2020 New Random Pics

[GH85Carrera]

[john70t]

Looks a bit like St Paul de Vence.
Those restored castle-towns are just stunning https://www.theemptynestexplorers.com/blog/review-of-hotel-chteau-de-la-chvre-dor-in-eze-france

[john70t]

[Racerbvd]

[GH85Carrera]

[Rtrorkt]

And now for something completely different

[masraum]

Originally Posted by john70t

A pair but not the same species. The males are usually the leaders but in this case the spotted female was.

Not the same species? Are they in a zoo?

What are commonly called "black panthers" are really just black jaguars (in S America) or black Jaguars (in Africa/Asia). They are the same species as the non-black versions. They just have a genetic variation that causes them to be dark (although in the right circumstances, the spots can still be seen).

It's similar to snakes. Lots of snakes come in colors that you wouldn't think were the same species, but they are just "mutant" color variations.

Texas coral snake


also a Texas coral snake


also a Texas coral snake


Eastern coral snake


also an eastern coral snake

[Racerbvd]

[john70t]

^“Red on yella, kill a fella. Red on black, a friend of Jack.”
Corral snake vs Milk snake (harmless and found in the NE states)

Never afraid of snakes. They eat mice.
There used to be a few behind my youthful house. Also caught bullfrogs and garter snakes in the swamps of grandparent's family lake vacation place. Caught and released 26 eastern painted turtles one day. Never afraid of snakes, that is, until I encountered a rather aggressive water moccasin while waist deep in sludge and muck with six inches of murky water on top. I smacked it on the head a a few times and it went away. I was 10-12yo.

I always thought jaguar and leopard were the same for some reason. Internet says they are slightly different species. Not compatible.
Honestly IDK.
That pic and the story could be pure A.I. bull

Looking at the picture again....it does looks fake...Shame on me.
Did I became another Google ReCaptcha test subject?

[GH85Carrera]

[Racerbvd]

[GH85Carrera]

This is one of the massive 134-litre (8,177 cu in) MB501 diesel engines from The Wheatcroft Collection 's German S-130 E-Boat - we placed a Red Bull can underneath for scale. It is a V20 and puts out up to 3,000 hp. E-boat (Schnellboot) torpedo craft were powered by three of these beasts, enabling them to reach up to 43 knots.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

I don't think the girls in the top photo have missed many meals. They know their way around a sammy.

The second photo brings a whole new level to peeing in your pool and recycling your beer...

[GH85Carrera]

[Racerbvd]

[aap1966]

Originally Posted by Racerbvd

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Originally Posted by masraum

also a Texas coral snake


also a Texas coral snake


Eastern coral snake


also an eastern coral snake

Red on black... venom will lack.
Red on Yellow... Will kill a fellow...

You guys figure it out!

[GH85Carrera]

Kelsh Projection Stereoplotter (1960).
This was an automatic digital data input system used in conjunction with the photogrammetric plotter. The stereoplotter required two aerial photographs that have considerable overlap (60%). The photos are put onto transparent media and projected with a light source. Each image will be projected with overlap on the other. The operator, using a special set of optics, would then see the image as three-dimensional due to the differing perspective of each photo. The stereoplotter can then be used to determine elevations and can plot contour lines on topographic maps based on measurements of the apparent change in position of a feature in the two stereo photographs, pictorial information can then be converted into digital data for computer input. This equipment was developed in a research program for the Ohio State Department of Highways, Columbus, Ohio, by Battelle Memorial Institute. It was a standard highway engineering tool, used to make many measurements from aerial photographs that formerly had to be made in the field by survey crews. The data recording device (left), when used with the stereoplotter, makes it possible to automatically record measurements on punch cards in the IBM punch card unit (right).

We have a computerized version that requires special googles to see on a spacial monitor, a stereo image. It is not used anymore. The expensive computer programs do it all for us, in very fast production.

[kach22i]

https://www.r8talk.com/threads/wheelwell-louvers-lift.121641/#replies

[GH85Carrera]

Six projectiles from the forward turrets of USS Missouri's 16-inch guns can be seen in flight at the right of this 1945 photo. Note the area of turbulence in the water caused by the blast.






Rocks National Lakeshore, Michigan