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  1. Mountain top covered in darkness with dark blue sky above. At the top of the mountain is a blue torch light shining bright. In the shadows are large spooky-looking clouds.

  2. A group of people in white, light blue and gold costumes with metallic mass covering most of their faces. The sky is dark and they are holding up long sticks with animals on them. There is a clock tower in the background which is lit up. The person at the front of the picture is looking into the camera and holding up their hand with their mouth open. There are crowds on either side of the people in costumes.

  3. Peel Gill Bridge on the B530. It is a single span stone bridge with unkempt vegetation growing at the side of the stream underneath it.

  4. A blue P parking roadsign with a black arrow pointing to the left. Just behind the roadsign is a wooden footpath sign reading 'Public Footpath Catbells'. In the background there is a grassy bank leading up the hillside to Catbells, a hill in the Lake District.

  5. A display at Kendal Museum which features heads of animals such as zebras and antelopes, affixed to the wall. Items are also displayed inside glass cabinets and include other stuffed animals and skeletons.

  6. Two competitiors wearing red and orange shirts labelled “Team Penrith" (l) and “Team Carlisle" (r) sit at the edge of a bowls rink. They are facing away from the camera and watching a person standing on a purple playing mat with several bowls in front of them. The large sports hall has green flooring and bright lights overhead.

  7. Two male scientists look at a microscope in a white laboratory. The one looking directly at the microscope has a maroon top and short hair. The man standing to his left has a light blue t-shirt, a pony tail and a beard. He is looking at somethng on the lab worktop.

  8. Aerial view of three white sailboats moored in dark green water streaked with swirling algae. The boats cast long shadows across the water, while a narrow shoreline with grass, shrubs, and leafless trees is visible along the bottom edge of the image.

  9. View of Windermere, surrounded by green trees and hills.

  10. A police mugshot of Noel Peter Collins, who killed pensioner George Jackson in a head-on crash. Collins has short ginger hair and a trimmed beard, and blue eyes. He is looking at the camera with a serious expression.

  11. Female fossa Makira is lying in her enclosure at Lakeland Wildlife Oasis with her three pups snuggling into her. One of them has turned on its side and is looking at the camera over its shoulder. They have dark grey fur and look like cats, with big brown eyes.

  12. Castle Crescent in Kendal is flooded by a few feet of water following Storm Desmond in 2015. There is a row of houses partially submerged with the water level up to the top of the wheel arches of the cars parked in front.

  13. An aerial view of Windermere surrounded by lush green trees.

  14. John Barstow, pictured in his red lifeguard top, with a whistle on a green lanyard. He is wearing rectangular glasses and has grey hair. He is smiling at the camera and standing next to a swimming pool. You can see the stairs descending into the pool behind him. There are blue painted walls on the left and wood panelling framing the windows on the right.

  15. Shot of industrial site from its entrance on a sunny day. There are green fences and road signs. There are parked cars and trees surrounding the industrial estate.

  16. Black wrought-iron arch reading 'New Squares, Penrith' with a town skyline silhouette, framing a quiet pedestrian steet. Two flower planters stand either side of the sign; a yellow curved balcony building and shop with blue signage can be seen on the right.

  17. The picture is taken from behind a young mum with light brown long blonde hair. We can't see her face but we can see over her shoulder, she is holding a baby in her arms. The young baby is wearing blue and has dark hair.

  18. Rescue hovercraft travels over sands in the Morecambe Bay area. Two volunteers, wearing rescue lifejackets, helmets and yellow waterproofs are in the water vehicle.

  19. Applethwaite Green Care Home. It is a two-storey property with glass windows running along both floors. There are flowers in the garden in front of the building.

  20. Carla looks at the camera. She has brown eyes and thick long dark hair. She is wearing red liptstick and there is a wooden wall behind her.

  21. Six black Cumbrian fell ponies gallop on green terrain in the Swindale valley, in the Lake District. They gallop in single file. There are large grassy-covered slopes in the background.

  22. A Cumberland Council worker wearing hi-vis flourescent yellow clothing holds a yellow sign with black text that reads "sorry for the inconvenience while we improve your roads". In the background there is a van with Highway Maintenance written across its back doors and a road with cars on it.

  23. White clouds cover a bright blue sky almost in streaks, reaching over the horizon. There is a grassy bank in the foreground, looking out to the sea, with the shape of a long vessel visible on the horizon on the left hand side of the frame.

  24. An adult grey seal and a grey seal pup lie on the sand at a beach on South Walney Nature Reserve near Barrow, Cumbria. The adult seal is grey and the seal pup is much smaller, white and covered in fluffy fur.