Images of Interest

[nrc]

Tracking the decay of Detroit using Google Street View maps from 2009, 2011 and 2013.

http://goobingdetroit.tumblr.com

Wow. Discovery had a show (or maybe it was a series) about what would happen to places if people were to disappear. Between arson, theft, and vandalism it looks like things deteriorate about 10 times faster if people don't disappear.

[TravelGal]

Wow. Discovery had a show (or maybe it was a series) about what would happen to places if people were to disappear. Between arson, theft, and vandalism it looks like things deteriorate about 10 times faster if people don't disappear.

But the real people disappeared first. This absolutely heartbreaking to me. Especially the images with neatly kept homes that disintegrated in a mere 4 years. :shakehead:

[nrc]

But the real people disappeared first. This absolutely heartbreaking to me. Especially the images with neatly kept homes that disintegrated in a mere 4 years. :shakehead:

Yeah, that's the saddest part. You can see people trying to maintain in the face of all that desolation and eventually fall victim to it. There's one where they obviously put up some new fencing to try and have some security and in the next shot it has been ripped down and then in the next the property has been burned.

[Gnam]

so disturbing...

http://s22.postimg.org/kt8kslg9t/d4792a_166722.jpg

[cameraman]

Kerblamo

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1304/ngc3132_waid_960.jpg

Except there's no noise in space, Stars Wars movies notwithstanding.

[datachicane]

From another forum I frequent. This happened last Friday in an Autozone parking lot in San Diego County. The truck belongs to an employee of the Autozone.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SJKHWCoKcAY/U7DGdHIkHNI/AAAAAAAAFew/PTfeAUxpBss/s800/image.jpg

[chop456]

Amazing. I don't even see how that's possible if it were done intentionally. Any cranes involved?

[datachicane]

Stuck throttle, apparently.
Just my personal rant, but dual throttle return springs are a total no-brainer for any modified car. Maybe that's what he was going to Autozone for.

[chop456]

Because the car wedging itself under there looked impossible, I assumed the truck had backed over the car and somehow managed not to turf up the grass. :laugh:

[Gnam]

I don't mean to turn this into the junkyard thread, but here's another wreck. ;)

The photos below come from a friend of a friend at Southwest Airlines. Apparently, 2 of the planes in the river were theirs. The source also claimed there were a total of (8) wrecked planes.


Crews pulling plane fuselages from Montana river after train derailment

Three 737 airplane fuselages that slid down a steep embankment into the Clark Fork River following a train derailment in western Montana could take until Tuesday to remove, railroad officials said Sunday.

Six fuselages were aboard a westbound train when 19 cars derailed Thursday about 10 miles west of Alberton. The three remaining plane sections also fell off but stayed on land. No one was injured in the derailment, which is under investigation.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/crews-pulling-fuselages-from-montana-river-after-train-derailment/

http://s24.postimg.org/4q08ncptx/boeing_wreck1.jpg

http://s24.postimg.org/5zy22ejlx/boeing_wreck2.jpg

http://s24.postimg.org/vu7us6jlx/boeing_wreck3.jpg

http://s24.postimg.org/ua2itsb7p/boeing_wreck6.jpg

http://s24.postimg.org/r71sqew91/boeing_wreck7.jpg

[Gnam]

http://s24.postimg.org/sktflpvid/boeing_wreck8.jpg

http://s24.postimg.org/otogd577p/boeing_wreck9.jpg

http://s24.postimg.org/5uuasqcat/boeing_wreck10.jpg

http://s24.postimg.org/p7pscqrb9/boeing_wreck11.jpg

[cameraman]

That's gonna put a dent in the delivery schedule.

[nrc]

Wow. We spotted one of these trains during our Yellowstone trip a while back and were surprised to find that the shipped entire fuselages that way. That train had just a couple of planes on it, to put eight on one train and then have it derail... wow.

http://www.offcamber.net/forums/showthread.php?17215-Yellowstone

I wonder if the carrier is on the hook for the loss or if Boeing somehow insures it.

