Card Collection (#77)

Horse-chestnut (Aesculus hippocastanum) leaves emerging in spring, Dorset
ROG-13436 Horse-chestnut - leaves emerging in spring Dorset, UK Aesculus hippocastanum Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Snowy Egret - feeding in lagoon at sunset, California
ROG-14165 Snowy Egret - feeding in lagoon at sunset California, USA Egretta thula Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Wild Poppy or Field Poppy (Papaver rhoeas) against sea and sky; Mani Peninsula, Peloponnese, south Greece
ROG-13324 Wild Poppy or Field Poppy - against sea and sky Mani Peninsula, Peloponnese, south Greece. Papaver rhoeas Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Common Poppy or Field Poppy ( Papaver rhoeas ), widespread cornfield weed. Dorset
ROG-13370 Common / Field Poppy - widespread cornfield weed Dorset, UK Papaver rhoeas Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Great Egret / Great White Egret / Common Egret / Great White Heron - fishing on lake shore at sunset
ROG-13870 Great Egret / Great White Egret / Common Egret / Great White Heron - fishing on lake shore at sunset California

Northern Pintail - flock in flight, California, United States
ROG-13859 Northern Pintail - flock in flight California, United States Anas acuta Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

Columbian Black-tailed Deer - feeding among flowers in Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA, North America
ROG-13813 Columbian Black-tailed Deer - feeding among flowers Mount Rainier National Park, Washington, USA Odocoileus hemionus columbianus Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display

Wild cherry (Prunus avium) in flower, after rain. England
ROG-12376 Wild cherry in flower, after rain England. Prunus avium Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Spectacular early summer flowers, including arnica, lupin, paintbrush etc, on Shrine Pass near Vail, at about 11
ROG-13771 Spectacular early summer flowers, including arnica, lupin, paintbrush etc on Shrine Pass near Vail, at about 11, 000 ft, The Rockies, Colorado

Mass of cornfield weeds: Corn cockle, corn marigolds, cornflower, corn chamomile etc. Dorset
ROG-13362 Mass of cornfield weeds: Corn cockle, corn marigolds, cornflower, corn chamomile etc. Dorset, UK Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only

Fortuneteller showing a picture of an aura, Paris, France, Europe

Adult Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) leaping from rock to rock on the beach in Antarctica
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Long-beaked Common Dolphin (Delphinus capensis) surfacing (note the blow behind head)
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK (RR)
Janet Baxter / SplashdownDirect

The Lindblad Expedition ship MS Endeavour in Paradise Bay on the Antarctic Peninsula
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

A very unusual iceberg calved from the Sawyer Glacier in Tracy Arm in southeast Alaska, USA
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

The face of the Sawyer Glacier, a tidewater glacier at the end of Tracy Arm in Southeast Alaska, USA
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Working a boat through the ice of the Sawyer Glacier, a tidewater glacier at the end of Tracy Arm in Southeast Alaska
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

The Sawyer Glacier calving, a tidewater glacier at the end of Tracy Arm in Southeast Alaska, USA
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Purple Stinger Jellyfish (Pelagia notiluca) Sardinia, Italy, Mediterranean
Alan James / SplashdownDirect

Mandarin Fish (Synchiropus splendidus) Mabul & Sipadan, Borneo, Malaysia
Alan James / SplashdownDirect

Young Whale Shark (Rhincodon typus) in deep water off Lanai, Hawaii, USA. Pacific Ocean
Michael Nolan / SplashdownDirect

Antarctic Fur Seal (Arctocephalus gazella) on the island of South Georgia, southern Atlantic Ocean
Michael S. Nolan / SplashdownDirect

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Photographers name / SplashdownDirect

View westwards from Mount Shasta looking across the Marble Mountains and Shasta-Trinity range
ROG-12939 USA - View westwards from Mount Shasta looking across the Marble Mountains and Shasta-Trinity range, hazy and smoky after 2008 fires. California

Sagittarius constellation. Illustrated card from a 19th century astronomical teaching aid called Uranias Mirror, after the Greek muse of astronomy. There are 32 cards in total

Scorpio constellation. Illustrated card from a 19th century astronomical teaching aid called Uranias Mirror, after the Greek muse of astronomy. There are 32 cards in total

Leo constellations. Illustrated card from a 19th century astronomical teaching aid called Uranias Mirror, after the Greek muse of astronomy. There are 32 cards in total

Cancer constellation. Illustrated card from a 19th century astronomical teaching aid called Uranias Mirror, after the Greek muse of astronomy. There are 32 cards in total

Taurus constellation. Illustrated card from a 19th century astronomical teaching aid called Uranias Mirror, after the Greek muse of astronomy. There are 32 cards in total

Delphinus and Aquila constellations. Illustrated card from a 19th century astronomical teaching aid called Uranias Mirror, after the Greek muse of astronomy. There are 32 cards in total

Taurus Poniatovii constellation. Illustrated card from a 19th century astronomical teaching aid called Uranias Mirror, after the Greek muse of astronomy

Lynx constellation. Illustrated card from a 19th century astronomical teaching aid called Uranias Mirror, after the Greek muse of astronomy. There are 32 cards in total

Cepheus constellation. Illustrated card from a 19th century astronomical teaching aid called Uranias Mirror, after the Greek muse of astronomy. There are 32 cards in total

Polar Bears - sow with cubs - resting along the Beaufort Sea coast, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. MA2089
TOM-1619 Polar Bears - sow with cubs - resting along the Beaufort Sea coast Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska. Ursus maritimus Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display

White-tail Deer - x2 doe MD609
TOM-1195 White-tailed Deer, two does North America Odocoileus virginianus Tom & Pat Leeson Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in any way

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