A collection of images I like from Wikipedia and Commons.
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Forget-me-nots. Painting by Marie Nyl-Frosch. Late 19th century.
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Teapot over hot coals in Taiwan. Photo by David Monniaux.
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Outdoor scene, painted by Jeong Seon or Gyeomjae (1676–1759), famous painter during the Joseon Dynasty, Korea. c. 1742
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Amur tiger at Meunster Zoo, a Featured picture, by Tuxyso
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Photo of Leo Tolstoy taken 23 May 1908. A photo of Tolstoy! (I think Tolstoy would appreciate being next to an Amur tiger.)
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Nebra sky disk, discovered in Saxony Anhalt, Germany, Early Bronze Age, Únětice culture, LDA Sachsen-Anhalt. Photo by J. Lipták.
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Zhaozhou Bridge, the world's oldest open-spandrel stone segmental arch bridge. I just love this bridge.
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Old Bridge, Leshan Sichuan China
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Great Bow Bridge over the River Parrett at Langport, Somerset, England. Photo by Martin Bodman. 2008.
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Town bridge at Bradford on Avon
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Seungseongyo, or Seungseon Bridge, is a granite stone bridge constructed in semi-circular arch configuration 14 m./46 ft long and 3.5 m./11.5 ft. wide. Monk Hoan built this Joseon Era bridge over a period of six years beginning in 1713. Through the bridge, one can see Seonam Temple, Seonamsa, a Korean Buddhist temple located on the eastern slope at the west end of Mount Jogyesan Provincial Park, in the city of Suncheon, Jeollanamdo Province, South Korea. Photo by Steve46814, October 2011.
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Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge in West Virginia
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A pedestrian walkway on the Capon Lake Whipple Truss Bridge in West Virginia
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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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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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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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Persimmons on a tree in Japan. Photo by Geomr.
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Marie Krøyer seated in the deckchair in the garden by Mrs Bendsen's house. Painting by P. S. Krøyer, 1893.
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Wayuu, or Guajira, women of the Guajira peninsula in Venezuela and Colombia, making and selling bags
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Native Peruvian woman weaving textiles. 20 Oct. 2009. Photo by Jae.
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Fruits in La Boqueria market in Barcelona. Photo by Dungodung. 2005.
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Market Scene. Painting by Pieter Aertsen. 1569.
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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, Ambrosius Bosschaert the Elder. 1614.
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Still life, by Miguel Vicente (1600-1640). c. 1630.
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"Peaches and Wine Glass" by Rudolf Tschudi, Cincinnati Art Museum. commons:user:Wmpearl.
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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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European Bee-eater, Ariège, France. I love this picture – the colors, the captured moment, and the female bird looking on. Photo by commons:user:Pierre Dalous. 2012.
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Beautiful butterfly, photo by Friedrich Böhringer, Featured photo on Wikimedia Commons
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Therizinosaurus cheloniformis. One of many fabulous paintings of extinct animals painted by User:Apokryltaros.
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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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Mushroom. Photo commons:User:Tsnena.
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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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Another picture of the Nicobar pigeon.
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Wild Charolais bull, Sierra Nevada, Venezuela. Photo by commons:user:The Photographer. 2012.
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Relative sizes of the planets and several major stars. Photo by David Jarvis. 30 July 2008. http://www.davidjarvis.ca/
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Lena River Delta. False-color composite image made using shortwave infrared, infrared, and red wavelengths. 27 February 2000.
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The place where the small river Breg and the stream Brigach merge, in Donaueschingen, Germany, forming the beginning of the Danube river.
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Aerial view of the Amazon rainforest.
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Cliff at Glenthorne Beach, Somerset, England, showing part of the Trentishoe Formation of the Hangman Sandstone Group. The Hangman Sandstone represents the Middle Devonian sequence of North Devon and Somerset. Photo taken by michael [1] in 2010.
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Tory Channel, Marlborough Sounds, South Island, New Zealand, illustrating a ria. Photo by Phillip C. 2006.
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View of Nahuel Huapi Lake (San Carlos de Bariloche) from the Llao Llao hotel. Photo by Nahuel Patiño. 2009.
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Sunrise over a tessellated pavement, a rare rock formation on the Tasman Peninsula in Tasmania, Australia. Photo by commons:User:JJ Harrison.
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Sunrise at Viru Bog, Estonia. 14 December 2013. Photo by commons:user:Abrgetj47.
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Sunrise on the mountain Ruppberg near Zella-Mehlis (Thuringian Forest, Germany), photo by Rafael Brix.
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Grand Canyon Panorama. Photo by commons:user:Roger Bolsius. 2013