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  • Dropped or discarded passport portrait of an Italian man lies on the ground next to a smoked cigarette butt.
    florence_italy119-23-10-2010.jpg
  • Sooted and scorched brick wall of a house, blackened because of a faulty boiler, on 17th March 2017, in south London, England.
    boiler_smoke-04-17-03-2017.jpg
  • Sooted and scorched brick wall of a house, blackened because of a faulty boiler, on 17th March 2017, in south London, England.
    boiler_smoke-02-17-03-2017.jpg
  • Flame emerging from a gas flue, with sooted and scorched brick wall of a house, blackened because of a faulty boiler, on 17th March 2017, in south London, England.
    boiler_smoke-05-17-03-2017.jpg
  • Sooted and scorched brick wall of a house, blackened because of a faulty boiler, on 17th March 2017, in south London, England.
    boiler_smoke-01-17-03-2017.jpg
  • Flame emerging from a gas flue, with sooted and scorched brick wall of a house, blackened because of a faulty boiler, on 17th March 2017, in south London, England.
    boiler_smoke-06-17-03-2017.jpg
  • Sooted and scorched brick wall of a house, blackened because of a faulty boiler, on 17th March 2017, in south London, England.
    boiler_smoke-03-17-03-2017.jpg
  • A gentleman dressed in a pin-stripe suit favoured by older workers in England, exhales the smoke from a fat cigar during a lunch-hour in Trinity Square in the City of London. The man is overweight and leads an unhealthy lifestyle, his chin overlapping his striped shirt. The cigar is held at the tips of two fingers and we can see in profile the billowing of a smoky cloud  from the man's lips. Government statistics suggest that in 2001, 27% of adults aged 16 and over smoked cigarettes in England; 28% of men and 25% of women. 66% of smokers in England wanted to give up smoking but more than 120,000 deaths were caused by smoking in the UK in 1995; that is, one in five of all deaths.
    smokers06-03-09-2007.jpg
  • A traditional agricultural hut in Dolina Chocholowska, a hiking route in the Tatra National Park, on 17th September 2019, near Zakopane, Malopolska, Poland. Smoke houses such as these sell Oszczypek, a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland.
    poland-83-17-09-2019.jpg
  • On a rainy night, a young female smokes under a heated, sheltered smokers' zone outside a bar in London
    electricity117-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • Smoke damage aftermath on the exterior of a flat fire in one of the two Wendover blocks on Alsace Road on the Aylesbury Estate, Southwark SE17, on 24th September 2018, in London, England. Part of a split level flat on the fourth and fifth floor of the 15-storey block was damaged. One woman and two children left the property before the Brigade arrived. They were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation by London Ambulance Service crews and taken too hospital. Another man was also treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
    aylesbury_estate-03-24-09-2018.jpg
  • Smoke damage aftermath on the exterior of a flat fire in one of the two Wendover blocks on Alsace Road on the Aylesbury Estate, Southwark SE17, on 24th September 2018, in London, England. Part of a split level flat on the fourth and fifth floor of the 15-storey block was damaged. One woman and two children left the property before the Brigade arrived. They were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation by London Ambulance Service crews and taken too hospital. Another man was also treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
    aylesbury_estate-02-24-09-2018.jpg
  • Smoke damage aftermath on the exterior of a flat fire in one of the two Wendover blocks on Alsace Road on the Aylesbury Estate, Southwark SE17, on 24th September 2018, in London, England. Part of a split level flat on the fourth and fifth floor of the 15-storey block was damaged. One woman and two children left the property before the Brigade arrived. They were treated at the scene for smoke inhalation by London Ambulance Service crews and taken too hospital. Another man was also treated at the scene for smoke inhalation.
    aylesbury_estate-01-24-09-2018.jpg
  • A large man with a shaved head and hairy back is seen from behind as he watches a display by the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team at Weymouth, England. A heart shape which grows from his bald head has been drawn with red smoke in the sky two Hawk jet aircraft taking part in the town's annual air show along the sea front. Such a tough-looking male specimen contrasts with the romance of this valentine symbol helping to make this picture's quirky juxtaposition touching. The Red Arrows use smoke to emphasize their flight-path, help the spectators see their manoeuvres and to make more of an enjoying spectacle. In blue sky they use white smoke for The Heart and red when overcast. We watch the man from below and see him craning his neck skywards, the skin on his thick neck wrinkling as he looks heavy from this angle.
