Images Dated 1st March 2012

Royal Navy Submarine HMS Astute Returns to HMNB Clyde

HMS Astute returned home on Thursday, March 1 after a 142 day deployment to America.
It was also a voyage of discovery. HMS Astute was tried and tested as never before and she came through with flying colours.
She spent 77 days at sea, 65 alongside, and was inspected by 18 stars worth of American and British naval authority including the First Sea Lord and Americas naval equivalent, the Chief of Naval Operations.
She battled against USS New Mexico, America's newest and best Virginia class hunter attack submarine. She deep dived, fired her Tomahawk Land Attack Missiles and navigated through a course of 16, 400 miles

Spain, La Rioja Area, Alava Province, near-Laguardia, elevated view of La Rioja

Spain, La Rioja Area, Alava Province, near-Laguardia, elevated view of La Rioja from the Balcon de la Rioja viewpoint

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A sea turtle makes his way to sea at Rushikullya beach in Orissa

A sea turtle makes his way to sea at Rushikullya beach in the eastern Indian state of Orissa March 1, 2012. Hundreds of Olive Ridleys, a species of sea turtles, arrive annually on India's east coast for mass nesting. REUTERS/Stringer (INDIA - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY) - GM1E83203TK01

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