Images Dated 4th August 2006

Malta - Spinola Bay - once a thriving fishing port, but in recent years tourism has taken over

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Malta - Spinola Bay - once a thriving fishing port, but in recent years tourism has taken over.
The brighly coloured traditional Maltese fishing boats are called "Luzzu". November.
David C Dixon
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Squirting cucumber

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Squirting cucumber
Mediterranean plant, with explosive dispersal mechanism
Ecballium elaterium
Bob Gibbons
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Cucumber, Cucumbers, Europe, European, Floers, Flower, Flowering Plant, Mediterranean, Pla Nts, Plant, Yellow

DAD-1867 Canary Island Spurge - this plant is endemic to the Canary Islands, hence its name

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Canary Island Spurge - this plant is endemic to the Canary Islands, hence its name.
Common in the coastal and dry regions, and on dry rocky slopes and screes, lava fields, cliffs etc.
Euphorbia canariensis
David C Dixon
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