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  2. Bliss (photograph) - Wikipedia

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    Bliss, originally titled Bucolic Green Hills, is the default wallpaper of Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. It is an unedited photograph of a green hill and blue sky with white clouds in the Los Carneros American Viticultural Area of Wine Country, California. Charles O'Rear took the photo in January 1996 and Microsoft bought the rights ...

  3. Wikipedia:Public domain image resources - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia:Public domain image resources. Public domain image resources is a copy of the master Wikipedia page at Meta, which lists a number of sources of public domain images on the Web. Public Domain images should be marked with the Public Domain Mark 1.0.

  4. Flag of the British Virgin Islands - Wikipedia

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    Design. A blue ensign with the Union flag in the top left hand corner and the coat of arms centre-right. The flag of the British Virgin Islands was adopted by Royal Warrant on 15 November 1960 after the islands were made into a separate British colony. Previously, the territory was administered as part of the British Leeward Islands .

  5. Polillo Islands - Wikipedia

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    86,825 (2015) [ 1] The Polillo Islands is a group of about 27 islands in the Philippine Sea lying about 25 km (16 mi) to the east of the Philippine island of Luzon. It is separated from Luzon Island by the Polillo Strait and forms the northern side of Lamon Bay. The islands are part of the province of Quezon in the Calabarzon region of the ...

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    Directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi (pictured) and written by Hamaguchi and Takamasa Oe, the film received particular recognition for Hamaguchi's direction, Hidetoshi Nishijima 's performance, and the screenplay. At the 94th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay, and won Best International ...

  7. Reconstructed Bronze Age boat aces its maiden voyage - AOL

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    The Magan boat sails on a maiden voyage across the Persian Gulf in March. - Emily Harris/Zayed National Museum. Using a supply list written on a clay tablet, a team of experts in the United Arab ...

  8. Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima - Wikipedia

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    The Americans, after capturing the island, weakened the Japanese early warning system, and used it as an emergency landing strip for damaged bombers. [4] Iwo Jima is a volcanic island, shaped like a trapezoid. From the air, it looks like a "lopsided, black porkchop". [5] The island was heavily fortified, and the invading Marines suffered high ...

  9. Happy Island Facebook game comes back to iPhone/iPad via ...

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    Almost a year ago (July of 2010, to be exact), CrowdStar and Sibblingz launched a paid version of Happy Island on iPhone and iPad. The game cost $0.99 and sold (expectedly) poorly due to the fact ...