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LL/6840
The Blue Marble
2002, 8 February
NASA Visualization
 
NASA
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Image by Reto Stöckli (land surface, shallow water, clouds). Enhancements by Robert Simmon (ocean color, compositing, 3D globes, animation). Data and technical support: MODIS Land Group; MODIS Science Data Support Team; MODIS Atmosphere Group; MODIS Ocean Group Additional data: USGS EROS Data Center (topography); USGS Terrestrial Remote Sensing Flagstaff Field Center (Antarctica); Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (city lights).
 
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LL/6804
Jessie Cohen
Giant panda
n.d.
Color print
 
Smithsonian National Zoo
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian National Zoo, Jessie Cohen, NZP photographer
 
LL/6804

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LL/5545
Michael Eastman
Horse No. 23
[Horses]
n.d.
 
Staley+Wise Gallery
 
LL/5545

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LL/803
Cy DeCosse
Cultured Pearl
n.d.
Photogravure
 
21st Editions
 
LL/803

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LL/619

Two Pears
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, hand-coloured
11 x 14 / 16 x 20
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
 
LL/619

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LL/662
Laszlo Layton
Blue Morpho Butterfly (After Heade)
[Cabinet of Curiosities]
2003
Cyanotype, toned, hand-coloured
14 x 11 in
 
Peter Fetterman Gallery
 
LL/662

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LL/1524
William Lesch
Flowers and Lizards #7
1989
Evercolor print
Various
 
Afterimage Gallery
 
LL/1524

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LL/2123
Fuchs, Daniel & Geo
Polar Bears
[Conserving Animals]
n.d.
Cibachrome print
 
Stephen Bulger Gallery
 
LL/2123

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LL/2198
Volker Seding
Kudu, Heidelberg, Germany
[Zoo Portfolio]
1989
Chromogenic print
 
Stephen Bulger Gallery
 
LL/2198

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LL/2458
Christopher Burkett
Glowing Autumn Forest, Virginia
2000
Cibachrome print
24 x 20
 
Andrew Smith Gallery
 
LL/2458

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LL/2671
Chad Kleitsch
Untitled #6
[Flowers - White]
2002
Archival Epson print
10 x 10
 
Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery
 
LL/2671

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LL/81925
Irving Penn
Iceland Poppy/Papaver nudicaule (G), New York
2006
Pigment print
19 x 23 ins (48.3 x 58.4 cm)
 
Phillips - New York
9th April 2018, NY040118, Photographs & The Enduring Image: The Collection of Dr. Saul Unter, Lot: 177
 
LL/81925

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LL/2668
Chad Kleitsch
Untitled #13
[Flowers - Black]
2002
Archival Epson print
30 x 30
 
Ariel Meyerowitz Gallery
 
LL/2668

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LL/2757
Jayne Hinds Bidaut
Charaxes castor, Zebra Butterfly, Central Africa
[A Voyeur's Tintypes]
1998-2002 (ca)
Tintype
 
Barry Singer Gallery
 
LL/2757

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LL/3118
Jack Welpott
Long Stem Rose
2002
Epson Pigment print, Scanograph
 
Barry Singer Gallery
 
LL/3118

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LL/3483
Len Jenshel
Miami Seaquarium, Miami, Florida
n.d.
C-print
20 x 24
 
Klotz / Sirmon Gallery (CLOSED)
 
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LL/3650
Lynn Geesaman
Filoli Gardens, CA (3)
2000
C-print
19 x 19
 
Candace Dwan Gallery
 
LL/3650

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LL/3824
Kate Breakey
Northern Cardinal II
1998
Print, hand-painted
 
Catherine Edelman Gallery
 
LL/3824

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LL/4678
Robert Glenn Ketchum
Rat Creek - Tikchik State Park
1999
Fuji Crystal Archive
48 x 66
 
Fahey / Klein Gallery
 
LL/4678

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LL/5054
Sandi Fellman
Insect #17, 0003FLS7
[Sometimes with Shadows]
n.d.
Gelatin silver print, toned
40 x 30 in
 
Edwynn Houk Gallery
 
LL/5054

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LL/5187
Adam Fuss
Untitled
1991
Cibachrome, unique
144.7 x 93.9 cm (57 x 37 in)
 
Fabien Fryns Fine Arts (CLOSED)
 
LL/5187

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LL/5361
Joyce Tenneson
Orchid
[Flower portfolio]
2002
Giclèe print
20 x 24 in
 
Fay Gold Gallery
 
LL/5361

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LL/6621
Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore, Indiana. this color infrared aerial photograph shows a major part of the lakeshore. Vegetation is shown in red.
n.d.
 
