Images Dated 14th September 2011

RAF Chinook Creates Dust Cloud Landing in Afghanistan

A Royal Air Force Chinook helicopter comes into land at Camp Bastion, Helmand, Afghanistan follwoing a mission.
The Chinook is a very capable and versatile support helicopter that can be operated in many diverse environments ranging from cold weather arctic conditions to desert warfare operations.
The RAF operates the largest fleet of Chinook Support Helicopters after the US Army, with a total of 34 HC2s, 6 HC2As and 8 HC3s (the HC3 has yet to enter operational service). The Chinook Wing, which forms the heavy-lift element of the Joint Helicopter Command (JHC), is based at RAF Odiham in Hampshire. Odiham supports three operational squadrons, No 7 Squadron, No 18 Squadron and No 27 Squadron, and the Operational Conversion Flight

The Animal Tamer Presents, 1918 (watercolor and pencil on paper)

650979 The Animal Tamer Presents, 1918 (watercolor and pencil on paper) by Demuth, Charles (1883-1935); 32.7x20.1 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: The Animal Tamer Presents. Charles Demuth (1883-1935). Watercolor and pencil on paper. 32.7 x 20.1cm. This watercolor was an illustration for Frank Wedekind's Lulu play Earth Spirit (1895), published after the playwright's death in 1918); Photo A© Christie's Images; American, out of copyright

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Salt Lake City below Wasatch Mountain Range, Utah, USA

Salt Lake City (often shortened to Salt Lake and abbreviated as SLC) is the capital and the most populous municipality of the U.S. state of Utah. With an estimated population of 190, 884 in 2014, the city is the core of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a population of 1, 153, 340 (2014 estimate)

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