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Scotland, Orkney Islands, Skara Brae Prehistoric Village

England, Northumberland, Sycamore Gap, Northumberland National Park. Sycamore Gap, a famous landmark along Hadrians Wall in the Hadrians Wall World Heritage Site

Women welders at the Landers, Frary
New Britain, Connecticut. Women welders at the Landers, Frary, and Clark plant

The Canadian Rockies in Banf National Park, Canada. canadian rockies, banf national park
The Canadian Rockies in Banf National Park, Canada

Yantra of the Goddess Pratyangira (recto), Symbol (verso), between c1700 and c1750

New Zealand, South Island, Lake Te Anau
New Zealand, South Island, Fiordland National Park. Lake Te Anau - Gateway to the Kepler Track and Fiordland National Park

Great Crested Newt - Single adult male photographed underwater, Wiltshire, England, UK
DK-77 Great Crested Newt - Single adult male photographed underwater, Wiltshire, England

Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. Artist: Leon-Maxime Faivre
Deux meres ( Two Mothers ), 1888. From the Musee d Orsay, Paris

Ghost Orchid in bloom, Polyrrhiza lindenii, Florida (wild)

The Kitchen-God, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Kitchen-God, 1922. The Kitchen God is the most important of Chinese domestic gods who protect the hearth and family, recognised in Chinese folk religion, Chinese mythology, and Taoism

England, Northumberland, Alnwick Castle. Alnwick Castle photographed with an infrared camera

England, Cumbria, Lake District National Park. Helvellyn and surrounding mountain range reflected in still waters of Ullswater near Glenridding in Patterdale

Great crested newt (Triturus cristata) underwater. It is named for the large crest that develops on the backs of the males in the mating season

Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Horses grazing in a winter landscape of snow covered fields, hills and mountains near Nethy Bridge

England, Northumberland, Hareshaw Linn. Hareshaw Linn is a spectacular waterfall located in a steep sided gorge, which continues to flow through a wooded valley

Grasmere in the Lake District UK
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Scotland, Scottish Highlands, Cairngorms National Park. Ryvoan Bothy located on the Ryvoan Pass situated within the Abernethy National Nature Reserve (RSPB)

Green turtles (Chelonia mydas) resting on the seabed. This turtle is found in warm tropical waters

The Langdale Pikes in the Lake District UK
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Lake Windermere in the Lake District UK
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The Langdale Pikes from Blea Tarn in the Lake District UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Greater Sandhill Cranes - in winter
ROG-12021 Greater Sandhill Cranes - in winter, feeding in maize (corn) field. Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, New Mexico, USA

Greater Sandhill Cranes - in flight, coming in to winter roost at sunset
ROG-12023 Greater Sandhill Cranes - in flight, coming in to winter roost at sunset

France / Strasbourg 1590
A view of the ancient walled city of Strasbourg and surrounding countryside as it looked at the end of the 16th century

HMS Dido, British protected cruiser
HMS Dido, British Eclipse class protected cruiser. Date: circa 1905

The Door-God - Military, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Military, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies

Heart Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

Foxhound Light Protected Patrol Vehicle in Afghanistan
A Foxhound Light Protected Patrol Vehicle is put through its paces at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan

South Africa, Cape Town, Simons Town, Boulders Beach. African penguin colony (Spheniscus demersus)

A gorgon and panthers from the pediment of the temple of Artemis on Corfu
The archaic west pediment of the temple of Artemis on Corfu, showing Medusa in the centre fleeing from Perseus

England, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales National Park. Looking down on Crummack Dale and its traditional dry-stone walls and barn which is a typical feature of the Yorkshire Dales

England, Northumberland, Hadrians Wall. A dramatic stretch of Hadrians Wall running along the Walltown Craggs

Australia, Tasmania, Cradle Mt - Lake St Clair National Park. Dramatic storm clouds clear revealing Mount Pelion West - Viewed from the Overland Track

Cloughoughter Castle, Co Cavan, Ireland; Aerial View Of Lough Oughter And 13Th Century Castle Built On The Possible Site Of A Crannog

Roman soldiers making a tortoise with their shields, 1605

White Stork pair on their nest Do& xf1;ana National Park, Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain White Stork pair on their nest Doana National Park, Huelva province, Andalusia, Spain Date:

