Weather Balloon

weather balloon, Restrictions for Using NOAA Images: Most NOAA photos and slides are in the public domain and CANNOT be copyrighted. This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work of the United States Federal Government under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Image ID: nssl0020, NOAA's National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) Collection Credit: NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; OAR/ERL/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Rawinsonde weather balloon just after launch. Notice a parachute in the center of the string and a small instrument box at the end. After release it measures many parameters. These include temperature, relative humidity, pressure, and wind speed. This information is transmitted back to surface observers.

Post Apocalypse New York City

Post Apocalypse New York City, is concerned with the end of civilization either through nuclear war, plague, or some other general disaster. In a world civilization after the disaster. The time frame may be immediately after or long after the catastrophe. Focusing on the psychology of survivors the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten. Post-apocalyptic takes place in an agrarian, non-technological future world, a world where only scattered elements of technology remain.

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Signs Signs Signs

New York City Signs at west 45th street and Eighth avenue. Taken July 9, 2009. A sign is a publicly displayed or posted notice, board, or other device bearing letters, symbols and/or designs to convey a designation, name, direction, information, instruction, warning, advertisement, or other message.

Signs come in various shapes and forms, and each commercial sign has the purpose of identifying or attracting business for the sign owner displaying the sign.

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I (♥) Love New York

The I Love New York logo is a rebus created by Milton Glaser in 1977, consisting of the capital letter I, followed by a red heart symbol (♥), below which are the capital letters N and Y. The logo and advertising campaign have been used since to promote tourism in New York State. Image License: I, (sookietex) the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. This applies worldwide. In case this is not legally possible, I grant any entity the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.

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Staples Center

On July 7, 2009, a public memorial for Michael Jackson was held at the Staples Center. Michael died in Los Angeles on June 25, 2009 and performed his last rehearsal at Staples Center just two days before his death.

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Staples Center satellite view, nasa world wind 1.3.5 NASA material is not protected by copyright unless noted. If not copyrighted, NASA material is in the Public Domain and may be reproduced and distributed without further permission from NASA.

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Los Angeles's $375-million arena, Staples Center, ambitiously calls itself the "Sports and Entertainment Center of the World." Designed by NBBJ Architects, the building -- which rose in 18 months and opened in 1999 -- includes almost 200 luxury suites, 04/07/05, LC-DIG-pplot-13725-01326 (digital file from LC-HS503-454)

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