Images Dated 12th August 2009

Coffee beans

Coffee beans. These roasted seeds of the coffee plant (Coffea sp.) contain the stimulant drug caffeine. Coffee beans are used to make a beverage that has been drunk for over 1000 years. Different varieties of bean yield different flavours, and the types and intensity of roasting imparts properties such as intensity of flavour and bitterness to the drink

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HMS Cornwall Hands To Bathe

HMS Cornwall stops in the water to let her ships company enjoy a hands to bathe in the Indian Ocean.
Hands to bathe allows sailors to relax after operational demands and freshen up with a swim.
HMS Cornwall is currently deployed as the British contribution and Flagship to the Standing NATO Maritime Group 2 (SNMG2). The force of 5 including ships from Greece, Italy, United States and Turkey, fulfils a long standing commitment by NATO to maintain a visible deterent to piracy in the Gulf of Aden

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Jesuit Church

The river Reuss flowing past the Jesuit Church in Lucerne. Lucerne's Jesuit Church is the first large baroque church built in Switzerland north of the Alps. It was concecrated in 1677

© Jon Reid

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