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The Avro Vulcan, a jet-powered delta wing strategic bomber on static display at the Museum of Flight, East Fortune. Despite the aircraft’s relative rarity, describing it as a ‘static display’ is a misnomer – the Vulcan has clearly been parked and left to rot, as is not uncommon for the outdoor displays at East Fortune.
Detail of the fan blades on a General Electric CF6 high-bypass turbofan jet engine at the Museum of Flight, East Fortune, East Lothian.
Photo of an old-style RAF pilot with moustache and pipe, 2010 National Museum of Scotland airshow at the Museum of Flight, East Fortune, East Lothian, Scotland.
Circular relief portrait sculpture of Michaelangeo Buonaroti on the pediment of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan, New York.
Intaglio carving of Winged Mercury by Lee Lawrie on the British Empire Building (620 Fifth Avenue) at the Rockefeller Centre in Manhattan, New York, USA.
Fender guitar behind a neon sign, music store shopwindow in Times Square, Manhattan, in the US of A.
Sun sets over the river Weser from the Bremerhaven waterfront, Germany. The large machine with the letters ‘BH’ is actually an old tidal marker.
Abstract photo of the lines of windows in the interior of Terminal 2 of Charles de Gaulle airport, Paris, France.
Dew drops glisten on upturned sailboat hulls.
Brightly coloured candles seen through a mottled glass window, Copenhagen.
Aller Huset – the headquarters of the Danish publishing company Aller, Havneholmen, Copenhagen
Votive candles flicker in the aisle of the Church of Our Lady, in Brugges, Flanders.
Dappled sunlight through the stained glass on the stone tracery above the apse of the Saint Bavo Cathedral (also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, or Sint Baafskathedraal in Dutch), Ghent, Flanders.
Graffiti bear on the famous Werregaren Straat, Ghent. Also colloquially known as ‘Graffiti Street’, this is apparently the only place in Ghent where street art (i.e. graffiti) is legal.
Cherub decoration on a tomb in the ambulatory behind the apse of the Saint Bavo Cathedral (also known as Sint-Baafs Cathedral, or Sint Baafskathedraal in Dutch).