Claudio Contreras / Pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) shell detail, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January
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Claudio Contreras / Pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) shell detail, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January
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Claudio Contreras / Pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) shell detail, Guadalupe Island Biosphere Reserve, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico, January
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Abalone (Mother of Pearl), Haliotidae family. Close up of shell.
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Heather Angel / Mother of pearl (Pleuroptya ruralis) moth nectaring on Ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris) at night. Surrey, England, UK. July.
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Paul Bertner / Blue Mother-of-pearl (Protogoniomorpha temora) caterpillar, Udzungwa Mountains National Park, Tanzania
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David Kjaer / Mother of Pearl moth (Pleuroptya ruralis) Wiltshire, UK
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Paul D Stewart / Ammonite (Cosmoceras proniae) from Jurrasic period, 165 million years ago, from Russia. Shown ithin the shell of modern Abalone (Haliotis sp.) This illustrates the preservation in the ammonite fossil...
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Paul D Stewart / Ammonite (Placenticeras) shell from upper Cretaceous period 75 million year ago, showing iridescent ammolite gem skin, cracked and flaked in the typical 'dragon skin' pattern.
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Adrian Davies / Mother of Pearl, inside of Ormer shell (Haliotis)
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Lynn M Stone / Grandiflora Rose 'Mother of Pearl', Winfield, Illinois, USA
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Alex Hyde / Mother of Pearl moth (Pleuroptya ruralis) photographed in mobile field studio on a white background. Peak District National Park, Derbyshire, UK. August.
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Rod Williams / Mother-of-Pearl Moth (Pleuroptya ruralis) Lewisham, London, September
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Gavin Hellier / Wat Pho, Reclining Buddha, 46 metres long made of brick plaster and Gold leaf the soles of the feet are inlaid with 108 lakshana, or auspicious images that identify the true Buddha crafted in mother-o...
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Gavin Hellier / Wat Pho, Reclining Buddha, 46 metres long made of brick plaster and Gold leaf, hand detail. The soles of the feet are inlaid with 108 lakshana, or auspicious images that identify the true Buddha craf...
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Gavin Hellier / Wat Pho, Reclining Buddha, 46 metres long made of brick plaster and Gold leaf, detail of the head. The soles of the feet are inlaid with 108 lakshana, or auspicious images that identify the true Budd...
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Gavin Hellier / Wat Pho, Reclining Buddha, 46 metres long made of brick plaster and Gold leaf. The soles of the feet are inlaid with 108 lakshana, or auspicious images that identify the true Buddha crafted in mother...
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Gavin Hellier / Wat Pho, Reclining Buddha, 46 metres long made of brick plaster and Gold leaf. The soles of the feet are inlaid with 108 lakshana, or auspicious images that identify the true Buddha crafted in mother...
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LYNN M. STONE / Close up view of Red abalone shell (Haliotis rufescens) photo shows three apertures / holes that living abalone had used for water exchange and the shell reveals the mother of pearl, or nacre, surface...
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Juergen Freund / Confiscated Samong top shells (Tectus / Trochus niloticus) used to make mother of pearl buttons and other objects. The species is CITES protected, and illegal fishermen often harvest the shells from T...
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LYNN M. STONE / Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens) shell interior showing nacreous mother of pearl. Santa Barbara, California, USA, February.
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LYNN M. STONE / Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens) shell interior showing nacreous mother of pearl. Santa Barbara, California, USA, February.
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LYNN M. STONE / Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens) shell interior showing nacreous mother of pearl. Santa Barbara, California, USA, February.
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LYNN M. STONE / Close-up view of Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens) shell. California, USA, February.
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LYNN M. STONE / Close-up view of Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens) shell. California, USA, February.
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LYNN M. STONE / A Red Abalone (Haliotis rufescens) shell. California, USA, February.
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Juergen Freund / Carver Huimes Namusu carves out a groove from the rim of a coconut wood bowl to make space for the nautilus mother of pearl inlay, Chea Village, Marovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, Melanesia, Pacific, Jul...
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Stephen Dalton / Morther of pearl moth (Pleuroptya ruralis) resting on leaf, UK
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Keith-Nels Swenson / Nacreous Mother of Pearl' clouds seen over Ross Island in late winter, early spring, Antarctica
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Keith-Nels Swenson / Nacreous Mother of Pearl' clouds seen over Ross Island in late winter, early spring, Antarctica
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PREMAPHOTOS / Mother of pearl butterfly (Salamis anteva) in rainforest, Madagascar
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PREMAPHOTOS / Mother of Pearl butterfly (Salamis parhassus) in rainforest, Kenya
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Simon Colmer / Close up of Abalone shell (Haliotis sp) Mother of pearl
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Niall Benvie / Nacreous / Mother of pearl clouds. Montrose, Scotland.
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Rod Clarke / John Downer Produ / Mother of pearl caterpillar (Pleurotya ruralis) escapes predators by forming the shape of a wheel and rolling away at speed. (Resolution restriction due to image digitised from film - 'Weird Nature' B...
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Tony Evans / Close up of Mother of pearl on Abalone shell {Haliotidae}
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Alan James / Abalone / Mother of pearl {Haliotidae} Channel Is, UK
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GEORGETTE DOUWMA / Abalone close up of colours inside shell, called Mother of Pearl, Haliotidae family.
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Will Watson / Swan mussel (Anodonta cygnea) interior view of valves showing Mother of pearl, Berrington Hall Pool SSSI, National Trust, Herefordshire, England, UK. January. Focus stacked under controlled conditions...
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Franco Banfi / Pearl farm worker inserting the spherical mother-of-pearl nucleus into the pearl-oyster, Gauguin Pearl farm, Rangiroa Atoll, Tuamotu Archipelago, French Polynesia.
