A collection of images I like from Wikipedia and Commons.
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Spirea, by Juliette Wytsman
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Haystacks, by Claude Monet. 1884.
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Houses at Auvers, by Vincent van Gogh. 1890.
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La ferme, soir (The farm, evening). Henri-Edmond Cross. 1893.
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L'air du soir (The Evening Air). Henri-Edmond Cross. c. 1893.
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La Plage de Saint-Clair (The Beach at Saint-Clair). Henri-Edmond Cross. 1896.
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Summer Night, by
Harald Sohlberg. 1899.
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Summer Evening at Skagen beach. The artist and his wife.
P. S. Krøyer. 1899. Notice how well he painted the water at sunset.
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Cypresses in Cagnes. Henri-Edmond Cross. Around 1900.
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Winter landscape.
Ferdynand Ruszczyc. 1902.
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Snow in March by Igor Grabar. 1904.
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The Frost by Igor Grabar. 1905.
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An afternoon at Ile aux Cerises, Rouen. Robert Antoine Pinchon.
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The Port of Rotterdam, by Paul Signac. 1907.
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Autumn in Nijmegen, by
Leo Gestel. 1909.
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The Banks of Belbeuf (Boats), by Robert Antoine Pinchon. 1909.
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The Skerry, by
Karl Nordström. 1909.
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Country road, by
Harald Sohlberg, 1912.
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Winter night, by
Harald Sohlberg, 1914.
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Winter night in the mountains, by
Harald Sohlberg, 1918–1924.
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Group Portrait with Cornflowers by Igor Grabar, 1914.
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Pears on a Blue Tablecloth by Igor Grabar, 1915.
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North entrance to Seven Star Park in Guilin, China. Photo by
Netluck.
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Li jiang Li River, Guilin. Photo by Chensiyuan.
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Church of Aregno on Corsica. Built in the 11th century. Photo by
Pinpin. I really like the vari-colored blocks of stone and the simplicity of the shape of the church.
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Cathedral of Saint Savior in
New Julfa, Isfahan, Iran. A fantastically beautiful church.
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Agate bowl, Kremlin exibition, Moscow, 2011. Photo by Shakko.
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Plasma lamp showing filamentation. Photo by
Luc Viatour / www.Lucnix.be.
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Meissen hard porcelain vase, 1735
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Blue vase handmade by Imaemon Imaizumi XII, given to Pres. Gerald R. Ford by Emperor Hirohito and his wife on October 2, 1975
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Hand painted ginger jar style Chinese vase. Given by Dr. Gyula Szeker Deputy Chairman, Council of Ministers, Hungarian People’s Republic, to Pres. Gerald R. Ford on May 6, 1976
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Beautiful glass vase Váza s motivem zimní krajiny, vyrobená v roce 1905, akciovou společností Bárta a spol. ve Františkodole. 1905.
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Murano glass vase by Fulvio Bianconi, 1949. Photo by
Sailko.
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Teco vase designed by W. J. Dodd. Photo by
Chroniclerk.
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Vase in Russian museum Museum-Preserve "Gatchina". Photo originally posted to Flickr as "Light and shade" by
Tatyana.
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4th–6th c. silver and gilt
Sassanian vase, assumed to be depicting
Anahita. Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Chrysanthemum pattern vase, about 1804-1810, Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Cleveland Museum of Art.
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Art Nouveau vases by Julius Robert Hannig, Frankreich 1900.
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A Medici porcelain baby bottle, c. 1575–87. An example of
Chinoiserie.
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Multicolored star. Macramé done in multicolored thread, with a crystal stone at the center, displayed on a beautiful shell. July 2013. By Altinna.
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Display of heirloom varieties of eggplants, taken at the Baker Creek 2nd Annual Nat'l Heirloom Exposition in Santa Rosa, Calif., Sept 2012. Photo by
Phoebe.
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Photo of
cardoon flowers taken in Portugal in 2006 by
Lusitana.
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Calla lilies. Photo by
Manfred Heyde.
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Cornflower (also called bluebottle).
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Hawthorn flowers. Photo by Sander van der Wel, Netherlands. Uploaded by
russavia.
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Kleinmond gladiolus in South Africa. Photo by
Andrew massyn. 2013.
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Black Mulberry female flowers. Photo by
JJ Harrison. 2008.
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Persimmons (as file says) or tangerines (as image is labeled in article on artist)? Either way, a lovely print by
Hu Zhengyan. 1633.
