Images Dated 1st March 2005

Ganges River delta, India

Ganges delta, India, satellite image. The Ganges is a river which flows for over 2400 kilometres from the Himalayas to the Indian Ocean's Bay of Bengal. It carries fertile soil and nutrients, which it deposits in its vast delta floodplain. The silt deposits cover an area, in India and Bangladesh, of 60, 000 square kilometres. The delta is highly cultivated and floods every summer during the monsoon season. North is top

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Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Haute Savoie, France

Aiguille du Midi, Chamonix, Haute Savoie, France
FRANCE-French Alps (Haute-Savoie)-CHAMONIX-MONT-BLANC:
View towards Aiguille du Midi / Winter / Sunset
'© Walter Bibikow 2005

© Walter Bibikow

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Geranium flower

Geranium flower. Macrophotograph of the reproduc- tive parts of a Geranium clarkei flower. Several stamens are seen around the central carpel (dark, upper centre). Stamens are the male reproductive parts of a flower, and comprise a pollen-bearing anther held on a long filament (pale pink). Pollen grains (yellow) are the male sex cells of the flower. The carpel is the female part of the flow- er. Pollen from another flower of the same species is deposited on its tip (stigma) and travels down the long style to fertilise an ovary (not seen). These flowers are pollinated by insects, which carry pollen from flower to flower as they feed on nectar. Magnification: x3.3 at 35mm size

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