Images Dated 1st September 2012

West Pier Remains Brighton

The Pier was designed and engineered by Eugenius Birch to attract visitors and survive in the hostile environment of the seashore. Opened in 1866, it was a simple and functional structure built using dozens of cast iron threaded columns screwed into the seabed and strengthened by a lattice of ties and girders that provide the necessary strength to support the promenade deck whilst allowing seas to pass harmlessly through.
In 2003 the Pavilion was destroyed in an arson attack, and then in May the Concert Hallwas also deliberately set on fire

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A passenger ferry leaves the The Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island seen from this

A passenger ferry leaves the The Statue of Liberty and Liberty Island seen from this aerial view over New York Harbor on August 31, 2012. REUTERS/Adrees Latif (UNITED STATES - Tags: CITYSPACE ENVIRONMENT) - GM1E8910RCF01

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Colony of Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus)

Colony of Grey-headed flying-foxes (Pteropus poliocephalus). This Melbourne colony was moved in 2003 from the Botanical Gardens where they had taken up residence, with results not beneficial for the gardens. They take off each dusk and head out to feed throughout the suburbs of Melbourne, returning at dawn. Yarra River, Kew, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia