Images Dated 28th March 2008

Ant, SEM

Ant. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of an ant (family Formicidae). One of its compound eyes (red) is seen, as well as two long antennae that are mounted on the head between the eyes. They are used for tasting chemicals to detect food and follow trails left by other ants. Ants are social insects that can form colonies of several million individuals

© SUSUMU NISHINAGA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

Panama, Panama City, Casco Viejo, View from Las Bovedas looking across to the Bridge

Panama, Panama City, Casco Viejo, View from Las Bovedas looking across to the Bridge of Americas

© Jane Sweeney / AWL Images Ltd

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Panama, Panama Canal, Three Yachts tied up together in Miraflores Locks know as Tandam

Panama, Panama Canal, Three Yachts tied up together in Miraflores Locks know as Tandam luggage

© Jane Sweeney / AWL Images Ltd

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