Images Dated 27th April 2014

Eighteenth century man out riding with his dog

A wealthy young 18th century man out riding in the countryside with his dog. From a??R. Caldecotta??s Second Collection of Pictures and Songsa?? containing a??The Milkmaida??, a??Hey Diddle Diddlea??, Baby Buntinga??, The Fox Jumps Over the Parsona??s Gatea??, a??A Frog He Would a-Wooing Goa??, a??Come Lasses and Ladsa??, a??Ride a Cock Horsea??a??, a??A Farmer Went Trottinga??a??, a??Mrs Mary Blaizea?? and a??The Great Panjandrum Himselfa??. Drawn by Randolph Caldecott; engraved and printed by E. Evans. Published by George Routledge & Sons, London & New York, c1885

Beavertail Cactus in flower (Opuntia basilaris var. whitneyana), found only in Alabama Hills

Beavertail Cactus in flower (Opuntia basilaris var. whitneyana), found only in Alabama Hills, near Lone Pine, Inyo County, California, USA

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Colorful atmospheric gravity waves called airglow over Tibet

The atmospheric gravity waves revealed by a thin layer of glowing atmosphere called airglow is captured from the Tibetan Plateau. The orange colors come from excited hydroxyl radicals, and the green colors from oxygen light emissions. In the foreground are the Himalayas, and astronomy photographers capturing the night sky

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