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14248832 - This frames the asterism called the False Cross, made of stars in Vela at top and Carina at right.

71455162 - flowering Cathaya ornamental quince (Chaenomeles cathayensis, Cathaya false quince, large-fruited ornamental quince)

71455132 - flowering Chinese false hazel (Corylopsis sinensis var. sinensis Hemsley)

71455131 - flowering Chinese false hazel (Corylopsis sinensis var. sinensis Hemsley)

This is the bright, large and colourful naked-eye star cluster NGC 2516 in Carina, aka the Southern Beehive Cluster, near the bright star Avior (Epsilon Carinae) in Carina, the bottom star of the False Cross asterism.

14249023 - This is the bright, large and colourful naked-eye star cluster NGC 2516 in Carina, aka the Southern Beehive Cluster, near the bright star Avior (Epsilon Carinae) in Carina, the bottom star of the False Cross asterism.

14093127 - View from False Kiva in Canyonlands National Park, Utah.

71455160 - flowering Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica, low false quince, Nordic lemon)

This frames the rich area in southern Scorpius that contains the "False Comet" cluster, NGC 6231 which, along with the looser, larger clusters Ruprecht 122 and Collinder 316, appears as a hazy elongated comet to the naked eye. In 1986 Comet Halley was in this area and many mistook this deep-sky field for the comet, thus the moniker, as best I know! Photos show the nebulosity in the field, which is IC 4628, aka the Prawn Nebula. Above the nebula is the star cluster NGC 6242. To the left is NGC 6268, and above it is the larger cluster NGC NGC 6281. At the bottom edge at centre is the cluster NGC

14249389 - This frames the rich area in southern Scorpius that contains the "False Comet" cluster, NGC 6231 which, along with the looser, larger clusters Ruprecht 122 and Collinder 316, appears as a hazy elongated comet to the naked eye. In 1986 Comet Halley was in this area and many mistook this deep-sky field for the comet, thus the moniker, as best I know! Photos show the nebulosity in the field, which is IC 4628, aka the Prawn Nebula. Above the nebula is the star cluster NGC 6242. To the left is NGC 6268, and above it is the larger cluster NGC NGC 6281. At the bottom edge at centre is the cluster NGC

71455159 - flowering Japanese quince (Chaenomeles japonica, low false quince, Nordic lemon)

This is a framing of the southern Milky Way from the Southern Cross, Crux, at left, to the False Cross, with its stars in Vela and Carina, at right. In between is a third though upside-down cross, defined by stars in Carina, with blue Miaplacidus as the lower star of this cross.

14248769 - This is a framing of the southern Milky Way from the Southern Cross, Crux, at left, to the False Cross, with its stars in Vela and Carina, at right. In between is a third though upside-down cross, defined by stars in Carina, with blue Miaplacidus as the lower star of this cross.

The nearest bright star to our solar system, Alpha Centauri (aka Rigel Kentaurus) on the left and blue Beta Centauri on the right. Alpha and Beta are unrelated — Alpha is 4.2 light years away while Beta is 390 light years away. Together they are called the Pointers as they point to the Southern Cross, to avoid confusing it with the False Cross nearby. Alpha is a close double star, one of the finest for small telescopes, but it is not resolved at this image scale.

14248969 - The nearest bright star to our solar system, Alpha Centauri (aka Rigel Kentaurus) on the left and blue Beta Centauri on the right. Alpha and Beta are unrelated — Alpha is 4.2 light years away while Beta is 390 light years away. Together they are called the Pointers as they point to the Southern Cross, to avoid confusing it with the False Cross nearby. Alpha is a close double star, one of the finest for small telescopes, but it is not resolved at this image scale.

