857-13759 - Swarm of micro-robots David Bruemmer, left, and Mark McKay testing a swarm of micro-robots at the INEEL Robotics Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID. The scientists hope to use a swarm of robots to investigate builings that are contaminated with radioactive waste. The markings show the pattern of the robots and illustrate how a group can cover large areas.
1196-227 - Wearing tree bark cloth masks and skirts, dancers representing fish spirits are invited during the season of the peach palm harvest to drink the juice. it is a feast and ritual exchange: the host group offers the spirits large quantities of peach palm juice, smoked meat and fish, and shaman-blessed coca and snuff. the visitors are the costumed dancers impersonating animal spirits. people eat the meat and fish, animal spirits receive the fruits of peach palm, which are cultivated, harvested, and processed by humans. this exchange expresses the idea that people and animals depend on each other for survival and reproduction. vaupes basin, eastern colombia amazon, population: 600
970-496 - Yellow Tube Sponge (Aplysina fistularis) large group of sponges with surface and boat in background, Little Cayman Island, Cayman Islands, Caribbean
970-379 - Bell hydroid (Tubularia larynx) large group of individuals tightly packed togethe clearly showing polyp heads, St Abbs, Scotland, UK North Sea
801-683 - Mirror mosaics, Reclining Buddha Shrine (Red Chapel), Wat Xieng Thong, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Luang Prabang, Laos, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia