Images Dated 2015 August

Desert hamster (Phodopus roborovskii)

Desert hamster (Phodopus roborovskii), on miniature deck chair. The smallest and fastest hamster; commonly kept as pet. Origin: northern China, Gobi Desert, Inner Mongolia

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Wildflowers: Cretan vipers bugloss (Echium creticum)

Wildflowers: Cretan vipera??s bugloss (Echium creticum), and Garland chrysanthemum (Chrysanthemum coronarium). Skyros, Cyclades Islands, Greece

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Underwater view of a rock pool with a man and woman peering into it

Underwater view of a rock pool with a man and woman peering into it The pool contains mainly brown algae, including Neptune's Necklace (Hormosira banksii) at the rim. There is also Sea lettuce (Ulva australis), an edible green alga only two cells thick. Some zebra shells (Austrocochlea constricta) are also evident. The Neck, Saunders Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic

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