Images Dated 5th December 2012

HMS Ambush

Astute class submarine HMS Ambush is pictured during sea trials near Scotland.
Ambush, second of the nuclear powered attack submarines, was named in Barrow on 16 December 2010 and launched on 5 January 2011. Having now completed her initial dive, she is in the final stages of fitting out whilst preparing for an extensive programme of sea trials. She will sail for her home port of Faslane in 2012.
The seven Astute Class boats planned for introduction to the Royal Navy are the most advanced and powerful attack submarines Britain has ever sent to sea. Featuring the latest nuclear-powered technology, the vessels will never need to be refuelled and are capable of circumnavigating the world submerged, manufacturing the crew's oxygen from seawater as she goes.
The Astute Class are also quieter than any of her predecessors and have the ability to operate covertly and remain undetected, despite being fifty percent larger in size than the Royal Navy's current Trafalgar Class submarines

Low Tide - Shore and Fishermen at Sunset; Maree Basse - Rivage et Pecheurs au Coucher du

825570 Low Tide - Shore and Fishermen at Sunset; Maree Basse - Rivage et Pecheurs au Coucher du Soleil, 1862 (oil on panel) by Boudin, Eugene Louis (1824-98); 17.5x25 cm; Private Collection; (add.info.: Low Tide - Shore and Fishermen at Sunset; Maree Basse - Rivage et Pecheurs au Coucher du Soleil. Eugene Boudin (1824-1898). Oil on panel. Painted in 1862. 17.5 x 25cm.); Photo A© Christie's Images; French, out of copyright

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Russell Lupine bloom in summer season

Russell Lupine are all over the meadow of south island of New Zealand in december

© 2012 Anan Charoenkal

534521417, Blue Pod Lupine, December, Flower Head, Horizontal, New Zealand, Photography, South Island New Zealand, Summer