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1 June 2004
| This black and white image shows Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, in Australia. It was acquired 24 April 2004 by the High-Resolution Camera (HRC) aboard Proba. Uluru is the world's largest monolith, and a sacred site to Australia's Aborigines. It is 3.6 km long and two km wide. The walk around it covers 9.4 km.
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| | | | | Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, is the world's largest monolith, and a sacred site to Australia's Aborigines. Made of reddish sandstone it rises 345 metres above the surrounding desert Outback and is located about 420 km from Alice Springs. Photo by Daisuke Tomiyasu.
Credits: Daisuke Tomiyasu | | | | |
| | | | | This HRC image, acquired 7 November 2003, shows Central Park on Manhattan Island, New York. Clearly visible towards the top of the image is the Victorian-era Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Reservoir that covers an area of 40 hectares. To the south of it on the east side of Central Park is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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| | | | | Six baseball diamonds line the 44-acre oval of Central Park's Great Lawn in this aerial photo shot looking south over the park's southern half in New York. Manhattan's 843 acre green oasis contains 26 ball fields, 26,000 trees, and is two and a half miles long by a half mile wide.The complex at left, on Fifth Ave., is the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Credits: AP Photo/Ed Bailey | | | | |
| | | | | This HRC image, acquired on 23 January 2004, shows Meteor Crater, also known as the Barringer Meteorite Crater, located near Winslow, Arizona. The 1.186 km diameter crater is approximately 180 metres deep and is surrounded by a rim of smashed and jumbled boulders, some as big as houses. The shadow-casting structure visible on the north side of the Crater is the Visitor's Centre.
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| | | | | Meteor Crater, also known as the Barringer Meteorite Crater, located near Winslow, Arizona, USA. The crater was made 49 000 years ago when a 10 000 000-tonne meteor impact dislodged 300 000 000 tonnes of rock. This classic photo of Meteor Crater was taken by David Roddy of the United States Geological Survey.
Credits: David Roddy, USGS | | | | |
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| This HRC image acquired 17 October 2003 shows the sandy coastline between Normandy and Brittany and the quasi-island of Mont St. Michel, upon which a Benedictine monastery is sited. At high tide the island is separated from the mainland by a kilometre of water.
Credits: ESA | | | | |
| | | | | This is a 1997 aerial view of Mont St. Michel off France's Normandy coastline. Once pilgrims trekked from across Europe, risking their lives along the final stretches of treacherous quicksands, to worship at the island known for its power to keep the enemy, be it man or nature, at bay.
Credits: AP Photo/Franck Prevel | | | | |
| | | | | Proba HRC image of the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt, acquired 20 March 2004. The three main pyramids seen consist of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, the Pyramid of Kafhre and the Pyramid of Menkaura. They stand on the border of Greater Cairo at the verge of the desert.
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| | | | | Guide Gamal "Jimmy" Farouk Breesh rides his horse in front of the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, July 5, 2003.
Credits: AP Photo/Tom Rachman | | | | |
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