Niall Benvie / RF- Chanterelle mushroom (Cantharellus cibarius), gill detail. (This image may be licensed either as rights managed or royalty free.)
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Ingo Arndt / Common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) detail of nest surface, Hessen, Germany, April.
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Alex Hyde / Porcelain fungus (Oudemansiella mucida) gills. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. October.
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Stephen Dalton / Close up of leaf veins showing 3D structure, UK.
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Paul Harcourt Davies,Paul Harcourt Davies / Common Swallowtail butterfly (Papilio machaon) backlit showing wing structure. Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria, Italy, October
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Franco Banfi / Detail of sponge (Chalinula nematifera) Maldives, Indian Ocean
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Floris van Breugel / Warm sunlight after a snowstorm reveals intricate patterns in the 'Painted Hills' caused by slowly eroding rich fossil beds, in the John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Oregon, USA. December 2009
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Juan Manuel Borrero / Los Palacios Nazar'es, Alhambra de Granada, Granada, Andalusia, Spain. April 2009.
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Yva Momatiuk & John Eastcott / Petrified wood log with intricate patterns and colors, Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.
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Steve O. Taylor (GHF) / Carved elephant ivory for sale in a shop on Nathan Road, Kowloon, Hong Kong, December 2012.