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

© DAVID NUNUK/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

JAPAN 33

Japan/ Shinkansen train series "700" - Tokyo - Kyoto
Japanese man is using his laptop with a wireless connection while traveling with the Sinkansen train known as "bullet train"

© Athanasios Papadopoulos / Eye Ubiquitous

Businesman, Business, Comfort, Comforts, Country Of The Rising Sun, Culture, Far East, First Class, Internet, Lifestyle, Modern, On Board, Pc, Portable, Railway, Speed, Student, Technology, Transportation, Travel, Way Of Living

JAPAN 15

Japan/ Kyoto/ Gion area the neighbourhood where Geisha's live, study and perform.
Geisha is practicing her Japanese flute skills at an empty classroom of "Mia Garatso" school for Geisha

© Athanasios Papadopoulos / Eye Ubiquitous

Accessories, Acting, Actor, Actress, Amorous, Anthropology, Apprentice, Art, Artist, Body Ornaments, Body Painting, Brush, Cimono, Civilisation, Clothes, Coiffure, Comb, Combing, Country Of The Rising Sun, Culture, Dana, Dance, Dancer, Danna, Education, Erotic, Eroticism, Erotism, Ethnic, Ethnik, Far East, Female, Feminine, Festival, Flirt, Flirtation, Folklor, Follclor, Follklor, Foreighn, Foreign, Geiko, Girl, Hair Brush, Hair Dressing, Hairdo, Hairstyle, Haute Cuture, Heritage, Herritage, History, Japanese, Japanesse, Kaiseki, Kimono, Kimono Clad, Kiotan Language, Kioto, Language, Lifestyle, Love, Love Affair, Make Up, Music, Musician, Musik, Myth, Patron, Performance, Performer, Performing Art, Playing Instrument, Rake, Sensual, Sensuality, Sensuous, Sex Symbol, Shamisen, Show, Singer, Song, Students, Style, Styling, Stylist, Symbol, Tea Ceremony, Teaching, Touching Up, Tradition, Translation, Trend, Trendy, Trim, Visual Art, Way Of Living, Wig, Woman