United States Geological Service
US Geological Service (Hill, C.L. 24cp)
 
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LL/6808
Jessie Cohen
Copperhead
n.d.
Color print
 
Smithsonian National Zoo
Image courtesy of the Smithsonian National Zoo, Jessie Cohen, NZP photographer
 
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LL/6973
Egg surrounded by sperm
n.d.
 
National Museum of Health and Medicine
National Museum of Health and Medicine
 
LL/6973

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LL/10320
Tracey Holland
Installation window 7 (Panel D)
[Twelve Keys]
1995
Color print
 
Provided by the artist - Tracey Holland
Courtesy of Tracey Holland, © Tracey Holland
 
LL/10320

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LL/11372
Stuart Rome
Reelfoot Lake, Kentucky
1998
Gelatin silver print
19 x 19 on 20 x 24 paper
 
Gallery 339 - Fine Art Photography
Courtesy of the artist and Gallery 339
 
LL/11372

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LL/13935
Gene Laughter
Flight
1994
Bromoil print
 
Provided by the artist - Gene Laughter
© Gene Laughter
 
LL/13935 [Further details available]

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LL/16142
Andrew Davidhazy
Wasp
[High speed photography]
1990 (ca)
Kodak Ektachrome 35mm film
24 x 36 mm
 
Provided by the artist - Andrew Davidhazy
 
LL/16142

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LL/16967
Cy DeCosse
Scotland's National Anthem (Thistle)
1999
hand-coated Platinum Metals on Arches Paper
19 x 19 in
 
John Stevenson Gallery
 
LL/16967 [Further details available]

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LL/17065
Ron van Dongen
Crocus verns 'Remembrance'
[Color Flora]
n.d.
Color print
 
Provided by the artist - Ron van Dongen
Courtesy of Ron van Dongen (CSL002)
 
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LL/82552
Horst
Flower still life through rainy window
1980s (taken, later print)
Dye transfer print
49 x 38 cm (image)
 
Bassenge Photography Auctions
Photography, 6 June 2018, Lot: 4202
 
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LL/18007
Marian Drew
Crow with salt
[Still Life / Australiana]
2003
Archival pigment on cotton rag paper
85 x 110 cm
 
Provided by the artist - Marian Drew
 
LL/18007

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LL/18173
Terry Evans
Untitled
[Prairie Specimens]
1998-2002
C-print
 
Provided by the artist - Terry Evans
 
LL/18173

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LL/18195

Wasps
[Insecta Magnifica]
2002
C-print
 
Provided by the artist - Lori Nix
 
LL/18195

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LL/19045
Frank Ward
Chimp and Gibbon
[Curious Footprints]
2004
Digital capture
13 x 17 in
 
Provided by the artist - Frank Ward
 
LL/19045 [Further details available]

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LL/20963
Stephen Petegorsky
Black Bird
[Gold Leaf]
1998
Polaroid emulsion over gold leaf and clay on board
10 x 8 in
 
Provided by the artist - Stephen Petegorsky
 
LL/20963

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LL/23009
John Grant
Red Rose on Rocks
[Flowers]
n.d.
Archival pigment print, from high resolution scan
24 x 21 in
 
Kathleen Ewing Gallery
© John Grant Studios, Courtesy of Kathleen Ewing Gallery/ Washington DC
 
LL/23009

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LL/23410
Rosanne Olson
Pear and Shell
[Still Life]
n.d.
 
Watermark Fine Art Photographs & Books (CLOSED)
 
LL/23410

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LL/24284
Adam Fuss
Untitled
1994
Dye-bleach photogram
23¥ x 19¥ins (57.8 x 50.2 cm)
 
Christie's - London
Courtesy of Christies, London (Sale: 7434 - Photographs, Lot: 110 - Nov 13, 2007)
 
LL/24284 [Further details available]

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LL/25346
Roger Camp
Fallen Angels XLIII
[Fallen Angels]
2002
Cibachrome print
30 x 40 in
 
Provided by the artist - Roger Camp
 
LL/25346

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LL/26244
Caroline Hyman
Crocus 2
[Botanical]
2006 February - 2007 April
Monochrome film, hand-coloured
7 x 6 in (approx)
 
Provided by the artist - Caroline Hyman
 
LL/26244

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LL/28094
Joseph Holmes
#1
[amnh]
n.d.
 
