Images Dated 30th April 2004

The Grand Canyon from Yavapai Point on South Rim Drive

The Grand Canyon from Yavapai Point on South Rim Drive, with O'Neill Butte and Cedar Ridge lit scarlet by the setting sun. Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, USA

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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

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American Alligator - Dorsal closeup

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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

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