Images Dated 8th November 2007

STS-45 Launch

With its twin solid rocket boosters and three main engines churning at seven million pounds of thrust, the Space Shuttle Atlantis thunders skyward from Launch Pad 39A. Liftoff of Mission STS-45 occurred at 8:13:40 a.m. EST, March 24, 1992. On board for the 46th Shuttle flight are a crew of seven and the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-1 (ATLAS-1). The launch is the second in 1992 for the Shuttle program and Atlantis 11th flight

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Red 9 of the World famous Red Arrows aerobatic display team, banks high above the desert sands of Dubai, after completing a successful display at the International Air Convention in 2007.
This image was part of the RAF Photographic Competition 2008

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BUFFALO SKULLS, 1892. Buffalo skulls gathered on the Plains for use as animal charcoal

BUFFALO SKULLS, 1892.
Buffalo skulls gathered on the Plains for use as animal charcoal in the purification of sugar. Photograph from an English newspaper of 1892

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