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BBC Ideas: A(very) short guide to the Universe

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  1. Five people in yellow and orange hi-vis jackets standing in a quarry. There are sunken, fossilised dinosaur tracks in the ground that stretch into the distance

  2. View of Driffield Market with stalls either side of a road and shoppers browsing the stalls

  3. A wide waterfall spans the picture, and behind it is Cheddar Gorge, with high rocks and lots of green trees on the cliffs and river banks.

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    A white lighthouse on a rock is surrounded by a windy sea with waves lashing against the rocks.

  5. A woman sits in a field on the side of a dug out trench. She is dressed in black with a hi-vis vest on. behind her sits mounds of dug out soil and yellow buckets. She is smiling widely and holds a trowel in one hand.

  6. A close up picture of a black and white dairy cow with yellow tags on its ears. There are other cows, more blurred, in the background.

  7. Blue-green algae infested water is pictured in Battery Harbour on the shores of Lough Neagh, in Northern Ireland, on August 22, 2025.

  8. A mosquito is pictured in front of a green background. The photo was taken in Sri Lanka.

  9. A woman engineer in a black INEOS top

  10. A glass of orange juice with a splash

  11. Several white plastic discs covered in grains of sand

  12. Elaine Arthurs smiles at the camera, wearing glasses and a black top. She is next to a small display case, which has a single large fossilised vertebra - part of a backbone - and a description underneath saying 'Stegosaur Vertebra'

  13. Teacher Maria Scallon

  14. Laura has blonde hair tied back sits on a sofa, smiling. Behind her are two yellow surfboards and a small flag on the wall. The setting appears relaxed and homey.

  15. The National Farmers' Union's deputy president looking at camera with a serious expression. He has grey short hair and a blue shirt. He is standing in front of farming equipment in one of his fields.

  16. A small boy sits on decking next to a small pond. There is a bench behind the pond and part of a visitor centre. A path and trees are in the background.

  17. An overflow pipe discharges a brown liquid into a stream or river.

  18. A broken pipe covered in seaweed and rust lays across an open beach with lots of small rocks and pepples in front of it. Water from the sea is almost reaching the pipe, broken only with a small line of sand. Another boulder is poking out of the water, again covered in seaweed and barnacles. A large sea wall and a couple walking in dark clothing are out of focus in the background.

  19. Lorna Slater, who has curly blonde hair and glasses, looks to her left in a close-up shot. She is visible from the neck up.

  20. A large Asiatic lion relaxing on a stone block at a reserve. It is looking directly into the camera.

  21. A row of solar panels in a grass field.

  22. A silhouette of a person photographing comet Lemmon in Slovakia

  23. A blonde woman in a red top with pink lilies over it

  24. Thick white foam on the surface of the River Thet at Thetford. On the far side is a river bank with trees; in the middle branches with autumnal leaves meet the water; on the right is a glimpse of a bridge balustrade top.