http://www.sciencephotogallery.com Science Photo Library Print Store > Landscapes http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/templates/sciencephotogallery/images/printlogo.jpg http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/templates/sciencephotogallery/images/mobilogo.gif Copyright Science Photo Library - All Rights Reserved 2008-12-01T05:41:55Z en-gb 86400 Digital Media Commerce Server from Media Storehouse Ltd Bluebell flowers (Hyacinthoides sp.) in woodland. Photographed in spring, in Dorset, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Jeremy Walker / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065153/Bluebells-Hyacinthoides-sp.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065153/1065153.jpg 2008-06-06T14:25:45Z dmcs-1065153 Bracken plants (Pteridium aquilinum) growing after a forest fire. Photographed in Narke, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065154/Bracken-Pteridium-aquilinum.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065154/1065154.jpg 2008-06-06T14:26:11Z dmcs-1065154 Burnt lodgepole pines with morning mist rising from the grass, Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming. > Landscapes Copyright Byron Jorjorian / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065155/Lodgepole-Pines.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065155/1065155.jpg 2008-06-06T14:26:24Z dmcs-1065155 Sunflowers (Helianthus sp.) in a field in summer. This tall flower is grown for its seeds, which may be eaten or compressed to produce oil used in cooking and livestock feed. Sunflowers grow in warm and temperate climates. Photographed in North Dakot > Landscapes Copyright Usda / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065156/Sunflowers.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065156/1065156.jpg 2008-06-06T14:26:41Z dmcs-1065156 Tulips (Tulipa sp.) in a field of commercially grown flowers. This flower is emblematic of the Netherlands and is cultivated widely there. Photographed in the Netherlands. > Landscapes Copyright Bryan Peterson / Agstockusa / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065157/Tulips-Tulipa-sp.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065157/1065157.jpg 2008-06-06T14:26:47Z dmcs-1065157 Crocus (Crocus sp.) flowering in the snow. > Landscapes Copyright David Aubrey / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065158/Crocus-flower-in-the-snow.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065158/1065158.jpg 2008-06-06T14:27:00Z dmcs-1065158 Oriental lily bud with two water drops refecting a suburban house. > Landscapes Copyright Maria Mosolova / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065159/Oriental-lily-bud.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065159/1065159.jpg 2008-06-06T14:27:08Z dmcs-1065159 Bamboo (Phyllostachys atrovaginata) in Selby Gardens, Sarasota, Florida. > Landscapes Copyright Adam Jones / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065160/Bamboo-Phyllostachys-atrovaginata.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065160/1065160.jpg 2008-06-06T14:27:19Z dmcs-1065160 Forest sunlight penetrating through trees in winter. > Landscapes Copyright John Howard / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065161/Forest-sunlight.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065161/1065161.jpg 2008-06-06T14:27:25Z dmcs-1065161 Leafless tree in a snow-covered winter landscape. > Landscapes Copyright Cristina Pedrazzini / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065162/Tree-in-winter.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065162/1065162.jpg 2008-06-06T14:27:33Z dmcs-1065162 Baobab tree (Adansonia za). This tree is endemic to western and southern Madagascar, where it is found in scrubland in coastal areas. It can grow to heights of 30 metres. Its large swollen trunk is adapted to storing water and it only produces leaves > Landscapes Copyright Tony Camacho / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065163/Baobab-tree.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065163/1065163.jpg 2008-06-06T14:27:40Z dmcs-1065163 Downy birch trees (Betula pubescens) in mist. Photographed at Lucy's Hill, Burley, New Forest, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Bob Gibbons / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065164/Downy-birch-trees-Betula-pubescens.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065164/1065164.jpg 2008-06-06T14:27:54Z dmcs-1065164 Tree in silhouette. > Landscapes Copyright Michael Marten / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065165/Tree-in-silhouette.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065165/1065165.jpg 2008-06-06T14:28:09Z dmcs-1065165 Bountonville Oak, Ward Pound Ridge Reservation, NY. > Landscapes Copyright Gail Jankus / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065166/Bountonville-Oak.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065166/1065166.jpg 2008-06-06T14:28:25Z dmcs-1065166 Silhouette of a tree against blue and red dusk sky in Madagascar. > Landscapes Copyright Sinclair Stammers / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065167/Silhouette-of-a-tree.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065167/1065167.jpg 2008-06-06T14:28:37Z dmcs-1065167 Birch forest. Autumnal scence in a forest of birch (Betula sp.) trees. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065168/Birch-forest.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065168/1065168.jpg 2008-06-06T14:28:56Z dmcs-1065168 Oak tree (Quercus sp.) silhouetted against the morning Sun. > Landscapes Copyright Jeremy Walker / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065169/Oak-tree-at-sunrise.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065169/1065169.jpg 2008-06-06T14:29:14Z dmcs-1065169 Tree in spring. Beams of sunlight bursting through the branches of a tree at springtime. > Landscapes Copyright Victor De Schwanberg / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065170/Tree-in-spring.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065170/1065170.jpg 2008-06-06T14:29:28Z dmcs-1065170 Tree at sunset. Silhouette of a tree seen against a sunset. Photographed in the Laikipia region of Kenya. > Landscapes Copyright Jason Kelvin / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065171/Tree-at-sunset.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065171/1065171.jpg 2008-06-06T14:29:54Z dmcs-1065171 Silver birch trees (Betula pendula). > Landscapes Copyright Gustoimages / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065172/Silver-birch-trees-Betula-pendula.