The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Creator: Unknown
The Door-God - Civil, 1922. Menshen are divine guardians of doors and gates in Chinese folk religions, used to protect against evil or encourage the entrance of positive energies at thresholds

Doonagore Castle, Co Clare, Ireland, 16Th Century Tower House Overlooking The Atlantic Ocean

Air Raid Precautions, cigarette card, British, 1938. Testing for mustard gas contamination. The end of the instrument is coated with special paint that will change colour if mustard gas is present

A mother sea otter swims on her back as her baby rests on her stomach in Alaskan waters

Fire alam post, Cooks Road, Vauxhall, WW2
Fire alarm post (FA41) protected by sandbags outside the AFS station in Cooks Road, Vauxhall, with an LFB fire engine on the left, around the start of the Second World War

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas) swimming. The green sea turtle is found in warm tropical waters

Black anemone fish (Amphiprion melanopus) hidden in the tentacles of a partially bleached sea anemone

H. M. S. Iron Duke
Photograph of Iron Duke, flag-ship of Sir George A. Callaghan, the Commander-in-Chief of the Home Fleets. The Dreadnought was specially protected against aerial attack

Tamino and Pamina
Guided and protected by the magic flute, Tamino and Pamina emerge unscathed from the ordeal of fire and water, and all will now be well for them

Menat Talisman
MENAT TALISMAN Incorporating the emblem of Hathor, the goddess of motherhood, this talisman protected ancient Egyptian women

BIBLE EVENTS/CREATION
Die Erde nach der Schopfung - the freshly-created Earth, protected by angels above but menaced by demons below

Parkes Castle, Co Leitrim, Ireland

The Road to the Pyramids at Giza, c1873. Artist: Edward Lear
The Road to the Pyramids at Giza, c1873. The road passes through an avenue of trees forming a tunnel and giving shade to the travellers upon it

The Briars, St Helena, early 19th century (1851). After his voyage into exile on St Helena in 1815, Longwood, the house Napoleon was to occupy, was not ready for him

HMS Argyll, British protected cruiser
HMS Argyll, British Devonshire class protected cruiser. Date: circa 1910

Timber Rattlesnakes - Gravid females basking to bring young to term
CAN-2117 Timber Rattlesnakes - Gravid females basking to bring young to term also with Common Garter Snake, Thamnophis sirtalis amongst rattlers Northeastern USA Crotalus horridus Venomous pitvipers

Strike at Covent Garden
Covent Garden market suffering from strike actions; a single cart leaving the market has to be protected by three policemen

Serpentine outcrop on Mount Tamalpais (mt. Tam), just north of San Francisco
ROG-12203 Serpentine outcrop on Mount Tamalpais (mt. Tam) San Francisco, USA Bob Gibbons Please note that prints are for personal display purposes only and may not be reproduced in anyway

Sunset over a temperature inversion in the Eskdale Valley, Lake district, UK
Ashley Cooper / SpecialistStock

Burberry Weatherproofs
Two sensible ladies are protected from the unpredictable British weather in their Burberry weatherproof overcoats with stylish long lapels & low waistlines

Lake Windermere at dusk in the Lake District UK
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History of the United States. 16th century French expedition. Florida. Timucua Indian tribe. Traditional architecture of the indigenous villages, with the installation of a defensive palisade

The Miser. Depiction of a rich man who has locked himself in a room with barred windows. Coins, chests and bags of money all around him

King Arthur fighting the giant, protected by
King Arthur fighting the giant, under the protection of the Virgin. 19th-century facsimile after an engraving in Chroniques de Bretagne, 1514

Iberian Peninsula. Siege of Barcelona, 801. Frankish
Iberian Peninsula. Siege of Barcelona in 801. Louis the Pious (778-840) began the conquest of the Muslim-held city of Barcelona

Allied landing craft follow airborne troops in the early morning of June 6th

Play area, Beverley and Tollesby School, Middlesbrough

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Aerial landscape of the Semuc Champey Cascades along the Cahabon river, Peten Rainforest, Guatemala Largest file size only available on Alamy

