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  • Pat Marden rreaches up to attend an arch of apples at the East Malling Research, Kent, England that provides science-based plant and food solutions to industry and Government. As a  Horticultural Technician Pat and her colleagues work for this organisation which is the principal UK provider of top-class horticultural research and development for the perennial crops sector. They have for example, genetically fingerprinted all 2300 apples and over 250 pears of the National Fruit Collection and used DNA markers called microsatellites to produce individual profiles for trees. Looking upwards we see Pat balanced on a tapering ladder to reach leaves and branches that form this feature in the laboratory gardens and which has eight similar arches.
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  • At the Hoylake Air Show on the Wirral, Merseyside, spectators crane their necks upwards to watch a display by the elite 'Red Arrows', Britain's prestigious Royal Air Force aerobatic team. Their ground safety manager and display commentator is Red 10 Flight Lieutenant Steve Underwood, who describes the show to the crowd while listening in to the team leaders radio calls as he and the other eight aircraft loop and dive across the coastal town's skies. Since 1965 they have flown over 4,000 such shows in 52 countries.
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  • Two days after the Irish Republican Army (IRA) exploded a truck bomb on Bishopsgate, a main arterial road that travels north-south through London's financial area, City of London two on-lookers stop to crane their necks upwards to view the damage to the tall HSBC building. With both their hands up to shield the sun from their faces, the men stand aghast at the amount of devastation to their working landscape. It was said that Roman remains could be viewed at the bottom of the pit the bomb created. One person was killed when the one ton fertiliser bomb detonated directly outside the medieval St Ethelburga's church. Buildings up to 500 metres away were damaged, with one and a half million square feet (140,000 m) of office space being affected and over 500 tonnes of glass broken. repair costs reached approx £350 million.
    city_gents_bishopsgate-26-04-1993.jpg
  • From a low vantage point looking upwards, the atrium of British architect Sir Richard Rogers' Lloyds building in the City of London. We see the post-modern architecture of the insurance underwriters Lloyd's building, home of the insurance institution Lloyd's of London which is located at number 1, Lime Street. Lloyd's is a British insurance market. It serves as a meeting place where multiple financial backers or "members", whether individuals (traditionally known as "Names") or corporations, come together to pool and spread risk. The Lloyds market began in Edward Lloyd's coffeehouse around 1688 and is today the world's leading insurance market providing specialist insurance services to businesses in over 200 countries and territories.
    lloyds_of_london01-18-03-1993.jpg
  • First World War memorial soldier beneath the Bank of England (L) and the columns of Royal Exchange. The tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite. Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. The Bank of England (formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England) is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. It is wholly owned by the Treasury Solicitor on behalf of the Government, with independence in setting monetary policy.
    war_memorial1-27-09-2011.jpg
  • We are looking upwards towards three converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. Traffic leaves its light trails between the lens-distorted columns as it passes eastwards towards Bank Triangle, a busy intersection. It is early evening as the ambient light fades while artificial illumination becomes the dominant light-source.  With such a wide-angle perspective the bank and its architecture looks powerful and influencial in the UK's economy. The dark pillars contrasting with the colourful (colorful) light emitted from this established Bank makes for a scene of stability and strength.
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  • Looking upwards towards the back of a number 8 red London bus which passes the pillars of the famous Bank of England building at Cornhill in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. We see the Bank rising as an imposing classical structure. Its columns are converging because of wide-angle lens-distortion, giving us the image of strength, stability and influence in UK economics. The bus is a traditional design called a Routemaster which has been in service on the capital's roads since 1954 and is nowadays only seen on heritage routes. Its distinctive rounded rear bodywork is easily recognisable as that classic British icon.
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  • Arranged on a hill with their barrels pointing upwards and lights glowing, weathered Challenger 1 tank crews of the 1st Batallion Royal Tank Regiment are stationary at Tidworth Barracks, England. Their turrets are all pointing to the viewer and the helmet heads of their commanders and drivers can be seen  protruding from their respective places. The Royal Tank Regiment is an armoured regiment of the British Army but tanks were first used at Flers in September 1916 during the Battle of the Somme in World War I. Challenger 1 was the main battle tank (MBT) of the British Army from 1983 until superseded by the Challenger 2 in the mid 1990s. Challenger 1 took part in Operation Desert Storm where the Iraqi forces failed to take a single vehicle out of combat while Challenger destroyed roughly 300 Iraqi tanks.