13900585 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching with a Kill, a South African Fur Seal, arctocephalus pusillus, False Bay in South Africa , False Bay in South Africa

13899308 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching with a Kill, a South African Fur Seal, arctocephalus pusillus, False Bay in South Africa , False Bay in South Africa

Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, Hunting a South African Fur Seal, arctocephalus pusillus, False Bay in South Africa

13898592 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, Hunting a South African Fur Seal, arctocephalus pusillus, False Bay in South Africa

13898288 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13898078 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13897561 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13821215 - Sea bottom of False Bay are the natural habitat of sharks, seals, whales and dolphins, South Africa

All of Scorpius, plus parts of Lupus and Ara regions of the southern Milky Way. This area was directly overhead when I took this at about 4:30 am local time on April 6, 2014 from near Coonabarabran, Australia. The head of Scorpius is at top his tail at bottom though you could turn this image any direction and it would be correct as seen in the sky at this latitude, depending on the time of night. But in portrait mode like this north is at top. Along the Milky Way are numerous nebulas, including the False Comet area, the Cat's Paw area, and the colourful nebulas around Antares at top. The dark

13899353 - All of Scorpius, plus parts of Lupus and Ara regions of the southern Milky Way. This area was directly overhead when I took this at about 4:30 am local time on April 6, 2014 from near Coonabarabran, Australia. The head of Scorpius is at top his tail at bottom though you could turn this image any direction and it would be correct as seen in the sky at this latitude, depending on the time of night. But in portrait mode like this north is at top. Along the Milky Way are numerous nebulas, including the False Comet area, the Cat's Paw area, and the colourful nebulas around Antares at top. The dark

Splendours of the southern Milky Way from Vela (at top right) to Centaurus (at bottom left), including the Carina Nebula, Crux and Coal Sack, and Alpha and Beta Centauri. A part of the huge Gum Nebula is at far right. The False Cross is at right, with the large cluster NGC 2516, the Diamond Cluster, below it. The globular cluster Omega Centauri is at upper left.

13899335 - Splendours of the southern Milky Way from Vela (at top right) to Centaurus (at bottom left), including the Carina Nebula, Crux and Coal Sack, and Alpha and Beta Centauri. A part of the huge Gum Nebula is at far right. The False Cross is at right, with the large cluster NGC 2516, the Diamond Cluster, below it. The globular cluster Omega Centauri is at upper left.

13899213 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

The region of the Milky Way in Puppis and Vela encompassing the vast Gum Nebula, a photographic object only. Sirius and Canis Major are at right; Canopus in Carina is at bottom. The False Cross and the open cluster NGC 2516 are at left.

13899148 - The region of the Milky Way in Puppis and Vela encompassing the vast Gum Nebula, a photographic object only. Sirius and Canis Major are at right; Canopus in Carina is at bottom. The False Cross and the open cluster NGC 2516 are at left.

13898739 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13900035 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13899116 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, Hunting a South African Fur Seal, arctocephalus pusillus, False Bay in South Africa

13898961 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13898626 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13898498 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13898327 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13900295 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13899637 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13899631 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching with a Kill, a South African Fur Seal, arctocephalus pusillus, False Bay in South Africa , False Bay in South Africa

13899073 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13898892 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13898145 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13898045 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

The Dark Emu of aboriginal sky lore rising out of the Tasman Sea, from the south cost of Victoria, Australia. From Cape Conran on the Gippsland Coast. Carina is just above centre, Crux, the Southern Cross is at centre, and Centaurus is below Crux. The False Cross is at top.

13897737 - The Dark Emu of aboriginal sky lore rising out of the Tasman Sea, from the south cost of Victoria, Australia. From Cape Conran on the Gippsland Coast. Carina is just above centre, Crux, the Southern Cross is at centre, and Centaurus is below Crux. The False Cross is at top.

Bamburgh Castle, with a mirror image in the water. Note that the water reflection is false and is the result of manipulating the image; Bamburgh, Northumberland, England

13785186 - Bamburgh Castle, with a mirror image in the water. Note that the water reflection is false and is the result of manipulating the image; Bamburgh, Northumberland, England

71433087 - Woman on a ski tour ascending to False Riedel, False Riedel, Kitzbühel Alps, Tyrol, Austria

The False Comet Cluster area of southern Scorpius, which includes the open cluster NGC 6231 and emission nebula IC 4628, and open cluster NGC 6242 at top. This is a superb binocular field.