The byzantine church of Hagia Sophia, the only building remaining in good condition on the "Upper" castle of Monemvasia, Lakonia The byzantine church of Hagia Sophia

Impressive view of the medieval "castletown" of Monemvasia from the sea, during a boatride

Armed response sign

Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), looking at a butterfly on its paw

Great Horned Owl Nest Saguaro Cactus

Funkturm. Radio Tower, With blue lighting, Berlin Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany, Europe
Funkturm. Radio Tower, With blue lighting, Berlin Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany

A quiet evening walk on the beach in Avalon, New Jersey

Northern Giant Petrel or Halls Giant Petrel (Macronectes halli) soaring over the waves of the South Atlantic near South Georgia Island

New Zealand, Southland, Kea Mountain Parrot. A single Kea, alpine parrot, looking for food at the entrance to the Homer Tunnel in the Fiordland National Park

New Zealand, Nelson & Marlborough, Abel Tasman National Park. The Wainui River downstream of the Wainui Falls, as it flows through native NZ forest and bush

England, Northumberland, Hadrians Wall. A frosty winters morning at Milecastle 39 along Hadrians Wall, a world heritage site located within the Northumberland National Park

Black and white ruffed lemur (varecia variegata) in Eastern Madagascar

Central America, Costa Rica, aerial view of mudflats at the mouth of the Terraba river on the edge of the Terraba-Sierpe protected wetlands between Puntarenas and Golfito

Two Japanese red crested cranes dancing in the sunrise light, Tsurui crane center, hokkaido

Green sea turtle (Chelonia mydas), an endangered species, on the surface for a breath off West Maui, Hawaii; Maui, Hawaii, United States of America

Portrait of a black wolf sitting in a snow covered field, YNP, USA
Portrait of a black wolf (Canis lupus) waiting in a snow covered field looking at camera; Yellowstone National Park, United States of America

Brown bear standing on rocks eating salmon at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park
Brown bear (Ursus arctos) standing upright and balancing on the rocks with a freshly caught salmon in mouth at Brooks Falls in Katmai National Park; Alaska, United States of America

Great White Shark, Mexico
This great white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) was photographed under an early morning rainbow off Guadalupe Island, Mexico

HMS Encounter, 2nd class protected cruiser, Challenger class
Royal Navy - HMS Encounter, a 2nd-class protected cruiser of the Challenger class, operated by the Royal Navy (RN) and Royal Australian Navy (RAN), as HMAS Encounter

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"Protected: Exploring the Treasures of Scotland's Orkney Islands and Skara Brae Prehistoric Village" Discover the captivating beauty of Scotland's Orkney Islands, where time stands still in the ancient ruins of Skara Brae Prehistoric Village. Protected by its UNESCO World Heritage status, this archaeological site offers a fascinating glimpse into Neolithic life. Dive into the depths of Wiltshire, England to witness the majestic Great Crested Newt in all its glory. A single adult male gracefully glides underwater, showcasing nature's remarkable ability to protect and thrive. Leon-Maxime Faivre's masterpiece "Deux meres (Two Mothers), 1888" reminds us that love knows no boundaries when it comes to protecting our loved ones. This evocative artwork captures the essence of maternal instinct and devotion. Escape to Cradle Mountain in Tasmania, a sanctuary nestled amidst breathtaking landscapes. Here, nature is protected at its finest as rugged mountains embrace tranquil lakes and lush forests - an untouched haven for wildlife enthusiasts. Unveil the enigmatic allure of "The Kitchen-God, " a mysterious creation from 1922 whose creator remains unknown. Symbolizing protection over hearth and home, this intriguing piece invites contemplation on tradition and spirituality. Step back in time at Alnwick Castle in Northumberland, England - a fortress steeped in history that has withstood centuries of turmoil. Its fortified walls stand tall as guardians against invaders while preserving tales from medieval times. Witness another marvel from Mother Nature as she safeguards her precious creation -the Great Crested Newt once again steals our hearts with its vibrant colors and unique charm. Immerse yourself in the awe-inspiring beauty of The Langdale Pikes within Lake District UK. These towering peaks are not only protected by their sheer grandeur but also hold stories etched deep within their rocky formations.