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  • Looking upwards through a gap in some trees, we see in the background the huge skyscraper office tower of the Commerzbank (Europe's tallest building (1997-2005), designed by Sir Norman Foster) and other institutions in the financial district of Frankfurt, Germany. In the foreground is a set of traffic lights with a traffic lane arrow direction sign and during the long time-exposure the red, amber and green lights have registered on the film to say stop, ready, go. There is a light mist settling on the cityscape which can be seen around the intense of the street lighting giving the scene a futuristic atmosphere like the Blade Runner movie. Apart from the prime colours (colors) emitted by the traffic lights, the image has an otherwise green hue including the tree foliage which is illuminated by the artificial lamps. The leaves are also blurring because of a faint breeze which registers during a long time-exposure.
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  • Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. It is early evening as the ambient light fades while artificial illumination becomes the dominant light-source. With such a wide-angle perspective the bank and its architecture looks powerful and influential in the UK's economy. The dark pillars contrasting with the colourful (colorful) light emitted from this established Bank makes for a scene of stability and strength against the pity and tragedy of a past conflict that claimed millions of lives.
    bank_triangle01-04-20-1997.jpg
  • Cranes and blue sky on a large construction site at Broadgate development in the City of London. Looking up from a low angle, we see just two clouds in an otherwise blue sky, with four of the project's cranes reaching upwards, the reinforced concrete lift shaft of a new building rising fast and a completed block on the left. Broadgate is a large, 32-acre (13 ha) office and retail estate in the City of London, owned by British Land and the Blackstone Group and managed by Broadgate Estates. The original developer was Rosehaugh: it was built by a Bovis / Tarmac Construction joint venture
    city_cranes02-17-12-2012.jpg
  • Cranes and blue sky on a large construction site at Broadgate development in the City of London. Looking up from a low angle, we see just two clouds in an otherwise blue sky, with four of the project's cranes reaching upwards, the reinforced concrete lift shaft of a new building rising fast and a completed block on the left. Broadgate is a large, 32-acre (13 ha) office and retail estate in the City of London, owned by British Land and the Blackstone Group and managed by Broadgate Estates. The original developer was Rosehaugh: it was built by a Bovis / Tarmac Construction joint venture
    city_cranes01-17-12-2012.jpg
  • Sweating in tropical heat, two young men volunteers gaze up to the roof of the rainforest canopy whilst on a Raleigh International expedition in Brunei, Borneo. This is one of the remotest and most dangerous habitats on the planet and will have been a life-changing experience for them and their friends from all over the world who will have raised several thousands of sponsored Pounds for the privilege of spending two months away from a dull, comfortable life at home, rather than building community projects like bridges or schools. Raleigh International is a charity that provides adventurous and challenging expeditions for people from all backgrounds, nationalities and ages, especially young people. Over the last 23 years, 30,000 people have been involved in more than 250 expeditions to over 40 countries.
    raleigh-international02-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • A waiter runs up the steps of Royal Exchange where Fortnum & Mason have set up an outdoor restaurant and bar opposite the Bank of England in the City of London, during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 9th September 2020, in London, England.on 16th September 2020, in London, England.
    fortnum&mason09-16-09-2020.jpg
  • A waiter runs up the steps of Royal Exchange where Fortnum & Mason have set up an outdoor restaurant and bar opposite the Bank of England in the City of London, during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 9th September 2020, in London, England.on 16th September 2020, in London, England.
    fortnum&mason08-16-09-2020.jpg
  • A waiter runs up the steps of Royal Exchange where Fortnum & Mason have set up an outdoor restaurant and bar opposite the Bank of England in the City of London, during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 9th September 2020, in London, England.on 16th September 2020, in London, England.
    fortnum&mason05-16-09-2020.jpg
  • A waiter runs up the steps of Royal Exchange where Fortnum & Mason have set up an outdoor restaurant and bar opposite the Bank of England in the City of London, during the Coronavirus pandemic, on 9th September 2020, in London, England.on 16th September 2020, in London, England.
    fortnum&mason01-16-09-2020.jpg
  • Pointing up to a tall new building with geometric angles and diagonal lines on new architecture at Southwark SE1, on 7th September 2018, in London, England
    one_blackfriars-14-07-09-2018.jpg
  • A young Slovenian climber tackles a rock face and tree at Ribcev Laz, on 19th June, in Lake Bohinj, Sovenia
    slovenia-120-19-06-2018.jpg
  • A lady carries a cello case up the steps in front of the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, on 29th March, 2018 in London, England.