[SteveH]

I wonder if the carrier is on the hook for the loss or if Boeing somehow insures it.

Someone will be on the hook for this, but it's going to take awhile to find out who...


Frost of Montana Rail Link said insurance considerations won't be decided until the investigation is complete. She said the train was traveling well under the 35 mph speed limit for that section of track.

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/boeing-737-fuselages-fell-into-a-montana-river-2014-7#ixzz36vrF7400

[Gnam]

That's gonna put a dent in the delivery schedule.
word.

The article said the manufacturer delivers 42 fuselages every month. Dang. That's a ton of aluminum.

[Gnam]

Wow. We spotted one of these trains during our Yellowstone trip a while back and were surprised to find that the shipped entire fuselages that way. That train had just a couple of planes on it, to put eight on one train and then have it derail... wow.

http://www.offcamber.net/forums/showthread.php?17215-Yellowstone

I wonder if the carrier is on the hook for the loss or if Boeing somehow insures it.
I remember that thread. I also did not know there were planes on trains traveling through the mountains until you shared that photo.

Offcamber Great! :)

[mapguy]

664

[gjc2]

I would have thought they would be more careful with those things.

If they are able to salvage any of the fuselages, and they end up becoming airplanes, will passengers know that the aircraft they’re flying on has been “pre-crashed”?

[cameraman]

Given the potential liability those are headed for the recyclers.

[TravelGal]

That's gonna put a dent in the delivery schedule.

:laugh: "precrashed" LOL LOL

Montana Crews To Attempt To Recover Boeing Fuselages After Train Wreck
Crews will attempt to remove three fuselages from the steep bank into which they fell after 19 train cars derailed off tracks and into the Clark Fork River in Western Montana. A spokesperson for Montana Rail Link said it's unclear the type of challenge involved because it's the first time the company has faced such a task. No one was injured when 19 cars from a westbound train derailed Thursday about 10 miles west of Alberton. The cause of the derailment is under investigation. The train carried six fuselages. Three others also fell off but stayed on land. Frost says Boeing has had workers at the scene assessing the damage. The fuselages were headed to Renton, Washington, to be assembled into completed airliners.

[TrueBrit]

I would have thought they would be more careful with those things.

If they are able to salvage any of the fuselages, and they end up becoming airplanes, will passengers know that the aircraft they’re flying on has been “pre-crashed”?

PlaneFax.com maybe? :D

[gjc2]

The irony of this just struck me: aircraft parts being destroyed in a train wreck.

[Dave99]

Recently found on my harddrive, an oldie but goodie tooken from here many, many moons ago...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v698/ZZYZXX13/bilde_zps6c3c64b1.jpg

[nrc]

Who knew that Blank Reg was a fireman? :)

Great to see you back on here, Dave.

[datachicane]

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-inUmcn_2d94/U6Ue34yOLZI/AAAAAAAAFdE/KYqpCEC8l5g/s800/ImageLeonardNimoyAdamWest100212%255B1%255D.jpg

[mapguy]

:thumbup:

[datachicane]

CSNYPB

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-O94rB8K2YvU/U6UgNpStNAI/AAAAAAAAFdU/yJ5VtfK6_bA/s800/4760051%255B1%255D.jpg

[SteveH]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/140714103335-greatest-selfie-ever-620xa.png

Chillin with my homies (http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/14/news/companies/buffett-mccartney-selfie/index.html?iid=HP_LN&hpt=hp_t2)

[Gnam]

Got a few spare pennies?