    Red_Arrows614_RBA.jpg
  • Smoke has been discovered in the basement of a shop in Market Street, Newport town centre, south Wales. We look down into a dark hole where two fire fighters - one of which is a senior officer, with two stripes on his helmet - have gone down a ladder to find the source of the smoke while wearing breathing apparatus (BA) as a precaution.  While looking up they discuss the possibilities of a seat of fire elsewhere so they talk to their colleagues who crouch over the open floor of the business who dialled 999 for the fire brigade to attend this incident. It is 1984 and the firemens' equipment looks dated, during an era when uniform material was not of a high fire-retardant specification and nor were their helmets which went through important design changes.
    80s_firemen-29-11-1984.jpg
  • Still in the era of being able to smoke inside public places, an elderly gentleman extinguishes his match by waving it in the air to blow out the flame, exhaling and listening to a fellow-drinker in a Newport pub in south Wales. Clouds of smoke can be seen as they waft against the back light that filters through the windows of this smoky bar in the town centre. Pints of bitter are on the table in front of them and ash trays with used butts. The scene is of an industrial town's pub for working men where language is sharp and there is talk of realities of hard lives.
    pub_smokers-25-01-1986.jpg
  • Flying overhead into the distance, Hawk jet aircraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, leave behind a trail of red, white and blue smoke in the clear skies above RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus. Completing their off-season training, the team put the finishing touches to their display routine every Spring on the Mediterranean island where they perfect new manoeuvres. The sky is empty but as the light wind blows across the airfield, the remainder of the tapering coloured smoke (a mixture of vegetable dye and 'derv' - diesel fuel), blends together like a patriotic ribbon to make a haze of soft spectrum in the correct order of the United Kingdom's flag, and which becomes ever-sharper as the viewer looks towards the distant aircraft. They fly past, bend to the left and climb to a higher altitude, ready for their next formation.
    Red_Arrows485_RBA.jpg
  • A vaper standing in Autumn sunshine exhales smoke from his eCigarette, on 27th October 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-04-27-10-2017.jpg
  • Engineering ground staff member of the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team, tests red smoke canister in regular procedure.
    Red_Arrows006_RBA.jpg
  • Two men smoke cigarettes in a London restaurant in the era of public, indoor smoking.
    smoking_men01-16-07-2002.jpg
  • Trails of white smoke left in the sky by Hawk jet aircraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. Completing their off-season training, the team put the finishing touches to their display routine every Spring on the Mediterranean island where they perfect new manoeuvres. The sky is empty but as the light wind blows across the airfield, the remainder of the tapering coloured smoke (a mixture of vegetable dye and 'derv' - diesel fuel), blends together like a patriotic ribbon to make a haze of soft spectrum in the correct order of the United Kingdom's flag, and which becomes ever-sharper as the viewer looks towards the distant aircraft. They fly past, bend to the left and climb to a higher altitude, ready for their next formation.
    Red_Arrows657_RBA.jpg
  • A family relax in late-afternoon sunshine and wood smoke in a quiet field at Woodland Tipi and Yurt Holidays near Little Dewchurch, Herefordshire. We see the sun shining through pine trees and long shadows stretching through the fresh grass where camping seats and a camp-fire is billowing clouds of smoke, just like in the days of cowboys and indians. The holidaymakers are staying in 17 acres of an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, experiencing the peace and tranquillity of tipi and yurt camping in their own private, secluded valley - an ever-increasingly popular holiday adventure that is both green and carbon neutral since they are not using electricity for heating or cars to travel. It is also a stress-free lifestyle, away from the pressures of work and urban life, where travellers can unwind safe in the knowledge they are helping the environment.
    wales_pembrokeshire14-30-07-2007.jpg
  • Stored temporarily in a storeroom shelf, are the front and rear sections of a Hawk jet aircraft smoke pod belonging to the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. Grubby and old, like museum artifacts, the two items are attached to the ageing aircrafts' belly accessory that provides the team with their distinctive red, white and blue smoke (a vegetable dye and diesel fuel mixture) during their air show display routines. This version of the BAE Systems Hawks are primitive pieces of equipment, without computers or fly-by-wire technology. Nevertheless, the team's aircraft are in some cases over 20 years old and their air-frames require constant attention with increasingly frequent major overhauls due. Here the parts are separated from the middle section which are receiving a winter modification.
