Images Dated 2015 November

Slate pencil sea urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus)

Slate pencil sea urchin (Heterocentrotus mammillatus) spines on the sea bed. They are about 10 cm long and act as armour to encase and protect the animal's body. It has long triangular spines that deter predators, and shorter spines underneath to clamp onto the reef. Tahiti, French Polynesia

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Animal, Broken Off, Detritus, Discarded, Echinoderm, Echinoida, Echinoidea, Echinometridae, Fauna, Five Gilled, Five Gills, Heap, Heterocentrotus, Indo Pacific, Invertebrate, Marine, Numerous, Pencil Urchin, Purple, Rd Slate Pencil Urchin, Red, Sea Egg, Sea Life, Sea Urchin, Underwater, Urchins, Wildlife

Kelpie (Canis familiaris)

Kelpie (Canis familiaris) resting, chained, in a sheep saleyard. When the selling is concluded, it will help load the sheep into a truck. Oatlands, Southern Midlands, Tasmania, Australia

Canid, Canidae, Canis, Carnivora, Carnivore, Countryside, Dog, Domestic Animal, Eutheria, Farm Dog, Herding Dog, Mammal, Mammalia, Pet Animal, Sheepdog, Working Dog

Aerial view of the Nez de Voidries and the Nez de Jobourgh, the

Aerial view of the Nez de Voidries and the Nez de Jobourgh, the nearest headlands on the right of the image, on the Cotentin Peninsula. In the distance is La Hague nuclear fuel reprocessing plant that has operated since 1976 with a capacity of some 1700 tonnes a year. It treats used nuclear fuel from reactors in France and all its contiguous countries, also the Netherlands and Japan. Manche, Lower Normandy, France

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