Images Dated 30th April 2004

Crested Dwarf Iris (Iris cristata) Great Smoky Mountains N.P. TN

Crested Dwarf Iris, (Iris cristata), Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

© Adam Jones / DanitaDelimont.com

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Artwork of a comet

Artist's impression of a comet, seen on a winter's night. A comet is a body of ice and dust which moves on a long, elliptical orbit around the Sun. As it nears the Sun its surface is heated and some of the ice evaporates. The gas becomes ionised by the Sun's ultraviolet light and forms a coma, a glowing halo surrounding the nucleus. Ionised gas is drawn outwards by the solar wind (a stream of high velocity charged particles emitted by the Sun), forming a plasma tail. The released dust sometimes forms a second tail, pushed outwards by radiation pressure

© JULIAN BAUM/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

American Alligator - Dorsal closeup

CAN-2336
American Alligator - Dorsal closeup
Louisiana, USA - Native to southeastern United States
Alligator mississippiensis
John Cancalosi
Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

© John Cancalosi/ardea.com

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