Images Dated 14th September 2014

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Britain's Kris Meeke powers through a water crossing in his Citroen on the final day of the World Rally Championship (WRC) Rally of Australia, near Glenreagh on the New South Wales central coast, September 14, 2014. AFP PHOTO/William WEST / AFP PHOTO / WILLIAM WEST

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Stormer vehicle fring a Starstreak High Velocity Missile (HVM) on Ex Javelin

Stormer vehicle fring a Starstreak High Velocity Missile (HVM) on Ex Javelin.
Part of the 1 Yorkshire Regiment (1 York) Battlegroup during Ex Prairie Lightning. on Ex Prairie Storm 3 in British Army Training Area Suffield (BATUS), Alberta Canada.
Combat Service Support (CSS) Battle group is made up of 4 Royal Logistic Corp, 4 Battalion Royal Electrical Engineers (4 REME), 4 Mediical Regiment (4 Med Reg) and 174 Provo Company Royal Military Police.
The tracked Stormer vehicle provides a mobile platform for the Starstreak High Velocity Missile (HVM) system giving the detachment protection and excellent mobility with eight ready to fire missiles and a further nine stowed inside.
The HVM system is a low-level Close Air Defence system with a rapid engagement capacity optimised to counter the attack helicopter threat. This highly flexible system is also capable of being fired using the lightweight multiple launcher or from the shoulder. The missile employs a system of three dart type projectiles which can make multiple hits on the target. Each of these darts has an explosive warhead.
The system is fitted with a roof-mounted air defence alerting device, providing target detection and prioritisation. A panoramic weapon sight is located at the front of the vehicle

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Milky Way over the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park, Canada

September 14, 2014 - The Milky Way over Athabasca Glacier and the Columbia Icefields in Jasper National Park, Alberta, Canada, on a very clear night before moonrise. The centre of the Galaxy area in Sagittarius is setting in the southwest behind the icefields. The foreground light on the moraines is wash from lights on the Glacier View Inn and Icefields Centre. Other ground illumination on the peaks is from starlight though the tops of the peaks are just being lit by light from the rising waning moon which is also beginning to light the sky a deep blue. Mount Andromeda is at left. The Summer Triangle stars are at centre

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