    trafalgar_square-08-29-03-2018.jpg
  • Friends in a community walking group enjoy winter sunshine, on 25th February 2018, near Cudham, Kent, England.
    kent_walk-12-25-02-2018.jpg
  • Friends in a community walking group enjoy winter sunshine, on 25th February 2018, near Cudham, Kent, England.
    kent_walk-10-25-02-2018.jpg
  • Friends in a community walking group enjoy winter sunshine, on 25th February 2018, near Cudham, Kent, England.
    kent_walk-09-25-02-2018.jpg
  • Queueing spectators wait to enter the grounds of the All England Lawn Tennis Club during the Wimbledon tennis championships, on 3rd July 2017, in Wimbledon, London, England.
    wimbledon-07-03-07-2017.jpg
  • Spectators lie on the ground or look up to experience the art instillation by French artist Philippe Parreno, an experience of sound and light, in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, London.
    tate_modern-01-06-10-2016.jpg
  • An admirer experiences the art instillation by French artist Philippe Parreno, an experience of sound and light, in the Turbine Hall of Tate Modern, London.
    tate_modern-03-06-10-2016.jpg
  • 17th century Arc de Triomphe with Romanesque architecture of the Palais de Justice and retro street lighting in Montpellier, south of France.
    montpellier-82-19-06-2016.jpg
  • A London Underground sign beneath the tall architecture of the Shard at London Bridge.
    tall_shard02-16-02-2016.jpg
  • Fading bunting strung along the wall of a local church side entrance in south London.
    church_bunting01-24-09-2015.jpg
  • Families watch the mass lift-off by balloons at Bristols annual fiesta at Ashton Court, UK.
    balloon_fiesta02-08-08-2015.jpg
  • From Passo Falzarega (Pass), a cable car gondola ascends the rock face of Lagazuoi  (3,244 m), a Dolomites mountain in south Tyrol, Italy.  One of two gondolas rises to the Lagazuoi (2,835), which was the object of heavy combat in World War I. Lagazuoi is a mountain in the Dolomites of northern Italy, lying at an altitude of 2,835 metres (9,301 ft), about 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest by road from Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Veneto Region. It is accessible by cable car and contains the Refugio Lagazuoi, a mountain refuge situated beyond the northwest corner of Cima del Lago. The mountain range is well known for its wartime tunnels.
    passo_falzarego14-20-07-2015.jpg
  • Hikers from Passo Falzarega (Pass) ascend the lower slopes of Tofana di Mezzo (3,244 m), a Dolomites mountain in south Tyrol, Italy.
    passo_falzarego11-20-07-2015.jpg
  • From Passo Falzarega (Pass), a cable car gondola ascends the rock face of Lagazuoi  (3,244 m), a Dolomites mountain in south Tyrol, Italy.  One of two gondolas rises to the Lagazuoi (2,835), which was the object of heavy combat in World War I. Lagazuoi is a mountain in the Dolomites of northern Italy, lying at an altitude of 2,835 metres (9,301 ft), about 18 kilometres (11 mi) southwest by road from Cortina d'Ampezzo in the Veneto Region. It is accessible by cable car and contains the Refugio Lagazuoi, a mountain refuge situated beyond the northwest corner of Cima del Lago. The mountain range is well known for its wartime tunnels.
    passo_falzarego08-20-07-2015.jpg
  • Brick Lane street sign written in English and Bangladeshi.
    brick_lane01-15-03-2004.jpg
  • Construction equipment andf supplies are hoisted up from a low-loader into a building in London's St James's.
    crane_lift02-16-12-2014.jpg
  • Construction equipment andf supplies are hoisted up from a low-loader into a building in London's St James's.
    crane_lift03-16-12-2014.jpg
  • Construction workers fix lights to a building site Christmas tree in central London.
    construction_christmas03-12-12-2014.jpg
  • Shadow of a large crane on white sheeting covering City of London construction project.
    construction_crane01-04-08-2014.jpg
  • The Metropolitan Police's revolving sign their headquarters at New Scotland Yard in Westminster, London.
    london_tourism11-03-02-2014.jpg
  • The Metropolitan Police's revolving sign their headquarters at New Scotland Yard in Westminster, London.
    london_tourism10-03-02-2014.jpg
  • Spring flowers grow in the beds at Bank Triangle, beneath the pillars of the Bank of England and Cornhill. We see from a low angle, alongside the level of the flowers, the Corinthian pillars of Cornhill Exchange on the right and the higher Bank on the left. The Bank of England is the central bank of the United Kingdom. Sometimes known as the “Old Lady” of Threadneedle Street, the Bank was founded in 1694, nationalised on 1 March 1946, and in 1997 gained operational independence to set monetary policy.
