Images Dated 9th March 2005

2005 British Formula 3 Championship Test Day, Snetterton

2005 British Formula 3 Championship
Test Day, Snetterton. 22nd February 2005
Christian Bakkerud (Carlin). Action.
World Copyright: Andrew Ferraro/LAT Photographic
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Outer layers of the eye, SEM

Outer layers of the eye. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the choroid (top) and sclera (bottom) layers of the eye. The sclera is the white outer layer of the eye. It is composed of tough fibrous connective tissue and covers all of the eye except the cornea. It protects the structures within the eyeball and attaches to muscles that move the eye and maintain its shape. The choroid layer, which lies behind the sclera and in front of the retina, is highly vascular and supplies blood to the back of the eye. It is pigmented to absorb excessive light, preventing internal reflections that would form multiple images on the retina. Magnification: x26 when printed 10 centimetres wide

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Mammoth leg

Mammoth leg (Mammuthus sp.). This leg was found preserved in permafrost in Berelekh, eastern Siberia, Russia. Its soft tissues and wool are largely intact and it is being displayed in the Yakutsk geological museum. Mammoths are an elephant-like mammal which inhabited northern regions of the world and became extinct only a few thousand years ago. Many similar bodies have been found elsewhere preserved in permafrost. In 1970 alone, around 8000 bones from 120 mammoths were extracted from the Berelekh site

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