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Acorns of Cork oak (Quercus suber L.)
Bark of Cork oak (Quercus suber L.)
Plant 12 years old of Cork Oak (Quercus suber L.)
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Acorns of Cork oak Quercus suber, Ceuta, Spain.
Acorns of Cork oak Quercus suber, Ceuta, Spain
Photo of Quercus suber from Algarve, Portugal (scale: Margret Grobe)
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Sobreiro no Parque da Serafina em Lisboa
Quercus suber acorns and leaves Dehesa Boyal de Puertollano, Spain
Quercus suber acorns and leaves Dehesa Boyal de Puertollano, Spain
Cork Oak (Quercus suber) - Habitat: Filitosa site, ( Corse-du-Sud) - France.
Vorder und RГјckseite eines Blattes der Korkeiche
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Quercus suber trunk, Sierra Madrona, Spain
Quercus suber habit, Sierra Madrona, Spain
Acorn of Cork oak Quercus suber, Ceuta, Spain.
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Quercus suber in Giardino dei Semplici di Firenze
Quercus suber in Giardino dei Semplici di Firenze
Bark detail of the Quercus suber
Cork Oak (Quercus suber), Villelongue dels Monts, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Cork Oak (Quercus suber), Villelongue dels Monts, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Cork Oak (Quercus suber), Villelongue dels Monts, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Cork Oak (Quercus suber), Villelongue dels Monts, Languedoc-Roussillon, France
Quercus suber with an understory of Myrtus communis, Cap Corse, Corsica
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cork oak
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Cork-tree groves near Vila Franca, the inland end of the city bay of Lisbon. Of all Portugal's exports, 22 percent in cork. Peasants herd their pigs in a cork grove here.
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A diagonal sectionthrough the trunk of a cork oak, Quercus suber
South of Ubrique in Southern Spain there is a vast forest of cork trees (Quercus suber), many of which have been recently (2008) stripped
Corcho recolectado junto al sendero de la Sauceda, Los Alcornocales (Spain)
ChГЄne-liГЁge sur l'Г®le de Porquerolles
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A Cork Oak in the park near the 'Auberge landaise' in Mont de Marsan
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Camino de el Picacho y el Aljibe
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Alcornoque. Quercus suber. Cork oak.
Alcornoque. Quercus suber. Cork oak.
Tres alcornoques pelados en Agullana (Alto AmpurdГЎn, Gerona).
Weinkristalle am Korken (Kristalle und Korken eines 1979er Weissweines aus Г–sterreich
Svepask av björknäver
Sugar makak 1925
Берестяной туес. ru:Мезенская роспись. Мастер Александр Владимирович Шутихин. (Магазин
Celtic museum in Hallein ( Salzburg ). Celtic pointed hat made of birch bark, from DГјrnberg, grave 352 ( 464 BC ).
Ojibwe kamp van ca. honderd jaar geleden, met koepelvormige wiigwaaman (wigwams) en kano's van berkenbast
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Easter Bunny face on a birch stump; standing outside a private house in the village of Einruhr, Eifel, Germany
Contemporary birch bark biting in the image of a turtle by Odawa-Ojibwe artist Kelly Church
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Finnish fishing net weights made out of birch bark and stones.
Upper Cambrian wave ripple marks at WiЕ›niГіwka DuЕјa (Poland).
Upper Cambrian ripple marks at WiЕ›niГіwka DuЕјa (Poland).
Upper Cambrian ripple marks at WiЕ›niГіwka DuЕјa (Poland).
ripple marks on a sanbd dune
en:Wave ripple or symmetric ripple, from en:Permian rocks in en:Nomgon, Mongolia
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Ripplemarks in a biosparite/grainstone (Carmel Formation, Middle Jurassic, near Gunlock, Utah).
Ripple marks on the bed of the Lake Mukrz in TleЕ„, Poland.
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fossile Rippelmarken, HaГџberge
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Ripple marks, Wealden Sandstone, Cretaceous, Northern Germany (length 84 cm)
Oszillationsrippel.
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Magaliesberg dip slope (north-facing) showing fossil ripple marks. Grass-like plants in background are Coleochloa setifera while dead-looking shrubs are dormant Myrothamnus flabellifolia. Locality Hamerkop Kloof, Magaliesberg, South Africa
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Polygonal pattern of recent ripple marks made by interference waves in water pool at a river beach sand.
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Ripple marks preserved in sandstone from a pool formed during the Late Triassic or Early Jurassic at the Dinosaur Footprints wilderness reservation in Holyoke, Massachusetts. Pencil for scale.