Come 11-12 July, more than 100 vehicles, among them vintage SCUD missile launchers and amphibious tanks, are set to be auctioned in California. (http://www.bbc.com/autos/story/20140228-your-own-private-arsenal)

Nice slide show of the hardware up for sale.
Update:
The auction earned $10.24 million, which will be used to build a museum in Stow, Massachusetts for some of the remaining vehicles.

http://www.mercurynews.com/bay-area-news/ci_26142473/tanks-memories-historic-collection-military-might-auctioned-more

I wonder what the return on investment was for the collection? -1000% :D
Totally worth it. :thumbup:

[datachicane]

http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/dam/assets/140714103335-greatest-selfie-ever-620xa.png

Chillin with my homies (http://money.cnn.com/2014/07/14/news/companies/buffett-mccartney-selfie/index.html?iid=HP_LN&hpt=hp_t2)


:thumbup:

[datachicane]

"Did you say something? I'm sorry, I can't hear you over all of this awesome."

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-tZe9TJRtYMQ/U6hAvOOQxJI/AAAAAAAAFeM/STQYAb3hqvQ/s800/William-Shatner-Car%255B1%255D.jpg

[datachicane]

Color photograph (Autochrome Lumière process) of the 1909 Salon de Locomotion aerienne (frogspeak for air show).

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma3og8AiiX1rq5o2oo1_1280.jpg



Another photo from the same show:

Crazy high res version here

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LnghahA6_T8/TtWJsLfXvbI/AAAAAAAAFHU/4pJMYkrp1vI/s800/Salon_de_locomotion_aerienne_1909_Grand_Palais_Par is.jpg


(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Salon_de_locomotion_aerienne_1909_Grand_Palais_Par is.jpg)

[SteveH]

Those pictures look like they are out of a dream :thumbup:

[cameraman]

http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma3og8AiiX1rq5o2oo1_1280.jpg

I love the ghost people wandering around in that image.

[SteveH]

I love the ghost people wandering around in that image.

Yeah, I wonder what the exposure length was? Several seconds?

[nrc]

"It's not a balloon! D'you hear?... It's not a balloon ... It's an airship ... an airship! ... d'you hear?!"

[cameraman]

Yeah, I wonder what the exposure length was? Several seconds?

More like minutes. People moving didn't even show up, you had to stop and stand still for a bit before you began to show up.

[Gnam]

State of the art? Looks like a paper airplane show at a kid's birthday party.
Unreal.

[indyfan31]

That's a spectacular building, any idea what that is?
I was wondering about the exposure myself. I figured any more than 20-30 seconds would have shown movement in the balloons.

[stroker]

That's a spectacular building, any idea what that is?
I was wondering about the exposure myself. I figured any more than 20-30 seconds would have shown movement in the balloons.

The balloons were photoshopped. :p

[datachicane]

That's a spectacular building, any idea what that is?
I was wondering about the exposure myself. I figured any more than 20-30 seconds would have shown movement in the balloons.

Well, it's indoors and those balloons (and airships!) have a bunch of mass so they're not exactly bobbing around in there.

The building still stands- it's the Grand Palais on the Champs-Élysées, big one in the center.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/GD-FR-Paris-Grand_Palais.jpg/1024px-GD-FR-Paris-Grand_Palais.jpg

[Gnam]

Europeans put nice cars in holes.

Even if you don’t have a particularly large driveway, Cardok can literally double the amount of parking space that you have, as well as to ensure that your car is the most secure its ever been. The basic Cardok model is made as a two-vehicle lift. You just have to simply park your car on top of the platform and then press a button on a remote control to raise it, revealing another platform.

Below this platform lies a parking space underground that can fit any sized car. Once you park a car on the additional platform, press the button to lower it again, and your car is then completely hidden, with the first one resting on top.

Price range: $61,000 to $72,000

http://www.cardok.com/news.php
http://boredmillionaires.com/cardok-underground-automatic-car-garage/

http://s30.postimg.org/qi0z0v7w1/cardok_1.jpg

http://s18.postimg.org/5e8wvvykp/the_cardok_underground_parking_system_15.jpg

http://s23.postimg.org/jer9fwr9n/cardok1.jpg

[SteveH]

Reminds me of parking garages and parking lots in Tokyo. Was told you have to provide proof that you have a parking spot before you can purchase a car.