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065172/1065172.jpg 2008-06-06T14:30:05Z dmcs-1065172 Tree in fog. > Landscapes Copyright Byron Jorjorian / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065173/Tree-in-fog.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065173/1065173.jpg 2008-06-06T14:30:16Z dmcs-1065173 Tree at sunset. Photogrphed in the Peak District, Derbyshire, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Martin Bond / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065174/Tree-at-sunset.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065174/1065174.jpg 2008-06-06T14:30:26Z dmcs-1065174 Small-leaved lime tree (Tilia cordata). Photographed in Smaland, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065175/Small-leaved-lime-tree-Tilia-cordata.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065175/1065175.jpg 2008-06-06T14:30:36Z dmcs-1065175 Snow covered oak tree (Quercus robur). Photographed in Narke, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065176/Snow-covered-oak-tree-Quercus-robur.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065176/1065176.jpg 2008-06-06T14:30:59Z dmcs-1065176 Snow covered aspen trees (Populus tremula). Photographed in Narke, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065177/Snow-covered-aspen-Populus-tremula.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065177/1065177.jpg 2008-06-06T14:31:20Z dmcs-1065177 Manzanita (Arctostaphylos sp.) silhouetted against a backdrop view of Bridal Veil Falls and Yosemite Valley. Yosemite National Park, California. > Landscapes Copyright George Ranalli / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065178/Yosemite-National-Park.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065178/1065178.jpg 2008-06-06T14:31:40Z dmcs-1065178 Silhouetted tree against a sunset in Tennant Creek, Northern Territory, Australia. > Landscapes Copyright Thomas Marent / Eurelios / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065179/Silhouetted-tree.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065179/1065179.jpg 2008-06-06T14:31:46Z dmcs-1065179 Acacia tree (Acacia sp.) in flower. Photographed in Litchfield National Park, Northern Territory, Australia. > Landscapes Copyright Thomas Marent / Eurelios / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065180/Acacia-tree.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065180/1065180.jpg 2008-06-06T14:31:53Z dmcs-1065180 Scots pine tree (Pinus sylvestris) amongst ling heather (Calluna vulgaris) on a hillside. Photographed in August, in Glen Quoich, Cairngorms National Park, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Duncan Shaw / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065181/Scots-pine-tree-Pinus-sylvestris.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065181/1065181.jpg 2008-06-06T14:32:02Z dmcs-1065181 Avenue of the Giants. This road runs through a coastal redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) forest in northern California, USA. > Landscapes Copyright Michael Szoenyi / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065182/Avenue-of-the-Giants-Califonia-USA.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065182/1065182.jpg 2008-06-06T14:32:10Z dmcs-1065182 Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in a desert. This cactus is native to Arizona, USA and northern Mexico. The plant grows slowly taking around 75 years to develop a side arm and it can reach up to 13.8 metres in height. Photographed in the Arizona > Landscapes Copyright Peter Menzel / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065183/Saguaro-cactus-Carnegiea-gigantea.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065183/1065183.jpg 2008-06-06T14:32:18Z dmcs-1065183 Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) in a desert. This cactus is native to Arizona, USA and northern Mexico. The plant grows slowly taking around 75 years to develop a side arm and it can reach up to 13.8 metres in height. Photographed at sunset in Sa > Landscapes Copyright Peter Menzel / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065184/Saguaro-cactus-Carnegiea-gigantea.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065184/1065184.jpg 2008-06-06T14:32:35Z dmcs-1065184 Field of lavender (Lavandula spica) plants planted in rows. Lavender has several medicinal properties. Lavender oil is a very good antiseptic and can also be used as an insecticide. Preparations of this plant can also relieve coughs and prevent invol > Landscapes Copyright David Nunuk / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065185/Field-of-lavender.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065185/1065185.jpg 2008-06-06T14:32:49Z dmcs-1065185 Field of lavender (Lavandula spica) plants planted in rows. Lavender has several medicinal properties. Lavender oil is a very good antiseptic and can also be used as an insecticide. Preparations of this plant can also relieve coughs and prevent invol > Landscapes Copyright David Nunuk / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065186/Field-of-lavender.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065186/1065186.jpg 2008-06-06T14:32:59Z dmcs-1065186 Sweet crabapple (Malus coronaria). Crabapples frozen on a branch in winter. > Landscapes Copyright Maria Mosolova / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065187/Sweet-crabapple-Malus-coronaria.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065187/1065187.jpg 2008-06-06T14:33:11Z dmcs-1065187 Snow on winterberry holly (Ilex verticillata) in Michigan in the winter. > Landscapes Copyright Larry West / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065188/Snow-on-Winterberry.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065188/1065188.jpg 2008-06-06T14:33:16Z dmcs-1065188 Aurora borealis in the skies of eastern Boise, Idaho following an unusually intense solar storm. Also called the Northern Lights, these displays are the result of charged particles from the solar wind interacting with the earths magnetic field. Thoug > Landscapes Copyright David R. Frazier / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065189/Aurora-borealis.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065189/1065189.jpg 2008-06-06T14:33:30Z dmcs-1065189 Aurora borealis in the skies of eastern Boise, Idaho following an unusually intense solar storm. Also called the Northern Lights, these displays are the result of charged particles from the solar wind interacting with the earths magnetic field. Thoug > Landscapes Copyright David R. Frazier / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065190/Aurora-borealis.