Interesting Collection (page 3)

Green hydra (Hydra viridissima) found in a garden pond. Derbyshire, UK. September. Winner of the Hidden Britain Category of the British Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards (BWPA) Competition 2017

Striped mackerel (Rastrelliger kanagurta) mouth wide open as it swims through the water, filtering zoopankton with its gill rakers. Marsa Shouna, Port Ghalib, Marsa Alam, Egypt. Red Sea

Mountain tree shrew (Tupaia montana) feeding on nectar secreted by the endemic Pitcher Plant (Nepenthes kinabaluensis) Montane forests (at 2200m-3000m), slopes of Mt Kinabalu

Green / Double-crested basilisk (Basiliscus plumifrons) running across water surface, Santa Rita, Costa Rica

California sea lion (Zalophus californianus) uses a Panamic cushion star (Pentaceraster cumingi) as a toy. The sealions pick up the starfish and then drop them and chase after them as they sink

Pigtail Macaques (Macaca nemestrina) crossing purpose-built primate wires"
Pigtail Macaques (Macaca nemestrina) crossing purpose-built " primate wires" connecting isolated patches of forest, Kinabatangan River, Sukau, Sabah, Borneo, September 2008

Monarch (Danaus plexippus), butterfly emerging from chrysalis on Tropical milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) wings unfolding, series, Hill Country, Texas, USA

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Slime mould (Cribraria rufa) line of three immature sporangia on rotting log, showing the net beginning to form around what will become the spore mass, Buckinghamshire, England, UK. October

Spain, Barcelona, Casa Batllo, roof architecture and ceramic tiles

Troglodyte cave dwellings, undergroung houses, Guadix, Andalucia, Spain

Landscape view of Troglodyte cave dwellings, Guadix, Andalucia, Spain

Spain - Troglodyte cave dwellings, Guadix, Andalucia

Troglodyte cave dwellings, Guadix, Andalucia, Spain

Spain - Troglodyte cave dwellings, undergroung houses, Guadix, Andalucia

The Prague Castle, Prague Old Town, Czech Republic

Karistejn Castle, Czech Republic, Europe

Krivoklat Castle, Czech Republic, Europe

Chyse Castle, Zamek Pivovar, Czech Republic, Europe

Karlovy Vary Spa, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Karlovy Vary Spa, Bohemia, Czech Republic, Europe

Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, Europe

Karlovy Vary Spa, Czech Republic

Old Town in Loket, Czech Republic, Europe

Frydland Castle, Czech Republic, Europe

Gardens near Hradcany Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

The street to the Hradcany Castle, Prague, Europe

View of St. Nicholas Church, Mala Strana, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Ariel view of the Prague Old Town, Czech Republic, UNESCO

The Prague Castle, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Prague Old Town, Charles Bridge, view towards Mala Strana, Czech Republic, UNESCO

Charles Bridge, view towards Mala Strana, Prague Old Town, Czech Republic

Charles Bridge View towards Mala Strana, Prague, Czech Republic, Europe

Charles Bridge before sunrise, Prague Old Town skyline, Czech Republic, UNESCO

Charles Bridge skyline, Prague Old Town city, Czech Republic, UNESCO

Loket at night, Czech Republic, Europe

Loket Castle, Czech Republic, Europe

Wave breaking over the reef, Table coral (Acropora) Safaga, Egypt, Red Sea

Field Gun outside the TJaegershof Restaurant
The restaurant has a small but interesting museum which is concerned with the activities nearby, including the St Sixtus Abbey

Kyrgyz women in traditional costume. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Women of the Mordvin Moksha people in traditional costume of embroidered skirts and many accessories. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire

Women of the Mordvin Erzya people in traditional costume. Mordovia. Illustration from Peter Simon Pallas Travels through the southern provinces of the Russia Empire, 1812

Mohammad Karim Khan Zand or Karim Han, founder of the Zand Dynasty, 1705-1779. Illustration from Guillaume-Antoine Oliviers Travels in the Ottoman Empire, Egypt and Persia, 1801

Mandinka (Mandingo) man and woman of West Africa. From Mungo Parks Travels in the Interior of Africa. Copperplate engraving by Dell Acqua handcoloured by Lazaretti from Giovanni Battista Sonzognos

Chukchi woman with tattoos on her cheek, chin and arm, and ear piercings. (Chukotka region, Russia). From Joseph Billings

Man and woman of the Morea Eyalet, the Peloponnese, Greece. Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More, Albania and several other parts of the Ottoman Empire, 1805

Hursid Ahmed Pasha (died 1822), Ottoman governor
Hursid Ahmed Pasha (died 1822), Ottoman general and governor of the Morea Eyalet (the Peloponnese). Illustration from Francois Pouquevilles Travels through More

Green elfcup fungus (Chlorociboria aeruginascens) fruiting bodies on decaying wood. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. November. Focus stacked image

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