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Eastern Ridges of the Great Smoky Mountains

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A view of the eastern ridges of the Smoky Mountains from Clingman's Dome; located on the state line of North Carolina and Tennessee at an elevation of 6643 feet, it is the highest point on the Appalachian Trail. Great Smoky Mountains National Park, USA

Ponta de Gale, Porto dos Frades

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Porto Santo Island , Portugal

Bill Gates at a press conference at the Mirage Hotel

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Discussing about new Microsoft products Las Vegas , Nevada, USA

St. Nicholas' Chapel in St. Ives

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St. Ives , Cornwall, England, UK

Map of Bermuda Triangle

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Map of the Atlantic Ocean, showing the southeast United States, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, with the Bermuda Triangle highlighted. Atlantic Ocean

White Chalk Cliffs on the Coast

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Etretat , France

Cloudy sky above Gulf of St. Lawrence

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Bonaventure Island , Quebec, Canada

Misty Mountains and Valley

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Mountain Range and Low Clouds

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Snowline in Mountains

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West Face of Mount Rosa in the Piedmont Alps

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Piedmont , Italy

Mountaineers Descending Jungfrau

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Switzerland

Barn at Raftsund

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Lofoten , Norway

Pearl Beach Resort on Bora-Bora

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Bora-Bora , French Polynesia

East Coast of Coromandel Peninsula at Sunset

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North Island , New Zealand

Iglesiente coast in Porto Flavia beach

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Pan di Zucchero rock in background Sardinia , Italy

Stromboli Sunset

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Stromboli Island , Italy

Snowy Range and Cumulus Clouds in Winter

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Snowy range of Takitimu Mountains and rolling golden tussock-covered hills under dramatic cumulus clouds and blue sky in evening, winter. South Island , New Zealand

View of Rendentore on Water's Edge

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Venice , Italy

Town of Hvar on the Coast of Hvar Island

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Hvar , Croatia

Seascape with Cumulonimbus Cloud at Sunset

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Teavaro beach

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Moorea , Society Islands, French Polynesia

Alpine Road in Austrian Alps

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Double hairpin bend on the Grossglocknerstrasse, a twisting mountain road in the Austrian Alps. To the far right is Mt Fuscher-Kar-Kopf (3331m). Hohe Tauern National Park , Austria

Alpe Devero in the Piedmont Region of Italy

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Piedmont , Italy

Alpine Road Overlooking Loch Torridon and Tom na Gruagaich

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Wester Ross , Scotland, UK

Mountain Range

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Stationary View Looking at Austrian Alps

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Stationary viewer looking towards mountains in the Austrian Alps. To the left Mt Brennkogel (3018m) to the right Mt Fuscher-Kar-Kopf (3331m). Hohe Tauern National Park , Austria

Calchaquies valley

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near Salta , Argentina

Sailing at dawn

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Kornati Islands , Croatia

Elafiti islands and Sipan island

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Dalmatia , Croatia

Naxos of Demeter temple

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Greece

Village of Morro Jable

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Morro Jable , Fuerteventura, Canary Islands

Small Boat Sailing Near Shodoshima Island in Japan

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Shodoshima , Japan

Johnson's Point Beach

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Johnson's Point Beach , Antigua and Barbuda

ocean view at sunset

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Greece

Hikers Between Ponta Do Sol and Cruzinha da Garca

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Santo Antao , Cape Verde

Woman Relaxing at End of Boardwalk

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Moorea , French Polynesia

Marina Piccola beach, view towards Torre Saracena beach and Faraglioni

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Capri Island , Italy

Sailboat and Statue of Liberty from behind

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New York , New York, USA

The AT-99 “Scorpion” Gunship

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The gunships lack the basic cargo-carrying capacity and side-door guns of the Samson, but more than compensate for this with superior frontal firepower, while not lacking in the Samson's impressive speed and maneuverability. It is armed with four gimbal-mounted .50 caliber guns with 700 rounds per minute cyclic rate of fire as close range primary weapons. The Scorpion has two pair of stub-wing pylons to carry its armament. Scorpion carries 190 TK-411 WAFAR (Wrap-Around Fin Aerial Rocket) in ten 19-tube rocket launchers. The use of the rocket varies according to the warhead that can range from tactical applications to impact-based sensor systems. Eight Hawkeye HELLFIRE (Helicopter Launched Fire-and-forget) are used to engage air-to-air targets in conjunction with the nose-mounted sensor suite. Weapons fire is constrained by an IFF (Identification Friend/Foe) Lockout system, which prevents friendly fire incidents in complex engagements with multiple aircraft and targets. Essentially