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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
MANDATORY CREDIT: Eric Lusito/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Eric Lusito's "After the Wall: Traces of the Soviet Empire" photo project. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
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LATVIA/ Skrunda / 2007.Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Library. Skrunda was the site of two Hen House radars built in the 1960s and a Pechora radar built in the mid 1980s.The station was responsible for scanning for incoming ballistic weapons from a westerly direction. Russia completed its Baltic withdrawal in 1994, with the exception of Skrunda, Russia's most westerly radar installation and a main link in its air defence network. Latvia grudgingly agreed that Russia could maintain the Skrunda facility, allowing time for the construction of a new radar in Belarus. Russia handed back the territory of the Skrunda radar station in October 1999, and the last Russian military facility in Latvia ceased to exist.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
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These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and another world".
What he found was colourful propaganda wall art, faded frescos of Lenin, discarded gas masks
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
MANDATORY CREDIT: Eric Lusito/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Eric Lusito's "After the Wall: Traces of the Soviet Empire" photo project. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eric Lusito/REX (4033703at)
LATVIA/ Skrunda / 2007.Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. The fresco on the wall beside the portrait of Lenin describes a war scene in Afghanistan. The red shadow profile in the foreground picture is of an 'exemplary' soldier from the time of the Civil War. He is wearing a felt hat known as a boudionovka. Skrunda was the site of two Hen House radars built in the 1960s and a Pechora radar built in the mid 1980s.The station was responsible for scanning for incoming ballistic weapons from a westerly direction. Russia completed its Baltic withdrawal in 1994, with the exception of Skrunda, Russia's most westerly radar installation and a main link in its air defence network. Latvia grudgingly agreed that Russia could maintain the Skrunda facility, allowing time for the construction of a new radar in Belarus. Russia handed back the territory of the Skrunda radar station in October 1999, and the last Russian military facility in Latvia ceased to exist.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/p8ug
These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going
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Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
MANDATORY CREDIT: Eric Lusito/Rex Features. Only for use in story about Eric Lusito's "After the Wall: Traces of the Soviet Empire" photo project. Editorial Use Only. No stock, books, advertising or merchandising without photographer's permission
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eric Lusito/REX (4033703bp)
LATVIA/ Skrunda / 2007. Abandoned Soviet military base after the collapse of the USSR. Sports hall. On the right is written 'Victory starts here!' whilst at the back it reads 'Glory to the military sport'. Skrunda was the site of two Hen House radars built in the 1960s and a Pechora radar built in the mid 1980s. The station was responsible for scanning for incoming ballistic weapons from a westerly direction. Russia completed its Baltic withdrawal in 1994, with the exception of Skrunda, Russia's most westerly radar installation and a main link in its air defence network. Latvia grudgingly agreed that Russia could maintain the Skrunda facility, allowing time for the construction of a new radar in Belarus. Russia handed back the territory of the Skrunda radar station in October 1999, and the last Russian military facility in Latvia ceased to exist.
Eric Lusito - Traces of the Soviet Empire
FULL COPY: http://www.rexfeatures.com/nanolink/p8ug
These haunting photographs show the remnants of the once all-powerful Soviet empire.
They are the work of Eric Lusito, who spent six years travelling throughout the former Soviet world from East Germany to Mongolia, from Poland to Kazakhstan to seek out remains of the military installations that embodied the ambition and the might of the USSR.
Describing himself as working like an archaeologist, the French photographer says his project "Traces of the Soviet Empire" is a photographic record of the land and architecture - haunted by the symbols and history of a once powerful Empire.
The on-going project takes the form of three series: exteriors, interiors, and found photographs "images from another time, another space and
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Oman - 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoff Moore / Rex Features ( 1277638b )
The first airline to allow full internet access to all pasengers Air Oman has equipped its planes with Wifi allowing passengers to surf the web and send emails or use mobile phones.
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Fregate Island Private Resort, Seychelles - Feb 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoff Moore / Rex Features ( 1306163bb )
Lose Yourself In Luxury On Fregate Island
Seclusion and 5 star luxury go hand-in-hand on the exclusive and idyllic Fregate Island.
