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Mosquito in Dominican amberA mosquito in trapped and preserved in Dominican amber. Lower Miocene about 20 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule. Figure 90
Quercus in amberA male oak tree flower in Baltic amber with a length of 3.7 mm and dating from the Upper Eocene about 35 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule page 29 figure 86
Capt Leroy Cooper, right, with Admiral Hills and Joachi?Capt Leroy Cooper, right, with Admiral Hills and Joachim Kuettner at Cape Canaveral after witnessing the launch of a Mercury capsule carrying a chimpanzee on top of a Redstone launcher
Malcolm Scott Carpenter, left, and John Glenn in front ?Malcolm Scott Carpenter, left, and John Glenn in front of a Mercury space capsule at Cape Canaveral after Glenn was named as the astronaut to make the first US orbital flight
Cunard Line, QE2 - celebration album in slip case coverCunard Line, Isle of Man Post Office QE2 Farewell Season Celebration. Limited edition 156 of 189 QE2 Farewell Season Celebration large 14.5 x 14 inches album in slip case cover
Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389
Piccard's GondolaGondola used by Professor Auguste Antoine Piccard (1884-1962) and Max Cosyns (1906-1998) for the second ascent into the Sratosphere on August 18, 1932
Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037(ex United States Air Force) - Fairchild C-119F-FA Flying Boxcar O-18037 (msn 10915, 51-8037), at Wright Field, Wright-Patterson AFB, for display at the Air Force Museum, with Boeing KB-50J 49-0389
Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to t?Astronaut Virgil ?Gus? Grissom is raised in a lift to the Mercury capsule at the top of the Redstone rocket at Cape Canaveral prior to his delayed flight which was cancelled due to bad weather
Pressed amber also known as ambroid which is formed by fusing small pieces of amber together
Ceratodon purpureus, ceratodon moss spore capsuleScanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a ceratodon moss spore capsule (x 650 on a standard 9 cm wide print)
Mercury Spacegraft (replica). 1960. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany
Miss Sam prior to being launched in a Mercury capsule from Wallops Test Station on a Little Joe 1-B (LJ-1B) on 21January 1960. Date: 1960
John H Glenn climbs out of his Mercury space capsuleJohn H. Glenn climbs out of his Mercury space capsule, Friendship 7, after his daily checkout. 13 February 1962. Date: 1962
A Sikorsky UH-34 helicopter lifts the Mercury capsule, Freedom 7, out of the Atlantic following the first US sub-orbital spaceflight carrying astronaut Alan B. Shepard. 5 May 1961. Date: 1961
The Mercury-Redstone rocket that carried Virgil Grissom on the second US manned sub-orbital spaceflight. The Mercury capsule was named Liberty Bell 7
Planthopper bug in Mexican amberDistorted planthopper bug Hemiptera:Fulgoroidea, trapped in Mexican amber. Specimen dates from the Upper Oligocene. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule
Earwig skin in Baltic amberA shed earwig skin in Baltic amber, this specimen has very long pincers. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule
Carved piece of Chinese amber (length 120mm)Carved piece of Chinese amber, date and source unknown, though it may have originated from Burma
Resin from a cedar treeResin oozing from under the bark of a cedar tree. Resin once fossilised becomes amber. Figure 3 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule
Colombian copal
Scuttle fly in Dominican amberMouldy scuttle fly Diptera:Cyclorrapha:Phoridae, trapped in Dominican amber. Specimen from the Lower Miocene. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule
CopalStalactite of New Zealand copal locally known as kauri gum. Copal is the mid-stage between resin and amber. Figure 8 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule
Baltic amber jewelleryMatching necklace and earring set made of Baltic amber. Borrowed from Wendy Turner Coates. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule Fig. 22
Lebanese amberA piece of Lebanese amber from the Lower Cretaceous about 120 million years ago
Sicilian amber containing two spiders which date from the Oligocene period about 30 million years old. Fig. 36 from Amber the Natural Time Capsule
Pine wood with resin filled cavityA piece of pine wood with a resin filled cavity inside. Fossilised resin becomes amber. Figure 4 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule
East African copalA piece of copal with a crazed surface caused by oxidisation. Preserved inside is a beetle Coleoptera:Oocamenta. Specimen is less than two million years old
Snail in Burmese amberA snail in trapped and preserved in Burmese amber. Upper Cretaceous about 80 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule figure 59
Hastings amberThis amber is from the Lower Cretaceous rocks of Hastings, East Sussex. Amber is fossilised tree resin
Scorpion tail in Burmese amber dating from the Upper Cretaceous about 80 million years old. Image from Amber The Natural Time Capsule. Figure 100
Snipe fly in amberSnipe fly in Baltic amber dating from the Upper Eocene period and is about 35 million years old
Cypress twig in Baltic amberA cypress twig in Baltic amber dating from the Upper Eocene. Amber is fossilised tree resin. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule (1998) by Andrew Ross
New Zealand copalA piece of New Zealand copal or Kauri gum with crazed surface. Specimen is less than 40, 000 years old. Copal is the mid-stage between resin and amber
Mite in amber
Amber pendantAn amber pendant with circular cracks known as sun spangles which are produced by heating the amber. Borrowed from Goldmajor Ltd. Image is from Amber the Natural Time Capsule
Pseudoscorpion in Baltic amber dating from the Upper Eocene period about 35 million years old. Arachnida, Pseudoscorpionida, identified by A.J. Ross. Specimen from Kaliningrad, Russia
Insect droppings in Dominican amber. Specimen dates from the Lower Miocene, about 20 million years ago. Fig. 65 from Amber the Natural Time Capsule
Fake amberA fake spider that has been inserted into melted Kauri gum to look like amber. Fig. 16 page no.7 from Amber The Natural Time Capsule
Pine cone in Baltic amberA pine cone in Baltic amber dating from the Upper Eocene. Amber is fossilised tree resin. Image taken from Amber the Natural Time Capsule
Baltic amber with swarm of fungus gnatsUpper Eocene, 35 million year old, piece of Baltic amber with swarm of fungus gnats preserved within. Figure 1 in Amber The Natural Time Capsule
Fairy fly in Dominican amber
Chinese amber carvingAn intricate crab carved out of Chinese amber. Amber is fossilised tree resin. Fig. 25 from Amber the Natural Time Capsule
Snipe fly in Baltic amberA snipe fly preserved in Baltic amber with a pseudoscorpion hanging onto its legs. Specimen dates from the Upper Eocene, about 35 million years old
Ants in Dominican amberHymenoptera:Aculeata:Formicidae ants in Dominican amber. One is holding the others abdomen with its jaws. Lower Miocene about 20 million years old
Mating scavenger flies in amberA pair of mating scavenger flies in Dominican amber. Lower Miocene 20 million years old. From Amber The Natural Time Capsule. Figure 63
Sicilian amber carvingAn ancient artifact of Sicilian amber, a crudely carved talisman. Image from Amber the Natural Time Capsule Fig.24
Copal