Ripples in biosparite limestone, Carmel Formation (Jurassic) of southwestern Utah.
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A galaxy, spiral no less ^^
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A view of galaxy NGC 7
Artist's conception of the Milky Way galaxy.
Rings of brilliant blue stars encircle the bright, active core of this spiral galaxy, whose monster black hole is blasting material into space at over 14 million kilometres per hour. Viewed nearly face-on, the galaxy, called Markarian 817, shows intense star-forming regions and dark bands of interstellar dust along its spiral arms.
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another spiral galaxy
another spiral galaxy
Located about 155 million light-years away towards the southern constellation Centaurus (the Centaur), ESO 269-G57 is a spectacular spiral galaxy of symmetrical shape that belongs to a well-known cluster of galaxies seen in this direction. An inner 'ring', of several tightly wound spiral arms, surrounded by two outer ones that appear to split into several branches, are clearly visible. Many blue and diffuse objects are seen - most are star-forming regions. ESO 269-G57 extends over about 4 arc minutes in the sky, corresponding to nearly 200,000 light-years across. Resembling a large fleet of spaceships, many other faint, distant galaxies are visible in the background.Obtained with VLT ANTU and FORS1 in the morning of March 27, 1999. The full field measures 6.8 x 6.8 arcmin2. North is up and East is to the left. The image is based on data collected in the B, V, R and H-alpha filters, for a total exposure time of a little over one hour (64 min). The data were extracted from the ESO Science Archive and further processed by Henri Boffin (ESO). Telescope: UT1/Antu Instrument: FORS1 Size: 1947x1797
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The occulting pair of spiral galaxies 2MASX J00482185-2507365 as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope.
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This image illustrates how the convergence of the Oyashio and Kuroshio currents affect phytoplankton. When two currents with different temperatures and densities (cold, Arctic water is saltier and denser than subtropical waters) collide, they create eddies. Phytoplankton growing in the surface waters become concentrated along the boundaries of these eddies, tracing out the motions of the water. The swirls of colour visible in the waters south-east of Hokkaido (upper left), show where different kinds of phytoplankton are using chlorophyll and other pigments to capture sunlight and produce food. The bright blues just offshore of Hokkaido may be churned up sediment, rather than phytoplankton. The washed out appearance of the image at lower left is from sun glint — the (blurred) mirror-like reflection of the Sun off the water. At upper right, a plume of haze, perhaps smoke from fires in Mongolia and Russia, cuts across the scene.
This natural-colour (photo-like) image shows winter ice hugging the coastline of Canada’s Baffin Island. Clouds often hover over the Arctic during the Northern Hemisphere summer, making cloud-free images such as this one relatively rare. Although a few wispy clouds appear in the upper right and lower left corners of this image, the delicate swirls of white running along the eastern edge of Baffin Island are sea ice. Eddies along Baffin Island’s coast have fashioned the ice into interlocking swirls, especially near Cumberland Sound. Farther north, a long band of ice holds fast to the shore east of Barnes Icecap. Although less inclined to move with the currents, this ice also shows signs of weakening, as its edges splinter, and pieces float away. The sea ice retreat captured in this image appears typical of seasonal melt. Since the turn of the twenty-first century, however, Arctic sea ice extent has declined sharply, experiencing a series of low summertime extents and poor wintertime recoveries.
Surface waves of water: expansion of a disturbance. – It shows a realistic disturbance (caused by shortly dipping a stick into the water) and its expansion forming interfering circles of limited concentricity. The near metallic appearance of the water's surface is due to the small angle of illumination.
Aloe polyphylla, also known as Spiral aloe
The trunk of a palm tree, Fortaleza (Brazil).
Closeup (macro) photograph of a koru (fern) unfurling. Taken in New Zealand Taken with a Pentax istDS with a 50mm macro lens.
Recursive image illustrating the Droste effect. Created using the mathmap pluging for GIMP. Author's description: Inspiration here, mathematics here, original picture here. Part of my Recursion set.
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Curly cucumbers from Thailand (Samut Prakan). Thai name: Muniauo.
Photograph by Dirk van der Made (en:User:DirkvdM - for more photos see en:user:DirkvdM/Photographs). A climber plant in Costa Rica, near Orosi, Februari 2004 Does anyone know what plant this is? If so, please tell me on my talk page, so I'll notice. I will then change the title and description myself.
Billbergia x windii
Billbergia x windii
Billbergia x windii
Baby banana tree developing the first leaf, seen in Thailand.