13900199 - The False Comet Cluster area of southern Scorpius, which includes the open cluster NGC 6231 and emission nebula IC 4628, and open cluster NGC 6242 at top. This is a superb binocular field.

The extensive Gum Nebula area in Vela, an interstellar bubble blown by winds from hot stars, with the False Cross at left. This is a stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures at f/3.2 with the Sigma 50mm lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Taken from Coonabarabran, Australia, December 2012. High cloud added natural glows around stars. Star clusters NGC 2516 (below False Cross) and IC 2391 (right of false Cross) stand out. Superhot star Gamma Velorum is at centre.

13899901 - The extensive Gum Nebula area in Vela, an interstellar bubble blown by winds from hot stars, with the False Cross at left. This is a stack of 4 x 5 minute exposures at f/3.2 with the Sigma 50mm lens and filter-modified Canon 5D MkII at ISO 800. Taken from Coonabarabran, Australia, December 2012. High cloud added natural glows around stars. Star clusters NGC 2516 (below False Cross) and IC 2391 (right of false Cross) stand out. Superhot star Gamma Velorum is at centre.

13899258 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

Tail of Scorpius with False Comet area (NGC 6231 and IC 4628) and Ara )with NGC 6188 nebulosity), taken from Atacama Lodge, Chile, March 2010, with Canon 5D MkII (modified) and Canon L-series 135mm lens at f/2.8 for stack of 5 x 4 minute exposures at ISO 800. Focus a tad soft.

13899193 - Tail of Scorpius with False Comet area (NGC 6231 and IC 4628) and Ara )with NGC 6188 nebulosity), taken from Atacama Lodge, Chile, March 2010, with Canon 5D MkII (modified) and Canon L-series 135mm lens at f/2.8 for stack of 5 x 4 minute exposures at ISO 800. Focus a tad soft.

13898839 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13898429 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13898317 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13898028 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

The asterism of the False Cross in Vela and Carina, at left, with Gamma Velorum, a bright blue supergiant star, at right. In between are faint arcs of nebulosity in the Gum Nebula. To the left of Gamma Velorum is the open star clister NGC 2547. Below the bottom star of the False Cross, Epsilon Carinae or Avior, is the large naked-eye star cluster NGC 2516. To the right of the right star of the False Cross, Delta Velorum, is the loose open cluster IC 2391.

13897811 - The asterism of the False Cross in Vela and Carina, at left, with Gamma Velorum, a bright blue supergiant star, at right. In between are faint arcs of nebulosity in the Gum Nebula. To the left of Gamma Velorum is the open star clister NGC 2547. Below the bottom star of the False Cross, Epsilon Carinae or Avior, is the large naked-eye star cluster NGC 2516. To the right of the right star of the False Cross, Delta Velorum, is the loose open cluster IC 2391.

13837327 - Antarctica, South Shetland Islands, Livingston Island, False Bay, Helicopter flight on Huntress Glacier. Antarctic Dream ship.

71442384 - Relief with Shiva and Parvati on the bull Nandi above the false door of the mountain temple Wat Phu, Champasak Province, Laos, Asia

13900364 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13897486 - Great White Shark, carcharodon carcharias, Adult Breaching, False Bay in South Africa

13848543 - Corn Lily or False Hellebore at Paradise area, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington.

13992880 - Boats in False Creek Marina,Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

13893492 - False Creek Ferry, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

13775437 - False Klamath Cove Beach, Redwood National And State Parks; California, United States Of America

13992881 - City skyline and False Creek in Vancouver,BC,Canada,Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

13775440 - False Klamath Cove Beach, Redwood National And State Parks; California, United States Of America

13775439 - False Klamath Cove Beach, Redwood National And State Parks; California, United States Of America

13992684 - Downtown and Cambie Bridge From False Creek Vancouver,B.C.,Canada

13992683 - Downtown and Cambie Bridge From False Creek Vancouver,B.C.,Canada

13992906 - Passenger Ferries on False Creek,Granville Island,Vancouver,Canada,Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

13992739 - Boats,False Creek,Burrard Bridge,Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

13775438 - False Klamath Cove Beach, Redwood National And State Parks; California, United States Of America