[cameraman]

http://s18.postimg.org/5e8wvvykp/the_cardok_underground_parking_system_15.jpg

I can't help but think about what might happen when one of those 2" an hour storm fronts roll through...

[Andrew Longman]

Reminds me of parking garages and parking lots in Tokyo.NYC too.

As for the garages Gnam's posted I can't help thinking that if parking is precious the area is too congested to bother having a car, let alone that nice of car.

[Dave99]

https://scontent-b-sjc.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xfp1/t1.0-9/10404188_10152206141457338_7244440271916427950_n.j pg

[Anteater]

Dave99--how nice to see see 'round these parts again!!!! :cool::thumbup:

[datachicane]

http://www.be-street.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/david-irvine-pop-culture-old-paintings-2.jpg

[cameraman]

This was my favorite...

http://www.be-street.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/david-irvine-pop-culture-old-paintings-1.jpg

[Gnam]

An explanation of this image was not available.

http://s29.postimg.org/8ajcf3ktj/TX_small.jpg

[cameraman]

Now that is really losing a bet....

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvZ1zpYIAAAqTKj.jpg:large

[cameraman]

It was a simpler time 40 years ago...

http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BvhC-kxIcAAfoyT.jpg:large

[Gnam]

Run what ya brung!

[Gnam]

Largest spaceship size comparison chart.
I think they got them all. :D

Click to enlarge:
http://s4.postimg.org/q3ck5ylkt/kmjk6wkdvqffr6j104d7.jpg (http://s11.postimg.org/skcavqlz5/kmjk6wkdvqffr6j104d7.jpg)

[KLang]

Interesting. I'd like to see one without all the Warhammer 40000 ships. Never heard of it before and it's just a game.

[Don Quixote]

That is nerd heaven right there. I couldn't find the ships from the 2001 and 2010 movies.

[Gnam]

Discovery One from 2001 was only 140m long. It would be very small on this chart.
I couldn't find a length for the Alexei Leonov from 2010.

[TravelGal]

Yo San Die-GO

San Diego's Airport Won't Allow 'Stinky' Cab Drivers
San Diego's Airport Cab Drivers upset that they're being subject to body odor tests as one of the criteria that they have to pass in order to work from San Diego's Lindbergh Field. They're saying the rule is prejudicial and discriminatory. A 2013 survey of cab drivers in San Diego showed that 94% percent were immigrants, An airport spokesperson said there isn't a standard "smell test" process, but a driver who is found to be particularly odiferous is asked to leave and change clothes before driving another customer. San Diego's United Taxi Workers union says the policy perpetuates that stereotype that immigrant taxi drivers smell bad.

[indyfan31]

Yo San Die-GO

San Diego's Airport Won't Allow 'Stinky' Cab Drivers
San Diego's Airport Cab Drivers upset that they're being subject to body odor tests as one of the criteria that they have to pass in order to work from San Diego's Lindbergh Field. They're saying the rule is prejudicial and discriminatory. A 2013 survey of cab drivers in San Diego showed that 94% percent were immigrants, An airport spokesperson said there isn't a standard "smell test" process, but a driver who is found to be particularly odiferous is asked to leave and change clothes before driving another customer. San Diego's United Taxi Workers union says the policy perpetuates that stereotype that immigrant taxi drivers smell bad.

You'd think the Union would be more concerned that stinky drivers would give them a bad name, but no, that would make sense.

[nrc]

Sandro Miller: Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich

Photographer Sandro Miller recreates famous photographs with John Malkovich. (NSFW warning: includes manbutt)

http://imgur.com/a/23CKU

http://i.imgur.com/DCKzffi.jpg

[indyfan31]

OMG, those are FANTASTIC. The Dorothea Lange and Hemmingway images are just priceless. :rofl:

[Napoleon]

Sandro Miller: Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich

I love those.

