greek physician and anatomist, lecturing on anatomy in Rome, in the Temple of Peace, using animal skeletons (right). Galen came to Rome in 162 AD

Joseph Gay-Lussac, French chemist
Joseph Gay-Lussac (1778-1850), French chemist. In 1804 Gay-Lussac made balloon ascents to measure changes in magnetism and air composition with altitude

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Galen, Ancient Greek physician

Galen, Ancient Greek physician
Galen (130-200 AD), Greek physician. After Galens death, his body of work became a medical authority among Europeans, until his views on anatomy were overthrown by Vesalius (16th century)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Sand dune

Sand dune. The dune has been stabilised by marram grass (Ammophilia arenaria). The upper part of the dune has eroded, exposing the roots of the grass

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Ichthyosaur and prey, artwork

Ichthyosaur and prey, artwork
Ichthyosaur and prey. Artwork of an Ichthyosaurus marine reptile (right) hunting its prey, a nautilus (left). Ichthyosaurs lived during the Jurassic Period (200-146 million years ago)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Perisphinctes ammonite, artwork

Perisphinctes ammonite, artwork
Perisphinctes ammonite. Artwork of a fossil of a Perisphinctes ammonite, showing the spiral structure of the ammonites shell

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Belemnite marine invertebrate, artwork

Belemnite marine invertebrate, artwork
Belemnite. Artwork of a belemnite marine invertebrate. Belemnites were cephalopods, the group of animals that includes squid

Ichthyosaur and prey, artwork
Ichthyosaur and prey. Artwork of an Ichthyosaurus marine reptile (centre left) hunting its prey, a belemnite (far left), during the Jurassic Period (200-146 million years ago)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Silurian landscape, artwork

Silurian landscape, artwork
Silurian landscape. Artwork of wetland plants, geysers and volcanoes during the Silurian Period (440-360 million years ago)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Carboniferous amphibian, artwork

Carboniferous amphibian, artwork
Carboniferous amphibian. Artwork of an Eryops amphibian (orange, lower centre) crawling among the swamp trees and vegetation that dominated the Earth during the Carboniferous Period

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Carboniferous insects, artwork

Carboniferous insects, artwork
Carboniferous insects. Artwork of a millipede (Arthropleura) and a dragonfly (Meganeura) in the forests of the Carboniferous Period (354-290 million years ago)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Jurassic dinosaurs, artwork

Jurassic dinosaurs, artwork
Jurassic dinosaurs. Artwork of some of the animals that inhabited the Earth during the Jurassic Period (200-146 million years ago). At lower left is Ardeosaurus, an early gecko

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Cambrian invertebrates, artwork

Cambrian invertebrates, artwork
Cambrian invertebrates. Artwork of Anomalocaris (centre and upper right) and Odaraia (lower left) invertebrates, swimming in an ancient sea during the Cambrian Period

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Discoscaphites ammonite, artwork

Discoscaphites ammonite, artwork
Discoscaphites ammonite. Artwork of a fossil of a Discoscaphites conradi ammonite, showing the spiral structure of the ammonites shell

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Pterosaur flying reptiles, artwork

Pterosaur flying reptiles, artwork
Pterosaur flying reptiles. Artwork of Pteranodon sternbergi reptiles flying at sunset. These pterosaurs lived during the Cretaceous Period (146 to 65 million years ago)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Sphenodiscus ammonite, artwork

Sphenodiscus ammonite, artwork
Sphenodiscus ammonite. Artwork of a Sphenodiscus ammonite, showing this marine invertebrate emerging from its shell. Ammonites were marine molluscs that formed a spiral shell to protect their soft

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Jurassic landscape, artwork

Jurassic landscape, artwork
Jurassic landscape. Coloured updating of the famous artwork Duria Antiquior (Ancient Devon), painted 1830 by English geologist Henry De la Beche. The Jurassic Period was 200 to 146 million years ago

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Cretaceous bird, artwork

Cretaceous bird, artwork
Cretaceous bird. Artwork of an Eoenantiornis buhleri bird in a tropical forest. This bird, now extinct, lived during the Early Cretaceous Period (146 to 100 million years ago)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Apatosaur dinosaurs, artwork

Apatosaur dinosaurs, artwork
Apatosaur dinosaurs. Artwork of Apatosaurus dinosaurs, pterosaur flying reptiles, and ferns, in a misty landscape at sunset. Apatosaurs lived during the Jurassic Period (200-146 million years ago)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Early stromatolites, artwork

Early stromatolites, artwork
Early stromatolites. Artwork of early stromatolites during a volcanic period. Stromatolites (boulder-like structures, lower frame) are an ancient form of life, dating back over 500 million years

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Cretaceous birds, artwork

Cretaceous birds, artwork
Cretaceous birds. Artwork of Confuciusornis sanctus birds in a tropical forest. This now extinct bird was common in the Cretaceous Period (146 to 65 million years ago)

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Wistmans Wood, Dartmoor

Wistmans Wood, Dartmoor
Light rain falling in Wistmans Wood, Dartmoor. This wood is one of three surviving remnants of ancient woodland in Dartmoor

9 May 2008 Glass Place Mat Collection: Earth and Moon, artwork

Earth and Moon, artwork
Earth and Moon. Artwork of a crescent Moon (far left) seen from Earth orbit. The Moons diameter is around a quarter of that of the Earth, but it orbits the Earth at a distance of around 385

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