Images Dated 2015

The mushroom cloud formed from the first hydrogen bomb explosion, code named Ivy Mike

The mushroom cloud formed from the first hydrogen bomb explosion, code named Ivy Mike, which destroyed the island of Elugelab in the Enewetak atoll. The United States tested 67 nuclear weapons during the period of the Cold War including Castle Bravo which was the largest nuclear test ever conducted. Marshall Islands, Micronesia

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Spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus)

Spotted wobbegong (Orectolobus maculatus), under school of Slender cardinalfish (Rhabdamia gracilis). Looks sluggish, but can be agile and temperamental, as many unwary divers have found. North Solitary Island, New South Wales, Australia

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Mexican shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeeana)

Mexican shrimp plant (Justicia brandegeeana) in flower in a private garden. The plant can form chains of the deep red bracts up to about 30 cm long until they break off. Origin: Mexico

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