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065190/1065190.jpg 2008-06-06T14:33:39Z dmcs-1065190 Northern lights. Rare burst of red northern lights, or aurora borealis, over Lake Wateree, South Carolina, USA. The aurora was triggered on 29 October 2003 during a severe geomagnetic storm produced by one of the most powerful solar flares ever recor > Landscapes Copyright Jim Reed / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065191/Northern-lights.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065191/1065191.jpg 2008-06-06T14:33:45Z dmcs-1065191 Aurora borealis over a church. The aurora borealis (northern lights) is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs at high latitudes, appearing as shimmering sheets of coloured light in the sky. It occurs when charged particles in the solar wind are direc > Landscapes Copyright Peter Menzel / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065192/Aurora-borealis-in-Iceland.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065192/1065192.jpg 2008-06-06T14:33:51Z dmcs-1065192 Aurora borealis and a caribou. Silhouette of a Grant's caribou (Rangifer taranus granti) against the aurora borealis (northern lights). Photographed on tundra in Alaska, USA, in late summer. > Landscapes Copyright Kaj R. Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065193/Aurora-borealis-and-caribou.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065193/1065193.jpg 2008-06-06T14:34:01Z dmcs-1065193 Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) display. Aurorae are caused by the interaction between energetic charged particles from the Sun and gas molecules in the upper atmosphere of the Earth, about 100 kilometres up. A stream of charged particles, called t > Landscapes Copyright Pekka Parviainen / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065194/Aurora-Borealis.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065194/1065194.jpg 2008-06-06T14:34:15Z dmcs-1065194 Aurora borealis over an icy road. The aurora borealis (northern lights) is an atmospheric phenomenon that occurs at high latitudes, appearing as shimmering bands of coloured light in the sky. It occurs when charged particles in the solar wind are dir > Landscapes Copyright Chris Madeley / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065195/Aurora-borealis-in-Alaska.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065195/1065195.jpg 2008-06-06T14:34:32Z dmcs-1065195 Aurora Borealis, Jonesport, Maine. A powerful geomagnetic storm on the sun in late October 1999 produced a beautiful Aurora Borealis display a few days later. The following summer, the sun reached solar maximum in its 11-year cycle of sunspot activit > Landscapes Copyright Science Source / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065196/Aurora-Borealis.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065196/1065196.jpg 2008-06-06T14:34:45Z dmcs-1065196 Cumulonimbus clouds in the sky over water. Cumulonimbus are large, turbulent clouds which carry rain or hail. The wedge-shaped mass of high cloud at upper centre is known as a hammerhead or thunderhead, and is a clear sign of an impending thunderstor > Landscapes Copyright Pekka Parviainen / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065197/Cumulonimbus-clouds.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065197/1065197.jpg 2008-06-06T14:34:49Z dmcs-1065197 Lenticular cloud. This cloud type, also known as altocumulus lenticularis, gets its name from its smooth lens-like shape. These clouds are produced when moist air ascends over a mountain, and air waves form on the lee side of the mountain. As the win > Landscapes Copyright British Antarctic Survey / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065198/Lenticular-cloud.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065198/1065198.jpg 2008-06-06T14:34:57Z dmcs-1065198 Lenticular cloud. This cloud type, also known as altocumulus lenticularis, gets its name from its smooth lens-like shape. These clouds are produced when moist air ascends over a mountain, and air waves form on the lee side of the mountain. As the win > Landscapes Copyright British Antarctic Survey / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065199/Lenticular-cloud.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065199/1065199.jpg 2008-06-06T14:35:12Z dmcs-1065199 A beautiful formation of lenticular clouds hovers over the steaming crater of Mt. St. Helens. This photo was taken on Oct. 12, 2004. > Landscapes Copyright John Foster / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065200/Lenticular-clouds-above-Mount-St-Helens.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065200/1065200.jpg 2008-06-06T14:35:19Z dmcs-1065200 Clouds. Clouds in a blue sky seen from underwater. > Landscapes Copyright Peter Scoones / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065201/Clouds-from-underwater.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065201/1065201.jpg 2008-06-06T14:35:26Z dmcs-1065201 Cumulonimbus, or thunderhead, clouds over Lawrence, Kansas. > Landscapes Copyright Ken M. Highfill / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065202/Cumulonimbus-clouds.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065202/1065202.jpg 2008-06-06T14:35:37Z dmcs-1065202 Noctilucent cloud (polar mesospheric cloud) at twilight. This type of cloud is visible only in deep twilight and is seen mostly during the summer. It is the highest cloud type in the Earth's atmosphere and occurs only when sunlight illuminates it fro > Landscapes Copyright Pekka Parviainen / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065203/Noctilucent-cloud.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065203/1065203.jpg 2008-06-06T14:35:45Z dmcs-1065203 A lenticular cloud hovers over an Alaska Range peak. Denali Nat'l Park, Alaska. > Landscapes Copyright Ron Sanford / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065204/Lenticular-Cloud.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065204/1065204.jpg 2008-06-06T14:35:54Z dmcs-1065204 Monsoon storm clouds. Sunlight falling on monsoon rainclouds. > Landscapes Copyright K Jayaram / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065205/Monsoon-storm-clouds.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065205/1065205.jpg 2008-06-06T14:36:01Z dmcs-1065205 Thunderstorm clouds in inclement weather. > Landscapes Copyright Scott Camazine / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065206/Thunderstorm-clouds.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065206/1065206.jpg 2008-06-06T14:36:07Z dmcs-1065206 Snowflake. This is an ice crystal that forms in air that has a temperature near the freezing point of water. If the air is calm, then a symmetrical, hexagonal snowflake can form. The two main growth patterns observed are faceting and branching. When > Landscapes Copyright Kenneth Libbrecht / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065207/Snowflake.