English Channel

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Baltic and North seas and the English Channel

Arromanches, France; English Channel

Brighton: Palace Pier

Dorset, England: Jurassic Coast

Arromanches-les-Bains, on the English Channel

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Arromanches-les-Bains, on the English Channel

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Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

Entrants falling and tumbling over while chasing the cheese at the 2016 'Cheese Rolling' held at Cooper's Hill, in the Cotswolds, Brockworth England

7 of the World’s Most Dangerous Festivals

Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

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Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd

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Migrant dies in English Channel crossing attempt • Apr. 18, 2025, 5:49 AM ET (BBC)

Record number of migrants cross English Channel in 2025 so far • Apr. 14, 2025, 7:09 AM ET (BBC)

Male Channel migrants crowd onto boat, leaving women in sea • Mar. 27, 2025, 4:19 AM ET (The Telegraph)

Navy tracks suspicious Russian ‘spy ships’ in the English Channel • Mar. 26, 2025, 1:14 AM ET (The Telegraph)

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Baltic and North seas and the English Channel

Arromanches, France; English Channel

Brighton: Palace Pier

Arromanches-les-Bains, on the English Channel

Dorset, England: Jurassic Coast

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Water and its Varying Forms

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