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Subject-specific imagery for our first ten explainers.
Images retain their individual licences. Where a Creative Commons share-alike licence applies, the resized image version is offered under the same licence. Image licences do not apply to the separate article text or imply endorsement by the creator.
Why does Britain’s weather change so quickly?
Storm clouds over London. Archive photograph, not a current forecast.
Creator: Garry Knight
Source: Storm Clouds over London.jpg
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
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How does the Thames Barrier protect London?
The Thames Barrier viewed from the adjacent park. Not a live operational image.
Creator: mattbuck
Source: London MMB »120 Thames Barrier.jpg
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Stonehenge: what do we know, and what is still uncertain?
A close-up photograph of Stonehenge.
Creator: Creator not stated in file metadata
Source: Stonehenge Closeup.jpg
Licence: Public domain
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Hadrian’s Wall was more than a line across a landscape
Hadrian’s Wall near Housesteads, Northumberland.
Creator: Benjamin Smith
Source: Hadrian's Wall on Housesteads Crags - 06.jpg
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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Before quoting a UK census number, check the label
Archive photograph of an ONS office at Drummond Gate, London. Not a census dataset.
Creator: User:Londoneye
Source: ONS main building, Drummond Gate, London SW1.jpg
Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
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What can Domesday Book really tell us about medieval England?
Historic illustration of Domesday Book from William Andrews’s Historic Byways and Highways of Old England (1900). Not a photograph of the manuscript.
Creator: Andrews, William
Source: Domesday-book-1804x972.jpg
Licence: Public domain
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How was the first London Underground built?
Historic illustration of Metropolitan Railway construction near King’s Cross. Not present-day construction.
Creator: Percy William Justyne
Source: Constructing the Metropolitan Railway.jpg
Licence: Public domain
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Why is high tide not at the same time around Britain?
The causeway to St Michael’s Mount, Cornwall. Archive photograph, not a tide or crossing-status report.
Creator: Bob Jones
Source: Causeway to St Michael's Mount - geograph.org.uk - 5246562.jpg
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
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Why Britain’s peatlands matter beyond their scenery
Peat bog at Hope Woodlands, Derbyshire. Landscape context, not a measurement of carbon storage.
Creator: Stephen Burton
Source: Peat Bog - geograph.org.uk - 4653356.jpg
Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0
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Flooding in England: why the type of water matters
Queen Staith Road, York, during flooding on 22 February 2022. Archive photograph, not current conditions.
Creator: Malcolmxl5
Source: Floods in York 22 Feb 2022 12.jpg
Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0
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