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065207/1065207.jpg 2008-06-06T14:36:16Z dmcs-1065207 Snowflake. This is an ice crystal that forms in air that has a temperature near the freezing point of water. If the air is calm, then a symmetrical, hexagonal snowflake can form. The two main growth patterns observed are faceting and branching. When > Landscapes Copyright Kenneth Libbrecht / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065208/Snowflake.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065208/1065208.jpg 2008-06-06T14:36:23Z dmcs-1065208 Snowdrift. Car buried in a snowdrift. > Landscapes Copyright Jim Reed / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065209/Snowdrift.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065209/1065209.jpg 2008-06-06T14:36:30Z dmcs-1065209 Snowdrift. Car buried in a snowdrift. > Landscapes Copyright Jim Reed / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065210/Snowdrift.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065210/1065210.jpg 2008-06-06T14:36:40Z dmcs-1065210 Snow covered landscape. Photographed in Germany. > Landscapes Copyright Manuel Presti / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065211/Snow-covered-landscape.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065211/1065211.jpg 2008-06-06T14:36:49Z dmcs-1065211 Snow covered field after it had been ploughed. Photographed in Narke, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065212/Snow-covered-field.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065212/1065212.jpg 2008-06-06T14:36:56Z dmcs-1065212 Snow-covered apple orchard (Malus domestica). Photographed in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, USA. > Landscapes Copyright R. Hamilton Smith / Agstockusa / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065213/Snow-covered-apple-orchard.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065213/1065213.jpg 2008-06-06T14:37:11Z dmcs-1065213 Trees in mist. Photographed in Hyde Park, London, England. > Landscapes Copyright Martin Riedl / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065214/Trees-in-mist.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065214/1065214.jpg 2008-06-06T14:37:28Z dmcs-1065214 Coastal fog and beach huts. Fog (upper frame) rolling in from the sea, Southwold, Suffolk, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Robert Brook / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065215/Coastal-fog.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065215/1065215.jpg 2008-06-06T14:37:42Z dmcs-1065215 Evaporation. Water vapour rising from a gate covered with frost. The sunlight is melting the frost and causing it to evaporate. As the vapour cools in the cold air it condenses and forms a cloud of droplets. > Landscapes Copyright Dr Keith Wheeler / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065216/Evaporation.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065216/1065216.jpg 2008-06-06T14:38:03Z dmcs-1065216 Mist over Loch Rannoch, Scotland. > Landscapes Copyright Mike Devlin / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065217/Mist-over-Loch-Rannoch-Scotland.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065217/1065217.jpg 2008-06-06T14:38:21Z dmcs-1065217 Frosted leaves. Photographed in winter in Kent, England. > Landscapes Copyright John Devries / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065218/Frosted-leaves.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065218/1065218.jpg 2008-06-06T14:38:35Z dmcs-1065218 Church spire in dense fog. Photographed in Wiltshire, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Jeremy Walker / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065219/Church-spire-in-dense-fog.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065219/1065219.jpg 2008-06-06T14:38:44Z dmcs-1065219 Tree covered in hoar frost. > Landscapes Copyright David N. Davis / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065220/Tree-covered-in-hoar-frost.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065220/1065220.jpg 2008-06-06T14:38:52Z dmcs-1065220 Frost covered sand dunes. Photographed in February, at the Sands of Forvie, Forvie National Nature Reserve, Ythan estuary, Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Duncan Shaw / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065221/Frost-covered-sand-dunes.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065221/1065221.jpg 2008-06-06T14:39:04Z dmcs-1065221 Railway avalanche, Alaska, USA. Snow from an avalanche blocking a railway track, with a steam train seen in the background. Avalanches occur when blocks of snow slide down a mountainside. They are a hazard for mountain transport. This photograph was > Landscapes Copyright Library Of Congress / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065222/Railway-avalanche-Alaska.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065222/1065222.jpg 2008-06-06T14:39:17Z dmcs-1065222 Rainbow over a plantation of Scots pines (Pinus sylvestris). Photographed in February at the Balmoral Estate, Cairngorms, Scotland. > Landscapes Copyright Duncan Shaw / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065223/Rainbow.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065223/1065223.jpg 2008-06-06T14:39:26Z dmcs-1065223 Rainbow over Rothiemurchus forest, looking towards Braeriach and Glan Einich. Photographed in June, in Cairngorms National Park, Highland Region, Scotland, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Duncan Shaw / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065224/Rainbow.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065224/1065224.jpg 2008-06-06T14:39:35Z dmcs-1065224 Sun pillar and sun dogs. Sun pillar (centre) with two sun dogs either side of it. These optical effects are most commonly seen near sunrise or sunset. The sun pillar is caused by sunlight reflecting from the surface of falling ice crystals. The sundo > Landscapes Copyright David Vaughan / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065225/Sun-pillar-and-sun-dogs.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065225/1065225.jpg 2008-06-06T14:39:44Z dmcs-1065225 Sun dogs, or mock suns, are technically called solar parhelia (parhelia meaning with the sun) and appear as bright bursts of light formed when sunlight passes through ice crystals at the proper angle. Usually, cirrus clouds in front of the sun produc > Landscapes Copyright Adam Jones / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065226/Sun-Dogs.