Images Dated 15th September 2006

Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.162v Drawing sap from a tree, Illustration from the '

XJL212087 Ms Fr. Fv VI #1 fol.162v Drawing sap from a tree, Illustration from the Book of Simple Medicines by Mattheaus Platearius (d.c.1161) c.1470 (vellum) by Testard, Robinet (fl.1470-1523); 26x35.5 cm; National Library, St. Petersburg, Russia; (add.info.: manuscript possibly for Louise of Savoy, wife of Charles of Angouleme;); French, out of copyright

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Mount Tongariro

A full moon illuminates two trekkers by their camp fire in the Waihohonu valley in the North Island of New Zealand, circa 1850. In the background is the volcano Mount Tongariro. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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Trickling Buttress

Part of the White Terrace at Lake Rotomahana near Rotorua, New Zealand, known as The Trickling Buttress, circa 1880. Consisting of layers of limestone and travertine deposited by hot water cascading down the mountainside, the terrace was destroyed when nearby Mount Tarawera erupted in 1886. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

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