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A |     The USS Carney, a U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer in the northern Red Sea, on Thursday shot down multiple missiles and drones launched by Iranian-backed Houthis in Yemen that the Pentagon said were potentially headed toward targets in Israel.It is the first time in recent memory that a U.S. Navy ship in the Middle East has engaged missiles and drones that were not directly aimed at the vessel.It's also the first U.S. military action taken to defend Israel in the current crisis and with the U.S. and other countries trying to contain the conflict between Israel and Hamas, the possibility that an Iranian-backed proxy group fired missiles and drones at Israel is sure to increase growing regional tensions.The ship was in the northern Red Sea on Thursday evening local time when it intercepted three land attack cruise missiles and several drones, Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder said at a press briefing. U.S. officials told ABC News that the Carney had brought down eight drones launched by the Houthis.The preliminary U.S. assessment was that the USS Carney was not the target of any of the Houthi missiles or drones, according to multiple U.S. officials."We cannot say for certain what these missiles and drones were targeting but they were launched from Yemen heading north along the Red Sea potentially to targets in Israel," said Ryder who added that information about the engagements was still being processed.It’s unclear from where the Houthi militia's missiles were fired but they were headed in a northerly direction, an official said.The Houthis are an Iranian-backed Shiite movement that has seized control over much of northern Yemen and has been at war with recent years while Yemen has been at war with a Saudi-led coalition since 2015.As part of that conflict, the Houthis have launched missiles and drones deep into Saudi Arabia, but it appears that the missiles intercepted on Thursday were not aimed at targets inside Saudi Arabia.Last week, Houthi leader Abdel-Malek al-Houthi was quoted as saying that if the U.S. directly intervened in the Gaza conflict his group would respond by firing drones and missiles, and take other military options."There are red lines when it comes to Gaza," he said.Thursday's incident occurred during the early evening hours (local time) when the missiles and drones were detected moving northward above the waters of the Red Sea.The missiles fired by the Houthis were engaged by SM2 missiles carried aboard the USS Carney, a U.S. official told ABC News. No information was released about what weapons platform aboard the Carney brought down the 8 drones.Brig. Gen. Ryder told reporters that the intercepts had taken place over water and not land. No sailors aboard the ship were harmed according to a U.S. official.The United States has boosted its military presence in the region since the start of the Israel-Hamas war nearly two weeks ago.The USS Carney is part of the USS Gerald R. Ford carrier strike group that was deployed to the eastern Mediterranean to deter Iran and Hezbollah from joining the Israel-Hamas war. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin recently extended the deployment of the Ford strike group so it can remain in the eastern Mediterranean and had ordered the deployment of additional fighter aircraft to U.S. airbases in the region.To increase U.S. deterrence of an expansion in the conflict the Ford will soon be joined in the eastern Mediterranean by the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower carrier strike group that left Norfolk, Virginia on Saturday and could arrive in the region over the next 7 to 10 days."By posturing these U.S. naval assets and advanced fighter aircraft in the region, we aim to send a strong message intended to deter a wider conflict to bolster regional stability and of course to make it clear that we will protect and defend our national security interests," Ryder told reporters Thursday.The USS Carney had just transited into the Red Sea through the Suez Canal on Wednesday which is why the destroyer was still located in the northern stretch of that body of water that borders, Egypt, Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.The missile shot down by the USS Carney will bolster the deterrence in the region and demonstrate that the show of force is serious stuff, a senior U.S. official told ABC News.The risk to U.S. forces and U.S. interests in the region has increased particularly in the wake of a deadly explosion at a hospital in Gaza earlier this week that inflamed regional tensions.On Wednesday, three drones were shot down by U.S. military forces as they neared bases in western and northern Iraq, another drone was shot down near U.S. forces in eastern Syria on Thursday.A U.S. contractor sheltering in place at one of the bases in Iraq died of a cardiac arrest in one of the incidents.Al Asad airbase in western Iraq experienced indirect fire on Thursday according to a U.S. official.The Carney's shootdown of Houthi missiles opens up the possibility that the U.S. Navy may have to position more ships in the Red Sea if the U.S. commits to protecting Israel from a southern attack said Steve Ganyard, an ABC News contributor and a former Pentagon official."The larger concern is if Iran now considers U.S. ships fair game," said Ganyard. "Because if the Houthis shoot at a U.S. ship there will be little doubt that it would have been at Tehran’s direction.""That said, there is nothing to suggest, no known reason to believe that Iran wants a fight with the U.S. and/or Israel," said Ganyard. "So, hopefully things calm down."ABC News' Martha Raddatz contributed to this report.。1月11日：如果你是一个婚礼摄影师，你会如何服务一个失明的顾客？最近，一名澳大利亚摄影师和一名摄影师联手为失明的新娘制作了一张特殊的触觉婚礼专辑。根据外国媒体peta pixel新闻，摄影师james day和摄影师shaun拍摄了一对名叫steph和rob的夫妇的婚礼。斯蒂芬患有锥杆营养不良症。这是一种遗传性眼病。在见到丈夫罗布之前，她完全失明了。为了创造一个斯蒂芬可以珍惜的婚礼视频，工作室将拍摄尽可能多的音频和叙事在婚礼当天。

B | “从佩塔像素，”詹姆斯和我们自己将试图向斯蒂芬描述每一个细节，从太阳的方向到风景，亲戚脸上的表情，斯蒂芬穿着多漂亮，”摄影师说。

C | 每次我们向斯蒂芬描述一个场景时，都会提醒我们，能够亲眼看到这些细节是多么幸运。当我们注视着爱人的眼睛，当我们的孩子长大，当波涛翻滚，太阳升起时，我们如何看待别人的眼光？Day还想出了一个主意，每天给Steph提供10种织物，每种织物都含有不同的油。通过触摸和闻，斯蒂芬可以回到婚礼中那些特殊的时刻。在佩塔皮克斯结婚几周后，这对夫妇第一次飞到澳大利亚的私人影院放映他们的婚礼电影。Day给了这对来自澳大利亚视觉公司的纹理印花和触觉婚礼专辑。肖恩说：“这些照片让斯蒂芬和她的母亲琳达可以用手在印刷品上触摸凸起的轮廓和阴影区域，这样他们就可以真正想象照片中的场景。尽管他们看不到颜色，但他们可以触摸和想象婚礼当天的彩虹。

D | ”触觉专辑需要几个月的时间来完成和覆盖几乎所有的人类感官：嗅觉、触觉、声音和视觉。

E | _Pixel的专辑包含10块布料和10瓶精油。他们帮助捕捉的瞬间与当天的照片和音频片段进行了仔细的匹配，这样这对夫妇在欣赏书籍时就能记住他们最喜欢的时刻。在婚礼那天，戴问斯蒂芬，她希望看到的人能从她的人生旅程中学到什么。”“我希望有远见的人学会欣赏他们拥有的更多，”她回答说。我认为很多人都认为事情是理所当然的，比如视力。即使没有视觉，我也不会放弃自己，因为我不是玻璃做的。“人类可以克服任何逆境。”来自Peta Pixel的Pixel创造者说，了解Steph和拍摄婚礼的经历改变了他们的人生观。

F | 肖恩说：“虽然我们无法恢复斯蒂芬的视力，但她睁开了我们的眼睛，让我们更清楚地看到我们有多幸运。”更多的摄影师和摄影师的作品可以在他们的网站上找到。

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