Images Dated 28th February 2010

2010 Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series

2010 Australian V8 Supercar Championship Series
Round 2 - Gulf Air Desert 400
Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, Bahrain.
24th - 27th Febraury 2010.
Mark Winterbottom of Ford Performance Racing.
World Copyright: Mark Horsburgh/LAT Photographic
ref: Digital Image 5-Winterbottom-EV

© EDGE Photographic 2010

People release sky lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Shifen

People release sky lanterns to celebrate the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival in Shifen, Taipei County, February 28, 2010. Believers gathered to release sky lanterns as a form of prayer for good luck and blessings. The tradition of releasing lanterns began during the Ching Dynasty when bands of outlaws frequently raided villages, forcing local residents to seek refuge in the mountains. The lanterns were signals used by the village watchmen to inform the refugees that their houses were safe again. The Lantern Festival or Yuan Xiao Jie is a Chinese festival celebrated on the fifteenth day of the first month in the lunar year in the Chinese calendar. REUTERS/Nicky Loh (TAIWAN - Tags: SOCIETY) - GM1E62S1NHR01

Australia-Chile-Quake-Tsunami

Members of North Bondi's surf rescue patrol wait on the promenade near Sydney's Bondi Beach after the beach was declared closed due to a tsunami threat on February 28, 2010. People were urged to stay away from Australia's east coast beaches after a massive 8.8-magnitude quake hit Chile, killing 214 people and sending giant waves speeding across the Pacific. AFP PHOTO / Greg WOOD / AFP PHOTO / GREG WOOD

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