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Sunday, September 30, 2012
Wooden Electromechanical Elephant.
Wooden Electromechanical Elephant
This gigantic animal, 12-metre high by 8-metre wide, lives in the largest warehouse.
When the majestic animal goes out for its walk, it is like architecture in motion departing a steel cathedral. The 49 passengers on board embark on an amazing journey on the Ile de Nantes. Each time the pachyderm goes out, it is a unique spectacle for everyone to enjoy.
YouTube : Did You Know : Wooden Electromechanical Elephant
Basket weave Interchange.
Basket weave Interchange
The Basketweave is the name of astretch of Highway 401 in Ontario,Canada, immediately east of the Jane Street underpass in Toronto; the name derives from the interesting criss-crossing design of the roads, which evokes imagery of a straw basketweave.
This gorgeous concoction is called Aurora Jungle Juice.
This gorgeous concoction is called Aurora Jungle Juice.
It's pink in natural light, but when viewed under black light it glows aquamarine. It's made of gin/vodka, Rose's Mojito Passion/pink lemonade and gin. Incredible
The French town of Roubaix, has recently opened a series of portable hotel rooms in a local park.
The French town of Roubaix, has recently opened a series of portable hotel rooms in a local park.
Read More : http://goo.gl/ifNEu
The Robot Building
The Robot Building
The Robot Building, located in the Sathorn business district of Bangkok, Thailand, houses United Overseas Bank's Bangkok headquarters.
Read more : http://goo.gl/6VhQ0
Qatar Airways
Qatar Airways
The airline has more than 20,000 staff, with 14,000 people employed directly and a further 6,000 in its subsidiaries
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Makepeace Island
Makepeace Island
Island is a small island resort located in the Noosa River on Australia's Sunshine Coast. The island is currently owned by Virgin Australia (formerly known as Virgin Blue) founding partners, Brett Godfrey and Sir Richard Branson. The island can hold up to 22 guests.
YouTube : Makepeace Island Austrlia
Friday, September 28, 2012
These amazing clouds are called Lenticular clouds and they're the result of high altitude, moisture and air pressure.
These amazing clouds are called Lenticular clouds and they're the result of high altitude, moisture and air pressure.
18 amazing facts about Cyanide you didn’t know..
18 amazing facts about Cyanide you didn’t know
Most people may know of or would have at least heard of cyanide albeit with a negative connotation. A potentially deadly chemical, cyanide pill is most commonly known as the suicide pill or by some equally notorious names such as the lethal pill, kill-pill or the death pill.
The tallest volcano on Earth is Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, with an elevation of 4,207 meters.
The tallest volcano on Earth is Hawaii’s Mauna Kea, with an elevation of 4,207 meters. It’s only a little bigger than the largest volcano on Earth, Mauna Loa with an elevation of only 4,169 meters. Both are shield volcanoes that rise up from the bottom of the ocean. If you could measure Mauna Kea from the base of the ocean to its peak, you’d get a true height of 10,203 meters (and that’s bigger than Mount Everest)
The Crazy Camera Van...
The Crazy Camera Van
One night In the fall of 1993, a guy named Harrod Blank had a dream in which he covered his car with cameras and then drove around and took pictures of people on the streets. When he woke up the next morning he decided to build such a vehicle in reality. With the help of Dan Lohaus and some other friends, Harrod spent the next two years designing and building the van. With a lot of trial and error, the van was completed in 1995 and made it’s debut voyage in April.
The front of the Camera Van features every Polaroid camera ever made. The driver’s side of the camera has Kodak Instamatic Cameras arranged to look like a giant Instamatic Camera. The back of the van has two monitors that play a repeating slideshow of the Camera Van’s photography. The passenger side has a giant film strip created using four color monitors
The Eye is formed by stairs and a bell inside the Lamberti tower, verona.
T
he Eye is formed by stairs and a bell inside the Lamberti tower, verona.
Taiwan Blue Magpies...
Taiwan Blue Magpies
The Taiwan Blue Magpie also called "long-tailed mountain lady", is a member of the Crow family. It is an endemic species living in the mountains of Taiwan at elevations of 300 to 1200m.
Happiness Sometimes Comes in Succession -- San Francisco, CA
Happiness Sometimes Comes in Succession -- San Francisco, CA
The City Built Into the Rocks
The City Built Into the Rocks
Setenil de las Bodegas is a town Spain, famous for its dwellings built into rock overhangs above the Rio Trejo. According to the 2005 census, the city has a population of 3,016 inhabitants.some houses being built into the rock walls of the gorge itself, created by enlarging natural caves or overhangs and adding an external wall.
