Images Dated 21st October 2006

Sloes, with the foliage of guelder rose beyond

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Sloes, with the foliage of guelder rose beyond
autumn colour
Prunus spinosa
Bob Gibbons
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© Bob Gibbons / ardea.com

Autumn, Autumnal, Berry, Blue, Colour, Foliage, Fruit, Fruits, Leaf, Leaves, Pla Nts, Plant, Red, Rose, Roses, Seasons, Sloe, Sloes, Tree

ANZ-1443 Russian Desman - adult - searches environment with its sense of smell - probing air with flexible nose - typical posture

ANZ-1443
Russian Desman - adult - searches environment with its sense of smell - "probing air" with flexible nose - typical posture
Okskii Biospheric Nature Reserve - river Oka valley - Central Russia - 50km East from Ryazan town - Autumn - October
Desmana moschata
Andrey Zvoznikov
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© Andrey Zvoznikov/ardea.com

Blue Whale - aerial view - mother with 22 feet long research boat - Sea of Cortez (Gulf of California)

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Annular Eclipse - 10th May 1994
Photographed at the centerline Punta San Francisquito, Baja California, Mexico
montage from 5 original photographs, begins lower left.
Annular Eclipse - occurs when the Sun and Moon are exactly in line, but the apparent size of the Moon is smaller than that of the Sun. Hence the Sun appears as a very bright ring, or annulus, surrounding the outline of the Moon.
Francois Gohier
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© Jim Zipp/ardea.com