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1889, quaint scene by the Eiffel Tower; now barricades & bollards everywhere!
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1889, quaint scene by the Eiffel Tower; now barricades & bollards everywhere!
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Some things remain constant; rush hour traffic in Los Angeles, 1950s.
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Praying mantis...ain't it just!
From todays CRS-17 launch of a Dragon to the ISS.
Plume impingement from the second stage flying to orbit and the first stage doing a burn for landing.
The photographer deserves to be credited
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Opening day of the Golden Gate Bridge, 1937
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Martha Jane Canary Burke, aka Calamity Jane, 1890s.
Yikes!
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Elvis, mid 1950s.
(History Daily)
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Kent State University student Alan Canfora waves a black flag as Ohio National Guardsmen kneel and aim their rifles.
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Sony Videocorder ad from 1967.
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Time-lapse photo of lightning over volcano in Chile. (Earth Pictures)
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View from the top...
^ Amazing view indeed.
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Originally Posted by jabir
I read there's a place in Chile that has lightning pretty much 365 days a year.
Probably enough power there to fuel the world with a lot of wastage, and all we have to do is harness it.
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Originally Posted by jabir
My Grandparents and 13 year old mother are somewhere in that crowd!
...so, you're Mormon then...Quote:
Originally Posted by qwerty
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The sheer size of each individual tank in a tanker
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Nothing special, a hand and its shadow...that's how clear the water is (Sweden)
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Baby skull with so many teeth! Milk teeth in the middle, permanent teeth top and bottom.
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Primitive (20th c) war tubas, used to 'spot' warplanes before radar.
These were used to detect enemy planes by audible means, not for 'spotting' which would be visual.
Spot, or to listen for?Quote:
Originally Posted by jabir
The picture should be self explanatory, no?
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Bizarre cloud formation over Dublin, Ireland, 2019
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We all know what this is, but only ever see the aurora from below, not from the ISS.
It is, but rather than being contradictory, I chose to ask the question.Quote:
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What's your point?
I believe it was called 'spotting', which sounds more inspiring than listening for distant engines.
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London fog, 1947.
^One wife and five mia nois!
^^ now that is cool. I don't wear rings but I would wear one of those.
...they're also available in smaller sizes for the less well-endowed...Quote:
Originally Posted by VocalNeal
Prefer goat's skin for that? Old school.
Same in my bath before i stick the Small Soldiers bubble bath in... annnnnd before Princess chimes in its also so i don't see me micro penis.Quote:
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People climbing on the Great Pyramid, Egypt, 1880.
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Bit before our time, a muffin man announcing his presence with a hand bell; UK. 1924.
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Telephone operators at work in Richmond, Virginia. (1884)
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Belgian coal miners coming up after a long day's work. (1920s)
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Man in Black modelling thigh-high boots, 1971.
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Car struck by lightning.
I thought rubber tyres would insulate a car from lightning.