    Red_Arrows393_RBA.jpg
  • Seen from slightly behind, a young woman stands taking shelter from early evening rain in Goodge Street, London England. Holding a lit cigarette in her left hand and with an unused ashtray to her right, she is chatting with friends who are also enjoying a relaxing hour after work. Under the UK Government's recent laws on smoking in public places, the work mates are forced outside the pub to smoke on the street in a special area away from the anti-smoking people indoors. Lit by glowing red lights that also provide warmth on this chilly January night, the friends are comfortable in their own company.
    electricity113-17-01-2008 .jpg
  • A vaper standing in Autumn sunshine exhales smoke from his eCigarette, on 27th October 2017, in the City of London, England.
    city_people-05-27-10-2017.jpg
  • Trails of white smoke left in the sky by Hawk jet aircraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. Completing their off-season training, the team put the finishing touches to their display routine every Spring on the Mediterranean island where they perfect new manoeuvres. The sky is empty but as the light wind blows across the airfield, the remainder of the tapering coloured smoke (a mixture of vegetable dye and 'derv' - diesel fuel), blends together like a patriotic ribbon to make a haze of soft spectrum in the correct order of the United Kingdom's flag, and which becomes ever-sharper as the viewer looks towards the distant aircraft. They fly past, bend to the left and climb to a higher altitude, ready for their next formation.
    Red_Arrows478_RBA.jpg
  • Ending France's Bastille Day parade, the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, leave a trail of smoke over the pyramid peak of the Louvre art museum in the centre of Paris. Leaving vapour trails of red, white and blue smoke to mark the 100th anniversary of the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale. They were chosen by the French authorities to close the fly-pasts. British armed forces paraded in the historic parade for the first time. Under blue skies on a perfect summer day, the squadron lined up in their classic fly-past 'V-shape' called 'Big Battle', following the straight line of the Champs Elysees then eastwards over the Parisian suburbs. Personnel from four British military units were present and French Air Force jets performed their own fly-past to open the parade, while the British Hawk jets of the Red Arrows had the honour of completing it. .
    Red_Arrows461_RBA.jpg
  • A smoker exhales a puff of cigarette smoke as he walks past a car featuring spots in New Bond Street, central London, England.
    spotted_car-02-23-09-2016.jpg
  • In his private rooms, a priest blows smoke from his pipe in a local Catholic church in rural Normandy.
    catholic_priest4-12-10-1997.jpg
  • Employees from high street fashion retailer Topshop smoke under ad posters at the rear of their store.
    topshop_smokers01-02-04-2011.jpg
  • The legs of anonymous airline employees are seen from below a smoking screen that obscures their faces outside Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5 building. In afternoon sunshine, the women wear their airline uniforms and are sharing an off-duty puff on their cigarettes as part of their working shift at this international aviation hub. Without seeing their upper-bodies, we imagine their conversation and gossip. From writer Alain de Botton's book project "A Week at the Airport: A Heathrow Diary" (2009).
    heathrow_airport1058-11-08-2009.jpg
  • A man exhales vape smoke while walking along a street in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 10th July 2019, in London England.
    city_people-02-10-07-2019.jpg
  • A man exhales vape smoke while walking along a street in the City of London, the capital's financial district (aka the Square Mile), on 10th July 2019, in London England.
    city_people-01-10-07-2019.jpg
  • A vaper exhales a cloud of smoke in bright winter sunlight, on a central London street, on 6th February 2018, in London, England.
    street_vaper-03-06-02-2018.jpg
  • A vaper exhales a cloud of smoke in bright winter sunlight, on a central London street, on 6th February 2018, in London, England.
    street_vaper-02-06-02-2018.jpg
  • A woman jogger runs past a male exhaling smoke from his cigarette, in the City of London.
    city_people02-19-01-2016.jpg
  • A smoking worker enjoys a rest and cigarette in a designated smoking zone area in the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. This land was transformed to become a 2.5 Sq Km sporting complex, once industrial businesses and now the venue of eight venues including the main arena, Aquatics Centre and Velodrome plus the athletes' Olympic Village. After the Olympics, the park is to be known as Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.
    olympic_park50-02-08-2012.jpg
  • A young office worker wearing a dark suit stands outside his place of work in a sunny Trinity Square in the City of London, for a quick cigarette break. Puffing guiltily on his fag n the pavement outside beneath the huge supporting pillars of this financial institution. He draws on his cigarette, a sign of his addiction and enjoyment of taking a five or ten-minute pause from his office job. A report showed smokers each lose an average of 30 minutes a day from their workplaces to satisfy their habit. The average smoker takes at least three breaks from the office, each lasting around 10 minutes, research for the Benenden Healthcare Society found. The healthcare group estimates that 290,000 working days are being lost by people leaving their office to smoke.
