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This would be Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, MI

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Ice flowers in Norway.
It is a natural phenomenon that occurs in the seas of the polar regions. The flowers are formed from water vapor that escapes from cracks in the thin layer of surface ice. When these vapors come into contact with the cold air, they crystallize.

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Sandstone formations and hoodoos in a small side wash at Ah Shi Sle Pah Wash in New Mexico's San Juan Basin.Sandstone formations and hoodoos in a small side wash at Ah Shi Sle Pah Wash in New Mexico's San Juan Basin.

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Yes, that is an AI photo to represent the event.

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I'm not getting the joke if there is one. Architecture looks like what you see all over Paris, the wrecker is in blue-white-red like the French flag... does this have something to do with the news from a year or two ago that vehicles with IC engines would be banned in Paris at some point?

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This one has me baffled too.

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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe (Post 12329838)

No joke. It's a random photo of a tow truck with a very short, stubby rear end. (very different from what's usually seen in the US.

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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe (Post 12329839)

This one has me baffled too.

It's supposed to be someone that's so clueless that they don't understand why the different letters of compass headings are when they show up on their rear view. But the car appears to be new, so it's not like it was posted by a clueless new owner.

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2x4s from HD...

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Originally Posted by Heel n Toe (Post 12329838)

Not what you guys think. Was sitting having a glass of Sancerre when I saw this strange shortened US tow truck with some unidentifiable French car behind it.

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Mountain road with very steep hairpin turns and sharp curves between Chile and Argentina ,known as the Paso lnternacional Los LibertadoresMountain road with very steep hairpin turns and sharp curves between Chile and Argentina ,known as the Paso lnternacional Los Libertadores

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Aw shoot. I am still disappointed that the cover of the National Inquirer with the photo of Bill Clinton shaking hands with an alien was a fake.

Random?

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Pretty sure the bass player on the Titanic survived as well.

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SLAP!

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The crankshaft for a Wärtsilä-Sulzer RTA96-C engine, the largest reciprocating engine in the world, used in large container ships. It's a 1810-liter engine that generates 108,920 horsepower at 102 RPM, and it idles at 22 RPM, taking almost 3 seconds per rotation. This crankshaft weighs 300 tons.

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There's a row of old churches accurately pointing to the Middle East
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There's a row of old churches accurately pointing to the Middle East
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This is a strange statement to anyone with a knowledge of direction. The orientation of the line through the listed churches is northeast-southwest, almost perpendicular to the line in the second image.
Given the number and distribution of churches in the UK it is likely you could list a collection of them in a line to any point of the compass.

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Les

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This satellite image gives a somber indication of the path of Helene.

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A U.S. Geological Survey scientist posed with a telephone pole in the San Joaquin Valley, California indicating surface elevation in 1925, 1955 and 1977. The ground is sinking due to groundwater extraction.

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Originally Posted by oldE (Post 12332561)

Exactly. Pretty much anything that anyone wants to show can be shown if they scale it out far enough, or make the tolerance large enough. And folks do this all of the time.

Welcome to the Internet where anyone can expose their thoughts to the rest of the world whether they should or not!

I drew a line from Iceland to Madagascar, and you should see what happened! The line goes through Ireland, Europe, and a bunch of countries in Africa. Coincidence or something else?!? You decide!

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Here's the before and after version of the pic that shows the extent of the power outage from Helene. I wish I could find something similar for Katrina and Rita. We drove through Louisiana and Mississippi after Katrina and before Rita, and the level of darkness along I-10 was like nothing I'd even experienced (before or since).

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Greek travel site- Deelux benches made from pallets, hard foam, and a stain(used motor oil?), but it works
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There's a row of old churches accurately pointing to the Middle East
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Originally Posted by oldE (Post 12332561)

The second picture is also northeast to southwest. The pic is just taken at a different angle we're not used to seeing. (the top of the earth is just tilted to the right and towards you in that photo. )

Marc,
Check your compass. The red line is northwest to southeast.

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Les

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Originally Posted by rattlsnak (Post 12333225)

Right, I added the line from the top photo (very roughly) to the bottom photo in yellow.

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