diff --git a/planetstack/ec2_observer/steps/sync_images.py b/planetstack/ec2_observer/steps/sync_images.py
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+import os
+import base64
+from django.db.models import F, Q
+from planetstack.config import Config
+from observer.syncstep import SyncStep
+from core.models.image import Image
+from awslib import *
+
+class SyncImages(OpenStackSyncStep):
+    provides=[Image]
+    requested_interval=3600
+
+    def fetch_pending(self):
+        images = Image.objects.all()
+        image_names = [image.name for image in images]
+       
+        new_images = []
+
+		aws_images = aws_run('ec2 describe-images')
+
+        for aws_image in aws_images:
+            if aws_image not in image_names:
+                image = Image(image_id=image_id,
+                              name=aws_image['name'],
+                              disk_format='XXX'
+                              container_format='XXX'
+                new_images.append(image)   
+ 
+        return new_images
+
+    def sync_record(self, image):
+        image.save()