Images Dated 18th December 2013

Oxytricha ciliate protozoan, SEM C019/0253

Oxytricha sp. ciliate protozoan, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). Oxytricha is a tiny single-celled aquatic organism. It feeds on bacteria and decaying organic matter, which it filters through membranelles in its primitive mouth, known as a buccal cavity (lower left). The membranelles, rows of fused cilia (short microscopic hairs), are also used for locomotion. Magnification: x800 when printed at 10 centimetres tall

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A ksar or fortified village in the valley of the Draa, Morocco

A ksar or fortified village in the valley of the Draa below the Jebel Kissane, 1559 m. Province of Ouarzazate, Sahara Desert, southern Morocco

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Tree enveloped in dust cloud at sunset Nossob River Valley in Africas first two-countries park, Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park (Kalahari Gemsbok National Park), Cape Province, South Africa

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