Images Dated 4th December 2006

Yellowfin tuna

Yellowfin tuna. School of yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares). This fish is found in tropical and subtropical waters around the world. It is hunted for sport and as food, to be sold mainly in the form of canned tuna or Japanese sashimi. It is identified by the yellow colour of dorsal and anal fins. Yellowfin tuna can grow up to 239 centimetres in length and weigh 200 kilograms. Photographed in Mexico

© LOUISE MURRAY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Geographic clock, Sevres Workshop, 1813-21 (carved porcelain & bronze)

MMT189580 Geographic clock, Sevres Workshop, 1813-21 (carved porcelain & bronze) by French School, (19th century); 228x42 cm; Musee Marmottan Monet, Paris, France; (add.info.: contributors were Alexandre Evariste Fragonard (1780-1850) Jean Charles Develly (1783-1862) Jean-Charles Nicolas Brachard (1766-1830) Pierre Huart (d.1857) Jean-Baptiste Ignace Zwinger (b.1787) Louis-Honore Boquet, Pierre-Basile & Pierre-Michel Lepaute; created in honour of Napoleon I (1769-1821);); French, out of copyright

© Bridgeman Images

Marines take up a security position in a humvee

Northern Regimental Security Area, Iraq, December 5, 2006 - Marines take up a security position in an assembly area during a multi-day sweep of RCT-5's Northern Regimental Security Area

© Stocktrek Images

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