Wall Space Gallery
 
LL/28094

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LL/28140
Doug Landreth
FlyF
[Bugs]
n.d.
 
Wall Space Gallery
 
LL/28140

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LL/30388
Lori Nix
Floater
[Some Other Place]
2001
C-print
 
Provided by the artist - Lori Nix
 
LL/30388

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LL/32988
Professor Albert Richards
Jack-in-the-Pulpit
[Flowers]
n.d.
X-ray
 
Museum of Jurrasic Technology
Courtesy of the Museum of Jurassic Technology and Richards‘ Radiographs, LLC
 
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LL/36451
Professor Albert Richards
Chinese lantern
[Flowers]
1982
X-ray
 
Richards' Radiographs
 
LL/36451

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LL/36706
Right eye of Alan Griffiths
2010, 6 May
Optomap Ultra-Widefield Retinal Image
 
Insight Optometry Group
 
LL/36706

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LL/36805
Ivor Mason, KCL
Compact bone
2009
Light microscopy
 
Wellcome Collection
Ivor Mason, KCL, Wellcome Images (B0007263)
 
LL/36805 [Further details available]

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LL/36831
Rose-Lynn Fisher
Wing hooks, 700x
2009
Scanning electron microscope
 
Provided by the artist - Rose-Lynn Fisher
© 2009 Rose-Lynn Fisher, "Bee" (Princeton Architectural Press, 2010)
 
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LL/36983
Hemispheric View of Venus Centered at the North Pole
1996, 3 June
Digital image, Imaging Radar
 
NASA
NASA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, CA. Data processed by JPL, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, and the U.S. Geological Survey, Flagstaff, AZ. UID: SPD-PHOTJ-PIA00007, Image ID: 118029
 
LL/36983 [Further details available]

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LL/36980
Oil Slicks on Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela
2002-2003
Digital image, Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR)
 
NASA
NASA/GSFC/LaRC/JPL, MISR Team, NASA Planetary Photo Journal Collection, UID: SPD-PHOTJ-PIA04331, Image ID: 113517
 
LL/36980 [Further details available]

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LL/37364
Terra
Rub' al Khali, Arabia
2005, 2 December
ASTER
 
NASA
NASA/GSFC/METI/ERSDAC/JAROS, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team, PIA11084
 
LL/37364 [Further details available]

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LL/37418
ERS-2
Mosaic of different ERS-2 results
1995, 21 April (after launch)
Various imaging systems
 
ESA - European Space Agency
ESA, ID number: ESAHSSUTYWC
 
LL/37418 [Further details available]

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LL/37708
Saturn's Rings
1981, 25 August
 
NASA
NASA Center: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Image: PIA01531
 
LL/37708 [Further details available]

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LL/38132
Unidentified photographer
Mucous Larvacean House
2009, 25 August
Colour image
 
Neptune Canada, University of Victoria
Creative Commons license
 
LL/38132 [Further details available]

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LL/115255
Nick Hobgood
Pyrosome pelagic colonial tunicate or salp encountered off Atauro island, East Timor.
2005, 23 July
Photograph
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
LL/115255

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LL/42347
Phillip D. Cartwright
A dog flea under polarised light
1984, 1 December
Photomicrograph
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
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LL/42343
Unknown creator
This is a computer-enhanced fMRI scan of a person who has been asked to look at faces. The image shows increased blood flow in the part of the visual cortex that recognizes faces.
2009, 27 October
Computer-enhanced fMRI scan
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
LL/42343 [Further details available]

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LL/42349
Dr. Hannes Grobe
Fluorescent minerals
2005, 7 April
Under UV-A, UV-B and UV-C light
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
LL/42349

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LL/42340
Unknown creator
DNA repair
2006, 21 November
Rendered image, software generated
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
LL/42340 [Further details available]

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LL/42573
Unidentified photographer
DNA Purification
2010 (or earlier)
Colour image
 
National Institutes Of Health
 
LL/42573 [Further details available]

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LL/42897
David Malin
Anthrone. | 7.48
1974 (ca)
Photomicrograph, scanned from medium format transparency
 
Provided by the artist - David Malin
Courtesy of the artist, omg058, © David Malin
 
LL/42897 [Further details available]

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LL/43616
David Dare Parker
Embryos displayed for research purposes in a room at the Peace Village within the Tu Du (Freedom) Obstetrics and Gynaecology Hospital in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.
[Agent Orange, Vietnam]
2010, September
Colour image
 
