Images Dated 2005

Antarctic beech trees (Lophozonia moorei)

Antarctic beech trees (Lophozonia moorei), in mist along the Border Track, a cool subtropical rainforest habitat. Binna Burra Section, Lamington National Park, southern Queensland, Australia

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Algal-bacterial mat of incipient thrombolites (Scytonema sp.)

Algal-bacterial mat of incipient thrombolites (Scytonema sp.), in calcium carbonate-rich fresh water, growing at an average of a millimetre a year. One of the earliest forms of life, producing oxygen that over eons created the atmosphere we live in today. Lake Clifton, Yalgorup National Park, near Mandurah, Western Australia

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A twisted-wing parasite (Xenos moutoni)

A twisted-wing parasite (Xenos moutoni), female parasitising a Yellow hornet (Vespa simillima). Larvae attach themselves to foraging hornets and possibly enter larval bodies of the host hornets. They do not directly kill the hornets but infested hornets become inactive and do not share in colony maintenance and development. Japan