ScienceBlogs Channel Photos, Week of April 15-21

For your viewing pleasure, here are the large versions of this week's channel photos (but don't lose the love for the little ones!).

(Have a photo you'd like to send in? Email it to photos@scienceblogs.com, or assign the tag "sbhomepage" to one of your photos on Flickr. Note: be sure to assign your photo an "attribution only" or "share and share alike" Creative Commons license so that we can use it.)

First photo here, the rest below the fold.

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Life Science. From Flickr, by Joi



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Physical Science. The polished surface of malachite. From Flickr, by kevinzim

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Environment. A dry lake bed in Petaluma, California. From Flickr, by Josh Sommers

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Humanities & Social Science. From Flickr, by dbking

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Education & Careers. From Flickr, by Sukanto Debnath

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Politics. A member of the U.S. Navy Parachute Team "Leap Frogs" glides into Houston's Minute Maid Park. From the Department of Defense, by Kimberly R. Stephens

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Medicine & Health. From Flickr, by

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Brain & Behavior. From Wikimedia Commons

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Technology. From Flickr, by greg westfall

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