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065226/1065226.jpg 2008-06-06T14:39:55Z dmcs-1065226 Sundogs and halo. Saguaro cactus (Carnegiea gigantea) silhouetted against a solar halo at sunset. The sundogs, or parhelia, are the colourful patches of light at the left and right of the sun (centre). They are situated along the path of a partial 22 > Landscapes Copyright Frank Zullo / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065227/Sundogs-and-halo.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065227/1065227.jpg 2008-06-06T14:39:59Z dmcs-1065227 Mirage above camels feeding in a field of alfalfa (Medicago sativa). Photographed in the Arabian Desert. > Landscapes Copyright George Steinmetz / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065228/Mirage.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065228/1065228.jpg 2008-06-06T14:40:06Z dmcs-1065228 Sun halo. Eroded rock pinnacle obscuring the sun. The ring of light around the sun is a halo. This optical phenomenon is caused by refraction of sunlight by ice crystals in high level clouds. Photographed in the Sahara Desert, near Tamanrasset, Alger > Landscapes Copyright David Parker / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065229/Sun-halo.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065229/1065229.jpg 2008-06-06T14:40:19Z dmcs-1065229 Approaching storm clouds over a field of wheat. Photographed in southwestern Alberta, Canada, in summer. > Landscapes Copyright Kaj R. Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065230/Approaching-storm.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065230/1065230.jpg 2008-06-06T14:40:24Z dmcs-1065230 Lightning. Bolts of cloud-to-cloud and cloud-to- ground lightning. The unusual colour of the night sky is caused by dust particles thrown into the air by a dust storm. Lightning occurs when a large electrical charge builds up in a cloud, probably due > Landscapes Copyright Jim Reed / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065231/Lightning.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065231/1065231.jpg 2008-06-06T14:40:30Z dmcs-1065231 Lightning on the horizon. > Landscapes Copyright Mike Agliolo / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065232/Lightning-On-The-Horizon.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065232/1065232.jpg 2008-06-06T14:40:38Z dmcs-1065232 Lightning hitting a tree. > Landscapes Copyright Mike Agliolo / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065233/Lightning-Hitting-a-Tree.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065233/1065233.jpg 2008-06-06T14:40:54Z dmcs-1065233 Supercell thunderstorm. Bolt of cloud-to-ground lightning in a supercell thunderstorm. A supercell thunderstorm is a severe long-lived storm within which the wind speed and direction changes with height. This produces a strong rotating updraft of war > Landscapes Copyright Jim Reed / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065234/Supercell-thunderstorm.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065234/1065234.jpg 2008-06-06T14:41:00Z dmcs-1065234 Tornado. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air characterised by a funnel-shaped cloud that forms within thunderstorms. They can measure up to 100 metres in diameter, contain winds moving at over 500 kilometres an hour, and cause widespread de > Landscapes Copyright Dean Schoeneck / Jim Reed Photography / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065235/Tornado.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065235/1065235.jpg 2008-06-06T14:41:16Z dmcs-1065235 Tornado. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air characterised by a funnel-shaped cloud that forms within thunderstorms. They can measure up to 100 metres in diameter, contain winds moving at over 500 kilometres an hour, and cause widespread de > Landscapes Copyright Dean Schoeneck / Jim Reed Photography / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065236/Tornado.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065236/1065236.jpg 2008-06-06T14:41:22Z dmcs-1065236 Tornado. 1.6-kilometre-wide tornado below a striated supercell thunderstorm. This is a composite of 2 images taken a few seconds apart. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air characterised by a funnel-shaped cloud that forms within thunderstor > Landscapes Copyright Jim Reed / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065237/Tornado.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065237/1065237.jpg 2008-06-06T14:41:27Z dmcs-1065237 Tornado and lightning in a midwestern field. > Landscapes Copyright Mike Agliolo / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065238/Tornado-and-Lightning-in-a-Midwestern-Field.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065238/1065238.jpg 2008-06-06T14:41:36Z dmcs-1065238 Tornado. A tornado is a violent rotating column of air that forms within thunderstorms. It is characterised by a funnel-shaped cloud and can measure up to 100 metres in diameter, contain winds moving at over 500 kilometres an hour, and cause widespre > Landscapes Copyright Reed Timmer / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065239/Tornado.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065239/1065239.jpg 2008-06-06T14:41:42Z dmcs-1065239 Hurricane Katrina approaching the shore at Gulfport, Mississippi, USA, on 28th August 2005. Less than twelve hours after this, its record storm surge and high winds devastated the region. A storm surge is a rise in sea level caused by high winds driv > Landscapes Copyright Jim Reed Photography / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065240/Hurricane-Katrina-approaching-shore.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065240/1065240.jpg 2008-06-06T14:41:48Z dmcs-1065240 Forest fire damage. Dead conifer tree trunks (right half of image) lying on the ground which were deliberately set on fire by firefighters. The high moisture content of the adjacent live trees (left of image) ensured that the controlled fire did not > Landscapes Copyright Kari Greer / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065241/Forest-fire-damage.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065241/1065241.jpg 2008-06-06T14:42:03Z dmcs-1065241 Forest fire regeneration. New vegetation growing on charred tree stumps in a forest destroyed by a forest fire. > Landscapes Copyright Jeremy Walker / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065242/Forest-fire-regeneration.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065242/1065242.jpg 2008-06-06T14:42:14Z dmcs-1065242 Forest fire. Coloured linoleum block print depicting trees silhouetted against flames during a forest fire. > Landscapes Copyright Gary Hincks / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065243/Forest-fire-lino-print.