Images Dated 23rd December 2008

Lakshmi Narasimha Hampi

Lakshmi Narasimha is a monolithic statue in Hampi. It is the largest statue in Hampi. Narasimha is sitting on the coil of a giant seven-headed snake called Sesha, which acts as the hood over his head. Due to his protruding eyes and facial expressions, this statue is also called as Ugra Narasimha.NARASIMHA means half man and half lion is one of the ten incarnations (avatara) of Lord Vishnu

© Ramnath Bhat

Salisbury Cathedral at night AA083369

SALISBURY CATHEDRAL, Wiltshire. The Cathedral Church of St Mary towering over silhouetted buildings and trees, and illuminated against the night sky by floodlights. Photographed by John Gay, March-June 1958

© Historic England

Cathedral, Dark, Flood Lit, Night, Religion, Silhouette

Charles Darwin commemorative plaque

Charles Darwin. Plaque commemorating the British naturalist Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882). Darwin is most famous for his theories on evolution discussed in On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, which he published in 1859. In this book Darwin proposed that natural variation within a species creates many individual traits, some more useful than others. He suggested that only those individuals with the most competitive traits (those that are best suited to their environment) survive to reproduce. This plaque is on a wall of The Mount, Shrewsbury, Darwin's birthplace and family home

© MARTIN BOND/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY