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Troy Sachs (Australia) becomes airborne, and completes a jump shot during the Gold Cup World wheelchair Championships purses Canada.

BMX Big air competitor does a Superman during that X-treme game on the Gold Coast, Australia

The sparkling lakes of synchronized swimmers training at PLC Sydney.

Gert Jan van der linden (middle) leaps into the arms of a teammate Koen Janssen leaving his wheelchair behind after qualifying for the gold medal game.

A Samoan wrestler is suplexed by straining Australian during the Fila five continents Cup, Sydney Australia

The officials judge the synchronized trampolining category during the World Junior trampoline championships in Sydney Australia.

astrophysicist and cosmic cartographer Margaret Geller sits amid the planets, stars, galaxies and infinite void of the universe that she is mapping.

Light bulbs strung through England's Greenwich Park mark the prime meridian. In 1884, 0 degrees longitude was fixed here acknowledging Britain's domination of shipping and charts.

Light reflected from nylon thread near Mont-Saint-Michele illustrates triangulation, the methods used in the 18th-century by Jacques Cassini to survey the coast of France

Four Vatican officials gaze at the 12 allegorical figures above them depicting the winds that were once sailors only navigation guide.