THE SUGARLOAF MOUNTAIN CABLE CAR, RIO DE JANEIRO Photograph by -GSLR- Sugarloaf Mountain (in Portuguese, Pão de Açúcar), is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay on a peninsula that sticks out into the Atlantic Ocean. Rising 396 metres (1,299 ft) above the harbor, its…
William Stanley Moore – Photograph by The Sydney Justice & Police Museum The Sifter recently stumbled upon an incredible collection of vintage mugshots housed by the Historic Houses Trust. Many of these intriguing photographs are also accompanied by a description of the person and the crime(s) they have committed. For example, the image…
SOLVAY. THE HIGHEST HUT ON THE MATTERHORN Photograph via Streeter5000 The Solvay Hut at 4003 m (13,133 ft) is the highest hut on the Matterhorn. It is a small emergency refuge for about 10 persons, situated on a ledge immediately above the Moseley Slab on the Hörnligrat. It is strictly to be…
Photograph by NATALIE MANUEL Gorillas are the world’s largest primates and the closest living relatives to humans next to the chimpanzee. They are magnificent creatures with above average intelligence. Their facial expressions can be hauntingly human-like and unfortunately they are an endangered species. Below you will find a collection of 25 remarkable photographs with…
THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE UNDER CONSTRUCTION IN 1909 Photograph by Irving Underhill Awesome photograph of the Manhattan Bridge on March 23rd, 1909, with the Marine terminal in the foreground and the bridge under construction in the background. For the extra-large resolution of the photograph, click here via Wikimedia Commons
A PORTRAIT OF A PROFILE Photograph by MikeNasty And now my brain hurts… via MikeNasty on Reddit
*ATTENTION FRIENDS ON INTERNET EXPLORER. For some reason the Shirk Report does not show up as the most recent post on the home page. Please click the category for SHIRK REPORT in the menu and it should be there. I’m looking into why this is happening, sorry* Welcome to the Friday Shirk Report where…
AN EXPLOSIVE IDEA Photograph by J J @ 500px Smashing shot by photographer JJ 🙂 Camera: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP. E-510 Focal Length: 135 mm Shutter Speed: 1/160 sec. Aperture: 14 ISO/Film: 100 via J J @ 500px.com
In the battle for high-speed helicopter supremacy, two industry heavyweights SIKORSKY and EUROPCOPTER are pushing the limits with dramatically different approaches. Sikorsky’s X2 employs a par of counter-rotating main rotors and a pusher prop, while Eurocopter’s aptly-named ‘X3’ uses a hybrid design of turbine engines and forward-facing propellers mounted on small wings. Why the…
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