2020 New Random Pics

[gumby]

Originally Posted by daepp

Two more of the two beauties:

Baby, you can drive my car!

[GH85Carrera]

400yr old giant Cedar tree in Nagano, Japan.






The Crow are also called the Apsáalooke, Absaroka, and Apsaroke. Their name was given them by the Hidatsa, and meant “people [or children] of the large-beaked bird.” Historically, they lived in the Yellowstone River Valley. A Siouan tribe, they once were part of the Hidatsa, living around the headwaters of the upper Mississippi River in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin. Later, the Crow moved to the Devil’s Lake region of North Dakota, before splitting with the Hidatsa and moving westward.
Settling in Montana, the tribe split once again into two divisions, called the Mountain Crow and the River Crow. They were first encountered by two Frenchmen in 1743 near the present-day town of Hardin, Montana. When the Lewis and Clark expedition came upon them in 1804, they estimated some 350 lodges with about 3,500 members.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I also love slots


and also love the torq thrust Ds

[GH85Carrera]

Cheyenne Dog Soldier, 1840. The Dog Soldiers were the Cheyenne Elite, they formed their own bands within the Cheyenne Nation, they often gave their own lives to protect their women and children, they were very much feared by the white Soldiers, and their Native American Foes, Pawnee, Ute, to name but a few, however, they where honoured Allies of the Lakota Sioux, and the Arapahoe's, Comanche's and Kiowa's, the mention of the words "Cheyenne Dog Soldier", put Fear into the most hardest of white Soldiers.

[Por_sha911]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Yup!

[GH85Carrera]

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐟 𝐓𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐝
(1856-1916) 𝘈 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘐𝘯 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘵𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘴𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 𝘈𝘳𝘮𝘺. 𝘏𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧 𝘉𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘰 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭'𝘴 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘞𝘦𝘴𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸, 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭-𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭, 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘬 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘵𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘶𝘭𝘢𝘣𝘦𝘦 𝘋𝘪𝘹, 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘪𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘕𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘵 𝘨𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳𝘺. 𝘈 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘮 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘖𝘮𝘢𝘩𝘢 𝘪𝘯 1898 𝘣𝘺 𝘍. 𝘈. 𝘙𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘯𝘶𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘢 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘮𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘸, 𝘰𝘪𝘭 𝘱𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘵, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘱 𝘢𝘳𝘵. 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚 5 𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘤𝘰𝘪𝘯, 𝘢𝘴 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 5 𝘥𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘳 𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘱𝘪𝘦𝘤𝘦 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘜𝘚




What is or was this car?

[craigster59]

[monoflo]

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by craigster59

Good lord that made me laugh.

Find the dog:

[GH85Carrera]

Something does not look quite right here!




Nebulus, Aspendell - CA / U.S." A once in a lifetime shot for Brandon Yoshizawa capturing a SpaceX rocket launch over Aspendell, CA,






Geronimo Is Last Native Warrior to Surrender
This Date in Native History: On September 4, 1886, the great Apache warrior Geronimo surrendered in Skeleton Canyon, Arizona, after fighting for his homeland for almost 30 years. He was the last American Indian warrior to formally surrender to the United States.
Born in June 1829 near the Gila River in Arizona, Geronimo was a mild-mannered youth, said Mark Megehee, museum specialist at the Fort Sill Museum in Oklahoma. His birth name was Goyalkla or “One Who Yawns.”
At age 17, Geronimo married Alope, with whom he had three children. His life changed in 1858 when a company of Mexican soldiers led by Colonel Jose Maria Carrasco attacked the Apaches and murdered Geronimo’s wife, mother and children.
“Carrasco said he struck and meant to rub out every man, woman and child of the Apaches, but the warriors by and large escaped while their families were the ones that were slaughtered,” said Megehee, a member of the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma. “That changed the personality of Geronimo. His friends noticed he was no longer mild and pleasant to deal with. He was unexpectedly violent and had a temper. He became very grieving, but he was going to settle the score.”
In his own words, translated in 1909 and published in the 1996 book Geronimo: His Own Story, Geronimo described the incident.
“I found that my aged mother, my young wife, and my three small children were among the slain,” he said. “There were no lights in camp, so without being noticed I silently turned away and stood by the river. How long I stood there I do not know, but when I saw the warriors arranging for a council I took my place.”
Only 80 warriors remained, so the chief directed survivors to return home to Arizona, Geronimo said. He had “no purpose left” because he “had lost all.”
“I was never again contented in our quiet home,” he wrote. “I had vowed vengeance upon the Mexican troopers who had wronged me, and whenever I came near (my father’s) grave or saw anything to remind me of former happy days my heart would ache for revenge upon Mexico.”
Geronimo went on to lead a band of Apache warriors throughout southern Arizona and New Mexico, successfully keeping white settlers off Apache lands for decades and becoming a “symbol of the untamed freedom of the American West.”
“He was not just a tough guy, but he had leadership abilities,” Megehee said. “He looked out for men, women and children in a way that all their needs were met. Geronimo did more with less. In today’s vocabulary, he multiplied his force by stealth, by firepower and by mobility.”
He is buried at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma. Ft. Sill was around long before Oklahoma was a state. Now the Army uses the large area as a place to teach artillery units.

