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July 2008 Archives

Giant Orange

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James Wray
on July 15, 2008 5:16 PM | | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0)
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An Euro coin stands atop a 1.2 kilogram orange picked in Vilvestre, Spain, 15 July 2008. This fruit comes from an orange tree bought by a Spanish couple 16 years ago in the Portuguese region of Freixo a Espada Cinta, on the border to Vilvestre. The owners of the tree, which grows an average of fourty oranges of one kilo per year, explained that their 'secret' is a special fertilizer known as 'gallinaza' and the microclimate of that area.  EPA/CARLOS GARCIA

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James Wray
on July 15, 2008 5:13 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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A German Air Force ('Luftwaffe') helicopter type 'CH-53' drops flares during the 'Elite 2008' manoeuvre at the training area 'Heuberg' near Messtetten, Germany, 15 July 2008. 1,700 soldiers from 17 nations took part in the annual ELITE (Electronic Warfare Live Training Exercise), which is the Luftwaffe's largest annual manoeuvre.  EPA/PATRICK SEEGER

Plasma Production

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James Wray
on July 15, 2008 5:11 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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A view of the inside of South Korea's indigenous fusion energy test bed, the Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), with which the National Fusion Research Institute in Daejeon succeeded in creating plasma for the first time, Daejon, South Korea, 15 July 2008.  EPA/STR

A Little Bit of Paris in Kabul

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James Wray
on July 15, 2008 5:10 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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A general view of replica of Paris famous Eiffel Tower at the compound of Sham-e-Paris (Paris Evening) wedding hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, 15 July 2008. After the fall of Taliban regime many Afghan families who can afford expenses, prefer to get their children married in modern hotels in Kabul.  EPA/S. SABAWOON

Algae bloom threatening Olympic sailing events

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James Wray
on July 4, 2008 5:24 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)

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Picture made available on 04 June 2008 shows a grab and a bulldozer work to clear the algae off the sea in Qingdao in east China's Shandong province, 01 July 2008.  China has mobilized thousands of workers and soldiers to clean up an algae bloom, threatening Olympic sailing events in Qingdao.  EPA/JOHN WONG

Recreation of the Argo

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James Wray
on July 2, 2008 7:47 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
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The recreation of the ancient Greek ship Argo, the vessel used by Jason and his Argonauts on the quest for the 'golden fleece' sails in the canal of Korinthos, some 83 km west of Athens on 2 July 2008. The 50-oar vesssel crewed from all 27 European Union member countries is going to sail to Venice .  EPA/VASSILIS PSOMAS

The Nigh' by Spanish artist Antonio Lope

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James Wray
on July 2, 2008 7:45 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
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A man walks in front of the sculpture 'The Night' by Spanish artist Antonio Lopez, a big size head representing the head of one of the artist's granddaugthers which is exhibited at the Atocha Railway Station in Madrid, Spain, 2 July 2008. A painting by Antonio Lopez entitled 'Madrid from Torres Blancas' was sold at auction by Christie's in London on 30 for 1,744,030 Euros becoming the most expensive work by a living Spanish artist sold at auction.  EPA/BALLESTEROS

Peruvian Police Incinerate Drugs

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James Wray
on July 2, 2008 7:41 PM | | Comments (0) | TrackBacks (0)
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Members of the Peruvian Police incinerate more than one tone of cocaine paste, 437,629 kilogrames of cocaine hydrochloride, 212,515 kilogrames of marihuana, and 115,534 kilogrames of opium alkaloid in Lima, Peru, 02 July 2008. The narcotics were confiscated during several operations since 03 June 2008.  EPA/ALBERTO ORBEGOSOS

British Future Aircraft Carrier

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James Wray
on July 2, 2008 7:25 PM | | Comments (1) | TrackBacks (0)
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A computer generated image of the future aircraft carrier. The British Ministry of Defence will sign contracts with industry to build the two future aircraft carriers. The contracts, worth in the region of 3 billion GBP or 3.8 billion euros, will be signed with the newly-formed UK maritime Joint Venture, BVT Surface Fleet, and the Aircraft Carrier Alliance onboard HMS Ark Royal, one of the Royal Navy's existing aircraft carriers and currently the Fleet Flagship.

 The future aircraft carriers, to be named HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH and HMS PRINCE OF WALES, will be the biggest and most powerful surface warships ever constructed in Britiain. They will provide British forces with world-class capabilities, supporting peace-keeping, conflict prevention and our strategic operational priorities. They will be a highly versatile and potent joint defence asset, able to meet the widest range of tasks.  EPA/MOD / CROWN COPYRIGHT / AIRCRAFT CARRIER ALLIANCE

Pangolin at Singapore Zoo

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James Wray
on July 1, 2008 6:10 PM | | Comments (2) | TrackBacks (0)
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A picture made available on 30 June of Hook the pangolin resting on a tree stump in the Singapore Zoo, 29 June 2008. 

Wildlife Reserves Singapore (WRS) and TRAFFIC Southeast Asia are jointly organising a three-day pangolin conservation workshop to be held at the Singapore Zoo starting 30 June 2008, to discuss the perilous situation facing pangolin populations in Asia, as its survival comes under increasing threat from illegal poaching.

Pangolins are being poached for their meat which is consumed as food and used for traditional medicines in the region.  EPA/HOW HWEE YOUNG
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