    bank_of_england-20-04-1994.jpg
  • The One Canada Square is seen soon after its completion in the early-1990s. Seen from a low angle inside the dome of Cabot Square shopping mall, we see the tall building rising above us. Canary Wharf is the product of the 1980s financial boom when during the office of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, huge building projects such as the Docklands consortium saw vast changes in London's landscape. One Canada Square (often incorrectly called Canary Wharf, after its location) is a skyscraper in Canary Wharf, London. It was the tallest building in the United Kingdom from 1990 to 2010, standing at 235 metres (770 ft) above ground level and containing 50 storeys.
    canary_wharf-13-08-1991.jpg
  • A workman wipes the ceiling of a vacant office building in the City of London.
    vacant_offices05-06-01-2014.jpg
  • A workman wipes the ceiling of a vacant office building in the City of London.
    vacant_offices04-06-01-2014.jpg
  • Silhouettes of anonymous bus commuters and a large corporate building during damp, gloomy weather in central London.
    bus_commuters01-19-09-2013.jpg
  • Londoners experience the unexpected intensity of localised solar rays, reflected off the concave plate glass windows of one of the capital's newest skyscrapers known as the Walkie-talkie. The hotspot has surprised developers and passers-by below and which has already melted a parked car and left soft street fittings smouldering in Eastcheap Street, City of London, the capital's financial district. One thermometer placed in the street reached 144F (62 celsius) and others off the scale and city workers poured out of their offices at lunchtime to witness the strange phenomena of intense, Biblical light and blistering heat.
    eastcheap_light_building13-04-09-201...jpg
  • Londoners experience the unexpected intensity of localised solar rays, reflected off the concave plate glass windows of one of the capital's newest skyscrapers known as the Walkie-talkie. The hotspot has surprised developers and passers-by below and which has already melted a parked car and left soft street fittings smouldering in Eastcheap Street, City of London, the capital's financial district. One thermometer placed in the street reached 144F (62 celsius) and others off the scale and city workers poured out of their offices at lunchtime to witness the strange phenomena of intense, Biblical light and blistering heat.
    eastcheap_light_building12-04-09-201...jpg
  • Blurred vegetation of beech trees during a daydream moment in a Somerset forest.
    forest_blur02-21-08-2013.jpg
  • Blurred vegetation of beech trees during a daydream moment in a Somerset forest.
    forest_blur01-21-08-2013.jpg
  • Flint wall architecture of St Michael's Anglican church at Irstead, on the Norfolk Broads.
    norfolk_church06-01-08-2013.jpg
  • No services this Sunday and Flint wall architecture at St Michael's Anglican church at Irstead, on the Norfolk Broads.
    norfolk_church05-01-08-2013.jpg
  • Flint wall architecture and carvings of St Michael's Anglican church at Irstead, on the Norfolk Broads.
    norfolk_church03-01-08-2013.jpg
  • Londoners watch in awe as 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012. The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest20-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Londoners watch in awe as 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012. The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest16-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Londoners watch in awe as 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012. The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest11-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Londoners watch in awe as 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012. The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest12-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Londoners watch in awe as 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012. The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest03-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Londoners watch in awe as 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012. The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest04-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Summer sunshine and light through the branches and leaves of an English oak in Kent.
    oak_sunshine01-07-07-2013.jpg
  • The national flag hangs outside the Columbian embassy in Hans Crescent, London SW1.
    columbian_embassy02-04-07-2013.jpg
  • The national flag hangs outside the Ecuadorian embassy in Hans Crescent, London SW1.
    ecuador_embassy02-04-07-2013.jpg
  • A Royal Air Force Sea King Westland helicopter takes-off after a medical mission to deliver a patient to Kings College Hospital in Camberwell. As locals look on at the aircraft as it lifts off from Ruskin Park, Lambeth in south London, the yellow RAF search and rescue aircraft (SAR) leaves to return to base. Both RAF, Royal Navy and London air ambulances regularly use this public space for emergency transporting of casualties to the NHS Trust A&E department.
    sea_king_park02-21-05-2013.jpg
  • At Cornhill in the City of London, a businessman descends the steps into the London Underground, at Bank station, below the Bank of England.
