Bodegas La Florida, La Geria vineyard tourist attraction for sampling and buying wine, San Bartolome, Lanzarote, Canary Islands, Spain, Atlantic, Europe

View of spice and herb stall in Aswan Old Souks, Aswan, Nubia, Egypt, Africa

Fried insects and crickets, a delicacy on a market in northern Thailand, Thailand

Geologists taking minerals samples on Gran Cratere (The Great Crater), Vulcano Island, Aeolian Islands, UNESCO World Heritage Site, north of Sicily, Italy, Mediterranean, Europe

Sampling wine from underground vats, Nodari Wine Cellar, Velistsikhe, near Sighnaghi, Kakheti, Georgia, Central Asia, Asia

View of wine sampling cellar at Robertson Kooperatiewe Wynmakery, Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

View of people sampling wine at Robertson Kooperatiewe Wynmakery, Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

AI generated image of a Robot collecting samples of giant mussels and tubeworms in the deep sea

View of wine sampling cellar at Robertson Kooperatiewe Wynmakery, Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

View of people sampling wine at Robertson Kooperatiewe Wynmakery, Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

View of people sampling wine at Robertson Kooperatiewe Wynmakery, Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa, Africa

View of people sampling wine at Robertson Kooperatiewe Wynmakery, Robertson, Western Cape, South Africa, South Africa, Africa

Olive oil tasting shop, enoteca Toscana in Radda-in-Chianti, Tuscany, Italy

Men picking Sangiovese Chianti Classico grapes at Pontignano in Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy

Oak barrels of Rioja wine at Carlos San Pedro Bodega winery in medieval town of Laguardia in Basque country, Spain

Boys eat candied strawberry sticks from stall in the Night Market, Wangfujing Street, Beijing, China

Winegrower sampling his wine, Petrov, South Moravia, Czech Republic, Europe

Taking a sample from cask in cellar, Budapest, Hungary, Europe

Croatia, Dalmatia, Dalmatian Coast, Hvar Island

A scientist looking at peat erosion in the north Pennines, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew using dye tracing techniques as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq in Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew's theodolite measuring the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew using dye tracing techniques as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew using dye tracing techniques as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew using dye tracing techniques as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

Water temperatures being taken from the meltwater river at the snout of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq in Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew using dye tracing techniques as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

Robert Simpson takes soil samples to measure the level of methanotropic bacteria during an experiment by scientists from Sydney University, in the Snowy mountains, New South Wales, Australia Pacific

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew using dye tracing techniques as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

A scientist looking at peat erosion in the north Pennines, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

PHD scientist Ian Bartholomew taking measurements as part of a study to measure the speed of the Russell Glacier near Kangerlussuaq, Greenland, Polar Regions

Mars-500 landing training

DNA test by sampling of buccal cells.

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Clinical research in the GHICL. The physical medicine and rehabilitation department in Saint Philibert hospital in Lille, France. Exercises to develop the patient's muscle tone in functional rehabilitation, under the supervision of a doctor.

Crime Scene Investigation

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Spice and tea store, Souk, Marrakech

Young women in traditional costumes sampling wines, Sitges, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Sampling thermal mud, CNR volcanology research, Aeolian Islands, Sicily, Italy

A man sampling in a coffee processing shed, where staff make coffee in small pots and sample the taste to test the blend, New York state, USA

A man examining and smelling the aroma of beans at a coffee bean processing shed, on a farm, New York state, USA

The sampling procedure in a coffee processing shed, where staff make coffee in small pots and sample the taste to test the blend, New York state, USA

The sampling procedure in a coffee processing shed, where staff make coffee in small pots and sample the taste to test the blend, New York state, USA

Close up of a man's hands holding soil samplesFarmer soil sampling, Gloucestershire, England

Labeling blood samples. Two scientists label the king penguin blood samples they have collected during the day, before storing them at low temperature. Kerguelen Islands

Numbering of trout fin samples. Numbering of scale samples for genetic monitoring. Mission preparation must be perfect. Because once in the field, nothing must be missing, not even the pencil: the only pencil capable of writing on the pockets containing the samples. Kerguelen Archipelago.

Scales are removed from a trout by lightly rubbing it with a knife, then transferring the recovered scales into a small numbered bag. Trout were introduced to the archipelago in the 1960s. Irish Bay, Kerguelen Archipelago.

Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Tara with deployed plancton nets. On "station", the boat is drifting without engine or sails. Tara Oceans, a unique expedition: Tara Oceans is the very first attempt to make a global study of marine plankton, a form of sea life that includes organisms as small as viruses and bacterias, and as big as medusas. Our goal is to better understand planktonic ecosystems by exploring the countless species, learning about interactions among them and with their environment. Marine plankton is the only ecosystem that is almost continuous over the surface of the Earth. Studying plankton is like taking the pulse of our planet. Recently, scientists have discovered the great importance of plankton for the climate: populations of plankton are affected very rapidly by variations in climate. But in turn they can influence the climate by modifying the absorption of carbon. In a context of rapid physico-chemical changes, for example the acidification observed today in the world's oceans, it is urgent to understand and predict the evolution of these particular ecosystems. Finally, plankton is an astonishing way of going back in time ? a prime source of fossils. Over the eons, plankton has created several hundred meters of sediment on the ocean floors. This allows us to go back in time, to the first oceans on Earth, and better understand the history of our biosphere. More than 12 fields of research are involved in the project, which will bring together an international team of oceanographers, ecologists, biologists, geneticists, and physicists from prestigious laboratories headed by Eric Karsenti of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory. Galapagos

Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Surface plancton nets, deployed from Tara, Galapagos

Tara Oceans Expeditions - May 2011. Surface plancton nets, deployed from Tara, Galapagos

27-year-old researcher working in a lab on nitrogen exchange between bacteria and the roots of legumes in the rainforest at the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Earth diluted with water in order to extract the PH from the soil as part of a study on nitrogen exchanges between bacteria and the roots of legumes in the tropical forest of the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo from Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Earth diluted with water in order to extract the PH from the soil as part of a study on nitrogen exchanges between bacteria and the roots of legumes in the tropical forest of the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo from Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Researchers applying tape to the hairs of a bat to test methods to capture the pollen it carries as part of a pollination study, rainforest at the 'La Selva' research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Researchers applying a mascara brush to the hairs of a Sowell's short-tailed bat (Carollia sowelli) to test methods to capture pollen that bats may carry as part of a pollination study, rainforest at the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

3 microscope slides to analyze pollen transported on bat hairs, "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Researchers applying a mascara brush to the hairs of a Sowell's short-tailed bat (Carollia sowelli) to test methods to capture pollen that bats may carry as part of a pollination study, rainforest at the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Researchers picking up pollen using tape on the beak of a Rufous-tailed hummingbird as part of a pollination study, rainforest at the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica

Researchers picking up pollen with a brush from the beak of a Rufous-tailed hummingbird as part of a pollination study, rainforest at the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui , Costa Rica

Researchers picking up pollen with a brush from the beak of a hummingbird Stripe-throated Hermit as part of a pollination study, rainforest at the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Rica