Images Dated 8th September 2008

Oil refinery at night

Oil refinery at night. A tailings pond, for the disposal of waste material from the mining and refining process, is seen in the foreground. This is the Syncrude oil processing plant, in the Athabasca Oil Sands, Alberta, Canada. The oil-bearing sands are excavated, and then processed to obtain crude oil and bitumen. Syncrude began operating in the 1970s. As of 2008, it is the world's largest producer of crude oil from oil sands, extracting hundreds of thousands of barrels a day. The Athabasca oil reserves are among the largest in the world

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2008 Nationwide Richmond COT Test

8 September, 2008, Richmond, Virginia, USA
David Reutimann waits to drive the Toyota Camry during testing of the new Nationwide Series car at Richmond International Raceway.
© 2008 Phillip Abbott/USA
LAT Photographic

© 2008, Phillip Abbott, USA

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Mute Swans (Cygnus olor), duel, Kotvice wilderness area, Poodri Protected Landscape Area, North Moravia, Czech Republic, Europe

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