Surrounded by the beautiful Indian Ocean, this private Seychelles island is a tropical paradise that offers a pampering experience bar none.
The resort goes out of its way to ensure all of its guests are able to get away from it all while enjoying the ultimate in luxury.
From the complimentary hour-long massage upon arrival to the 20 different types of pillows for your bed, every detail has been carefully thought out.
All of the 16 cliff top villas that make up the resort benefit from their own terraces, private pools and jacuzzi.
There's even your own private butler and solar powered buggy to transport you around the island.
And with the villas carefully spaced from each other it's possible to enjoy your entire trip without ever seeing another guest.
The island boasts a different beach for each day of the week - with one even featuring its very own 'do not disturb' sign, which allows whoever gets there first to quite literally have the sand all to themselves.
And there's no need to move for lunch or any other meal as your butler will bring whatever you feel like eating to wherever you happen to be.
There's also no shortage of other locations aside from the beach where it's possible to enjoy a good meal and laze away a few hours.
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Fregate Island Private Resort, Seychelles - Feb 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoff Moore / Rex Features ( 1306163aq )
Lose Yourself In Luxury On Fregate Island
Seclusion and 5 star luxury go hand-in-hand on the exclusive and idyllic Fregate Island.
Surrounded by the beautiful Indian Ocean, this private Seychelles island is a tropical paradise that offers a pampering experience bar none.
The resort goes out of its way to ensure all of its guests are able to get away from it all while enjoying the ultimate in luxury.
From the complimentary hour-long massage upon arrival to the 20 different types of pillows for your bed, every detail has been carefully thought out.
All of the 16 cliff top villas that make up the resort benefit from their own terraces, private pools and jacuzzi.
There's even your own private butler and solar powered buggy to transport you around the island.
And with the villas carefully spaced from each other it's possible to enjoy your entire trip without ever seeing another guest.
The island boasts a different beach for each day of the week - with one even featuring its very own 'do not disturb' sign, which allows whoever gets there first to quite literally have the sand all to themselves.
And there's no need to move for lunch or any other meal as your butler will bring whatever you feel like eating to wherever you happen to be.
There's also no shortage of other locations aside from the beach where it's possible to enjoy a good meal and laze away a few hours.
How about canap (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Fregate Island Private Resort, Seychelles - Feb 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoff Moore / Rex Features ( 1306163ap )
Lose Yourself In Luxury On Fregate Island
Seclusion and 5 star luxury go hand-in-hand on the exclusive and idyllic Fregate Island.
Surrounded by the beautiful Indian Ocean, this private Seychelles island is a tropical paradise that offers a pampering experience bar none.
The resort goes out of its way to ensure all of its guests are able to get away from it all while enjoying the ultimate in luxury.
From the complimentary hour-long massage upon arrival to the 20 different types of pillows for your bed, every detail has been carefully thought out.
All of the 16 cliff top villas that make up the resort benefit from their own terraces, private pools and jacuzzi.
There's even your own private butler and solar powered buggy to transport you around the island.
And with the villas carefully spaced from each other it's possible to enjoy your entire trip without ever seeing another guest.
The island boasts a different beach for each day of the week - with one even featuring its very own 'do not disturb' sign, which allows whoever gets there first to quite literally have the sand all to themselves.
And there's no need to move for lunch or any other meal as your butler will bring whatever you feel like eating to wherever you happen to be.
There's also no shortage of other locations aside from the beach where it's possible to enjoy a good meal and laze away a few hours.
How about canap (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Fregate Island Private Resort, Seychelles - Feb 2011
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Geoff Moore / Rex Features ( 1306163am )
Lose Yourself In Luxury On Fregate Island
Seclusion and 5 star luxury go hand-in-hand on the exclusive and idyllic Fregate Island.
Surrounded by the beautiful Indian Ocean, this private Seychelles island is a tropical paradise that offers a pampering experience bar none.
The resort goes out of its way to ensure all of its guests are able to get away from it all while enjoying the ultimate in luxury.
From the complimentary hour-long massage upon arrival to the 20 different types of pillows for your bed, every detail has been carefully thought out.
All of the 16 cliff top villas that make up the resort benefit from their own terraces, private pools and jacuzzi.
