Images Dated 1st April 2005

2005 Bahrain Grand Prix - Friday Practice, 2005 Bahrain Grand Prix Bahrain International Circuit, Manama, Bahrain. 1st April 2005 World Copyright: Steve Etherington/LAT Photographic ref: 48mb Hi Res Digital Image Only

2005 Bahrain Grand Prix - Friday Practice,
2005 Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain International Circuit, Manama, Bahrain. 1st April 2005
World Copyright: Steve Etherington/LAT Photographic
ref: 48mb Hi Res Digital Image Only

Potato blight on leaf

Potato blight on leaf. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of the potato blight fungus Phytophthora infestans, emerging from a potato leaf. Here, sporangiophores (dark green) are seen growing from the lip-like stomata on the underside of the leaf. Sporangiophores are hyphae, or filaments, which carry sporangia (spore sacs, brown). Leaf hairs, or trichomes, are the large green/yellow structures. The first widespread infection of commercial importance was in 1845, when most of Europe suffered decimated potato crops due to blight. Prevention of blight depends on spraying with fungicide and selective breeding. Magnification: x140 at 5x7cm size. x550 at 4.5x10ins

© POWER AND SYRED/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Artwork of zodiac signs on space nebula background

Signs of the Zodiac. Computer artwork of the astrological symbols of the signs of the Zodiac on a space nebula background. The signs are (top row from left): aquarius (water bearer); pisces (fishes); aries (ram); taurus (bull); gemini (twins); cancer (crab). The bottom row (from left) consists of: leo (lion); virgo (virgin); libra (scales); scorpio (scorpion); sagittarius (archer); capricorn (goat). These signs represent the 12 constellations that the sun appears to move through during the year. The position of the sun on the day a person is born is believed to influence their personality and destiny

© VICTOR HABBICK VISIONS/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY