Images Dated 18th April 2013 (#99)

Vitis sp. red grape
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a red grape (Vitis sp.), artificially coloured by computer

Mountains, Madeira, Portugal, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Darwin Centre Live Presentation

Architeutis dux, giant squid

Floating dock, Bermuda and Mt. Eclipse 1873

Panthera leo, lion
Lion skull with lower jaw viewed from the right. Remains found in the moat of the Tower of London during the 1930s. Now held in the collections at the Natural History Museum, London

Pteropus livingstonii, Comoro black flying fox
Photograph showing view from above and left side of two Comoro black flying fox, or Livingstones flying fox, skull specimens

Wood scenery with waterfall, Levuka, Fiji Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Galena
Specimen number BM 42141, from Heredsfoot Mine, Cornwall, England

Parakeet undulated
Parrakeet undulated, article taken from George Shaws The Naturalists Miscellany vol. 16, 1751-1813

Velociraptor
An animatronic model of the dinosaur Velociraptor created by Kokoro for the Natural History Museum

Sugar grains
A scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of sugar grains, artificially coloured by computer

Gold washing at gold mine, Sandy Point, Strait of Magellan
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Equus burchelli, Burchells zebra
The striped skin of a stuffed Burchells zebra specimen held at the Natural History Museum, London

View along coast. Cape Verde Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Convolvulus Cave at Walsingham, Bermuda 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Rotomah Men
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Linda Pitkin

Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae, mole flea
A macro photograph of the largest flea in the UK, the mole flea (Hystrichopsylla talpae talpae), which is common on small mammals throughout the UK

Exterior of a building, China
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Wellington, New Zealand
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Fritillaria sp. fritillary
An illustration by Johann Christoph Keller, 1786. Original arwork from the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Lavandula santolinaefolia, lavender
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Helminthochiton muscronatus
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Natives in canoe, Humboldt Bay, Admiralty Islands
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Ship in dock, Yokosuka, Japan
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Stereosternum
Fossil from the Natural History Museum s, Palaeontology Department

Drawing labelled Coral
Drawing by Thomas Malie. Thomas Malie, a surgeon to the Kings Dragoon Guards, sailed to the West Indies during the course of his military service and made detailed drawings of local flora and fauna

Pinus sylvestris, Scots pine
A photograph of the decorative ceiling panels from the roof of the Natural History Museums Central Hall. Showing Pinus sylvestris, a Dahlia hybrid, viburnum and iris

Velociraptor
An animatronic model of the dinosaur Velociraptor created by Kokoro for the Natural History Museum

Hypsilophodon
Two Hypsilophodon taken from a reconstruction of south-eastern England in the early Cretaceous

Bahia, Brazil, South America 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Ipomoea sp. morning glory
An illustration of morning glory by John Frederick Miller, 1776, from the Cook Collection held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London

Homo neanderthalensis, neanderthal man
A model head of Homo neanderthalensis (Neanderthal man), created by Maurice Wilson. Neanderthal man is believed to have lived between 130, 000 to 35, 000 years ago

Nest of Megapodins, Cape York
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

View over terraced mountain scenery, c. 1870
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876) funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Drawing labelled Coral

Pyrrhula pyrrhula, bullfinch
A female bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula) in flight, U.K. Photoraphed by Frank Greenaway

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz (1807-1873)
Portrait of Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz, a Swiss born physician who in 1826 began researching fish from the Amazon which lead to his publication Fishes of Brazil

Andrew Murray (1812-1878)
Portrait of Andrew Murray, a Scottish botanist

English Insects illustration by James Barbut
Illustrated plate from The Genera Insectorum of Linnaeus exemplified by various specimens of English insects drawn from Nature (1781) by James Barbut

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1881)
British born naturalist on board H.M.S. Beagle and author of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (1859)

Hyperoodon ampullatus, northern bottlenose whale
Skeleton of the northern bottlenose whale (Hyperoodon ampullatus), also known as the Thames Whale, which became stranded in the River Thames

Prunus armenicaca, apricot
Illustration from Pomona Italiana volume 2 1817-39, by Count Giorgio Gallesio (1772-1839). Held in the Botany Library at the Natural History Museum, London. Illustration entitled Albicocca di Germania

Tyrannosaurus rex

Private garden, St. Michael, Azores 1873
A photograph taken during the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger (1872-1876), funded by the British Government for scientific purposes

Ferula galbaniflua, galbanum
Illustration from the Botany Library Plate Collection held at the Natural History Museum, London

Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882)
British born naturalist on board H.M.S. Beagle and author of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life (1859)

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