    RB_082-18-06-2005.jpg
  • Looking down into a steep-sided valley, Distant streets and working-class terraced homes are beyond smoking chimneys from a Furnacite coking plant at Abercwmboi. Once known as the worst polluter in Britain it was owned by the National Coal Board (NCB) and sold to the Welsh Development Asoociation (WDA) for £1 Pound though arguments are still raging about how to clear it up and cleanup estimates range from £15-£20 million. The pollution had cruel effects on the local population. It made smokeless coal and locals joked that the plant took the smoke out and dumped it on the Cynon Valley but there was concern about toxic waste dumped in the village after the plant's closure and some suffered birth defects. Ironically, the plant was closed because of environmental considerations.
    abercwmboi_furnacite001-26-05-1989.jpg
  • A vaper exhales a cloud of smoke in bright winter sunlight, on a central London street, on 6th February 2018, in London, England.
    street_vaper-04-06-02-2018.jpg
  • A vaper exhales a cloud of smoke in bright winter sunlight, on a central London street, on 6th February 2018, in London, England.
    street_vaper-01-06-02-2018.jpg
  • Smokers in a quiet corner of the Broadgate corporate offices development in the City of London. As the man exhales, blowing a plume of blue smoke up into the air above his head, he talks to a woman associate, both in a corner, under the tall steel architecture with the backdrop of the Broadgate development within the ancient boundary of the capital's Square Mile, it's financial district founded by the Romans in AD43.
    broadgate_silhouettes11-04-03-2014.jpg
  • A young man stops to smoke a cigarette in front of a hoarding for the clothing retailer Gap, in central London.
    fashion_hoarding05-24-09-2013.jpg
  • A man takes as break from his job to listen to mp3 music and smoke a quiet cigarette by a carpet and statue shop.
    piccadilly_rug1-20-10-2011.jpg
  • In the third week of the UK government's lockdown during the Coronavirus pandemic, when the daily UK death rate rose by another 761 to 12,868 and with nearly 100,000 reported cases. a man exhales bape smoke while taking daily exercise in Ruskin Park, a public green space in the south London borough of Lambeth, on 15th April 2020, on 15th April 2020, in London, England.
    coronavirus_RuskinPark-08-15-04-2020.jpg
  • Seen from the cockpit of another Hawk of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Seen through the explosive Plexiglass cockpit of a tenth plane, we see forward into deep blue sky as two sets of aerobatic pilots steer their machines from a crossover manoeuvre, their organic white smoke pouring from their jet pipes to emphasize their paths through the air. In front of a local crowd at the airfield the team work their way through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.
    Red_Arrows686_RBA.jpg
  • Seen from the cockpit of another Hawk of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Seen through the explosive Plexiglass cockpit of a tenth plane, we see forward into deep blue sky as two sets of aerobatic pilots steer their machines from a crossover manoeuvre, their organic white smoke pouring from their jet pipes to emphasize their paths through the air. In front of a local crowd at the airfield the team work their way through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.
    Red_Arrows684_RBA.jpg
  • Joining with the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team on the far left, are the smoke trails of forty leading European display aircraft: Spanish Patrulla Aguila; Italian Frecce Tricolori; French Breitling Jet Team and the Swiss Patrouille Suisse. All flew together in the clear, blue alpine skies on a spectacular fly-past at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. The two-day festival at the Swiss airfield is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. Flying on the far left here, the Red Arrows have performed over 4,000 shows in 52 countries since 1965.
    Red_Arrows672_RBA.jpg
  • Joining with the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team on the far left, are the smoke trails of forty leading European display aircraft: Spanish Patrulla Aguila; Italian Frecce Tricolori; French Breitling Jet Team and the Swiss Patrouille Suisse. All flew together in the clear, blue alpine skies on a spectacular fly-past at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. The two-day festival at the Swiss airfield is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. Flying on the far left here, the Red Arrows have performed over 4,000 shows in 52 countries since 1965.
    Red_Arrows671_RBA.jpg
  • Five Hawk jets from the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, almost touch in mid-air at an altitude of approximately 4,100 feet in the Mediterranean skies above Cyprus. The texture of mottled cirrus cloud provides a soft background for the  aircraft which approach each other at a combined air speed of approximately 800 miles per hour (1,200 kph). The Opposition Loop is flown by the two pilot partners known as the Synchro Pair who fly independently of the other seven in the second-half of their 25-minute show. The two jets have vegetable dye and derv (diesel fuel) smoke mixture coloured red, blue or white. Here it traces the paths of both airplanes which curve from the edges of the frame to the centre (center). To the crowds far below, both look as if they are on collision course but will safely pass within feet of each other.
