Images Dated 15th November 2006

An ant-living cricket (Myrmecophila sapporensis)

An ant-living cricket (Myrmecophila sapporensis) in a nest of Japanese ants (Lasius japonicus) that lives its whole life in the ants nest. Because it no longer stridulates it has no hearing organs; because it lives in one place it has no wings; it is very small. Japan

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Ancient Costumes

Fashions of the classical world, circa 50 BC. From left to right, an Egyptian couple, a Greek man in a chlamys or cloak, a Greek woman in a diploidion, a Greek woman in a chiton and himation, a Roman man in a toga, a Roman lictor with a fasces or bundle, a Roman lady in tunic and palla and a Roman countryman with a paenula or cloak. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Distinctive erosion patterns in sandstone cliff

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Distinctive erosion patterns in sandstone cliff
Arches National Park, Uta
Bob Gibbons
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