    city_cornhill02-23-04-2013.jpg
  • Lift shafts with their floors marked vertically at 5 Broadgate, designed by Make Architects which will become the new home of UBS in London when fully occupied. 700,000 sq feet (66,890 sq m). Rising towards the blue sky is the tower-like structure with blue numbers of future storeys, stencilled on to the grey reinforced concrete. There will be 12 floors to this office complex of 700,000 sq feet (66,890 sq m), scheduled to be completed in 2016. The City of London is the capital's historic centre first occupied by the Romans then expanded during following centuries until today, it has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000.
    construction_core02-14-03-2013.jpg
  • Lift shafts with their floors marked vertically at 5 Broadgate, designed by Make Architects which will become the new home of UBS in London when fully occupied. 700,000 sq feet (66,890 sq m). Rising towards the blue sky is the tower-like structure with blue numbers of future storeys, stencilled on to the grey reinforced concrete. There will be 12 floors to this office complex of 700,000 sq feet (66,890 sq m), scheduled to be completed in 2016. The City of London is the capital's historic centre first occupied by the Romans then expanded during following centuries until today, it has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000.
    construction_shaft04-12-03-2013.jpg
  • Lift shafts with their floors marked vertically at 5 Broadgate, designed by Make Architects which will become the new home of UBS in London when fully occupied. 700,000 sq feet (66,890 sq m). Rising towards the blue sky is the tower-like structure with blue numbers of future storeys, stencilled on to the grey reinforced concrete. There will be 12 floors to this office complex of 700,000 sq feet (66,890 sq m), scheduled to be completed in 2016. The City of London is the capital's historic centre first occupied by the Romans then expanded during following centuries until today, it has a resident population of under 10,000 but a daily working population of 311,000.
    construction_shaft03-12-03-2013.jpg
  • A tour group organised by WalkLondon stop by a sphinx to hear about the ancient Egyptian obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle, on the Embankment WC2. Cleopatra's Needle is flanked by two faux-Egyptian sphinxes cast from bronze that bear hieroglyphic inscriptions that say netjer nefer men-kheper-re di ankh (the good god, Thuthmosis III given life). These Sphinxes appear to be looking at the Needle rather than guarding it. This is due to the Sphinxes' improper or backwards installation.
    walk_london_tour04-27-01-2013.jpg
  • A tour group organised by WalkLondon stop by a sphinx to hear about the ancient Egyptian obelisk known as Cleopatra's Needle, on the Embankment WC2. Cleopatra's Needle is flanked by two faux-Egyptian sphinxes cast from bronze that bear hieroglyphic inscriptions that say netjer nefer men-kheper-re di ankh (the good god, Thuthmosis III given life). These Sphinxes appear to be looking at the Needle rather than guarding it. This is due to the Sphinxes' improper or backwards installation.
    walk_london_tour02-27-01-2013.jpg
  • Commuter exits Westminster Underground station on Whitehall with the Way Out sign and arrow.
    way_out03-22-11-2012.jpg
  • Desaturated image of commuter exits Westminster Underground station on Whitehall with the Way Out sign and arrow.
    way_out_cc03-22-11-2012.jpg
  • New Tower block rises above a Victorian office block in the City of London.
    construction_tower01-09-11-2012.jpg
  • The 73 metre long Hall of the Mirrors in the King's Grand Apartment, Versaille, Paris. The Hall of Mirrors (Grande Galerie or Galerie des Glaces) is the central gallery of the Palace of Versailles and is renowned as being one of the most famous rooms in the world.
    versaille_palace14-18-08-2012.jpg
  • Ceiling detail of Hercules Apotheosis of Hercules 1733-1736 by François Le Moyne, (1688-1737) in the the King's Grand Apartment, Palace of Versaille, Paris. The salon d'Hercule (also known as the Hercules Salon or the Hercules Drawing Room) is on the first floor of the Château de Versailles and connects the chapel and the North Wing of the château with grand appartement du roi. Beginning in 1724, work on the salon d'Hercule recommenced. Louis XV commissioned architect Jacques Gabriel, marbrier Claude-Félix Tarlé, and sculptors Jacques Verberckt and François-Antoine Vassé to complete the room
    versaille_palace12-18-08-2012.jpg
  • Ceiling detail of Hercules Apotheosis of Hercules 1733-1736 by François Le Moyne, (1688-1737) in the the King's Grand Apartment, Palace of Versaille, Paris. The salon d'Hercule (also known as the Hercules Salon or the Hercules Drawing Room) is on the first floor of the Château de Versailles and connects the chapel and the North Wing of the château with grand appartement du roi. Beginning in 1724, work on the salon d'Hercule recommenced. Louis XV commissioned architect Jacques Gabriel, marbrier Claude-Félix Tarlé, and sculptors Jacques Verberckt and François-Antoine Vassé to complete the room
    versaille_palace10-18-08-2012.jpg
  • Summit sign on the second level of the Eiffel Tower, Paris/
    eiffel_tower11-16-08-2012.jpg
  • Tourists admire Paris below from the second level of the Eiffel Tower.
