Landform Collection (page 7)

Campi Phlegraei
Plate VII. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Plate II: Seven views of Vesuvius
Plate II. Observation on the volcanoes of the two Sicilies, Naples, 1776 & 1779 compiled by Sir William Hamilton (1730-1803) while Ambassador to the Kingdom of Naples

Djebel Kafzeh, Qafzeh Cave, Israel
The cave 2.5 km south of Nazareth, Galilee where fossils of early modern Homo sapiens (Homo sapiens sapiens) were found in 1933 by R. Neuville, in 1935 by R. Neuville & M

Gorhams Cave, Gibraltar
A view of Gorhams Cave from the sea. Neanderthal artifacts have been found, dating from the Middle Palaeolithic inside this cave system

Tabun Cave, Israel
Mugharet et-Tabun, cave in the Wadi el-Mughara, southern part of the Mount Carmel range, excavation site of Homo neanderthalensis

Drawings 24-25 from the Watling Collection
24. Mr Waterhouse endeavouring to break the spear after Governor Phillips was wounded. 25. Mr White, Harris & Laing visiting Botany Bay Colebee

River gorge, Pakistan
A dry river gorge in the Sulaiman Mountains, Pakistan

Arabian wadi
An Arabian wadi or gully in Emirate of Abu Dhabi

Arabian desert
The expansive salt flats of the Arabian desert, sabkha

Tibetan horse minder
A young Tibetan horse minder, Urulung, Tibet

Sea caves at Governors Beach
Sea caves in the cliffs at Governors Beach, Gibraltar

Ice scratched boulder
This ice scratched boulder probably originates from a valley once occupied by a glacier. Such marks can be found where there are sites of former glacial activity

Equus zebra, zebra
Photograph of a zebra skin specimen, collection number Z 1993.149

Lepus townsendii, white-tailed jack rabbit
Lepus Townsendii (Bachman), Townsends Rocky Mountain Hare (Male and Female). Plate 3 from The Viviparous Quadrupeds of North America, Vol

Earths Restless Surface
Images of volcanic eruption on display in the Earths Restless Surface gallery, the Earth Galleries, The Natural History Museum, London

Krakatoa in eruption
Krakatoa during an early stage of the eruption. Plate 1 from The Eruption of Krakatoa (1888) by G. J. Symons

Krakatau map
Figure 1 from Krakatau by R D M Verbeek showing the group of islands

Dendragapus obscurus, blue grouse
Plate 361 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Lagopus muta, rock ptarmigan

Calcarius lapponicus, Lapland longspur
Plate 365 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Tympanuchus phasianellus, sharp-tailed grouse
Plate 382 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Piranga ludoviciana, western tanager, Piranga olivacea, scar
Plate 354 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Brachyramphus marmoratus, marbled murrelet
Plate 430 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Colinus cristatus, crested bobwhite, Oreortyx pictus, mounta
Plate 423 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Charadrius montanus, mountain plover
Plate 350 from John James Audubons Birds of America, original double elephant folio (1835-38), hand-coloured aquatint. Engraved, printed and coloured by R. Havell (& Son), London

Pleistocene hunters, wider view
Pleistocene (1.8 million years ago - 11, 000 years ago) hunting party with mammoths and rhinoceros

Subduction zone
An illustration of a subduction zone at work beneath the South American continent. Fig 20 from The Story of the Earth 1977, London

Oceanic subduction zone with island arc
This diagram shows a destructive plate margin, an oceanic subduction zone accompanied by a volcanic island arc

Thames Valley in the Ipswichian Interglacial
Artists impression of the Thames Valley during the Ipswichian interglacial (135, 000 to 70, 000 years before present), with an elephant, hyaena, and hippopotami

Volcanic eruption
A flood basalt eruption. One of a series (including image numbers 185 to 190) showing various forms of volcanic eruption

Coal forest

Ordovician seascape
An artists impression of the Eden Valley, Cumbria in the Ordovician period (490 to 443 million years ago), with volcanoes in the sea

Pleistocene landscape
An artists impression of the Eden Valley, Cumbria during the Pleistocene epoch which occurred between 1.8 million years ago to 10, 000 years ago

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