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Photos of the month - August 06

Beer, pirates, RFID, satellite dishes and more beer - in pictures!

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By Steve Ranger

Published: 31 August 2006 12:35 BST

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The dishes of Goonhilly

This is the first dish built at the Goonhilly satellite station in Cornwall. Built to track the Telstar satellite, it also received the first live transatlantic television broadcasts from the US.

Have a look at some of the other dishes - and possibly the fastest web café in the world here.

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