Images Dated 17th February 2005

Wagga Wagga

A hut in Wagga Wagga in New South Wales, Australia, 19th century. Butcher Arthur Orton, also known as Thomas Castrolate, subject of the famous Tichborne Claimant trial is said to have lived here. (Photo by Rischgitz/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Soldier mans a .50 caliber machine gun mount

Pacific Ocean, February 18, 2005 - Soldier mans a .50 caliber machine gun mount during a Strike Group Force Protection exercise aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)

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Rotifer

Light micrograph of Rotaria a common bdelloid rotifer. Rotifers are roundworms & are found in abundance in freshwater. They also inhabit waterlogged mosses, damp earth & a few are found in the sea. This freshwater specimen is feeding among organically encrusted algal filaments. Rotifers are divided into three sections, head, trunk & foot. The head region is crowned with a ring of cilia & contains two eye spots (both visible here). In motion, Rotaria loops along like a leech or uses the current created by the beating cilia to propel itself through the water. Magnification X100 at 35mm size (dark field illumination)

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