1999 Gallery

The Australia team celebrate after winning the 1999 Rugby World Cup

Australia celebrate victory after the match.
1999 Rugby World Cup Final, Australia v France,
06/11/1999.
Credit: Colorsport / Stuart MacFarlane

© colorsport

1999, Rugby World Cup

Steppe-desert border, satellite image

Steppe-desert border, satellite image. North is at top. Arid areas of desert rock are brown, while grassy steppe areas are green. A small area of desert sands (yellow) is seen at far centre right. Water in lakes (top centre) is dark blue. This area, called the Edrengiyn Nuruu, forms a transition zone between the Mongolian steppes to the north and the arid deserts of northern China to the south. The area shown in this image is around 170 kilometres wide. The image data includes infrared wavelengths, and was obtained on 13 August 1999, by the Landsat 7 satellite

© NASA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY

British Challenger tank following a farm boy and his cow

A British Challenger tank following a farm boy and his cow across a bridge.One of 48 colour photographs taken by Sgt David John Miles, a reservist who volunteered to serve with 4 Armoured Brigade as Brigade photographer under the direction of Media Ops, Kosovo, 1999.Part of a collection of items relating to the service of Sgt Miles as a photographer in the Gulf and Kosovo.These items were previously shown in the exhibition, ?Kosovo - a personal view?, at Worthing Museum and Art Gallery, 21 Oct 2000-20 Jan 2001. Date: 1999

© The National Army Museum / Mary Evans Picture Library