    Red_Arrows336_RBA.jpg
  • Looking skyward is a USAF pilot learning how to vector in a potential helicopter rescue as part of a special US Air Force (USAF) survival course (see also Corbis image 42-18212808) Fairchild AFB, Spokane, Washington State. The man has been taught to use a special escape and evasion (E &E) techniques to visiting air crew whose flying careers depend on passing this rigorous week of survival instruction. Should they be downed in hostile territory for example, they will need every skill learned here to survive possibly weeks being hunted in the wilderness so trapping and preparing fresh meat for human consumption is important for survival. Here the crewman has let off a red smoke canister to mark his location for the friendly aircraft to see.
    usaf_survival002-06-08-1995.jpg
  • The fishing fleet of Tarbert on Scotland's Mull of Kintyre lies moored at the dock of this pretty coastal village in the Western Isles. Their colourful hulls shine in late afternoon sunshine as they are tied up awaiting another outing at sea to provide for this small fishing community a living and a livelihood for its families. But in the foreground sit a young couple whose prospects are not so positive: they rest on a bench in silhouette, one smoking a cigarette while turned to the friend who stares out to distant rolling hills. It is a scene of hopelessness that reflects modern life for the youth in remote communities where jobs are scarce and their futures far from secure. In an otherwise idyllic Scottish landscape, we guess at the disintegration of society up here - the scourge of economic downturn and future social problems.
    tarbet07-18-1993.jpg
  • Four office workers are outside their place of employment in central London for a quick cigarette break. Puffing guiltily on their fags that have sought a dark place on the pavement beneath some shelter although it is warm enough for two of the men to wear only shirts and ties while the only lady present is in a jumper. One member of the group draws heavily on his cigarette, a sign of his addiction and enjoyment of taking a five or ten-minute pause from his office job. A recent report showed smokers each lose an average of 30 minutes a day from their  workplaces to satisfy their habit. The average smoker takes at least three breaks from the office, each lasting around 10 minutes, research for the Benenden Healthcare Society found. The healthcare group estimates that 290,000 working days are being lost by people leaving their office to smoke.
    smokers02-03-09-2007.jpg
  • Some of the nine Hawk jet aircraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, perform the 5/4 Split high during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Seen through the explosive Plexiglass cockpit of a tenth plane, we see forward into deep blue sky as two sets of aerobatic pilots steer their machines from a crossover manoeuvre, their organic white smoke pouring from their jet pipes to emphasize their paths through the air. In front of a local crowd at the airfield the team work their way through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.   .
    Red_Arrows730_RBA.jpg
  • Joining with the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team on the far left, are the smoke trails of forty leading European display aircraft: Spanish Patrulla Aguila; Italian Frecce Tricolori; French Breitling Jet Team and the Swiss Patrouille Suisse. All flew together in the clear, blue alpine skies on a spectacular fly-past at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. The two-day festival at the Swiss airfield is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. Flying on the far left here, the Red Arrows have performed over 4,000 shows in 52 countries since 1965. .
    Red_Arrows673_RBA.jpg
  • Ending France's Bastille Day parade, the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, streak over the pyramid peak of the Louvre art museum in the centre of Paris. Leaving vapour trails of red, white and blue smoke to mark the 100th anniversary of the Anglo-French Entente Cordiale. They were chosen by the French authorities to close the fly-pasts. British armed forces paraded in the historic parade for the first time. Under blue skies on a perfect summer day, the squadron lined up in their classic fly-past 'V-shape' called 'Big Battle', following the straight line of the Champs Elysees then eastwards over the Parisian suburbs. Personnel from four British military units were present and French Air Force jets performed their own fly-past to open the parade, while the British Hawk jets of the Red Arrows had the honour of completing it. .
    Red_Arrows462_RBA.jpg
  • Looking out to the Mediterranean Sea from the Akrotiri Peninsular, Cyprus, we see the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, practising their display finale, the Vixen Break, a show-stopping manoeuvre of their 25-minute air show display routine. A rusted and crumbling hulk of a ship lies in the shallow surf and the Hawk jets used by the Red Arrows fan out above it using red, white and blue smoke. It is a calm sea near the shoreline and the shipwreck's remains provide a sad foreground to the dynamic flying beyond making a graphic landscape. 'Datum' is an axis on which the Red Arrows focus their displays, from where the whole show is visible at the crowd's centre. 'The Wreck' is but one of a series of datum points selected by the team leader at short notice to simluate diverse geographical features and wind directions. The wreck is the MV Achaios. Built in 1932, it was on a voyage from Yugoslavia to Jeddah in 1976 with a cargo of timber. She ran aground in a storm at Akrotiri Peninsula, but no lives were lost.
