Images Dated 7th September 2005

Dutch Christmas

A Dutch Christmas meeting on the ice, circa 1600. The Dutch celebrate Christmas or Sinterklaasavond on the 5th December, when Saint Nicholas or Sinterklaas distributes presents to deserving Dutch children. An engraving by M. Kraus after J. W. Freys. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Female pelvis, coloured 3-D CT scan

Female pelvis, coloured 3-D computed tomography (CT) scan. The upper part of each thigh bone (femur) is seen at each side of the pelvis, where they form the hip joints. The spine runs down centre, terminating in the coccyx (tail bone) at lower centre. Major blood vessels are also seen, separating at top centre and running down each leg. The female pelvis is wider and shallower than the male, which facilitates childbirth

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Impact sites, Comet Shoemaker-Levy/Jupiter collisi

Comet Shoemaker-Levy/Jupiter collision. Colour image made by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) showing numerous impact sites following the arrival of fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 at Jupiter in July 1994. The impact sites are the dark brown areas in a line from upper left to lower right. On the limb at upper left is Impact E/F (17/18 July). At centre is the star-shaped site of Impact H (19.26 GMT, 18 July). At lower right are three large sites (l-r); Impact Q1 (19.59 GMT, 20 July), Impact R (05.22 GMT, 21 July) and the merged Impacts D/G (17/18 July). Just above centre is Jupiter's Great Red Spot

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