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Bismuth, a synthetic crystal. Wikimedia Commons Featured photo by
Alchemist-hp (
talk) (
www.pse-mendelejew.de).
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Molybdenite crystal on quartz, from Quebec, Canada. Photo by John Chapman
User:Pyrope.
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Outstanding specimen of Apophyllite from India. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Cassiterite, from Mexico. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Elbaite, a kind of tourmaline, from Brazil. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Calcite, from Morocco. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Autunite, from Washington State, U.S.A. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Cacoxenite, variety Cobaltoan, from Spain. Photo by Christian Rewitzer.
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Cavansite in a bed of stilbite, from India. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Charoite, from Russia. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Pink halite in a matrix of nahcolite. California. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Hausmannite pseudo-octahedrons and datolite. South Africa. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Iridescent marcasite. Kansas, U.S.A. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Meyerhofferite. Argentina. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Olmiite crystal with oyelite and calcite. South Africa. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Rosasite. Mexico. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Orpiment. China. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Pinnoite. Kazakhstan. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Purpurite. Namibia. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Shatuckite on quartz. Namibia. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Uranocircite. Brazil. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Allophane. Arizona. Photo by Modris Baum.
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Gold crystals. California. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Nickel antimonide. 21 January 2010. Photo by
Alchemist-hp (
talk) (
www.pse-mendelejew.de) What a gorgeous color!
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Silicified fossils from the Road Canyon Formation (Middle Permian of Texas). Photo by
User:Wilson44691 (Mark A. Wilson). I love the way the fossils are so detailed and recognizable.
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Stromatolites, about 70 million years old. Bolivia. Photo by
commons:User:Didier Descouens.
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Ammonite fossil.
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Silver crystals. Mexico. Photo by Rob Lavinsky, iRocks.com – CC-BY-SA-3.0.
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Glass vase using murrine technique by David Patchen, dated 23 January 2012.
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Io, moon of Jupiter. High resolution and showing true color. 3 July 1999. NASA/JPL/Univ.of Arizona. Yellow and orange indicate sulfur.
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Photo of sand dunes with white frozen carbon dioxide at North pole of Mars. April 2008. NASA.
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First X-ray view of Martian soil. October 2012. NASA/JPL-Caltech/Ames.
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Actual structure of a gas hydrate (
methane clathrate) block embedded in the sediment of hydrate ridge, off Oregon, USA. 2002. This is
methane gas trapped within the ice structure. If the ice melts, the methane gas will be released. See the last paragraph of
Siberia#Climate.
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The mineral gabbro as seen through a petrographic microscope. Photomicrograph with crossed polars. Main minerals are plagioclase, clinopyroxene and olivine.
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A polished slice from the Gujba meteorite, a
bencubbinite, a
carbonaceous chondrite that fell in northeastern Nigeria on 3 April 1984. The nickel-iron chondrules have been age-dated to 4.5627 billion years. Photo by James St. John. 2006.
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Wetland Rapture, spring wall detail, one of four screens inspired by Rhode Island wetland habitats through the seasons. Commissioned by the Rhode Island Judiciary through the Rhode Island Art for Public Facilities Program of the Rhode Island State Council on the Arts, 2010. Artist: Paul Housberg Architect: HOK, NY.
http://www.flickr.com/people/64578929@N05.
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Glass vase made by Annette Meech in London, England, 1992. On display at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England. 18 March 2012.
http://reptonix.awardspace.co.uk/photos/2012-03-18.htm.
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Basket of fruit, by Caravaggio. c. 1599.
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Still life with parrot, by
Georg Flegel. c. 1630.
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Sumptuous still life, by Peter Willebeeck. 1645–1648.
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Still Life with Fruits, by Peeter Snijers (1700–1750). Painted between about 1720 and 1750.
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Flowers in a Terracotta Vase, by
Albertus Jonas Brandt and Eelke Jelles Eelkema. Between 1810 and 1822.
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Still Life with Flowers, Shells, a Shark's Head, and Petrifications, by
Antoine Berjon. 1819.
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Luncheon Still Life, by
John F. Francis. c. 1860.
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Triel sur Seine, le pont due chemin de fer (Triel on the Seine, the railroad bridge), by Robert Antoine Pinchon. 1904. An early example of Fauvism.
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La Seine à Rouen au crépuscule (The Seine at Twilight), by Robert Antoine Pinchon. 1905. An example of Fauvism.