13992867 - City and waterfront along False Creek in Vancouver,Canada at twilight,Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

13992863 - City and docks along False Creek in Vancouver,BC,Canada,Vancouver,British Columbia,Canada

71410960 - Scentless false mayweed (scentless wild chamomile, Baldr's brow, Tripleurospermum maritimum), meadow near Marvao. Portugal

71401154 - Science World at False Creek, Vancouver, British Columbia, West Canada

71383066 - Vancouver, False Creek Ferries, Granville Island, Burrard Street Bridge

Rockrose or false sun-rose or halimium (Cistus, Halimium calycinum) at the Costa Vicentina. The coast of the Algarve during spring. Portugal

71423826 - Rockrose or false sun-rose or halimium (Cistus, Halimium calycinum) at the Costa Vicentina. The coast of the Algarve during spring. Portugal

71401153 - Aquabus in False Creek, Vancouver, British Columbia, West Canada

71410959 - Scentless false mayweed (scentless wild chamomile, Baldr's brow, Tripleurospermum maritimum), meadow near Marvao. Portugal

71412987 - Evening light on False Kiva, Island in the Sky, Canyonlands National Park, Utah USA

14269509 - View of rocky coastline of False Bay from lighthouse, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

Simon's Town, home to Naval Base Simon's Town, the South African Navy's largest base, located on the shores of Simon's Bay in False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

14270573 - Simon's Town, home to Naval Base Simon's Town, the South African Navy's largest base, located on the shores of Simon's Bay in False Bay, on the eastern side of the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

71357541 - False Chanterelle (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca), mushrooms, Chiemsee, Bavaria, Germany

14269507 - View of False Bay from lighthouse, Cape of Good Hope Nature Reserve, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

13705472 - Adult false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), surfacing on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

13705473 - Adult false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens), surfacing on Ningaloo Reef, Western Australia, Australia, Pacific

70263729 - Promande and small Marina at False Creek, Granville Bridge, Vancouver, Canada, North America

71385589 - false kiva, canyonlands

70110196 - Limestone false door of Ptahshepses, Egyptian sculpture, The British Museum, London. England. UK.

70263734 - Sunset at False Creek, Yard Club, Marina, Burrard Bridge, Vancouver City, Canada, North America

70451640 - The Alaska Marine Highway ferry M/V Tustumena motoring through False Pass at the edge of the Aleutian Islands, Southwest Alaska, summer.

70263738 - Promande and small Marina at False Creek at twilight, Granville Bridge, Vancouver, Canada, North America

70070169 - Penguins boulder beach, False Bay, Cape Peninsula, South Africa

70343164 - Checkpoint Charlie false soldier Berlin Germany

70207798 - Nov. 2007. Canada. British Columbia. Vancouver City. False Creek and Downtown Vancouver

70451636 - Frosty Peak on the Alaska Peninsula from Ikatan Bay near False Pass, Southwest Alaska, summer.

70058082 - False-eyed puffer, Canthigaster papua, Indonesia, Wakatobi Dive Resort, Sulawesi, Indian Ocean, Bandasea

70451635 - Palisade Cliffs on the Alaska Peninsula in Ikatan Bay near False Pass, Southwest Alaska, summer.

70356078 - Sunset view of False Creek, Granville Islands, 'British Columbia', Canada

70306237 - Railing of cruiseship MS Deutschland (Deilmann Cruises) and glacier, False Bay, Livingstone Island, South Shetland Islands, Antarctica

70303469 - Carry Crab holding False Fire Sea Urchin, Dorripe frascone, Astropyga radiata, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia

70263737 - Promande and small Marina at False Creek at twilight, Granville Bridge, Vancouver, Canada, North America

70263733 - Sunset at False Creek, Burrard Bridge, Vancouver City, Canada, North America

70030420 - Eischnecke, Egg Shell, False Cowry, Pseudosimnia p, Pseudosimnia punctata

70515373 - Kogel Bay, False Bay, Atlantic, Cape town, Western cape, South Africa

70515302 - Kogel Bay, False Bay, Atlantic, Cape town, Western cape, South Africa