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065243/1065243.jpg 2008-06-06T14:42:51Z dmcs-1065243 Arctic landscape, Greenland. Aerial photograph of the Greenland ice cap in the North West near Qaanaaq. In recent years, the effects of global warming have caused the sea ice to melt earlier in the season and the glaciers to recede. Climate change is > Landscapes Copyright Louise Murray / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065244/Arctic-landscape-Greenland.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065244/1065244.jpg 2008-06-06T14:43:04Z dmcs-1065244 Arctic landscape, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada. The midnight sun is seen in the sky.In recent years, the effects of global warming have caused sea ice to melt earlier in the season and glaciers to recede. This climate change is affecting local wi > Landscapes Copyright Louise Murray / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065245/Arctic-landscape-Canada.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065245/1065245.jpg 2008-06-06T14:43:11Z dmcs-1065245 Melting Arctic ice, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada. During spring, the sun (top left), which shines for up to 24-hours a day, melts the ice. In recent years, the effects of global warming have caused sea ice to melt earlier in the season and glacie > Landscapes Copyright Louise Murray / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065246/Melting-Arctic-ice-Canada.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065246/1065246.jpg 2008-06-06T14:43:17Z dmcs-1065246 Melting Arctic ice, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada. During spring, the sun (top left), which shines for up to 24-hours a day, melts the ice. In recent years, the effects of global warming have caused sea ice to melt earlier in the season and glacie > Landscapes Copyright Louise Murray / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065247/Melting-Arctic-ice-Canada.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065247/1065247.jpg 2008-06-06T14:43:23Z dmcs-1065247 Pine Island Bay. Satellite image of the Antarcticice sheet at Pine Island Bay, on the coast of the Amundsen Sea (left) in western Antarctica. The black line delimits the edge of the ice shelf. > Landscapes Copyright M-sat Ltd / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065248/Pine-Island-Bay-satellite-image.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065248/1065248.jpg 2008-06-06T14:43:27Z dmcs-1065248 Lake Vanda, Antarctica. Feet of researchers standing on the clear, frozen surface of Lake Vanda. This lake is in Wright Valley, one of the McMurdo Dry Valleys. It has what is said to be the clearest ice in the world. The lake water is almost complete > Landscapes Copyright George Steinmetz / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065249/Lake-Vanda-Antarctica.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065249/1065249.jpg 2008-06-06T14:43:34Z dmcs-1065249 Iceberg B15-A (centre right) approaching the Drygalski ice tongue (upper left) in Antarctica. B15-A was the largest floating object on Earth at the time, with dimensions of 122x27 kilometres. This image was taken on 21st January 2005. On 10th April t > Landscapes Copyright Nasa / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065250/Iceberg-B15-A-by-Drygalski-ice-tongue.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065250/1065250.jpg 2008-06-06T14:43:43Z dmcs-1065250 Melting Arctic sea ice, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada. During spring the sea ice that has formed over winter melts, resulting in large chunks of sea ice floating in the sea. The sea ice is formed from frozen sea water, as opposed to icebergs, whic > Landscapes Copyright Louise Murray / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065251/Melting-Arctic-sea-ice-Canada.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065251/1065251.jpg 2008-06-06T14:43:57Z dmcs-1065251 Melting Arctic sea ice, Lancaster Sound, Nunavut, Canada. During spring the sea ice that has formed over winter melts, resulting in large chunks of sea ice floating in the sea. The sea ice is formed from frozen sea water, as opposed to icebergs, whic > Landscapes Copyright Louise Murray / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065252/Melting-Arctic-sea-ice-Canada.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065252/1065252.jpg 2008-06-06T14:44:02Z dmcs-1065252 Gorner glacier, Switzerland. Aerial photograph of the Gorner Glacier in the Valais region of Switzerland. The heat of the day melts the glacier surface to form lakes of water (left) that cut deep channels into the glacier. During the night, the lakes > Landscapes Copyright Bernhard Edmaier / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065253/Gorner-glacier.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065253/1065253.jpg 2008-06-06T14:44:07Z dmcs-1065253 San Rafael Glacier. Small boat being paddled through the numerous ice floes produced at the terminus of the San Rafael Glacier. This is where the glacier has reached the sea. This glacier is one of the largest in the Northern Patagonian Icefield in C > Landscapes Copyright Steve Allen / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065254/San-Rafael-Glacier-Chile.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065254/1065254.jpg 2008-06-06T14:44:17Z dmcs-1065254 Glacier melting. Photographed in Sogn og Fjordane, Norway. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065255/Glacier.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065255/1065255.jpg 2008-06-06T14:44:25Z dmcs-1065255 Frozen pond. Blades of marginal grass in a frozen pond. > Landscapes Copyright Dr Keith Wheeler / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065256/Frozen-pond.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065256/1065256.jpg 2008-06-06T14:44:36Z dmcs-1065256 Pancake ice. This free-floating ice is circular to polygonal in shape. It is 30-300 cm in diameter and up to 10cm thick. It forms on the surface of very cold open water covered with surface slush (frazil ice). Individual pieces of pancake ice often h > Landscapes Copyright Michael Clutson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065257/Pancake-ice.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065257/1065257.jpg 2008-06-06T14:44:55Z dmcs-1065257 Melting icicles. > Landscapes Copyright Steve Allen / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065258/Melting-icicles.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065258/1065258.jpg 2008-06-06T14:45:04Z dmcs-1065258 North Sea seascape, Fredericia, Denmark. Photographed in November 2004. > Landscapes Copyright Carlos Dominguez / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065259/North-Sea-seascape.