Images Dated 20th January 2005

Beach-goers take a stroll on quiet Kamala beach in tsunami-hit Thailands Phuket

Beach-goers take a stroll on quiet Kamala beach in the tsunami-hit tropical island of Phuket on January 20, 2005. Talk of "new beginnings" is all the rage in Thai tourism circles at the moment, but for all the good intentions, efforts to smarten up resort areas and rid them of sleaze and grime look likely to fail. The Indian Ocean tsunami swept away more than 5,000 Thais and tourists on Dec. 26 during the peak season of a country that attracted about 12 million holiday makers last year. NO RIGHTS CLEARANCES OR PERMISSIONS ARE REQUIRED FOR THIS IMAGE. REUTERS/Bazuki Muhammad BM/LA - RP5DRIGMAVAA

Mortarmen cover their ears and avert their eyes after firing their 60mm mortar weapons

Marine Corps Air-Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, California - Two mortarmen cover their ears and avert their eyes after firing their 60mm mortar weapons system aboard Range 410A here

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The James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT)

James Clerk Maxwell telescope. View of the open observatory housing the James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (JCMT). JCMT is a 15 metre telescope designed for observations at millimetre and sub- millimetre wavelengths (between radio & infrared). The telescope has a primary or main mirror, paraboloid in shape, composed of 276 adjustable panels. Radiation is focused from this mirror onto a small secondary hyperboloid mirror held above the main mirror by a metal frame. Infrared detectors then receive the signal from a cabin located below the main mirror. JCMT is located at 4200 metres altitude on the summit of the dormant volcano Mauna Kea in Hawaii

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