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Charing Cross Bridge, by André Derain. 1906. Another example of Fauvism.
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Paysage coloré aux oiseaux aquatiques (Colorful landscape with water birds), by Jean Metzinger. 1907. Another example of Fauvism.
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Staudacher's House on Lake Tegern, by August Macke. 1910.
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Spring, by Henryk Weyssenhoff. 1911.
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The End of Dinner, by Jules-Alexandre Grün. 1913.
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Rain. Hans Baluschek. 1917.
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Grosstadtwinkel, by
Hans Baluschek. 1929.
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Christmas tree sale, by
Hans Baluschek. 1930.
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Hydrangeas at Kannonji Temple, Japan.
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'Gloire de Dijon' rose, from The Amateur Gardener’s Rose Book, Longmans, Green, London, 1905.
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Narcissus in an Opaline Vase, by Henri Fantin-Latour.
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Mausoleum of
Sa'di Shirazi, Medieval Persian Sufi poet, in Shiraz, Iran. Photo by Omid Hatami.
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Sa'di in a Rose Garden
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Firdausi/Ferdowsi and the three Ghaznavid court poets. From the Shahnameh.
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Nelumno nucifera open flower Botanic Garden Adelaide, Australia
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Orion Nebula, Hubble 2006, NASA
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Helix Nebula, a planetary nebula. Taken from NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope on 12 February 2007. NASA.
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Messier 81, or M81, or Bode's Galaxy. Photo by Ken Crawford.
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From
Agave. Wikimedia Commons Quality Photo. Photo by
User:Nauticashades.
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Wine grapes from the Guadalupe Valley in Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico. Wikimedia Commons Quality Photo. Photo by Tomás Castelazo.
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Fern growing on a wall. Photo by
User:Jml3.
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Fern Pyrrosia piloselloides, Dragon's Scale, in Malaysia. Photo by
commons:User:Tu7uh.
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Marsh clubmoss
Lycopodiella inundata (
Lycopodiaceae) in between some
Drosera rotundifolia in northeastern Lower Saxony, Germany.
Lycopodiophyta is the oldest extant vascular plant division at around 410 million years old.
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Image from the article
Evolutionary developmental biology. Fascinating, and worth reading at least the caption of the image.
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Illustration at
Art glass. Imperial Glass Bowl by Csaba Markus.
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Painting of fruit by Johann Wilhelm Preyer (1803-1889). 1832.
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Plums. Photo by
commons:User:Fir0002. Featured photo on Wikimedia Commons.
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Pumpkins, photographed in Canada. Photo by Martin Doege (
commons:User:Morn).
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Grapes. Photo by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos.
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Mushrooms
Galerina marginata. Photo by
commons:User:Eric Steinert.
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Laternea pusilla, Costa Rica, 2007. Photo by Daniel Jimenez.
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Rowan berries in October. Photo by
commons:User:Godewind.
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Starling. Tanzania. Photo by
commons:User:Nevit Dilmen.
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American Avocet. Photo by Kevin Cole.
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Red-and-yellow barbet. Photo by Doug Janson (
commons:User:Dougjj).
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Female Northern Flicker. Oregon, U.S.A. Photo by Nature's Pic's (www.naturespicsonline.com).
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Superb Lyrebird in scrub. Australia. Photo by Fir0002/Flagstaffotos.
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Brown booby at
Christmas Island.
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A variety of corals form an outcrop on Flynn Reef, part of the Great Barrier Reef near Cairns, Queensland, Australia. Photo by
Toby Hudson. 24 July 2010.
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Illicium floridanum. Biological Sciences greenhouse, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, U.S.A. Photo by Scott Zona.
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Pilea involucrata, or Friendship plant, at Munich Botanical Garden, Germany. Photo by
commons:user:Poco a poco. 2012.
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Crassula capitella. Photo by
commons:user:Eric Hunt. 2005.
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Persian cyclamen
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Detail of
Aeonium tabuliforme showing the multiple spiral arrangement (
parastichy). Photo by
Max Ronnersjö. 2012.
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Hakea purpurea, a species in the family
Proteaceae
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Cloud-forest pygmy owl. Photo by markaharper 1.
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Red-headed Finch. Photo taken at Sossusvlei, Namib desert, Namibia, 4 June 2007, by Hans Hillewaert, or
commons:User:Biopics.
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A
Nicobar pigeon, the closest living relative of the
Rodrigues solitaire and the
dodo.
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Another picture of the Nicobar pigeon.
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