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065259/1065259.jpg 2008-06-06T14:45:12Z dmcs-1065259 Footprints on white sand at Whitehaven Beach, part of the Whitsunday Island National Park. Photographed in Australia. > Landscapes Copyright Carlos Dominguez / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065260/Footprints.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065260/1065260.jpg 2008-06-06T14:45:24Z dmcs-1065260 Driftwood on a tropical beach. Photographed on the Fakarava Atoll in the Tuamotu archipelago, French Polynesia, Pacific Ocean. > Landscapes Copyright Alexis Rosenfeld / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065261/Driftwood-on-a-tropical-beach.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065261/1065261.jpg 2008-06-06T14:45:35Z dmcs-1065261 Pebble ridge with humpback cliffs in the background. Photographed at Westward Ho!, Devon, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Dr Keith Wheeler / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065262/Pebble-ridge.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065262/1065262.jpg 2008-06-06T14:45:50Z dmcs-1065262 Pebble ridge with humpback cliffs in the background. Photographed at Westward Ho!, Devon, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Dr Keith Wheeler / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065263/Pebble-ridge.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065263/1065263.jpg 2008-06-06T14:46:05Z dmcs-1065263 Tropical beach. > Landscapes Copyright Peter Scoones / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065264/Tropical-beach.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065264/1065264.jpg 2008-06-06T14:46:18Z dmcs-1065264 Tropical beach with palm tree. Photographed on Ko Mak, Thailand. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065265/Tropical-beach.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065265/1065265.jpg 2008-06-06T14:46:36Z dmcs-1065265 Sea arch. These natural arches are formed when wave action breaks through strong rock and then erodes the weaker rock very quickly. Photographed in Gotland, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065266/Sea-arch.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065266/1065266.jpg 2008-06-06T14:46:47Z dmcs-1065266 Sea arch. These natural arches are formed when wave action breaks through strong rock and then erodes the weaker rock very quickly. Photographed in Gotland, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065267/Sea-arch.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065267/1065267.jpg 2008-06-06T14:46:57Z dmcs-1065267 Sandy sea floor. Ripples in the sand caused by wave action. Photographed off the Cayman Islands, in the Caribbean. > Landscapes Copyright Georgette Douwma / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065268/Sandy-sea-floor.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065268/1065268.jpg 2008-06-06T14:47:08Z dmcs-1065268 Lava flowing into the sea. Molten lava flowing into the Pacific Ocean on the coast of Hawaii. As the lava hits the water the water boils, producing steam. Some of the lava cools and solidifies and is added to the coastline, while some fragments float > Landscapes Copyright Stephen And Donna O'meara / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065269/Lava-flowing-into-the-sea.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065269/1065269.jpg 2008-06-06T14:47:20Z dmcs-1065269 Lava bubble explosion in a lava flow from Kilauea volcano, in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, USA. > Landscapes Copyright G. Brad Lewis / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065270/Lava-bubble-explosion-Hawaii.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065270/1065270.jpg 2008-06-06T14:47:26Z dmcs-1065270 Pahoehoe lava from Kilauea volcano, at Kamoamoa, in the Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, Hawaii, USA. This thick lava with a ropey texture can flow at speeds of up to 50 kilometres per hour. Pahoehoe is a basaltic lava with a low melting point. The cr > Landscapes Copyright G. Brad Lewis / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065271/Pahoehoe-lava-from-Kilauea-volcano.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065271/1065271.jpg 2008-06-06T14:47:33Z dmcs-1065271 Lava flow from Kilauea volcano in a street in Kalapana, Hawaii, USA. > Landscapes Copyright G. Brad Lewis / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065272/Lava-flow-from-Kilauea-volcano.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065272/1065272.jpg 2008-06-06T14:47:43Z dmcs-1065272 As molten lava enters the sea of the coast of Hawaii, water boils violently and steam rises from the interaction. Quenched lava cools and fragments and gets rafted away while still smoking. > Landscapes Copyright Stephen And Donna O'meara / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065273/Lava-Entering-the-Sea.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065273/1065273.jpg 2008-06-06T14:47:54Z dmcs-1065273 Huns mountains, Namibia. Aerial photograph of the Huns mountains in south Namibia. These ancient mountains were created 600 million years ago and are composed of limestone and marlstone layers. The remains of prehistoric plants and animals have colou > Landscapes Copyright Bernhard Edmaier / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065274/Huns-mountains-Namibia.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065274/1065274.jpg 2008-06-06T14:48:08Z dmcs-1065274 Cairn Lochan at dawn. This view is of the west ridge. Photographed in the Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, UK, in March. > Landscapes Copyright Duncan Shaw / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065275/Cairn-Lochan-Scotland.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065275/1065275.jpg 2008-06-06T14:48:39Z dmcs-1065275 River in fog. Photographed in Parc de la Jacques Cartier, Quebec, Canada. > Landscapes Copyright Michael P. Gadomski / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065276/River-in-fog.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065276/1065276.jpg 2008-06-06T14:48:56Z dmcs-1065276 River Tollense, Germany. Aerial photograph of the River Tollense in Germany. The river meanders (bends) frequently at points along its course. Water flows faster on the outside of any small curve in the river bank causing quicker erosion than on the > Landscapes Copyright Bernhard Edmaier / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065277/River-Tollense-Germany.