Images Dated 16th December 2009

Sir Richard Westmacott (1775-1856) Presenting a Lecture on Sculpture at the Royal Academy

GHL165402 Sir Richard Westmacott (1775-1856) Presenting a Lecture on Sculpture at the Royal Academy of Arts, Somerset House in 1830, 1830 (litho) by Scharf, George the Elder (1788-1860); 37x? cm; London Metropolitan Archives, City of London; (add.info.: RA was at Somerset House from 1771-1836;); A© London Metropolitan Archives ; German, out of copyright

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The Quiver Tree Forest of Namibia Photographed in Infrared. Keetmanshoop, Namibia

Namibias famous Quiver Tree Forest just outside the town of Keetmanshoop photographed with Infrared Film. The Quiver Tree Forest (Kokerboom) is a forest and tourist attraction of southern Namibia. It is located about 14 km north-east of Keetmanshoop, on the road to Kos, on the Gariganus farm. It comprises about 250 specimens of Aloe dichotoma, a species of aloe that is also locally known as quiver tree because bushmen traditionally used its branches to make quivers

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A bundle of donated goods drifts to an island after being dropped out the back of

December 16, 2009 - A bundle of donated goods drifts to an island after being dropped out the back of a C-130 Hercules during Operation Christmas Drop. The operation, the longest-running humanitarian airlift mission in the world, delivers supplies to remote islands of the Federated States of Micronesia

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