Amazing picture thread

[Boon Mee]

Living on borrowed time now...

[jabir]

Juno arrived at Jupiter in 2016 and the mission is expected to end until summer 2021.

Here's an amazingly clear pic of Io given volatile atmospheric conditions, captured during a solar eclipse on 21Dec2018. At the time Io was close to Jupiter and well-lighted by another Jovian moon, Europa.

Io is the most volcanically active place in the solar system, and many volcanoes are visible here, including the plume of an active volcano.

[jabir]

The Quetzalcoatlus Northropi, the largest known flying animal that ever existed, next to a 1.8m man.

[jabir]

All the major rail tracks in Europe.

[jabir]

Perseverance, living on the edge.

[jabir]

[jabir]

Best way to shoot animals, beats a gun any day.

[jabir]

More about his genius: https://books.google.com/books/about/Tesla.html

[nidhogg]

All the major rail tracks in Europe.

What is the line going right across the Baltic Sea?

[Latindancer]

^^ All roads may lead to Rome, but all train tracks seem to lead to the Czech Republic and Germany.

[SKkin]

What is the line going right across the Baltic Sea?

Is there a ferry line owned by a rail company??

[jabir]

What is the line going right across the Baltic Sea?

Well spotted, I was going to suggest rail ferry but Skkin got that; scratches on the compiler's screen?

[jabir]

^^ All roads may lead to Rome, but all train tracks seem to lead to the Czech Republic and Germany.

Germany does appear to be well endowed, no wonder she pwns Europe.

[SKkin]

I did see something the other day about a project being approved for a high speed rail tunnel under the Baltic between Estonia and Finland. China is putting 15 billion Euro into the project. Will be the longest undersea rail tunnel when complete.

It was in the Independent I think...here it is:

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...-a8818896.html

An ambitious plan to build a vast railway tunnel under the Baltic Sea to connect Finland and Estonia looks set to go ahead after the project secured €15 billion in funding.

The tunnel, which is supported by both countries’ governments, would connect the Finnish capital of Helsinki with the Estonian capital of Tallinn – cutting a two to three hour ferry crossing to just 20 minutes by train.

If completed the infrastructure would be the longest undersea tunnel in the world, eclipsing the Channel Tunnel that connects England with northern France.

The new funding comes from Chinese investment Touchstone Capital Partners, with one third provided as private equity and two thirds as debt financing, according to a memorandum of understanding signed with developers. Late last year the project also secured a €100m investment from Dubai-based ARJ Holding.

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[nidhogg]

^ yeah, but that line is not between Finland and Estonia if i recall correctly.

[SKkin]

^no, it's not. Just saying there will be a rail line across(under) the Baltic in the future. Maybe...

Defimitely not as long as "that line" though.

[GRUMPY]

[happynz]

^ Puts things in perspective. wow!

[GRUMPY]

Is it real? How old are those trees?

[happynz]

Yeah. I've visited Sequoia National Park in California and can attest that those are some enormous trees.

[tomcat]

...^redwoods and sequoias are among the oldest and largest organisms on earth...

[GRUMPY]

Yeah. I've visited Sequoia National Park in California and can attest that those are some enormous trees.

I've read about it but never seen it with that presentation.

Just astounded by it.

[jabir]

Great post, heightens perspective, can't be easy to take yourself seriously under one of those monsters.

[jabir]

[Luigi]

Sometimes you see an animal and think, you know what... I'll just leave you be.


This definitely falls into that category.