Images Dated 20th April 2005

A U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement

A U.S. Marine Corps Medium Tactical Vehicle Replacement (MTVR) prepares to pull away after inserting Marines for a local neighborhood security patrol as part of Operation Crimson Tide. The MTVR is configured with Medium Armor and using an MK 19 Mod 3 40 mm grenade machine gun system on the cab turret

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Mexico, Oaxaca, Detail of hand-woven rug using Zapotec Indian design displayed at

Mexico, Oaxaca, Detail of hand-woven rug using Zapotec Indian design displayed at art gallery along the Alameda near the Iglesia de Santo Domingo and the city's historic Zocalo

© Paul Souders / Danita Delimont

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NASA deep space tracking station, Australia

NASA deep space network. Spacecraft-tracking radio antenna at Tidbinbilla near Canberra, Australia, that forms part of the NASA deep space network (DSN). It is set against a morning sky with a full Moon. This parabolic dish antenna is 70 metres (230 feet) in diameter, the largest antenna at the Tidbinbilla station. Other antennae at this station are two 34 metre diameter antennae and one 26 metre antenna. Together they track spacecraft on deep space interplanetary missions, or satellites orbiting the earth. Apart from this DSN station in Australia, NASA has stations in Spain and the USA. Combined these stations provide continuous 24 hour tracking of spacecraft

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