    Red_Arrows337_RBA.jpg
  • Holding her doll, a young white child wearing a pink dress explores the Délice Restaurant in old Kourou, French Guiana, South America. The daughter of French parents who are in this French-administered colony in connection with the nearby European Space Agency (ESA). The girl is confident enough to leave her parents' side and appear in an open doorway. On the other side of the wall is a giant brightly-painted mural depicting a more traditional side of life in this tropical country. The word Guyane is the French name for Guiana. A female in national costume stands near a palm tree, local produce and vegetation. Meanwhile a dark-skinned Creole man sits on a stool smoking a cigarette chatting to unseen friends - a barfly occupying his usual lunchtime seat. It is a scene of internationalism, cross-culture and youth versus old age. .
    esa_guiana20415-08-2007.jpg
  • A man's head is obscured while exhaling vaping smoke next to a new cycling path, a regenerated landscape created outside Croydon College and Fairfield Hall, on 20th January 2020, in Croydon, London, England.
    croydon_journey-06-20-01-2020.jpg
  • A man exhales a cloud of vape smoke in winter sunshine on Piccadilly, on 20th January 2020, in London, England.
    piccadilly-20-20-01-2020.jpg
  • Two men simultaneously exhale clouds of vape smoke in winter sunshine on Piccadilly, on 20th January 2020, in London, England.
    piccadilly-09-21-01-2020.jpg
  • A man wearing headphones exhales a cloud of vape smoke in winter sunshine on Piccadilly, on 20th January 2020, in London, England.
    piccadilly-11-21-01-2020.jpg
  • A man exhales a cloud of vape smoke in winter sunshine on Piccadilly, on 20th January 2020, in London, England.
    piccadilly-10-21-01-2020.jpg
  • Two businessmen men stand in the street, each holding cigarettes in the heart of the capital's financial district. One man carries paperwork in his left arm while nursing his cigarette in his right, echoing that of a colleague's on the left. A recent report showed smokers each lose an average of 30 minutes a day from their workplaces to satisfy their habit. The average smoker takes at least three breaks from the office, each lasting around 10 minutes, research for the Benenden Healthcare Society found. The healthcare group estimates that 290,000 working days are being lost by people leaving their office to smoke.
    city_smokers01-04-03-2013.jpg
  • Seen from the cockpit of another Hawk of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Seen through the explosive Plexiglass cockpit of a tenth plane, we see forward into deep blue sky as two sets of aerobatic pilots steer their machines from a crossover manoeuvre, their organic white smoke pouring from their jet pipes to emphasize their paths through the air. In front of a local crowd at the airfield the team work their way through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.
    Red_Arrows740_RBA.jpg
  • Seen from the cockpit of another Hawk of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Seen through the explosive Plexiglass cockpit of a tenth plane, we see forward into deep blue sky as two sets of aerobatic pilots steer their machines from a crossover manoeuvre, their organic white smoke pouring from their jet pipes to emphasize their paths through the air. In front of a local crowd at the airfield the team work their way through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.
    Red_Arrows687_RBA.jpg
  • Seen from the cockpit of another Hawk of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Seen through the explosive Plexiglass cockpit of a tenth plane, we see forward into deep blue sky as two sets of aerobatic pilots steer their machines from a crossover manoeuvre, their organic white smoke pouring from their jet pipes to emphasize their paths through the air. In front of a local crowd at the airfield the team work their way through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.
    Red_Arrows685_RBA.jpg
  • Joining with the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team on the far left, are the smoke trails of forty leading European display aircraft: Spanish Patrulla Aguila; Italian Frecce Tricolori; French Breitling Jet Team and the Swiss Patrouille Suisse. All flew together in the clear, blue alpine skies on a spectacular fly-past at the Payerne Air 04 show, Switzerland. The two-day festival at the Swiss airfield is home of the Swiss Air Force who host the cream of international aerobatic display flying every September to 275,000 spectators over a weekend. European display teams and air forces gathered to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Swiss military aviation. Flying on the far left here, the Red Arrows have performed over 4,000 shows in 52 countries since 1965.
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  • Nine Hawk jets from the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, almost touch in mid-air at an altitude of approximately 4,100 feet in the Mediterranean skies above Cyprus. The texture of mottled cirrus cloud provides a soft background for the  aircraft which approach each other at a combined air speed of approximately 800 miles per hour (1,200 kph). The Opposition Loop is flown by the two pilot partners known as the Synchro Pair who fly independently of the other seven in the second-half of their 25-minute show. The two jets have vegetable dye and derv (diesel fuel) smoke mixture coloured red, blue or white. Here it traces the paths of both airplanes which curve from the edges of the frame to the centre (center). To the crowds far below, both look as if they are on collision course but will safely pass within feet of each other.
