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Images Dated 6th May 2008

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Images Dated 6th May 2008: Prosthetic robotic arm, computer artwork

Prosthetic robotic arm, computer artwork. In the future it may be possible for prosthetic limbs to be controlled by thoughts, via electrodes implanted in a users brain

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Ceramic insulators

Ceramic insulators and voltage switching gear at an electricity substation. Photographed at Loch Tummel hydroelectric power station, Perthshire, Scotland, UK

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Orb web spider on its web

Orb web spider on its web
Orb spider (Metellina segmentata) on its web. The spider uses its legs to detect vibrations caused by prey landing on its web. Photographed on Winfrith Heath, Dorset, UK

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Identification and surveillance technology

Identification and surveillance technology, computer artwork. The technology seen here includes satellite imaging, iris scanning and fingerprinting

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Technophobia, conceptual artwork

Technophobia, conceptual artwork
Technophobia, conceptual computer artwork

Spider web covered in dew

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Rhododendron leafhoppers courting

Rhododendron leafhoppers courting
Rhododendron leafhoppers (Graphocephala fennahi) courting on a rhododendron leaf. The male (left) is approaching the female in order to commence mating. Photographed in the UK

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Earths oil reserves, computer artwork

Earths oil reserves, computer artwork
Earths oil reserves. Computer artwork of the Earth and oil barrels. This could represent the Earths oil reserves, or the impact of fossil fuels on the environment

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Alien, computer artwork

Alien, computer artwork
Alien emerging from the mist, computer artwork

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Aliens, computer artwork

Aliens, computer artwork
Aliens emerging from the mist, computer artwork

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Information superhighway, computer artwork

Information superhighway, computer artwork
Information superhighway, conceptual computer artwork. Data discs flying along a tunnel

Fishing nets on a quay. Photographed in Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK

Lobster pots
lobster pots on a quay. These traps are a traditional method of catching lobster. Photographed in Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK

Flint stones on the exterior of a church. This decorative use of flint is known as flint flush work, or flint panelling. Photographed at St Gregorys Priory, Canterbury, UK

Fishing nets on a quay. Photographed in Lyme Regis, Dorset, UK

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Earth spinning on robotic finger, artwork

Earth spinning on robotic finger, artwork
Earth spinning on robotic finger. Conceptual computer artwork of robots taking over the world

Robot, computer artwork

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Robotic hands and Earth, artwork

Robotic hands and Earth, artwork
Robotic hands and Earth. Conceptual computer artwork of robots taking over the world

Images Dated 6th May 2008: DNA molecule and autoradiogram, artwork

DNA molecule and autoradiogram, artwork
DNA molecule and DNA autoradiogram, computer artwork. DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) is composed of two strands twisted into a double helix

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Cumulus clouds

Cumulus clouds. This type of cumulus cloud is known as cumulus mediocris. It does not produce precipitation, but in unstable atmospheric conditions will increase in size to form cloud types that do

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Snow on moorland

Snow on moorland. Photographed on Dartmoor, Devon, UK

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Environmentally friendly house, artwork

Environmentally friendly house, artwork
Environmentally friendly house, conceptual computer artwork

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Copses and fields in autumn

Copses and fields in autumn
Autumn landscape. Deciduous trees and fields in autumn. Photographed in the Lake District, near Underbarrow, Cumbria, UK

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Sheep grazing

Sheep grazing in a field

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Beach replenishment

Beach replenishment. Construction of the sinkerline long pipe at Branksome Chine Beach, Poole, UK. The pipe is part of a coastal management project to reduce the risk of flooding

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Beech foliage

Beech foliage (Fagus sp.) in autumn. Photographed in Perthsire, Scotland, UK

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Ancient oak tree (Quercus sp. )

Ancient oak tree (Quercus sp. )
Ancient oak tree (Quercus sp.). This tree is a remnant of a former Medieval Royal forest. Photographed in Powerstock Common Nature Reserve, Dorset, UK

Yew berries (Taxus baccata) on the ground. These are the seed cones of the yew tree. The seed cone consists of a fleshy red berry-like sheath (aril) surrounding a single seed

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

Common hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
Common hawthorn berries (Crataegus monogyna)

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Common flax (Linum usitatissimum)

Common flax (Linum usitatissimum)
Common flax flowers (Linum usitatissimum) in a field. Flax is the source of the natural fibre that is used to produce linen. It also grown for linseed oil, which is extracted from its seeds

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Lowland heath vegetation

Lowland heath vegetation. Lowland heath is heath that is situated below 300 metres above sea level. This is Winfrith Heath, which has been designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI)

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Forest reflected in a loch

Forest reflected in a loch
Forest of deciduous and coniferous trees reflected in a loch. The deciduous trees are predominately birch (Betula sp.) and larch (Larix sp.)

Images Dated 6th May 2008: Woodland in autumn

Woodland in autumn. Photographed in the Lake District, near Underbarrow, Cumbria, UK

Forest reflected in a loch
Forest of deciduous and coniferous trees reflected in a loch. The deciduous trees are predominately birch (Betula sp.) and larch (Larix sp.)

Woodland in autumn. Photographed in the Lake District, near Underbarrow, Cumbria, UK

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