Images Dated 12th February 2004

Formula One World Championship: Patrick Neve Williams Grand Prix Engineering March 761 finished the race in tenth position

Patrick Neve (BEL) Williams Grand Prix Engineering March 761 finished the race in tenth position.
Belgian Grand Prix, Rd 7, Zolder, Belgium, 5 June 1977.
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SEM of maggots of the green blow fly

Scanning electron micrograph of maggots (2 hours old) of the greenbottle, or green blow fly, Lucilia caesar, feeding on a piece of raw beef. The greenbottle lays eggs in places of abundant food for the future maggots (rotting vegetation, dung piles, exposed food & corpses). The mouth end (front maggot, the others showing posteriors), tapers into a thin wedge with two mouth hooks to stabilise the maggot. Secreted enzymes breakdown & liquify the meat which, is then absorbed. After 2 moults (3-4 days), the maggots (larvae) pupate. Adult flies frequent unsavoury places & as a result pick up & transmit diseases to humans. Magnification: X9 at 35mm, X60 at 10x8 inch size

© DR JEREMY BURGESS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

True-colour satellite image of Munster, Ireland

Munster, Ireland. Satellite image of the province of Munster in the southwest of the Republic of Ireland. The colours approximate to natural tones. North is at top. The largest city in the region is Cork (at lower centre). Most of the surrounding area appears as a patchwork of agricultural fields. The extreme southwest coast is mountainous, with the MacGillycuddy's Reeks range just to the north of the Caha Mountains. The mouth of the River Shannon forms a long sea inlet at upper left. Image taken by the American Landsat-5 satellite

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