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065277/1065277.jpg 2008-06-06T14:49:05Z dmcs-1065277 Sunrise over a river. Photographed in Narke, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065278/Sunrise-over-a-river.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065278/1065278.jpg 2008-06-06T14:49:25Z dmcs-1065278 Stream. Time-exposure image of water flowing over stones. Photographed in the Abruzzo National Park in Italy. > Landscapes Copyright Manuel Presti / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065279/Stream.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065279/1065279.jpg 2008-06-06T14:49:33Z dmcs-1065279 Waterfall. This is one of the two waterfalls that form the Bash Bish Falls in Mount Washington State Forest, Massachusetts, USA. Water from Bash Bish Brook splits around a boulder and plunges 25 metres into a pool. This is the right-hand of the two w > Landscapes Copyright Michael Szoenyi / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065280/Waterfall.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065280/1065280.jpg 2008-06-06T14:49:41Z dmcs-1065280 Waterfall in White Coppice village, Lancashire, UK. > Landscapes Copyright Simon Booth / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065281/Waterfall.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065281/1065281.jpg 2008-06-06T14:49:50Z dmcs-1065281 Islands in the estuary of the Amazon River in the state of Para, Brazil. > Landscapes Copyright Jacques Jangoux / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065282/Islands-in-the-Amazon-Estuary.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065282/1065282.jpg 2008-06-06T14:49:57Z dmcs-1065282 Fog over Salcombe Estuary, Devon, UK. This is also called Kingsbridge Estuary. This estuary is an example of a ria because no river flows into it, only a few small streams. A ria is a type of sunmergent coastal landform. It is formed either as a resu > Landscapes Copyright Adam Hart-davis / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065283/Fog-over-Salcombe-Estuary-Devon-UK.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065283/1065283.jpg 2008-06-06T14:50:05Z dmcs-1065283 Volcanic ice cave. Geologist wearing a headlamp at the entrance to an ice cave under Mount Erebus, Ross Island, Antarctica. This cave has been formed by the warmth from the volcano. Inside the cave it is 0 degrees Celsius and 100% humidity. These con > Landscapes Copyright George Steinmetz / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065284/Volcanic-ice-cave.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065284/1065284.jpg 2008-06-06T14:50:35Z dmcs-1065284 Colorado, Gunnison National Forest, Raggeds Wilderness Area. Beavers (Castor canadensis) often use Aspens (Populus tremeloides) for their dams. > Landscapes Copyright Jim Steinberg / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065285/Beaver-lodge.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065285/1065285.jpg 2008-06-06T14:50:46Z dmcs-1065285 Sunset over a lake. Photographed in June, in Narke, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065286/Sunset-over-a-lake.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065286/1065286.jpg 2008-06-06T14:50:59Z dmcs-1065286 Lake Vattern, Narke, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065287/Lake-Vattern-Narke-Sweden.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065287/1065287.jpg 2008-06-06T14:51:21Z dmcs-1065287 Lake with reeds. Photographed in Smaland, Sweden. > Landscapes Copyright Bjorn Svensson / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065288/Lake.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065288/1065288.jpg 2008-06-06T14:51:33Z dmcs-1065288 Saltlake in a desert oasis. The colour of this water is due to blooms of algae and brine shrimp. Some of the water has dried-up, splitting the lake into two. Photographed in Demi, Chad, Africa. > Landscapes Copyright George Steinmetz / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065289/Salt-lake-Chad.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065289/1065289.jpg 2008-06-06T14:51:45Z dmcs-1065289 Camels in front of a lake in the Badain Jaran desert. In daylight this water appears red due to blooms of algae and brine shrimp. Some of the water has dried up, leaving islands of sand within the lake. This desert, located in western Inner Mongolia > Landscapes Copyright George Steinmetz / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065290/Camels-in-front-of-a-lake.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065290/1065290.jpg 2008-06-06T14:51:57Z dmcs-1065290 Federsee marshland, Germany. Aerial photograph of the Federsee marsh in south-west Germany. The land is composed of waterlogged meadow with isolated groups of bushes. Lines of deer tracks interconnect the groups of bushes. > Landscapes Copyright Bernhard Edmaier / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065291/Federsee-marshland.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065291/1065291.jpg 2008-06-06T14:52:13Z dmcs-1065291 Mangrove swamp. Aerial photograph of the Ord River Delta in Western Australia, with mangroves lining the water channels. Salt water from the incoming sea mixes with the fresh water of the river and makes it brackish. Salt levels vary depending on whe > Landscapes Copyright Bernhard Edmaier / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065292/Mangrove-swamp.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065292/1065292.jpg 2008-06-06T14:52:31Z dmcs-1065292 Moulded salt. Rows of compacted salt that has been shaped in moulds made from the bases of palm trees. The salt was extracted, by evaporation, from underground salt water springs. The camel caravan in the background will transport the salt, which wil > Landscapes Copyright George Steinmetz / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065293/Moulded-salt-Niger.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065293/1065293.jpg 2008-06-06T14:52:49Z dmcs-1065293 Dead acacia trees at Dead Vlei (Valley of the Dead), Namibia. This area was cut-off from the Sossusvlei valley by a tranistory sand dune some 900 years ago. Lacking a regular supply of water, the trees seen here died and the areabecame an arid salt p > Landscapes Copyright Sinclair Stammers / Science Photo Library http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065294/Dead-acacia-trees.html http://www.sciencephotogallery.com/pictures_1065294/1065294.jpg 2008-06-06T14:53:04Z dmcs-1065294 Car tracks in the desert. The Sarit dune field is seen in the background. This dune field is part of the Empty Quarter (Rub' al Khali), a vast sand sea in the south of the Arabian Peninsula. It is one of the largest deserts in the world, covering an > Landscapes