There's even your own private butler and solar powered buggy to transport you around the island.
And with the villas carefully spaced from each other it's possible to enjoy your entire trip without ever seeing another guest.
The island boasts a different beach for each day of the week - with one even featuring its very own 'do not disturb' sign, which allows whoever gets there first to quite literally have the sand all to themselves.
And there's no need to move for lunch or any other meal as your butler will bring whatever you feel like eating to wherever you happen to be.
There's also no shortage of other locations aside from the beach where it's possible to enjoy a good meal and laze away a few hours.
How about canap (FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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Stunt pilot Dino Moline loses a wing during a display, El Trebol, Santa Fe, Argentina - 15 Aug 2010
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gabriel Luque / Rex Features ( 1218839o )
The airplane's ballistic parachute deploys allowing it to float to the ground
**EXCLUSIVE** The Terrifying Moment A Pilot Lost His Wing
This is the jaw-dropping moment a stunt pilot lost his wing.
These exclusive images show the hair-raising second the wing from stunt pilot Dino Moline's Rans S-9 airplane sheared off.
The 22-year-old would have almost certainly died if he hadn't reacted with split-second timing to deploy his inbuilt ballistic parachute.
Photographer Gabriel Luque managed to capture the terrifying events while among the 3,000-strong crowd watching Dino's display at an airshow in Santa Fe, Argentina.
Moline had already pulled off a series of aerobatic stunts and was flying upside down when the wing detached.
The craft went into a spin but Moline managed to react quick enough to activate parachute deployment.
The chute managed to slow the plane's descent and allow it to gently float to the ground where it caught fire.
Amazingly, Dino was able to walk away from the airplane unharmed apart from a burnt foot.
Dino explains: "I do not know what happened, I think it was fatigue and I felt an explosion, saw a shadow passed me and realised it was the wing.
"Then I heard my team shout into my radio to pull the parachute and I did. I did not have time to think anything.
"When I saw fire in the plane I despaired a little. But luckily I just burned my foot and I'm okay. "
Gabriel says: "This display team are regular participants in the Argentinean air festival and I know the pilot has been a member for about two years so he has a lot of experience in that type of plane.
"The team manager told me the plane was three years old but they do not know what the exact problem was. They think it was either an over G manoeuvre, or a limit manoeuvre and special wea...
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Stunt pilot Dino Moline loses a wing during a display, El Trebol, Santa Fe, Argentina - 15 Aug 2010
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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gabriel Luque / Rex Features ( 1218839k )
The airplane's ballistic parachute deploys allowing it to float to the ground
**EXCLUSIVE** The Terrifying Moment A Pilot Lost His Wing
This is the jaw-dropping moment a stunt pilot lost his wing.
These exclusive images show the hair-raising second the wing from stunt pilot Dino Moline's Rans S-9 airplane sheared off.
The 22-year-old would have almost certainly died if he hadn't reacted with split-second timing to deploy his inbuilt ballistic parachute.
Photographer Gabriel Luque managed to capture the terrifying events while among the 3,000-strong crowd watching Dino's display at an airshow in Santa Fe, Argentina.
Moline had already pulled off a series of aerobatic stunts and was flying upside down when the wing detached.
The craft went into a spin but Moline managed to react quick enough to activate parachute deployment.
The chute managed to slow the plane's descent and allow it to gently float to the ground where it caught fire.
Amazingly, Dino was able to walk away from the airplane unharmed apart from a burnt foot.
Dino explains: "I do not know what happened, I think it was fatigue and I felt an explosion, saw a shadow passed me and realised it was the wing.
"Then I heard my team shout into my radio to pull the parachute and I did. I did not have time to think anything.
"When I saw fire in the plane I despaired a little. But luckily I just burned my foot and I'm okay. "
Gabriel says: "This display team are regular participants in the Argentinean air festival and I know the pilot has been a member for about two years so he has a lot of experience in that type of plane.
