Forming Collection (#8)

Bacterial endospore formation, diagram. The initial stage is at upper left, following the arrow to a ninth stage at lower right

Embryonic stem cells, light micrograph
Embryonic stem cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of human embryonic neural stem cells forming neuronal networks. Tubulin protein is red; cell nuclei are blue

Blood clotting, SEM
Blood clotting. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of human red blood cells (erythrocytes, red) and platelets (thrombocyte, white) forming a blood clot

Larch (Larix decidua) cones
Larch cones forming in spring. Dorset, UK April 2010

Tectonic plate boundaries, artwork
Tectonic plate boundaries. Artwork showing two types of boundary associated with the formation and destruction of an oceanic section of a tectonic plate

Rock formation and erosion cycle. Cutaway artwork showing the cycle by which rocks are formed and eroded. At top, volcanic activity forms new rock on the Earths surface as molten rock (lava)

Potters workshop
An European female potter in her workshop shapes clay on a potters wheel. Closeup of her hands

female potter
An European female potter in her workshop shapes clay on a potters wheel. Closeup of her hands

Young star, artwork
Young star. Computer artwork of a young sun-like star encircled by its planet-forming disk of gas and dust

Formation of the Moon, artwork
Formation of the Moon. Computer artwork showing the giant impact theory of the formation of the Moon. This theory says that an object about the size of Mars (top right)

Vacuum fluctuation, artwork
Vacuum fluctuation. Computer artwork showing a particle and an antiparticle being created in a vacuum. A quantum vacuum is not empty

Mud volcano formation, artwork
Mud volcano formation. Artwork showing the stages in the formation of a mud volcano. At left, sediment on the ocean floor is drawn into a subduction zone where two continental plates are colliding

Protoplanetary disc disrupted by O-star. Artwork of the energetic solar wind from an O-star (upper right), a hot type of star

HD 98800 planetary system, artwork. The artwork is based on observations made in infrared with the Spitzer Space Telescope (SST)

Rhone glacier, Switzerland
Rhone glacier in the Swiss Alps, panoramic view. A new glacial lake (green) is forming as a result of the glacier melting. Photographed in 2008

Planetary formation, artwork
Planetary formation. Computer artwork of small rocky bodies (planetesimals) accreting with a protoplanet in the early Solar System

Altocumulus undulatus clouds
Altostratus undulatus clouds. This cloud formation is a type of low altocumulus cloud with signature undulations within it

Glacier-polished rocks. Glacier-polished (striated) rocks (upper centre) seen in front of Rhone glacier in the Swiss Alps

Snowdrift formation. A snowdrift is a deposit of snow shaped into a mound by the wind during snowstorms. Here, the wind is seen carrying the snow over peaks in southeastern Switzerland

Tooth enamel formation, SEM
Tooth enamel formation. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a freeze-fractured section through a tooth, showing the enamel-forming cell layer (blue)

Clouds, Dorset
Clouds at the Avon Causeway near Christchurch, Dorset, UK. In these very unsettled conditions, cumulus clouds are forming rapidly and developing into thunder clouds

Cumulonimbus clouds
Cumulonimbus capillatus clouds. These are cumulonimbus clouds, the upper part of which is fibrous (or cirriform). Cumulonimbus capillatus clouds can grow to great heights

People form a circle in Madhya Pradesh, Central India
A group of people forming a circle in Madhya Pradesh Province, Central India. Photograph by Ralph Ponsonby Watts

Ectoplasm forming from Helen Duncans mouth
Undated photograph showing " ectoplasm" forming from the Scottish medium Helen Duncans mouth down her front and over shoulder. HPG/1/4/2 (vi)

Undated photograph showing ectoplasm forming
Undated photograph showing " ectoplasm" forming from the Scottish medium Helen Duncans mouth down her front and over shoulder. HPG/1/4/2 (v)

Brighton / Esplanade 1841
Brighton, Sussex: A handsome Esplanade, extending from the south-eastern corner of the Steine, forming the entrance to the Chain Pier. A most tasteful marine structure

The Civil Service Volunteers at Somerset House, London, 1864
Engraving showing the armed display of the Civil Service Volunteers, forming a square in the quadrangle of Somerset House, in front of the Prince of Wales, 1864

Equestrian Acrobats at the Circus, 1948
Photograph showing six equestrian acrobats forming a pyramid on top of their four horses, at the circus, 1948

Blunt / Nimbus / Plate 103
Nimbus - or rain cloud - forming out at sea beyond the fishing boats. There is also half a rainbow disappearing into the dark cloud

Hindenburg
Photograph of Marshal Paul von Hinderburg (1847-1934), sitting at a strategic map. A veteran of the Franco-Prussian War, he was recalled from retirement on the outbreak of World War I

Railway bridge over the Tees at Barnard Castle
Railway bridge over the Tees, near Barnard Castle, forming part of the Stockton and Darlington railway

Day Dress / Victor Stiebel
Couture design by Victor Stiebel (1907-1976) for a grey wool " neat-skirted" day dress, with a silk surah forming a larged bow attached to the belt on a slim waist

Congo railway, station at Matadi
Station at Matadi, forming part of the new Congo railway from Matadi to Stanley Pool. The railway took nine years to complete, and in the first five years only 25 miles of track was constructed

Atkinson / Mutiny / Elephant
Elephants are used to haul artillery, forming a siege train, during the Indian Mutiny

Cardiff Bay, A Private View Sculpture by Kevin Atherton
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Meharistes (camel riders) Tataouine Oasis, Tunisia, North Africa

Interior of the Cao Dai Great Temple, Tay Ninh, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Imperial (king) shags (Phalacrocorax atriceps albiventer), Sea Lion Island, Falkland Islands, South Atlantic, South America

Sunday procession arriving at church for service, Aitutaki, Cook Islands, Polynesia, South Pacific Islands, Pacific

Junior school children exercising in colourful clothes, Beijing, China, Asia

A herd of guanacos (Lama guanicoe), Torres del Paine National Park, Patagonia, Chile, South America

Ball Dress for 1830
Gauze gowns with Greek designs. Horizontal revers forming mancherons on the shoulders. Gigot over-sleeves & reversed points at the cuff. Short skirt & boots

French Fashions 1891
Wrap-over jacket bodice with gigot sleeves & long basques forming an over-skirt, broad belt & high necked blouse. Gored skirt, plaid blouse & sash worn as a belt & braces

Coral Reef / J. W. Whimper
Vegetation has taken root on the upper levels of a coral reef, forming a kind of island

Moon / Forming Crater
The stages of formation of a lunar crater

Bm Natural History
The Zoological exhibits at the Museum : they will be moved to South Kensington in 1881, forming the Natural History Museum

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