Hurley's remarkable visual record forms the core of both Ms Alexander's book and the exhibition.

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The St Kilda Diaries project will enrich this visual record to further develop public understanding of this remote and fascinating member of the UNESCO UK World Heritage community.

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It's the first such visual record made possible by the University of Minnesota-operated facility that, when completed, will extend for more than 200 feet underground in an area near the Canadian border and endure regular bombardment by a controlled stream of neutrinos.

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The final cut -- winnowed to 185 images for the show and 75 for the award-winning book -- shows the West's myriad faces thematically grouped into Legends, Encounters, Boundaries and Visions, corralling into categories an epic visual record of almost a century and a half of exploration of the American West with the camera.

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The service includes features for doctors to record and review physical exams, medical history, visual images such as X-rays, and the like.

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Behind those two heavy hitters is German visual artist, Gerhard Richter whose piece, Abstraktes Bild, set an auction record price for a painting by a living artist at 34 million dollars.

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