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An airplane taking off.

Photograph by: Charles Kaminski
National Science Foundation

Date Taken: November 25, 2007

An LC-130 plane flown by the New York Air National Guard takes off from the Shackleton Glacier in Antarctica. Four Jet-Assisted Take Off (JATO) rockets can be seen on the side of the fuselage, providing extra power for lifing off the surface.

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