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 | Glyndebourne was founded in 1934 by John Christie and his wife, the soprano, Audrey Mildmay. It is one of the world's best known opera houses. |  | 01/21/2006 | 145 | 
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 | Castletown is the largest and grandest Palladian country house in Ireland. It was built for William Conolly (1662-1729), the Speaker of the Irish House of Commons. |  | 01/20/2006 | 188 |
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 | Located between Logan Rock and Land's End the Minack open-air theatre was built into the cliffs in 1932 by Rowena Cade. It has 750 seats and is used as a touring venue by various theatre companies during a seventeen-week summer season. | | 01/20/2006 | 263 |
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 | The National Exhibition Centre is the busiest exhibition centre in Europe, staging more than 180 exhibitions and with up to four million visitors each year. With 21 halls totalling 200,000 square metres (two million square feet) it is also the biggest exhibition centre in Britain and the seventh largest in Europe. |  | 01/20/2006 | 244 |
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 | During World War II Peenemunde hosted the Heeresversuchsanstalt, an extensive rocket development and test site established in 1937, and headed by Wernher von Braun and Walter Dornberger. Between 1937 and 1945 two weapons, the V-1 and the V-2 were developed. Test-firing of the first V-1 occurred in early 1942 and the first V-2 first flew on October 3, 1942, from Prüfstand (Test stand) VII. |  | 01/20/2006 | 472 |
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 | The Jahrtausendturm (Millenium-Tower) is, at 60 meters high, the second highest wooden tower in the world. The tower has six floors and houses an exhibit representing 6,000 years of human history. | | 01/20/2006 | 183 |
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 | CERN is the world's largest particle accelerator and is located on the border of France and Switzerland. It is also known for being the birthplace of the world wide web. Its 27 km circumference circular tunnel (located 100 metres underground) will house the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), due to start operation in 2007. |  | 01/19/2006 | 1,545 |
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 | Sellafield is operated by British Nuclear Group. It houses the Thorp nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, the Magnox nuclear fuel reprocessing plant, the inactive Calder Hall Magnox nuclear power station (the world's first commercial nuclear power station), and other older nuclear facilities. Formally known as Windscale. | | 01/19/2006 | 435 |
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 | The most spectacular event of the 6th millennium BC was the catastrophic flooding of the (freshwater) Black Sea from the (saltwater) Mediterranean, around 5550 BC.
When the natural dam of the Bosporus burst the resulting waterfall would have dwarfed the Victoria Falls.
Within two years, 20,000 square miles of prime Ukrainian freshwater lakefront had permanently disappeared under ... | | 01/19/2006 | 766 |
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 | Built by Philips in 1966 this futuristic saucer shaped building was home to a science museum until 1989. It is now used as a business conference centre. |  | 01/19/2006 | 176 |
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 | Underwater research Center CERES located in Montfarville, Normandy, France - www.ceresm.com
Search and Recovery of Shipwrecks / Side Scan Sonar Survey
Ships inspection / Anchor research and recovery
Pier and Harbor Survey / Breakwater Survey
Underwater Cartography / Bridge abutment Inspection
Bathymetry / Sedimentology / Ports, lakes and rivers operations
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 | Brighton is a popular destination for its beach and nightlife. It has two piers, the larger "Palace Pier" houses fairground rides and amusements. The smaller "West Pier" was closed in 1975 and is now damaged beyond repair. | | 01/17/2006 | 674 |
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 | Located near Poitiers, Futuroscope is a unique amusement park devoted to image, audiovisual techniques and special effects, all housed within radical new buildings. | | 01/17/2006 | 308 |
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 | Sao Paulo were crowned champions of the world after defeating Liverpool 1-0 at the Yokohama International stadium in Japan on Sunday. | | 01/13/2006 | 369 |
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 | It's an overlay of the Grand Barrier Reef (Australia). | | 01/11/2006 | 1,108 |
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 | It's an overlay of Glorioso Islands (Indian Ocean). | | 01/11/2006 | 384 |
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 | It's an overlay of Florida with Passing Storms Churn Gulf Coast Waters. | | 01/11/2006 | 192 |
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 | It's an overlay of the Lake Titicaca which is on the border of Bolivia and Peru. |  | 01/11/2006 | 484 |
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 | Map showing the Saint Louis Metrolink locations. It stretches from Lambert Intl to MidAmerica Airport in Illinois. | | 01/11/2006 | 174 |
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 | It's an overlay of Ebro River Delta (Spain). | | 01/11/2006 | 211 |
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 | It's an overlay of the Olympic Stadium in Athens. | | 01/11/2006 | 453 |
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 | It's an overlay of Cozemu (Mexico). | | 01/10/2006 | 304 |
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 | This picture shows the famous Napali Coast at Kauai (Hawaii Islands).
Thie picture was taken from an helicopter.
For some more pictures of Hawaii please visit
www.axelschwab.com | | 01/09/2006 | 401 |
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 | The bowling center nearby Tokyo Tower is demolished.
High Resolution Overlay Picture (4cm/pixel).
The picture has been taken in 2004 from
the Observatory Deck of Tokyo Tower.
You will see some ball playing kids at the
lower right corner.
For more pictures of Tokyo and Japan please visit www.axelschwab.com | | 01/09/2006 | 212 |
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 | In winter there is an ice-scating area in front at Paris, Montparnasse.
This picture was taken from top of the Montparnasse Building.
For some more pictures of Paris please visit
www.axelschwab.com | | 01/09/2006 | 213 |
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