"The team manager told me the plane was three years old but they do not know what the exact problem was. They think it was either an over G manoeuvre, or a limit manoeuvre and special wea...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELMRGPJFA
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Stunt pilot Dino Moline loses a wing during a display, El Trebol, Santa Fe, Argentina - 15 Aug 2010
Exclusive to Rex Features
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gabriel Luque / Rex Features ( 1218839l )
The airplane's ballistic parachute deploys allowing it to float to the ground
**EXCLUSIVE** The Terrifying Moment A Pilot Lost His Wing
This is the jaw-dropping moment a stunt pilot lost his wing.
These exclusive images show the hair-raising second the wing from stunt pilot Dino Moline's Rans S-9 airplane sheared off.
The 22-year-old would have almost certainly died if he hadn't reacted with split-second timing to deploy his inbuilt ballistic parachute.
Photographer Gabriel Luque managed to capture the terrifying events while among the 3,000-strong crowd watching Dino's display at an airshow in Santa Fe, Argentina.
Moline had already pulled off a series of aerobatic stunts and was flying upside down when the wing detached.
The craft went into a spin but Moline managed to react quick enough to activate parachute deployment.
The chute managed to slow the plane's descent and allow it to gently float to the ground where it caught fire.
Amazingly, Dino was able to walk away from the airplane unharmed apart from a burnt foot.
Dino explains: "I do not know what happened, I think it was fatigue and I felt an explosion, saw a shadow passed me and realised it was the wing.
"Then I heard my team shout into my radio to pull the parachute and I did. I did not have time to think anything.
"When I saw fire in the plane I despaired a little. But luckily I just burned my foot and I'm okay. "
Gabriel says: "This display team are regular participants in the Argentinean air festival and I know the pilot has been a member for about two years so he has a lot of experience in that type of plane.
"The team manager told me the plane was three years old but they do not know what the exact problem was. They think it was either an over G manoeuvre, or a limit manoeuvre and special wea...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELMRGPJFA
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Stunt pilot Dino Moline loses a wing during a display, El Trebol, Santa Fe, Argentina - 15 Aug 2010
Exclusive to Rex Features
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gabriel Luque / Rex Features ( 1218839n )
The airplane's ballistic parachute deploys allowing it to float to the ground
**EXCLUSIVE** The Terrifying Moment A Pilot Lost His Wing
This is the jaw-dropping moment a stunt pilot lost his wing.
These exclusive images show the hair-raising second the wing from stunt pilot Dino Moline's Rans S-9 airplane sheared off.
The 22-year-old would have almost certainly died if he hadn't reacted with split-second timing to deploy his inbuilt ballistic parachute.
Photographer Gabriel Luque managed to capture the terrifying events while among the 3,000-strong crowd watching Dino's display at an airshow in Santa Fe, Argentina.
Moline had already pulled off a series of aerobatic stunts and was flying upside down when the wing detached.
The craft went into a spin but Moline managed to react quick enough to activate parachute deployment.
The chute managed to slow the plane's descent and allow it to gently float to the ground where it caught fire.
Amazingly, Dino was able to walk away from the airplane unharmed apart from a burnt foot.
Dino explains: "I do not know what happened, I think it was fatigue and I felt an explosion, saw a shadow passed me and realised it was the wing.
"Then I heard my team shout into my radio to pull the parachute and I did. I did not have time to think anything.
"When I saw fire in the plane I despaired a little. But luckily I just burned my foot and I'm okay. "
Gabriel says: "This display team are regular participants in the Argentinean air festival and I know the pilot has been a member for about two years so he has a lot of experience in that type of plane.
"The team manager told me the plane was three years old but they do not know what the exact problem was. They think it was either an over G manoeuvre, or a limit manoeuvre and special wea...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELMRGPJFA
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Stunt pilot Dino Moline loses a wing during a display, El Trebol, Santa Fe, Argentina - 15 Aug 2010
Exclusive to Rex Features
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gabriel Luque / Rex Features ( 1218839m )
The airplane's ballistic parachute deploys allowing it to float to the ground
**EXCLUSIVE** The Terrifying Moment A Pilot Lost His Wing
This is the jaw-dropping moment a stunt pilot lost his wing.
These exclusive images show the hair-raising second the wing from stunt pilot Dino Moline's Rans S-9 airplane sheared off.
The 22-year-old would have almost certainly died if he hadn't reacted with split-second timing to deploy his inbuilt ballistic parachute.