    Red_Arrows338_RBA.jpg
  • Looking down vertically upon the Hawk jet aicraft of the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, the team loop over agricultural countryside during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. Roman Ermine Street road is a diagonal line through the centre, dissecting wisps of organic white smoke left hanging in the air. Reforming in front of a local crowd at the airfield they work through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. Freshly-ploughed English fields with properties, roads, hedgerows plus former nuclear silos are seen below. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.   .
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  • With the runways and former nuclear silos of RAF Scampton below, Lincolnshire, the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team swoop down to their home airfield during an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight. Trailing white organic smoke before reforming in front of a local crowd they work through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. They curve round in a similar trajectory as seen on the bending taxi-way. Freshly-ploughed English fields with properties, roads, hedgerows and cold war nuclear solios are seen below on a perfect day for aerobatic displaying. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.   .
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  • Banking hard right over the agricultural Lincolnshire countryside are the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, who have commenced an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. They turn at a ninety degree angle, two trailing white organic smoke before reforming in front of a local crowd at the airfield and working through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. Their objective is to appear perfectly spaced from a ground perspective. Freshly-ploughed English fields with properties, roads and hedgerows are seen below. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.   .
    Red_Arrows731_RBA.jpg
  • Banking slowly left over the agricultural Lincolnshire countryside are the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, who have commenced an In-Season Practice (ISP) training flight near their base at RAF Scampton. They turn at a gentle angle trailing white organic smoke  before reforming in front of a local crowd at the airfield and working through a 25-minute series of display manoeuvres that are loved by thousands at summer air shows. Their objective is to appear perfectly spaced from a ground perspective. Freshly-ploughed English fields with properties, roads and hedgerows are seen below. After some time off, spare days like this are used to hone their manual aerobatic and piloting skills before re-joining the air show circuit. Since 1965 they've flown over 4,000 shows in 52 countries.   .
    Red_Arrows682_RBA.jpg
  • Two Hawk jets from the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team, almost touch in mid-air at an altitude of approximately 4,100 feet in the Mediterranean skies above Cyprus. The texture of mottled cirrus cloud provides a soft background for the  aircraft which approach each other at a combined air speed of approximately 800 miles per hour (1,200 kph). The Opposition Loop is flown by the two pilot partners known as the Synchro Pair who fly independently of the other seven in the second-half of their 25-minute show. The two jets have vegetable dye and derv (diesel fuel) smoke mixture coloured red, blue or white. Here it traces the paths of both airplanes which curve from the edges of the frame to the centre (center). To the crowds far below, both look as if they are on collision course but wil safely pass within feet of each other.
    Red_Arrows094_RBA.jpg
  • The Monday morning following the attacks on the World Trade Center on Septmber 11th we see a dust-filled haze on Wall Street to where city financiers returned to their office desks to find their city skyline missing the Twin Towers and Manhattan in a state of perpetual shock and still under a mist of smoke from the debris at Ground Zero. To celebrate the near-return to financial normality, New Yorkers' spirit was proved intact by the hanging of US flags from buildings. An American flag hangs and a banner for 48 Wall Street, known as the Bank of New York Building (built in 1928 on land used by the bank since 1797), on the corner of Wall Street and William Street in New York City's Financial District...
    september11th003-16-09_2001.jpg
  • As a Virgin jet takes off overhead, airline employees stop for a cigarette break near the smoking shelter at Heathrow's T5.
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  • Exhaling vape smoke clouds around his head, a bus driver vapes during his break, in front of his Routemaster bus parked at Aldwych in central London, on 6th March 2020, in London, England.
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  • Exhaling vape smoke clouds around his head, a bus driver vapes during his break, in front of his Routemaster bus parked at Aldwych in central London, on 6th March 2020, in London, England.
    aldwych_vaper-02-06-03-2020.jpg
  • Exhaling vape smoke clouds around his head, a bus driver vapes during his break, in front of his Routemaster bus parked at Aldwych in central London, on 6th March 2020, in London, England.
    aldwych_vaper-01-06-03-2020.jpg
  • A vaper exhales a cloud of smoke in bright winter sunlight, on a central London street, on 6th February 2018, in London, England.
    street_vaper-06-06-02-2018.jpg
  • Lone man smokes a cigarette opposite contemporary poster of young people, in London's Carnaby Street
    street_man02-20-11-2014.jpg
  • City workers smoke cigarettes by the giant artwork of a bronze wing during a spring lunchtime in London's financial district. As light reflects off nearby office buildings, the lunchtime crowd walk past this giant artwork on their way to meetings and sandwich bars. The ten-metre-tall bronze sculpture is by President of the Royal Academy of Arts, Christopher Le Brun, commissioned by Hammerson in 2009. It is called ‘The City Wing’ and has been cast by Morris Singer Art Founders, reputedly the oldest fine art foundry in the world.