[A930Rocket]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Good lord that made me laugh.

Find the dog:

He’s out there somewhere.


Our daughters dog, Sully, on Sullivans Island today.

[gregpark]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

Find the dog:

This is a tough one. A lot of the leaves look like dog ears

[Seahawk]

[craigster59]

[bkreigsr]

Taken down the street from my son's house in Brielle.
There was a drone recovery barge that served as a landing pad somewhere off the Jersey coast waiting in position for the first stage.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by bkreigsr

Taken down the street from my son's house in Brielle.
There was a drone recovery barge that served as a landing pad somewhere off the Jersey coast waiting in position for the first stage.

Very, very cool!

[GH85Carrera]

Just as I get to this part of the road, going uphill, I always seem to be behind RV in the photo below!


French bike racer Alfred Letourneur towing a 22 foot long Airstream Liner at the Metropolitan Airport in Van Nuys, California to demonstrate how light it was, 1947


Spectacular bending columns in Staffa, Scotland. (Photo by Peter Marston)


Bladesmith Dakota Wilson has been pushing the boundaries this year and this one is on a whole other level! Via Wilson: “I’m really proud of this one.
The blade was made of Chevron Tiger GoMai from Baker Forge&Tool that was given a deep etch, and my Crimson Patina.
The handle material is hand carved Mokume Gane Carbon Fiber with butterscotch micarta pins.
The masterfully crafted sheath was hand made by @jc_creations_knives.
Huge thanks to @bakerforgeandtool for the photography on this one. This one is not for sale.”




One of the Museum's two Grumman F7F Tigercat fighters taxis back to the ramp after a flight at the Colorado Springs Airport.
Check out the Tigercats!

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Just as I get to this part of the road, going uphill, I always seem to be behind RV in the photo below!

Yep, anytime I approach a road like that an RV materializes like a cloaked space ship from Star Trek.

Pretty knife. I'm not sure I like the carved c/f handle, but then I suspect a knife like that would never be used which makes it much less appealing. If I get a cool tool, I'm probably going to want to use it at least a little.

I'm pretty sure this was their dad. Fast talking, come in a couple of quick screws and then gone!


I've seen some basaltic columns in WA. I think they are super cool. I'd love to see the Giant's Causeway in Ireland, and Devil's Tower.









this probably won't work


and of course, that one time...


and the other equally impressive

[GH85Carrera]

26 September (1951)
de Havilland Sea Vixen WG326 makes it's first flight.
Fitted with Rolls-Royce Avon 208 turbojets, the prototype (WG326) flew for the first time at Hatfield on 26th September 1951, piloted by John ‘Cats Eyes’ Cunningham. Early test flights exceeded expectations in both speed and performance, taking it well in excess of the speed of sound.
After the successful carrier trials, the the Fleet Air Arm decided to adopt the De Havilland DH110 Sea Vixen to replace its Sea Venoms. It decidedly placed an order for 110 ‘Navalised aircraft’ which was subsequently renamed the De Havilland DH110 Sea Vixen FAW.
In June 1955, a semi-navalised De Havilland DH110 Sea Vixen FAW Mk20X prototype (XF828) completed carrier flight deck suitability trials, which included catapult launches and arrester hook landings, although the powered folding wings capability was not incorporated until April 1956.

[GH85Carrera]

This is a carbonized loaf of bread from Pompeii, 79 C.E. - preserved for thousands of years in the volcanic ashes of Mount Vesuvius. The baker left his stamp, which reads: “Celer, slave of Quintus Granius Verus." Celer is known to have survived the eruption, as his name later appears on a list of "freed men." Most bread at the time was baked in community ovens, so customized stamps were used to mark individual families’ and bakeries’ loaves.