YouTube :http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LBgAV5SQWY
Had a nice flight to China...
Had a nice flight to China... I slept well, and had a brief layover in Taiwan. I like being in Taiwan, as it's a place I'm very fond of, even if only for an hour. I actually ran into a friend in the airport who was on her way from America to Vietnam to teach Pilates.. Small world! She paused to not walk through a photo I was taking and didn't recognize me... I said "Kelly, please get in my photo!" She looked quite shocked.
Last night I went to Macau & mostly walked around the area where the Venetian, Conrad and City of Dreams hotels are located. I just discovered this morning that this is not actually Macau proper.. So I'm headed out across the bridge to the old town. Here's a photo I got in the Venetian Casino. They seem pretty OK about taking photos here, though they insist I turn my hat backwards whenever I enter a casino. At first I thought the security guard was joking as he demonstrated... (He didn't speak English) but later I found out it was so the security cameras can identify my face in case I cheat at gambling! haha
Abandoned Drive-In Movie Theater in Dubbo, Australia
This morning I was in Dubbo, Australia, and a violent storm had just passed over this abandoned drive-in movie theater... I had to break in here... photos of that subterfuge coming soon!
Baby Asian Elephant in Tall Grass.
Baby Asian Elephant in Tall Grass
Baby elephants are born big, standing approximately three feet (one meter) tall and weighing 200 pounds (91 kilograms) at birth. They nurse for two to three years, and are fully mature at 9 (females) to 15 (males) years of age.Officially Official: the new McLaren P1
So now we know how the P1, McLaren's long-awaited F1 successor, looks (well, mainly - this Paris concept is described as '95 per cent the same' as the car that'll go on sale next year). But Woking remains frustrating schtum on technical details, accompanying its Paris reveal of this decade's most hotly anticipated hypercar with a press release notably lacking in cold hard numbers.
But Top Gear has been delving behind the scenes, and knows more about the P1 than literally anyone else in the world (bar perhaps a handful of McLaren engineers, though even that may be debatable). Read on for the fruits of our delving, and a little informed speculation...
Though McLaren won't tell us what engine the P1 uses, it has confirmed its power-to-weight ratio will exceed 600bhp per tonne. The F1 - with its lissom 1140kg kerbweight and 627bhp V12 - developed 550bhp per tonne. The Veyron? Closer to 650bhp.
As the P1 uses the MP4-12C's wheelbase and carbon tub, we can reasonably assume it employs some iteration of the 12C's 3.8-litre twin-turbo V8 - no room for a V12, we suspect. So what does that mean for power? Well, we know the P1 has all manner of tricks to reduce weight - aluminium panels, lighter wheels and more - but we also know it uses a KERS system, which means it'll get a battery.
With heavy battery offsetting expensive lightweight materials, let's assume the P1 weighs the same as an MP4-12C: just over 1400kg. Which means, to achieve 600bhp per tonne, it'll have to make around 850bhp. If 100bhp of that is provided by the KERS, that means the V8 will need to generate about 750bhp. Hold on tight.
We know there's all sorts of clever aero going on, helping to generate over 600kg of downforce at speeds well below the P1's (as yet unrevealed) V-max. But the P1 boasts a slippery drag coefficient of just 0.34, because that gigantic rear wing tucks down into the rear deck at speed.
We know the P1 will be limited to a production run of just 500 cars: 100 more than the Enzo but barely half that of Porsche's upcoming 918 Spider, of which a coincidental 918 examples will reach the road.
And we know the P1 won't follow its predecessor's innovative approach to seating. While the F1 had room for three, with the driver front and centre, the new car features a conventional two-seat layout. Despite this passengerectomy, the P1 is nearly 30cm longer than the F1 - measuring 459cm from nose to tail - and 13cm wider. That means it's around 8cm longer and 4cm wider than the MP4-12C.
And the most important thing we know, wherever the P1's exact power output ends up, is that it'll be blisteringly, ridiculously real-world fast. McLaren isn't trying to outdo the Veyron on top speed, but instead to make ‘the best driver's car on road and track'.
The MP4-12C, remember, is the second-fastest car ever to lap the Top Gear test track, only eclipsed by the daft Ariel Atom 500. So how quick is the P1 going to have to go to put clear air between itself as its cheaper, commoner little brother? We can't wait to find out...
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