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Other image overlays that don't fit in any other category. |
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 | An overlay of an old (c. 1880s) map of beautiful Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York. |  | 01/22/2006 | 193 | 
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 | Once known as the 'British Hollywood', Elstree and Borehamwood has played a significant role in the history of film making and television production. The original "Star Wars" trilogy was famously shot here, and one of the sound stages has been renamed "The George Lucas Stage". At the BBC Elstree studios are the sets for "Eastenders". | | 01/22/2006 | 822 |
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 | The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition which opened in London and around Britain in May 1951 and included the Festival Pleasure Gardens in Battersea. All the Festival buildings except the Royal Festival Hall were later demolished and replaced by other buildings to become an arts complex known as The South Bank. |  | 01/21/2006 | 193 |
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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 | 204 |
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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 | 249 |
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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 | 305 |
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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 | 294 |
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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 | 1,007 |
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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 | 244 |
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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 | 2,155 |
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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 | 526 |
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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 | 867 |
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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 | 212 |
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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 | 840 |
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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 | 341 |
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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 | 420 |
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 | It's an overlay of the Grand Barrier Reef (Australia). | | 01/11/2006 | 1,357 |
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 | It's an overlay of Glorioso Islands (Indian Ocean). | | 01/11/2006 | 444 |
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 | It's an overlay of Florida with Passing Storms Churn Gulf Coast Waters. | | 01/11/2006 | 234 |
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 | It's an overlay of the Lake Titicaca which is on the border of Bolivia and Peru. |  | 01/11/2006 | 543 |
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 | Map showing the Saint Louis Metrolink locations. It stretches from Lambert Intl to MidAmerica Airport in Illinois. | | 01/11/2006 | 223 |
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 | It's an overlay of Ebro River Delta (Spain). | | 01/11/2006 | 245 |
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 | It's an overlay of the Olympic Stadium in Athens. | | 01/11/2006 | 501 |
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 | It's an overlay of Cozemu (Mexico). | | 01/10/2006 | 335 |
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