Backdropped by the blackness of space and Earth's horizon, Space Shuttle Endeavour, docked to the Pressurized Mating Adapter on the International Space Station, is featured in this photograph taken during the mission's first planned spacewalk. hi-res> + Full Size (2.79 Mb)
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A policeman tries to control cars driving through a highway with a crack after an earthquke, 15 August 2007, in Lima. Coastal Peru and the country's capital Lima were rocked late Wednesday by a strong and prolonged earthquake which measured 7.7 on the Richter scale and was followed by powerful aftershocks.
Motorcycle law enforcement officers pass under Coral Springs Fire Department ladder trucks as they lead the funeral motorcade for BSO Sgt. Chris Reyka on the Sawgrass Expressway northbound, near University Drive, en route to the burial service Wednesday. JARED LAZARUS/MIAMI HERALD STAFF
Six KC-135 Stratotankers demonstrate the elephant walk formation as they taxi down a runway right behind each other during a generation exercise Aug. 5 at McConnell Air Force Base, Kan. The exercise showcased McConnell AFB aircrews' capability to prepare a flight and take off within minutes of being notified of a mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Airman Justin Shelton) Download Full Image
C-17 Globemaster IIIs participate in a four-ship, airdrop training mission Aug. 13 over the island of Oahu, Hawaii. The C-17s are assigned to the from the 535th Airlift Squadron from Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. The 535th AS aircrews conducted the multi-element training to maintain currency and proficiency. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Shane A. Cuomo) Download Full Image
Staff Sgts. Michael Maranda (left) and Duane Edington inspect assembled guided bomb unit-31s. The sergeants are with the 379th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron's ammo flight at a deployed location in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Teresa Sullivan) Download Full Image
The first of 20 Leopard 2 tanks Canada has leased from Germany is seen upon its arrival in Kandahar, Afghanistan, Thursday morning, Aug. 16, 2007 aboard an Antonov transport aircraft. They are replacing the aging Leopard 1 tanks, which are currently being used. (AP Photo/CP, Martin Ouellet)
Hi-res links included for those PIX I found in Hi-res..Enjoy!A US soldier of the Charlie Battery, part of the Deep Steel Task Force, holds his weapon upon arriving at the Mihail Kogalniceanu Air Base, near the Black Sea port city of Constanta, 250 kilometers east of Bucharest, Romania, late night Wednesday Aug. 15 2007. The soldiers, part of the Joint Task Force East (JTF-E) will take part in a joint military exercise with Romanian and Bulgarian troops that will end in October 2007.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)









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