2020 New Random Pics

[GH85Carrera]

The 4000-year-old skeletons of a mother who was trying to shield her child from a massive earthquake that struck China in 2000 BC, and triggered massive floods, in an event that is sometimes referred to as ‘China’s Pompeii’.
Lajia Ruins Museum, China




A tower full of confiscated barrels ready to be burned during Prohibition, 1929. More at "When Americans said goodbye to alcohol, 1920-1933




Billy Carter’s Service Station (1977)
Plains, GA

[rcooled]

Because its page 600 of this thread...

[Steve Carlton]

[DonDavis]

Originally Posted by flatbutt

Oh come on! How is this ^a good idea?

I remember seeing homes built similarly and it had something to do with the actual footprint being the basis for tax calculation. Or smething like that.

But that was a house about 20'x20'. Not an apartment building. Wow.

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I am easily amused:

duh, go Navy, yo.


Years ago in Irvine when my son and I met Mark. Great day.

[GH85Carrera]

An inside look at a service station from the 1920's....love everything in here, from the ceiling to the triangle shape of the building. Wow!


The mouth of an Arctic lamprey


Karijini, Western Australia

[GH85Carrera]

Dream house. Bucharest. Romania.

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by asphaltgambler

Is that photo shopped ^^^^^^

no, its a fuel cell. not a combustion motor


"DESCRIPTION
In its search to develop electric power through chemical reactions, Allis-Chalmers in 1951 began research on fuel cells. In October 1959 near West Allis, Wisconsin, this fuel cell tractor plowed a field of alfalfa with a double-bottom plow. Fuel cells produce electrical power directly through a chemical reaction, without heat, smoke, or noise. Unlike standard batteries, fuel cells do not store energy but convert chemical energy to electric energy.
This tractor has 1,008 fuel cells joined in 112 units of 9 cells each arranged in four banks that produced power to run a standard Allis-Chalmers 20 horsepower dc motor. Using a fuel cell to produce power was not a new idea in the 1950s. Over a century earlier, Sir William Grove originated the idea of a fuel cell that would run on hydrogen and oxygen. Over the years inventors experimented with a number of fuels and configurations. The search for an efficient and economical fuel cell unit continues."

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Dream house. Bucharest. Romania.

I tried to find the house. I know, but it is still cold outside

I have never been to Romania and after a few searches, found that there are a lot of neat houses in Bucharest.

Still no joy on Glen's pic, but here is another one:

[john70t]

(add another thing to the bucket list)

[GH85Carrera]

Bentonite hills, Capitol reef national park, Utah ,USA

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

Dream house. Bucharest. Romania.

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I tried to find the house. I know, but it is still cold outside

I have never been to Romania and after a few searches, found that there are a lot of neat houses in Bucharest.

Still no joy on Glen's pic, but here is another one:

My guess is it's a real house from somewhere that's been heavily photoshopped.

Here's a facebook thread where it's called the "dream house bucharest"
https://m.facebook.com/CreepyAbandonedPlaces.US/photos/a.1102440123299862/2200627193481144/?type=3&source=48

Here's a reddit (or maybe several) thread about it.
https://www.reddit.com/r/evilbuildings/comments/10qhpdv/dream_house_in_bucharest/

Twitter
https://twitter.com/fakehistoryhunt/status/1620281983808180230

which lead me to instagram, and I believe the creator of the image.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cn_YrlTsYEk/

[WPOZZZ]

Originally Posted by Seahawk

I am easily amused:

Now I get it! I'm a little slow on the uptake. lol

[GH85Carrera]

This must be a Photoshop composite of multiple waves.








The largest and the most populated city on earth, Tokyo, Japan.

[Captain Ahab Jr]

[Racerbvd]

[Racerbvd]

[GH85Carrera]

The original Moulin Rouge the year before it burned down. (Photo taken in 1914 using Autochrome Lumière color technique).








Mosquito Crossing, Georgia 1939

[craigster59]

[GH85Carrera]

A Florida woman......


Arthur Clarence Pillsbury on the hood of this “Studebaker Six” about a foot away from the edge at Glacier Point in Yosemite.
Thirteen others, on the precipice, can be seen near the vehicle. Local carpenters built a trestle so that the car could be positioned. 1916
Even before social media people were doing stupid things.

[911 Rod]