Spectacular Images 2008

1
The TinStix of Dynamite team performs during the
Al-A in International Aerobatics Show at the
airport in Abu Dhabi .
2
Firefighters battle flames next to the remains of
a military jet that crashed into homes in San
Diego, California
3
Alexei Latotskikh performs a stunt during an
exhibition in Rostov -on-Don, Russia.
4
Fireworks at the opening of Atlantis, The Palm,
Dubai.
5
Fireworks light up the night sky during the
opening ceremony of the 2008 Beijing Olympic
Games, held at the National Stadium.
6
A solar park in Sanlucar La Mayor, near Seville .
The solar thermal power plant uses mirrors to
concentrate the sun's rays onto the top of a
tower where it produces steam to drive a turbine,
producing electricity.
7
The Wulihe Stadium is seen brought down during a
controlled blasting in Shenyang in northeast
China 's Liaoning province .
8
A resident points at a cloud of smoke and ashes
produced by the Chaiten volcano in southern Chile
.
9
A cargo plane which slid off the runway at the
Brussels Zaventem airport. The plane broke in
two, but there were no casualties .
10
A sulphur miner works on Kawah Ijen volcanic
crater in East Java . The miners trek over five
miles with loads weighing up to 220 pounds on
their backs to earn 4.50 a day.
11
Former professional Swiss military pilot Yves
Rossy, also known as Fusionman, flies in the sky
like a rocketeer in the southern Swiss Alps near
Bex.
12
Red Star Belgrade's fans light torches during the
Serbian First Division match against Mladost
Lucani in Belgrade.
13
Flames come off of a stunt runway model during
the Taurus World Stunt Awards at Paramount
Pictures in Hollywood.
14
Australian motorcyclist Cam Sinclair performs a
double back flip into the harbor in Sydney.
15
Icicles hang off wires and a ladder after a fire
in a conservation area of Toronto.
16
CJ Hobgood of the US becomes airborne during the
third round of the Billabong Pro surfing
tournament on the legendary reef break in
Teahupoo, Tahiti.
17
Joel Parkinson wipes out on a powerful 20-foot
wave during the O'Neill World Cup of Surfing at
Sunset Beach , Hawaii.
18
A man and his camel walk past as the sun is
blocked by the moon during a solar eclipse in
Gaotai, Gansu province.
19
China's Liang Huo competes in the diving men's
10m platform final event at the National Aquatics
Centre during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Game.
20
Members of the Tao tribe hoist a new fishing boat
into the air during a traditional launching
ceremony on Orchid Island, Taiwan.
21
A firefighter walks through a mountain of bubbles
after gallons of firefighting foam were
accidentally released inside a hangar at the Long
Beach Airport in California
22
Parma hams are seen at the Pio Tosini storehouse
in Parma, Italy.
23
A figure from Antony Gormley's 'Another Place'
welcomes one of the Tall Ships to Merseyside as
it sails past the Burbo Bank wind farm on its
approach to the Port of Liverpool .
24
Penitents light their candles before a Holy Week
procession in Zamora, northern Spain.