Images Dated 8th August 2005

Lightning strikes across the skies of Twentynine Palms in California during monsoon

Lightning strikes across the skies of Twentynine Palms in California during a monsoon August 8, 2005. Heavy rain continue to pound on the southern Californian desert for the third week. REUTERS/Gene Blevins kw/GB - RP6DRMVDCXAC

Baptism of Jesus and the Raising of Lazarus, 1336. Artist: Sargis Pidsak

Baptism of Jesus and the Raising of Lazarus, 1336. In the top of the image Jesus is being baptised by his cousin St John the Baptist. Below, Jesus is performing the miracle of the Raising of Lazarus after four days. At the feet of Jesus are Martha and Mary, sisters of Lazarus. From an Armenian Evangelistary, a book containing parts of the Christian Gospels which was used during the liturgy

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Florence Nightingale in her carriage in the Crimea, 1856

Florence Nightingale in her carriage in the Crimea, 1856. Known as Florrie's Trolley it was described as ... a homely vehicle corresponding to the womanly simplicity of her whom it was employed to convey'. In 1854, during the Crimean War (1853-1856), Sidney Herbert, Secretary of State for War, appointed the English nurse Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), a family friend, to introduce female nurses into the British military hospitals in the Crimea. Until the end of the war she worked tirelessly to improve conditions. From The Illustrated London News. (London, 30 August 1856)

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