Images Dated 16th December 2013

Art nouveau decoration at Antigua Casa Figueras, home of Escriba chocolate shop, Rambla street

Art nouveau decoration at Antigua Casa Figueras, home of Escriba chocolate shop, Rambla street, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

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Tugboats position the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge

Norfolk, Virginia, December 16, 2013 - Tugboats position the amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) to enter BAE Systems Norfolk Ship Repair for a five-month planned maintenance availability

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Grauvogel-Gall fossil collection, France C018/9411

Grauvogel-Gall fossil collection. French palaeontologist Lea Grauvogel-Stamm (born 1940) with plant, fish and scorpion fossils from the collection she maintains. She obtained her doctorate in 1978 from the University of Strasbourg. The fossils are found in clay and sandstone layers in quarries in the Vosges mountain range, France, deposited by ancient rivers. They date from 240 million years ago, during the Triassic. One of the world's largest private collections of fossils, the Grauvogel-Gall collection is named for the Grauvogels and palaeontologist Jean-Claude Gall. It includes fossils discovered by Grauvogel-Stamm's father Louis Grauvogel

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