[Gnam]

Kurdish "Road Warrior" vehicles built to fight ISIS.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2773452/The-REAL-road-warriors-Mad-Max-battle-buses-tanks-built-Kurdish-fighters-repel-ISIS-soldiers-Syria.html

Surreal.

http://s17.postimg.org/kc5yj6lan/1411991791097_Image_gallery_Image_Pic_shows_Kurdi. jpg

[WickerBill]

725

[nrc]

I'd really like to know if someone was being clever or if they just did a copy and paste on the URL and didn't realize how huge it was going to be when it was printed.

[RaceGrrl]

I'd really like to know if someone was being clever or if they just did a copy and paste on the URL and didn't realize how huge it was going to be when it was printed.

So for classifieds, does that huge link count as one word?

[Napoleon]

Kurdish "Road Warrior" vehicles built to fight ISIS.


They must be taking their military cues from the movie Animal House.

[Insomniac]

I'd really like to know if someone was being clever or if they just did a copy and paste on the URL and didn't realize how huge it was going to be when it was printed.

It was a test of the applicant's motivation, patience and attention to detail. ;)

[Napoleon]

730

[datachicane]

Oops.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8TccgObxg14/VPeUaMitZDI/AAAAAAAAFxg/PFphtEElJFE/s800/Daytona_n.jpg

[Gnam]

That is painful to look at.

[WickerBill]

Slightly out of line for this thread, but a week or two ago my son was driving to school. Our neighborhood streets are a sheet of ice as is common when they're plowed by individuals instead of the city. Son is going around the outside of a corner, girl comes at him too fast, can't slow down, slides right into him and they both end up in someone's yard. Airbags, totaled car, plenty of damage to the other.

Girl happens to be my son's girlfriend... who had gone to get doughnuts before school to bring them to him.


Fast forward to today, he took lots of the pieces of the cars we gathered out of the yard they ended up in and used them for this:

750


Sign says "Prom would be a WRECK without you"

He absolutely loved his truck. The girl must be special. :)

[nrc]

Oops.

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8TccgObxg14/VPeUaMitZDI/AAAAAAAAFxg/PFphtEElJFE/s800/Daytona_n.jpg

I'd like to know what the repair bill would look like for that then vs now.

[nrc]

Sign says "Prom would be a WRECK without you"

He absolutely loved his truck. The girl must be special. :)

I'm glad everyone's ok. Seems like with a story that good they're kind of stuck with one another. Plus, donuts. :thumbup:

[datachicane]

I'd like to know what the repair bill would look like for that then vs now.

Back then it was just a race car- I'm sure they hit it with a hammer and sent it back on track.

[Gnam]

Happy Pi Day: 3/14/15 9:26:53 am
The only time this century the first 10 digits of Pi will line up in date format.

http://s7.postimg.org/ei603y25n/150313_pi_cf6d11c3c611387fe2b27b0df485f68d_nbcne.j pg

[WickerBill]

...at least for Americans. The 3rd of January in 2041 holds promise for the d/m/y crowd. :) (I guess the 9 is problematic though)

[Elmo T]

Not sure if there are any train fans here. (Both my Gpops worked for the PRR)

This will keep any rail fans busy for a while - photos from all across the country:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/sets/

[opinionated ow]

...at least for Americans. The 3rd of January in 2041 holds promise for the d/m/y crowd. :) (I guess the 9 is problematic though)

Yes it took a while to work out what social media was on about. That basically only applies in the USA, Belize and small parts of Canada, Philippines and Saudi Arabia

[TKGAngel]

Not sure if there are any train fans here. (Both my Gpops worked for the PRR)

This will keep any rail fans busy for a while - photos from all across the country:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/barrigerlibrary/sets/

Oooh, thanks for this. My Pops is a rail fan and this will keep him busy for awhile.

