Images Dated 24th January 2003

Sea urchins

Sea urchins (Astropyga radiata). Sea urchins are echinoderms, relatives of the starfish. They possess a rigid body covered in numerous movable venomous spines, which protect them from predators. They also have five-fold body symmetry. Urchins feed on algae and other organic material which they scrape from the surface of rocks. Photographed off Sulawesi, Indonesia

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Satellite image of Spain and Portugal

Spain and Portugal. True-colour satellite image of the Iberian Peninsula of Spain and Portugal. North is at top. Water is blue, dense vegetation is green, sparse vegetation is brown and bare ground is white. The Pyrenees Mountains (upper right) lie on the border with France (paler colours). At lower left is North Africa, separated from Europe by the Strait of Gibraltar. This strait connects the Atlantic Ocean (left) with the Mediterranean Sea (right). In the Mediterranean are the Spanish Balearic Islands (from west to east): Ibiza (Iviza), Mallorca (Majorca) and Menorca (Minorca)

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Formula One Launch: L to R, Eddie Irvine Jordan with new Team Boss Eddie Jordan Jordan Grand Prix

L to R, Eddie Irvine (GBR) Jordan with new Team Boss Eddie Jordan (GBR) Jordan Grand Prix.
Jordan Grand Prix 2nd driver announcement, Silverstone, England, 19 January 1994

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