Images Dated 1st July 2003

Norfolk Broads by LNER, LNER poster, 1923-1947

Poster produced for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to promote rail travel to the Norfolk Broads, showing a pair of flying mallard ducks. The Norfolk Broads are a series of shallow lakes in the eastern part of England, surrounded by reedy marshes abounding in waterfowl, extending around the Rivers Waveney and Yare. Artwork by V L Danvers

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Harwich - Hook for the Continent, LNER poster, 1923-1947

London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) poster, advertising the introduction of three new ships (Amsterdam, Prague and Vienna) to the nightly service between Harwich/Hook and the continent. Artwork by Frank H Mason

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Newborn seahorse, SEM

Newborn seahorse. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a young seahorse (Hippocampus sp.). The seahorse is a fish that swims upright using its pectoral fins (upper right) and dorsal fin (lower centre). A young seahorse develops in one of hundreds of eggs that the female deposits in the male's pouch. The eggs hatch after 2-6 weeks. A seahorse sucks up tiny shrimps, fish larvae and tiny crustaceans through its tube-like mouth (upper centre). It can moor itself to plants or coral using its prehensile tail (lower left). Seahorses range in length from 2-40 centimetres, inhabiting temperate and tropical seas worldwide. Magnification: x20 at 6x7cm size

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