    eiffel_tower07-16-08-2012.jpg
  • A diagonal landscape of a sign pointing to the Olympic Park at the Westfield mall, during the London 2012 Olympics.
    olympic_stratford41-06-08-2012.jpg
  • The light artwork called Run seen during the London 2012 Olympics. Artist Monica Bonvicini created one of the largest works of art for the Games -a  staggered row of three shiny giant letters - 9m high, 5m wide, 1.2m deep spell out the word ?RUN? and reflect their surroundings like a mirror during the day, blend in with them and reflect the observer. 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.
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  • A spectator arrives with a ticket in mouth at the Westfield Stratford shopping mall near the entrance of the Olympic Park during the London 2012 Olympics. .Situated on the fringe of the Olympic park, Westfield is Europe's largest urban shopping centre. The £1.45bn complex houses more than 300 shops, 70 restaurants, a 14-screen cinema, three hotels, a bowling alley and the UK's largest casino. It will provide the main access to the Olympic park for the 2012 Games and a central 'street' gives 75% of Olympic visitors access to the main stadium so retail space and so far 95% of the centre has been let. It is claimed that up to 8,500 permanent jobs will be created by the retail sector.
    olympic_park02-02-08-2012.jpg
  • Guests admire aerobatic flying displays outside the EADS hospitality chalet at the Farnborough Air Show
    airbus_farnborough01-11-07-2012.jpg
  • RNLI spectators watch the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team displaying high above their heads during public airshow.
    Red_Arrows638_RBA.jpg
  • Merchandise trailer belonging to the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team on Weymouth seafront.
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  • Spectators watch the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team displaying high above their heads during a public airshow.
    Red_Arrows600_RBA.jpg
  • Spectators watch the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team displaying high above their heads during a public airshow.
    Red_Arrows524_RBA.jpg
  • Spectators watch the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team displaying high above their heads during a public airshow.
    Red_Arrows523_RBA.jpg
  • Spectators watch the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team displaying high above their heads during a public airshow.
    Red_Arrows185_RBA.jpg
  • RAF fundraisers watch the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team during a private display high above RAF Akrotiri.
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  • RAF fundraisers watch the Red Arrows, Britain's RAF aerobatic team during a private display high above RAF Akrotiri.
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  • Healthy green leaves sprout from a tree below a tall office skyscraper, a scene of economic prosperity, growth and recovery.
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  • Healthy green leaves sprout from a tree below a tall office skyscraper, a scene of economic prosperity, growth and recovery.
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  • Healthy green leaves sprout from a tree below an office building, a scene of economic prosperity, growth and recovery.
    city_tree02-27-04-2012.jpg
  • Healthy green leaves sprout from a tree below an office building, a scene of economic prosperity, growth and recovery.
    city_tree01-27-04-2012.jpg
  • City workers walk past another giant office building Brookfield construction development in the financial district City of London.
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  • Parliament's Big Ben yellow seating handles from the top deck of a London double-decker bus.
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  • Construction workman below safety sheeting with plain tree shadow at a Skanska building project in Finsbury Circus.
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  • Construction safety sheeting with plain tree shadow at a Skanska building project in Finsbury Circus.
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  • Crane lifts a load of construction materials high above London street where a Skanska building project is underway.
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  • The cross of St George flies above ornate reliefs on the tower of St Dunstan-in-the-West church on Fleet Street. .First founded between AD 988 and 1070, St. Dunstan-in-the-West is an Anglican Guild Church in the City of London. The present building has stood on Fleet Street for over 170 years. Dunstan was one of the foremost Saints of Anglo-Saxon England. At weekends St Dunstan's is used by the Romanian Orthodox Church.
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  • Parliament's Big Ben yellow seating handles from the top deck of a London double-decker bus.
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  • High up on an outdoor roof terrace, Deutsche Bank city workers admire the view from their office tower block in Frankfurt.
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