Provided by the artist - David Pare Parker
© David Dare Parker
 
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LL/44224
Scientific collaboration
Antenn' Galaxies composite of ALMA and Hubble observations
2011
Colour image
 
ALMA - Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array
ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO). Visible light image: the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope
 
LL/44224 [Further details available]

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LL/44829
Wayne Martin Belger
SCRIPPS 3
[Yemaya camera]
n.d.
C-print
20 x 24 in
 
Provided by the artist - Wayne Martin Belger
 
LL/44829 [Further details available]

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LL/47314
C.C. Appleton, A. T. Forbes & N. T. Demetriades
An apertural view of a newborn shell of Tarebia granifera.
2009, July
Scanning electron microscope
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license.
 
LL/47314 [Further details available]

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LL/47313
NEON ja (photo), Richard Bartz (colouring)
Gephyrocapsa oceanica Kamptner from Mie Prefecture, Japan. SEM:JEOL JSM-6330F. Scale bar = 1.0 µm.
2007
Scanning electron microscope, coloured
 
Creative Commons - Wikipedia
 
LL/47313

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LL/48202
NASA
The sun unleashed an M4.7 class flare at 8:32 EDT on May 9, 2012 as captured here by NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory
2012, 9 May
SDO
 
NASA
NASA/GSFC/SDO
 
LL/48202 [Further details available]

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Contents - Themes & Fragments
Abstraction of scale - Abstraction of the large
Abstraction of scale - Abstractions of scale
Abstraction of scale - Rose-Lynn Fisher: Bee
Aerial - Satellite and space station imaging
Alternative process movement - Contemporary bromoil prints
Alternative process movement - Fabricated Cameras and Contemporary Pinhole Photography
Animals - Bears
Animals - Smithsonian National Zoo - Contemporary photography
Animals - Snakes
Animals - Wolves
Astronomy - Contemporary astronomy
Astronomy - Home planet
Astronomy - Introduction to astronomy
Body fluids and animal parts - Animal parts
Botany - Introduction to flowers
Botany - Professor Albert Richards: X-rays of Flowers
Bromoil prints - Contemporary bromoil prints
Cameraless photographs - Experimental photographers and cameraless photographs
Collections - Joseph Holmes: amnh (American Museum of Natural History)
Deserts and dunes - Landscape: Deserts and dunes
Dioramas - Dioramas in Natural History Museums
Dioramas - Joseph Holmes: amnh (American Museum of Natural History)
Expeditions and exploration - Space exploration
Fabricated realities - Dioramas in Natural History Museums
Fauna - Smithsonian National Zoo - Contemporary photography
Flowers - Cy Decosse: Gioco di Luce / Play of the Light
Flowers - Flower studies (Part II)
Flowers - Flowers: Roses
Flowers - Flowers: Through the 20th Century
Flowers - Introduction to flowers
Flowers - Ron van Dongen: Flora
Geology - Introduction to geology and mineralogy
Infrared photography - Colour infrared photography
Insects, arachnids and others - Butterflies and moths
Insects, arachnids and others - Contemporary photographs of insects
Insects, arachnids and others - Introduction to insects, arachnids and others
Insects, arachnids and others - Rose-Lynn Fisher: Bee
Medical - Contemporary medical imaging
Nature - Contemporary examples of nature photography
Nature - Dioramas in Natural History Museums
Nature - Joseph Holmes: amnh (American Museum of Natural History)
Photomicroscopy - Photomicroscopy and the quest for the ever smaller image
Photomicroscopy - Rose-Lynn Fisher: Bee
Pinhole cameras - Fabricated Cameras and Contemporary Pinhole Photography
Satellite imaging - Satellite and space station imaging
Scanning electron microscope - Rose-Lynn Fisher: Bee
Scanning electron microscope - Scanning electron microscope
Scientific - Contemporary scientific imagery
Scientific - Introduction to scientific photography
Scientific - Rose-Lynn Fisher: Bee
Still life - Marian Drew: Still Life - Australiana
Still life - Olivia Parker: Still lifes
Surveillance - Satellite and space station imaging
Vietnam - David Dare Parker: Agent Orange, Vietnam
Vietnam War (1961-1975) - David Dare Parker: Agent Orange, Vietnam
War - David Dare Parker: Agent Orange, Vietnam
X-rays - Professor Albert Richards: X-rays of Flowers
Zoos - Volker Seding: Zoos
Zoos - Zoos

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