Images Dated 17th April 2013 (page 10)

Balanites aegyptiaca, desert date or bito tree
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Homo habilis tools
A collection of pebble tools (Oldowan) discovered at the Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. They date back to about 1.8 million years ago

Porana oeningen, fossil flower
Fossil flower from the late Miocene Tortonian rocks of Oeningen, Baden, Germany. Morning glory family - Convolvulaceae. Specimen from the Van Breda Collection

Mentha arvensis, mint
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Bruguiera gymnorrhiza, orange mangrove tree
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Barringtonia calyptrata, mango pine tree
Finished watercolour by Fred Polydore Nodder from an original outine drawing by Sydney Parkinson made during Captain James Cooks first voyage across the Pacific, 1768-1771

Gigantiops destructor, South American jumping ant
High magnification image made with a scanning electron microscope of the head of a South American jumping ant. Image coloured artificially by a computer

Euoplocephalus
A model of Euoplocephalus, one of the armoured plated dinosaurs from the family Ankylosauria. It lived during the Upper Cretaceous period 76 to 70 million years ago

Rosa noisettiana purpurea, pink noisette
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) from Les Roses Vol. 1, 1817. Illustration entitled Rosier noisette a fleurs rouges

Rosa gallica regalis, Royal Highness provins rose
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) from Les Roses Vol. 1, 1817. Illustration entitled Rosier Grandeur Royale

Rosa damascena celsiana, Celss rose
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840) from Les Roses Vol. 1, 1817. Illustration entitled Rosier de Cels

Papaver somniferum, opium poppy
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Viola tricolor, pansy
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33. Illustration entitled Bouquet de Pensees

Jasminum grandiflorum, Spanish jasmine
Painting by Pierre Joseph Redoute (1759-1840), from his publication Choix des plus belles fleurs (The Most Beautiful Flowers), c. 1827-33

Campanula rotundifolia, harebell

Dinosaur footprints at Swanage
Fossilised footprint of a dinosaur dating back to around 135 million years ago from a Purbeck Stone quarry near Swanage, Dorset, UK. Scientists believe that they may have belonged to the Iguanodon

Anas discors, blue-winged teal
Plate 313 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

Chalk sea diorama
Diorama of Cretaceous (144 to 65 million years ago) sea floor chalk deposits, and various cephalopods

Anastomus lamelligerus, African open-bill
Watercolour and pencil by Claude Gibney Finch-Davies (1918). This species is a member of the stork family and mainly hunts in marshes and wetlands

Five bivalve fossils
(Top) Chlamys fibrosa; (Centre left) Chlamys splendens; (Centre right) Perampliata ampliata; (Lower left) Mytilus ungulatus; (Lower right) Trigonia reticulata

Alethopteris lonchitica, fossil seed fern
Shown here is a frond of the seed fern Alethopteris, specimen originating from Carboniferous rocks near Barnsley, England

Murchison Snuff Box
The base of the gold snuff box presented to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison by Tsar Alexander II

Chrysoberyl cut stone
This is Alexandrite, a cushion-shaped Chrysoberyl (beryllium aluminum oxide) gemstone. Alexandrite is named after the former czar of Russia, Alexander II

Fossiliferous limestone
Wenlock Limestone from Dudley. Middle Silurian about 420 million years ago

Diamond crystal
Natural diamond crystal in Kimberlite from Kimberley, South Africa. Kimberlite is the rock in which diamonds occur. The rock was named after the the South African site, Kimberley

Calcite (Calcium Carbonate) variant iceland spar
A cleaved rhomb of iceland spar showing double refraction from near Eskifjordr, Iceland

Aepyornis maximus, elephant bird
Painting by Maurice Wilson from his drawings collection (1950)

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Confectioner shop
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Entrance to the confectioners shop Forn Des Teatre, alongside customers. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain, - Alter- Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. The Alter section of the Cathedral sa Seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain, - Almudiana Royal Palace
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Exterior of the Almudiana Royal Palace alongside pedestrians and walkway. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain, - Cupola - True Cross
Palma, mallorca, Spain. Cupola In the chapel of the True Cross found within Baroque Capital Hall in the Cathedral Sa seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain, - Almudaina Royal Palace
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Depiction of the tower of the Almudaina Royal Palaces exterior.The building comprises a rectangular tower, home to the Kings Palace, Queens Palace

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Interior - Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca, Spain interior of the Cathedral Sa Seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Interior - Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. The interior of the altar section of the Cathedral Sa seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Rosette Window - Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Rosette-window embedded within the Cathedral Sa Seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Altar - Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca, Spain, Altar section within the cathedral Sa Seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Cupola in the chapel of True Cross
Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Cupola found within the chapel of the True Cross in Boroque Capital Hall, which is situated within the Cathedral Sa Seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - True Cross - Baroque Capital Hall
Palma, Mallorca, Spain - The True Cross in the Baroque Capital Hall situated within the Cathedral Sa Seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Baroque Capital Hall
Palma, Mallorca, Spain - The Baroque Capital Hall situated inside the Cathedral Sa Seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca - Horse Carriage at Almudiana Palace
Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Horse Carriage in front of the Almudiana Palace. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - The Lords Supper - Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Cathedral Sa Seu side chapel, depicting a close up of a wall relief carving depicting the Last Supper, decorated with gold leaf. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Fundacio la Caixa
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Fundacio La Caixa the first and former grand hotel of Mallorca. It was this building that started the craze for modernist architecture in the city. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Interior - Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. The inside of the Cathedral Sa Seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Side Chapel - Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca. Cathedral Sa Seu side chapel. Revealing the Lords Supper embedded within gold. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Interior - Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Inside entrance gate into the Cathedral Sa Seu. Date: 2013

Palma, Mallorca, Spain - Interior - Cathedral Sa Seu
Palma, Mallorca, Spain. Interior of the Cathedral Sa Seu. Date: 2013

Fossil shells of the Eocene Tertiary Period
Plate III from Principles of Geology, being an attempt to explain the former changes of the Earths surface. Vol. 3 1832-33 by Charles Lyell (1797-1875)

Cricetinae (subfamily), dwarf hamster
Plate 12 from Recherches pour servir a l histoire naturelle des Mammifcres, Vols. 1-4, 1868-74, by Dr. Henri Milne-Edwards (1800-1885) & Dr. Alphonse Milne-Edwards (1835-1900)

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