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Drops of water

In the compulsory isolation of lockdown, Daisy Lafarge’s repeated visits – via a new microscope – to the miniature worlds contained by drops of pond water provided her with the company and escapism she craved.

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Sharing Nature: Plastic fantastic

There are serious concerns about plastics in the environment. Yet they make our lives much easier, even in the natural world.

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Sharing Nature: Parks for people

Paula Broom’s photograph of Sydney’s Centennial Park shows the complexity and joy we find in urban greenery.

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On nature cures and taking the waters

When chilly outdoor swims began to chip away at her depression, Jessica J Lee was drawn to a closer study of the complex natural world around her.

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  • Agriculture: ponds, and pumping machines to drain them. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1825.
  • Pond water, SEM
  • Pond turtle (Emydidae) eye
  • Richard Mead. Etching by A. Pond, 1739.
  • Pond bacteria attached to some water weed.
  • Richard Mead. Mezzotint by A. Pond, 1739.
  • Mark Akenside. Stipple engraving by J. White after A. Pond.
  • "The Lily Pond and Terraces" of Burcot Grange. 1938.
  • Watercolour painting of two frogs in a lily pond.
  • The Crystal Palace, London: the lily pond. Photograph, 1851/1862.
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