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  2. Bureau of Engraving and Printing - Wikipedia

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    Aerial view of the BEP in Washington, D.C. c. 1918 United States Souvenir Card issued by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for the HAPEX APS 70 exhibition and 84th Annual Convention of the American Philatelic Society in 1970. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing has its origins in legislation enacted to help fund the Civil War.

  3. Gaylord Family Oklahoma Memorial Stadium - Wikipedia

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    Originally, seating consisted of an approximately 500-seat bleacher area on the east side. The first permanent seating wasn't built until 1925, when 16,000 seats were built on the west side of the site–corresponding to the lower level of the current facility's west grandstands. However, OU reckons 1923 as the stadium's opening date.

  4. Aerial photography - Wikipedia

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    An aerial photograph using a drone of Westerheversand Lighthouse, Germany An aerial view of the city of Pori, Finland Air photo of a military target used to evaluate the effect of bombing Aerial photography (or airborne imagery ) is the taking of photographs from an aircraft or other airborne platforms. [ 1 ]

  5. Bird's-eye view - Wikipedia

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    Viewing frustum. v. t. e. A bird's-eye view is an elevated view of an object or location from a very steep viewing angle, creating a perspective as if the observer were a bird in flight looking downward. Bird's-eye views can be an aerial photograph, but also a drawing, and are often used in the making of blueprints, floor plans and maps.

  6. Wetterhorn Elevator - Wikipedia

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    It was a combination of a lift and an aerial tramway with two suspension cables. The mountain station in 2003. Initially, this tramway was a great success. Although well ahead of its time, the Wetterhorn Elevator ceased operations in 1915 due to a lack of tourists following the outbreak of World War I. It was not reinstated for various reasons.

  7. Bungle Bungle Range - Wikipedia

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    The range is found on the plains fringing the eastern Kimberley region. The ranges consist of stacks of ancient seabeds with layers of dolomite contained throughout them. [2] A 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) diameter circular topographic feature is clearly visible on satellite images of the Bungle Bungle Range. [3] It is believed that this feature is the ...

  8. List of Earth observation satellites - Wikipedia

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    NASA, Roscosmos, JAXA, ESA, and CSA. 1998. The International Space Station (ISS) has long been used as a central satellite platform for other sensors, including Earth observation sensors. For example: LIS, SAGE III, TSIS-I, ECOSTRESS, GEDI, OCO-3, Diwata-1, and HICO. Jason-3.

  9. US Treasury specimen book - Wikipedia

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    A 1921 auction catalog documents the offering of a BEP specimen book which contained about 145 engravings ("about 100 portraits and 45 plates and views"). [7] In 2001 the numismatic community knew of 47 BEP specimen books and suspected the existence of 10 to 15 more. [1] A WorldCat search of library records found eight BEP specimen books. [8]