Photo Of The Day

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0c/HMS_Hood_March_17_1924.jpg

The Hood. (Massive) Pride of the Royal Navy. (Badass)

As my cousin would have said

God save the Rodney, Repulse and Renown,
You can't save the Hood 'cause the bugger's gone down.

I think he and his kind were pretty sanguine about these things, he had half the navy shot out from under him, including HMS Manchester, sister of both HMS Sheffield and HMS Belfast

Are they ethiopian jews? i thought they didn't start emigrating till the 50's

B-26C-45-MA Marauder
s/n 42-107566
441st BS, 320th BG, 12th AF
Battle #06
Shot down by flak on the July 10,1944 mission to bomb the railroad bridge at Marzabotto,Italy. A direct hit blew the left wing and horizontal stabilizer off, sending the plane into an uncontrollable spin and trapping the crew inside. It was the crews second mission to the target area that day. MACR 6454
1st Lt. Murry B. Wiginton,Jr. - Pilot (KIA)
2nd Lt. William E. Wigginton - CoPilot (KIA)
PFC Norford G. Meador - Togglier (KIA)
Sgt. Ernest D. Casey - Engineer/Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. Wesley B. Hoffman - Radio Operator/Gunner (KIA)
S/Sgt. Philip A. Iannotta - Tail Gunner (KIA)

there are many more interesting usaf photos here

back to the topic of the high seas for a moment

USS block islans in some rough weather

Helicopters are being used to transport black rhinos across South Africa as part of the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project.

A relatively new capture technique was used to airlift some of the rhinos out of difficult or inaccessible areas by helicopter. Previously, rhinos were either transported by lorry over very difficult tracks, or airlifted in a net.

The new procedure is gentler on the darted rhino. It shortens the time it has to be kept asleep with drugs, the respiration is not as compromised as it can be in a net and it avoids the need for travel in a crate over very rough tracks.

Photo: Green Renaissance

Circular Bridge, Mt. Lowe Railway (Altadena, California), no. 53072. Detroit Photographic Co. or Detroit Publishing Co. ca. 1897-1924

http://www.finisterreuk.com/blog/2011/11/get-busy-living/

Click Pic.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Hippo_skull_dark.jpg/1280px-Hippo_skull_dark.jpg

Mental.

British dentistry, leading the world.

via:http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2011/10/yeong-deok-seos-figurative-sculptures-made-from-tightly-knit-chains/

I'm loving this use of chain, does anyone have a clue how he fused them together without glue. Thats one heck of a lot of accurate spotwelding otherwise.

An amazing photo, any idea what the games are? I work with schools a lot and don't recognise these at all.??

What happens when you've eaten all of your horses:

Really looking forward to seeing the 'lost Scott' photo - should be a great exhibition. Anyone been yet?

Incredible, one of my two favourite things. Bicycles and aeroplanes.

Incredible, one of my two favourite things. Bicycles and aeroplanes.

Don't want to be picky but I actually think that photo has two of your two favourite things in it...

it looks slightly unreal i think, like a set almost

An amazing photo, any idea what the games are? I work with schools a lot and don't recognise these at all.??
i have no idea, spent some time trying to figure them out myself but i don't recognise any. click on the pic for more photos

Incredible, one of my two favourite things. Bicycles and aeroplanes.

looks like an elephants cock sticking out of the window.

No, no it doesn't

looks like an elephants cock sticking out of the window.

Not really a striking similarity

Sold for $4.3 million yesterday evening.