[datachicane]

http://www.scienceguardian.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/feynmanonbongoes.jpg

[SteveH]

first thing I thought of

757

[datachicane]

Heh, there's a resemblance. That's Richard Feynman with his famous bongos.

[G.]

I always wanted to be a genius scientist with quirky hobbies.



Turns out, if you don't make it at the genius scientist thing, your quirky hobbies just make you a dork.
:gomer:

[SteveH]

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2015/04/02/11/273779BD00000578-3022885-Lightning_strikes_inside_the_enormous_ash_cloud_th rown_into_the_-a-1_1427970366254.jpg

Storm in an ash cloud: Electrifying shots of Mexican volcanic eruption show lightning bolts striking inside its ash plume (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-3022885/Storm-ash-cloud-Electrifying-shots-Mexican-volcanic-eruption-lightning-bolts-striking-inside-ash-cloud.html)

[datachicane]

Yikes.

I was in the area when Mt. St. Helens blew, saw a similar effect. At first we thought it was just a colossal thunderstorm, since we couldn't see the mountain (which no longer existed)...

[nrc]

We used to pass this business on a regular basis (banner in the background). I always wondered how you pronounce that. I've never bothered to check because that would spoil it.

[dando]

We used to pass this business on a regular basis (banner in the background). I always wondered how you pronounce that. I've never bothered to check because that would spoil it.

New Browns team name. :D

[datachicane]

Taken a few blocks from where I live. The pipe is a nice touch.

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-JtFwA_1Xc0U/VUezyenyj0I/AAAAAAAAF1M/2f8wDTcsTP4/s800/carts.jpg

[Napoleon]

^^^^


I like that the guy in the right rear appears to be driving something completely different, like a lawnmower or something.

[dando]

^^^^


I like that the guy in the right rear appears to be driving something completely different, like a lawnmower or something.

Nappy, don't diss WB like that. :gomer: ;)

[nrc]

All this plus Fine Food when the race is over.

[TravelGal]

Nice article, better pictures on (cough) AOL today about the aircraft boneyard in AZ. http://www.aol.com/article/2015/05/22/photo-essay-arizona-site-holds-bones-of-4-000-planes/21186206/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl13|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-203746583

[dando]

Nice article, better pictures on (cough) AOL today about the aircraft boneyard in AZ. http://www.aol.com/article/2015/05/22/photo-essay-arizona-site-holds-bones-of-4-000-planes/21186206/?icid=maing-grid7|main5|dl13|sec1_lnk3%26pLid%3D-203746583

What the heck is an Aol.? :gomer:

[TravelGal]

What the heck is an Aol.? :gomer:

:p:p
:gomer:

[Elmo T]

I am not a serious photographer by any means - but now and then something catches my eye.

Last weekend I was out to teach a class in Lancaster County (Amish country). It's a strange system out there - and not fully sure how it all works with the Amish and the "English". But the Amish are extremely active with the local volunteer fire departments. They are excellent firefighters and extremely dedicated to the community.

I saw this when I first arrived at the firehouse. I think it sums up their dedication.

http://i59.tinypic.com/2dug3o.jpg

[nrc]

Good stuff. :thumbup:

[Elmo T]

Took a family trip to Montreal last month. Emmo was insistent on bringing his scooter so he could ride on the F1 track. We forget it, so had to stop at Le Mart de Wall :D and buy him one.

He was thrilled to find evidence of the race still visible on track. Here he is exiting pit lane:

http://i57.tinypic.com/155172a.jpg

[cameraman]

When your factory explosion is picked up by a weather satellite:eek::eek::eek:

http://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CMY3aCFUAAAp_VM.mp4

[dando]

When your factory explosion is picked up by a weather satellite:eek::eek::eek:

http://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CMY3aCFUAAAp_VM.mp4

The ISS probably would have caught it, too, if it were in the proper position over China.