Images Dated 17th September 2014

Wildflowers of Gran Desierto sand dunes in the Sonoran Desert, mostly dune primrose

Wildflowers of Gran Desierto sand dunes in the Sonoran Desert, mostly dune primrose, desert verbena, and dune sunflower. Pinacate Biosphere Reserve, Sonora, Mexico. (Large format sizes available)

© Thomas Wiewandt / DanitaDelimont.com

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Dusk over Tokyo

Sumida River (Sumida-gawa) with light trails from passing ships during the blue hour.Eitai-bashi (bridge), Chuo-bashi and the residential skyscrapers of Tsukuda in the background

© A 2014 Krzysztof Baranowski

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Palaeography Egyptian hieroglyphics lead to Hebrew and Samaritan characters

Title: Table shewing the probable derivation of Hebrew & Samaritan characters from Egyptian hieroglyphics. Pl. V. The column headers are at the foot of the illustration, including different types of hieroglyph and Hebrew. From: The Origin and Progress of the Art of Writing, by Henry Noel Humphreys. Published in 1868 by William Mackenzie, Glasgow, Edinburgh & London. Subtitle: A number of specimens of the writing of all ages, and a series of facsimiles from autograph letters from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century

© Whiteway