Photographer Gabriel Luque managed to capture the terrifying events while among the 3,000-strong crowd watching Dino's display at an airshow in Santa Fe, Argentina.
Moline had already pulled off a series of aerobatic stunts and was flying upside down when the wing detached.
The craft went into a spin but Moline managed to react quick enough to activate parachute deployment.
The chute managed to slow the plane's descent and allow it to gently float to the ground where it caught fire.
Amazingly, Dino was able to walk away from the airplane unharmed apart from a burnt foot.
Dino explains: "I do not know what happened, I think it was fatigue and I felt an explosion, saw a shadow passed me and realised it was the wing.
"Then I heard my team shout into my radio to pull the parachute and I did. I did not have time to think anything.
"When I saw fire in the plane I despaired a little. But luckily I just burned my foot and I'm okay. "
Gabriel says: "This display team are regular participants in the Argentinean air festival and I know the pilot has been a member for about two years so he has a lot of experience in that type of plane.
"The team manager told me the plane was three years old but they do not know what the exact problem was. They think it was either an over G manoeuvre, or a limit manoeuvre and special wea...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELMRGPJFA
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Stunt pilot Dino Moline loses a wing during a display, El Trebol, Santa Fe, Argentina - 15 Aug 2010
Exclusive to Rex Features
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gabriel Luque / Rex Features ( 1218839j )
The airplane's ballistic parachute deploys allowing it to float to the ground
**EXCLUSIVE** The Terrifying Moment A Pilot Lost His Wing
This is the jaw-dropping moment a stunt pilot lost his wing.
These exclusive images show the hair-raising second the wing from stunt pilot Dino Moline's Rans S-9 airplane sheared off.
The 22-year-old would have almost certainly died if he hadn't reacted with split-second timing to deploy his inbuilt ballistic parachute.
Photographer Gabriel Luque managed to capture the terrifying events while among the 3,000-strong crowd watching Dino's display at an airshow in Santa Fe, Argentina.
Moline had already pulled off a series of aerobatic stunts and was flying upside down when the wing detached.
The craft went into a spin but Moline managed to react quick enough to activate parachute deployment.
The chute managed to slow the plane's descent and allow it to gently float to the ground where it caught fire.
Amazingly, Dino was able to walk away from the airplane unharmed apart from a burnt foot.
Dino explains: "I do not know what happened, I think it was fatigue and I felt an explosion, saw a shadow passed me and realised it was the wing.
"Then I heard my team shout into my radio to pull the parachute and I did. I did not have time to think anything.
"When I saw fire in the plane I despaired a little. But luckily I just burned my foot and I'm okay. "
Gabriel says: "This display team are regular participants in the Argentinean air festival and I know the pilot has been a member for about two years so he has a lot of experience in that type of plane.
"The team manager told me the plane was three years old but they do not know what the exact problem was. They think it was either an over G manoeuvre, or a limit manoeuvre and special wea...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELMRGPJFA
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Stunt pilot Dino Moline loses a wing during a display, El Trebol, Santa Fe, Argentina - 15 Aug 2010
Exclusive to Rex Features
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Gabriel Luque / Rex Features ( 1218839d )
The airplane's ballistic parachute deploys allowing it to float to the ground
**EXCLUSIVE** The Terrifying Moment A Pilot Lost His Wing
This is the jaw-dropping moment a stunt pilot lost his wing.
These exclusive images show the hair-raising second the wing from stunt pilot Dino Moline's Rans S-9 airplane sheared off.
The 22-year-old would have almost certainly died if he hadn't reacted with split-second timing to deploy his inbuilt ballistic parachute.
Photographer Gabriel Luque managed to capture the terrifying events while among the 3,000-strong crowd watching Dino's display at an airshow in Santa Fe, Argentina.
Moline had already pulled off a series of aerobatic stunts and was flying upside down when the wing detached.
The craft went into a spin but Moline managed to react quick enough to activate parachute deployment.
The chute managed to slow the plane's descent and allow it to gently float to the ground where it caught fire.
Amazingly, Dino was able to walk away from the airplane unharmed apart from a burnt foot.
