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Cracked Collection (page 2)

Background imageCracked Collection: Mud volcanoes vent, Baku 1992

Mud volcanoes vent, Baku 1992
Mud volcano vent, Baku peninsula, Azerbaijan, 1992

Background imageCracked Collection: Sedimentary layer of rock

Sedimentary layer of rock shows the effects of drought. A layer of dried-out mud was overlain with darker sediment which filled the cracks - the whole was then compacted and changed to rock

Background imageCracked Collection: A pot of Primula flowers and apples

A pot of Primula flowers and apples
A Geman (from Munich) painting of a pot of Red Primula Polyanthus (Primrose) variety flowers, two shiny apples and a large broken walnut Date: 1904

Background imageCracked Collection: Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November

Double page spread in a diary for 22-27 November
A double page spread in a young persons diary for 22-27 November. Each day is given a small illustration, relating either to the season, or to the anniversary of an historical event

Background imageCracked Collection: Family and car in the desert, Middle East

Family and car in the desert, Middle East
A mother and her two children, together with grandparents, perch at the side of their car in the desert, somewhere in the Middle East

Background imageCracked Collection: Shell Shock by George Ranstead

Shell Shock by George Ranstead
An original pen & ink drawing illustrating a play on words. A young man with shell shock looks away in terror at a cracked hard boiled egg

Background imageCracked Collection: Granite quarry, Aswan, Egypt

Granite quarry, Aswan, Egypt
Granite quarry, Aswan, unfinished obelisk, 41.75 m = 137 ft, 1152 tons, cracked. If it had remained whole, it would have been the largest obelisk ever raised. Photograph by Lionel Coates

Background imageCracked Collection: Dorset Cottages

Dorset Cottages
A quiet byway of Corfe, Dorset, England, the village dominated by the ruins of its famous Castle, which can be seen in the background

Background imageCracked Collection: England / Bosham

England / Bosham
Bosham, near Chichester, Sussex, where King Canute tried (but failed!) to command the tide not to come in. A quaint corner of this old village, once a great sea port

Background imageCracked Collection: Polar Bear / Olaus Magnus

Polar Bear / Olaus Magnus
A couple of bears go fishing in the cracked ice

Background imageCracked Collection: Music / Instruments / Bells

Music / Instruments / Bells
The Great Bell of the Kremlin, made in 1737 for the Tsarina Anna, but it cracked and was never used

Background imageCracked Collection: Examining Leaning Tower

Examining Leaning Tower
A visitor examines one of the cracked pillars of the Leaning Tower of Pisa which has been bound with steel

Background imageCracked Collection: Girl Bathes Doll

Girl Bathes Doll
A girl bathes her doll in a cracked wash basin



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