Aloe polyphylla
Aloe polyphylla Schönland ex Pillans Asphodelaceae Also placed in: Aloaceae
Phyllocrania paradoxa (Morphology)
Photo by Ramin Nakisa.
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Mimicry by spider
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Mimicry: Mantis religiosa and Asteraceae plant both green
A locust in the grass. Russia, Leningradskaya oblast
Fly Mimicking Wasp. By Matthew Dingemans (Self) Also found online at http://flickr.com/photos/exno/449001868/.
Mimicry among birds, Shikra Accipiter badius and Hierococcyx varius
From top to bottom: Papilio eurydorus Lucas = Parides bunichus (HГјbner, [1821]) Papilio eupatorion Boisd. = Mimoides lysithous eupatorion (Lucas, [1859]) Papilio zeuxis Lucas = Parides erithalion zeuxis (Lucas, 1852) Papilio Е“dypus Boisd. [non Fabricius, 1787] = Parides childrenae latifasciata (KrГјger, 1925)
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Mimicry in butterflies (1915) http://www.archive.org/details/mimicryinbutterf00punn
Lacerta agilis, Zauneidechsen, männlich und weiblich
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Vanellus miles, Young masked Lapwing
A grasshopper nymph from Wayanad, Kerala. The camouflage - lichen like patches on it match the lichen patches on the leaves.
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A couple of turtles sunbathing
Close up image of Tropical striped triplefin, (Helcogramma striatum), perched on coral. Taken at Lembeh Straights, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Cuban treefrog, Fern Forest nature center in Coconut Creek Florida.
Tragelaphus angasii — Nyala — South Africa — October 2003
Mossy frog (Theloderma corticale) in New England Aquarium, Boston MA. In this uncropped photo, the frog is well-camoflaged and a bit hard to see; see also the cropped version.
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Striped eel catfish, Plotosus lineatus. Photo by J. Petersen taken in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia.
Kakapo Pounamu, showing how the bird's plumage acts as camouflage in vegetation.
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A Tuatara, in Waikanae, New Zealand
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Blotched water snake, Nerodia erythrogaster transversa. Note that the side blotches alternate with the middle ones. A green bottle fly rests on the snake.
Tiny green turtle with yellow strip markings half submerged in water.
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Camouflage of a Cuttlefish (Sepia), Corfu, Greece
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A Sea Anemone is using a shell of Sea Urchin to Camouflage itself at Moss Beach, California
Scorpionfish laying on a stony part of a reef. Notice how colors are enhanced by the natural light brought by< the flash (whereas natural light, filtered by the layer of water, would render the same color as the stone around it).
A scorpion fish of unknown species. Identification is appreciated. Taken in Baja California Peninsula.
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To appreciate the camouflage of a Red-Tailed Hawk, you need to see it in black and white, like its prey sees it.
Ptarmigan, Lagopus muta
Ptarmigan and chicks
Furcifer oustaleti в™Ђ
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The Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common and familiar European species and is often strongly migratory.
The Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common and familiar European species and is often strongly migratory.
The Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common and familiar European species and is often strongly migratory.
The Angle Shades (Phlogophora meticulosa) is a moth of the family Noctuidae. It is a common and familiar European species and is often strongly migratory.
Murlough Beach, Newcastle, County Down, Northern Ireland, February 2010
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Male Peppered jumper (Pelegrina galathea) in Nashville, Tennessee
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A Brown Hyena (Hyaena brunnea Syn. Parahyaena brunnea), courtesy of pistoleros.no
Papilloculiceps longiceps
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An Owl
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Ocelot (Leopardus pardalis)
Female Numbat (Myrmecobius fasciatus) at the Perth Zoo
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Camouflage of the New Zealand Grasshopper, photographed in Karori, Wellington, New Zealand.
Municipal museum NovГ© MД›sto nad MetujГ­
Municipal museum NovГ© MД›sto nad MetujГ­
Municipal museum NovГ© MД›sto nad MetujГ­
Municipal museum NovГ© MД›sto nad MetujГ­
Municipal museum NovГ© MД›sto nad MetujГ­
Municipal museum NovГ© MД›sto nad MetujГ­
Municipal museum NovГ© MД›sto nad MetujГ­
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Insect w:Planthopper, Siphanta acuta mimics a w:leaf
Insect w:Planthopper, Siphanta acuta mimics a w:leaf
Insect w:Planthopper, Siphanta acuta mimics a w:leaf
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