    city_people03-31-07-2014.jpg
  • UKIP (UK Independence Party) leader Nigel Farage smokes after giving TV interviews during his difficult and controversial first day of his party's conference in Westminster, central LOndon.
    nigel_farage05-20-09-2013.jpg
  • London commuters stand outside London's Paddington mainline Station to smoke or make calls beneath a large billboard about the countryside ad for brewer Shepherd Neame. Urban people are seen below the idyllic scene of rural England, tourists enjoying the peaceful great outdoors with the help of a map and bikes while below are the exact opposite: City dwellers trying to de-stress or keep in touch with the world.
    people_billboard02-19-07-2013.jpg
  • A young man rests in the front of a London branch of Topshop. Surrounded by Sale posters that hide the merchandise behind the glass, the man exhales the smoke from a cigarette with his bags alongside on the floor. The large red lettering attracts the attention of passing shoppers to this womens' fashion outfitters on Oxford Street. Topshop is a British multinational retailer which specialises in fashion clothing, shoes, make-up and accessories. It has around 440 shops across 33 countries and online operations in a number of its markets. It is part of the Arcadia Group, which is controlled by Philip Green and owns a number of other retail outlets including Burton, Dorothy Perkins and Miss Selfridge.
    sale_posters-21-10-1992.jpg
  • A smoker pauses to enjoy a cigarette below two athletic people chosen to endorse the Speedo brand, in a window at the Westfield mall during the London 2012 Olympics, the 30th Olympiad. Ironicvally juxtaposed together, we see the healthy specimens of the two athletes with fine bodies in Speedo swimwear contrasting the bad connotations of smoking and ill-health. Smoking kills around 120,000 people in the UK each year and with current smoking trends, about 500 million people alive today will eventually be killed by tobacco use. The international swimwear brand, which sponsors British Swimming and Olympic gold medallist Rebecca Adlington as well as Multi-medallist Michael Phelps.
    olympic_stratford44-06-08-2012.jpg
  • High up on an exposed balcony, german city workers smoke outside of their office tower block in Franfurt's financial district.
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  • White smoke left in summer skies by the 'Red Arrows', Britain's Royal Air Force aerobatic team.
    Red_Arrows478_RBA.jpg
  • Commuters and no smoking sign on a carriage travelling into London between Denmark Hill and London Bridge stations
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  • Detail of a poster for Marlboro at a business selling tobacco and smoking paraphernalia in the modern city of Luxor, Nile Valley, Egypt.
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  • A young man leans against a shop window, smoking in a Vans top, on 25th March 2019, in the City of London, England.
    city_smoker-01-25-03-2019.jpg
  • A cigar smoking aficionado inhales in front of a portrait of Winston Churchill, outside Sautter Cigars, on 20th January 2017, in Mount Streeet, Mayfair, London, England.
    womens_trump_march-24-21-01-2017.jpg
  • A lady smokes a cigarette outside the Bank of China in the City of London, Great Britain Uk
    china_london20-18-10-2013.jpg
  • A man from behind reads a newspaper and smokes a cigarette whilst seated on the pavement outside a street cafe.
    reading_newspaper01-17-02-2011.jpg
  • A woman smokes a cigarette as she walks past an ad for a forthcoming easyGym in Camberwell, south London, on 29th August 2019, in London, England.
    bus_journey-01-29-08-2019.jpg
  • A businessman on a cigarette break smokes outside offices in late summer sunshine in the City of London, England UK.
    city_smoker-02-08-09-2016.jpg
  • A young modern Polish women walks and smokes a cigarette, passing a poster outside a Spar supermarket that shows the stereotyping of gender: a mother and her daughter enjoying baking in the kitchen together, on 23rd September 2019, in Krakow, Malopolska, Poland. The poster translates as: 'My neighborhood ,my spar'.
    poland-342-23-09-2019.jpg
  • Two smokers enjoy their smoking habit inside one of two outdoor smokers' cubicles located at the Park Plaza Hotel at the southern end of Westminster Bridge, on 26th February, in London, England.
    cubicle_smokers-01-26-02-2019.jpg
  • A male vaper smokes while walking along Finch Street, a narrow medieval-era lane in the City of London, the capital's historic financial district, on 2nd August 2018, in London, England.
    city_people-28-02-08-2018.jpg
  • A male vaper smokes while walking along Finch Street, a narrow medieval-era lane in the City of London, the capital's historic financial district, on 2nd August 2018, in London, England.
    city_people-27-02-08-2018.jpg
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