Images Dated 2016

Aboriginal children larking in mud

Aboriginal children larking in mud, Balgo / Wirrimanu, southeast Kimberley region, Western Australia

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Aboriginal, After Rain, Australian, Boys, Children, Ephemeral, Great Western Desert, Having Fun, Indigenous, Mud, Mud Covered, Mud Flats, Muddy, People, Sandy Desert

Water fleas (Daphnia magna)

Water fleas (Daphnia magna), females bearing live young. A species often used for laboratory testing of ecotoxicity. Studio photograph. Native to North America, Eurasia, Africa

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Animal Mother, Aquatic, Baby Animal, Branchiopoda, Carapace, Cladoceran, Compound Eye, Crustacean, Cutout, Daphnia, Daphniidae, Deep Etch, Diplostraca, Double Branched Antenna, Ecotixicity Studies, Exoskeleton, Farmed, Female Animal, From Above, Grown For Fish Food, High Angle View, Invertebrate, Parthenogenic, Planktonic, Pregnant, Research Animal, Single Eye, Six Animals, Transparent, White Background, Young Animal, Zooplankton

Extensive damage to the fragile environment of the Central Plateau from the catastrophic

Extensive damage to the fragile environment of the Central Plateau from the catastrophic bushfires that began in January 2016. Unlike many other ecosystems in Australia, Tasmania's alpine ecosystems have evolved largely in the absence of fire therefore fires have significant impact. Central Plateau Conservation Area, Great Western Tiers, northern Tasmania, Australia