Dino explains: "I do not know what happened, I think it was fatigue and I felt an explosion, saw a shadow passed me and realised it was the wing.
"Then I heard my team shout into my radio to pull the parachute and I did. I did not have time to think anything.
"When I saw fire in the plane I despaired a little. But luckily I just burned my foot and I'm okay. "
Gabriel says: "This display team are regular participants in the Argentinean air festival and I know the pilot has been a member for about two years so he has a lot of experience in that type of plane.
"The team manager told me the plane was three years old but they do not know what the exact problem was. They think it was either an over G manoeuvre, or a limit manoeuvre and special wea...
For more information visit http://www.rexfeatures.com/stacklink/ELMRGPJFA
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Scotland, Britain - Feb 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Derek Blair / Rex Features ( 1113593b )
Lake of Menteith freezes over during the winter allowing curling clubs to hold unofficial matches on the frozen loch, Scotland, Britain.
Scotland, Britain - Feb 2010
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Scotland, Britain - Feb 2010
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Lake of Menteith freezes over during the winter allowing curling clubs to hold unofficial matches on the frozen loch, Scotland, Britain.
Scotland, Britain - Feb 2010
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Scotland, Britain - Feb 2010
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Derek Blair / Rex Features ( 1113593a )
Lake of Menteith freezes over during the winter allowing curling clubs to hold unofficial matches on the frozen loch, Scotland, Britain.
Scotland, Britain - Feb 2010
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Disused New York railroad structure is to be converted into a park, New York, America - Jun 2009
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A metal walkway lifts off from High Line level, allowing the landscape to fill in below. Visitors are lifted into the shady canopy of a sumac forest. Planting here takes advantage of a cooler, shadier condition between tall buildings, where trees originally grew up once the trains stopped running.
The Disused Elevated Rail Track Set To Become New York's Prettiest Park
THE DISUSED ELEVATED RAIL TRACK SET TO BECOME NEW YORK'S PRETTIEST PARK
A disused railway track looks set to become one of the prettiest parks in New York.
The High Line in west Chelsea is being converted into a park including floating ponds, sundecks and lookout spots over the Hudson River and Manhattan.
The elevated former industrial line had become decrepit and overgrown but thanks to the support of wealthy benefactors and several famous names it is undergoing a transformation into an amazing green space.
With the first phase set to open to the public later this month (June), the park should span 22 blocks once it's all open in 2010.
Stretching 1.45 miles, up to 30ft high and only 60ft wide, the line runs along Manhattan's West Side, from Gansevoort Street, in the Meatpacking District, through Chelsea to 34th Street.
Having last carried freight in 1980, it was saved from demolition by former mayor Michael Bloomberg and has seen high-profile support from the likes of Donna Karan, Ralph Lauren, Susan Sarandon, Harvey Weinstein and Jerry Seinfeld.
With $50m needed to complete the project, a recent star-studded fundraising gala saw individuals donations of $10m each from media mogul Barry Diller, whose corporate headquarters overlooks th...
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Manchester United v Barcelona UEFA Champions League Final Football Match, Rome, Italy - 27 May 2009
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Rio Ferdinand grimaces as he slips allowing Thierry Henry a free shot at goal
Manchester United v Barcelona UEFA Champions League Final Football Match, Rome, Italy - 27 May 2009
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CASINOS IN MACAU, CHINA - 2006
Mandatory Credit: Photo by Eduardo Magalhaes / Rex Features ( 580450c )
Diamond casino in Macau. Macau gambling and licensing laws have loosened-up allowing more players in the market, Macau, China
CASINOS IN MACAU, CHINA - 2006
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THE KING GEORGE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH DIAMOND STAKES AT ASCOT, BERKSHIRE, BRITAIN - 24 JUL 2004
Mandatory Credit: Photo by David Hartley/REX (461831u)
Queen ELizabeth II and race card reunited, handbag open ready for its safe keeping - allowing a rare peep inside the Royal handbag
THE KING GEORGE AND QUEEN ELIZABETH DIAMOND STAKES AT ASCOT, BERKSHIRE, BRITAIN - 24 JUL 2004
(FOTO:DUKAS/REX)
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