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Spots on the flank of a Cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus). Africa Sloughed skin of a Burmese Python (Python molurus bivittatus). Leaf skeleton. Leaf skeleton. Oak (Quercus robur) branch sectioned to show xylem tubules arranged in growth rings and medullary ray to left of image. Wood grain. Nevada, USA Driftwood patterns. Washington State, USA Mandelbrot design. Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria). Pattern of dried up mud. Iceland Sheet ice viewed by polarised light. Frost crystals on the ice of a pond. Scalloped surface of an iceberg. Iceland Bubble raft. Volvox colonies photographed at 40x magnification. Rowan (Sorbus aucuparia) berries. Beach-worn pebbles. North Uist, Scotland Beach-worn pebbles. Iona, Scotland Fungus (Pholiota adiposa). Sulphur Tuft Fungi (Hypholoma fasciculare). Unfinished orb web with dew. Finland Dew-covered spider's web. Burnt trunk of a Ponderosa Pine (Pinus ponderosa). North America Quiver Tree (Aloe dichotoma). Southern Africa Wood that has been bored by Teredo Worms. British Columbia, Canada Gunnera (Gunnera manicata) flower. Pink hydrangea flowers. Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata). Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata). Northern Maidenhair Ferns (Adiantum pedatum). North America Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus) leaves. North America Boston Ivy (Parthenocissus tricuspidata). Tree fern frond. New Zealand Fern frond. Fallen Aspen (Populus tremuloides) leaves. Alberta, Canada Detail of sand dollar shell. Pacific coast, N. America Creeper on a brick wall in New England. Impressions in ice caused by oak leaves absorbing warmth from the sun. Surrey, England Aeonium arboreum with raindrops. Moss. Surrey, England Euphorbia spines. Namibia New Zealand rainforest fern. Amau Fern. Hawaii Dew on a Grass Tree (Xanthorrhoea preissii). Australia Dead trunk of a Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantia). Sonoran Desert, N. America Saguaro Cactus (Carnegiea gigantia). Sonoran Desert, N. America Organ Pipe Cactus (Stenocereus thurberi) spines. Sonoran Desert, N. America Detail of pine cone. Columnar basalt. Iceland Water drip-rings. Ornamental Cabbage. Snow crystal. Stripy pebble on rock. South Uist, Scotland Layered rocks in Norway. Norway Patterns in water going down a sluice-gate. Surrey, England Salt crystals coloured pink by carotine from organisms in the water in which the crystals grew. Namibia Lava patterns. Hawaii Patterns made by water draining from sand at low tide. British Columbia, Canada Sheet ice viewed by polarised light. Zebras (Equus burchelli). Africa Pattern of sectioned ammonite. Pattern of polished ammonite. Ammonite. Giant millipede (unidentified). Kenya, Africa. Rainforest Butterfly. Borneo Camouflaged leafy mantis on rainforest leaf. Costa Rica Pond Skaters (Gerris lacustris) and their shadows on the floor of a shallow pool. Peppered Moth (Biston betularia) normal and melanic forms on a birch trunk. England Green leafy moth. Borneo Peacock Butterfly (Inachis io). Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) trunk sectioned to show growth rings. Autumnal oak leaves. Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) leaves. Ivy (Hedera helix). Europe Holly (Ilex aquifolium) leaf fallen to the ground and starting to decay. Variegated Dtella (Gehyra variegata). Australia Green peas in a pod. Pill Millipede (Glomeris species) curled and extended. Pine cone open and closed.