Images Dated 11th August 2006

Asia

Asia. Computer artwork, based on a satellite image, of Asia. North is at top. Water is blue, vegetation is green and desert is yellow. At right is the Pacific Ocean, it is separated from the Indian Ocean (bottom) by the Malay Archipelago (bottom right). At top is the Arctic Ocean. At centre left is the Mediterranean Sea. Slightly inland to its right is the Black Sea, and further inland is the Caspian Sea. At lower left is the Arabian Peninsula. Europe is at upper left. The topography of the sea floor is shown by varying shades of blue

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1963 Tourist Trophy

1963 Tourist Trophy.
Goodwood, West Sussex, England. 24 August 1963.
A sideways Roger Penske (#15, Ferrari 250GTO LMB), 8th position avoids Jack Sears (#10 Jaguar E-type), 4th position, action.
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Ref: Autosport B/W Print

Australopithecus boisei skull

Australopithecus boisei skull, computer artwork. Australopithecus boisei was a hominid that lived in Africa between about 2.3 to 1.3 million years ago. It had massive teeth, which are thought to have been an adaptation to a diet of tough plant foods. It is thought that its specialisation to such a diet led to its extinction after its environment changed. A. boisei was first discovered by Mary Leakey in the Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, in 1959, and was named Zinjanthropus boisei. It is a robust australopithecine, and was heavier-built than the gracile australopithecines such as A. afarensis from which humans are thought to have evolved

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