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Panorama Schlick 2000 und Stubaital

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 08:47:53 Z

Baumwipfelpfad im Bayerischen Wald

Thu, 07 Apr 2011 08:49:04 Z

by Dreisechzig "Interior of the large "Tree Tower" in the "Bavarian Wood" national park (Germany). Made with the Photosynth App and an Iphone 3GS"

Mt Tamalpais

Mon, 28 Feb 2011 20:14:27 Z

by David "A little south of the East Summit you can look North towards the fire lookout, east to the Bay and the East ay hills beyond (including Mt Diablo), and South to the city of San Francisco in the distance."

Makalu 8543 m

Wed, 02 Feb 2011 05:29:56 Z

by mp2

OMSI USS Blueback Engine Room

Tue, 08 Feb 2011 10:26:57 Z

by GigaView "Full Power! 3 Diesel Piston Engines filled this room (& the entire sub) with a deafening roar. Examine the connections that propelled this mass of steel. USS Blueback: The Real Thing OMSI is home to the U.S. Navy's last non-nuclear, fast-attack submarine, the USS Blueback (SS-581). The Blueback was the first battle-ready class of submarines to use the teardrop hull. It was in official operation throughout the Pacific Ocean for 31 years. The USS Blueback served in the entertainment industry, too! It appeared in the hit movie The Hunt for Red October and an episode of Hawaii Five-O and has been used as a location for a Discovery Channel documentary and various commercials. For more information, call the submarine hotline 503.797.4624 USS Blueback (SS-581) was a Barbel-class submarine in the United States Navy. She was one of three in her class, the last diesel-electric propelled submarines built by the United States Navy. They incorporated numerous, radical engineering improvements over previous classes and were the first production warships built with the teardrop-shape hull and “attack center” within the hull rather than a conning tower in the sail. Blueback is the common name for the Sockeye Salmon. When the Blueback was commissioned, submarines were named after fish. Since the 1970’s, most U.S. Navy submarines have been named after cities or states. Blueback earned two battle stars for her Vietnam War service. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Highlights Awarded: June 29, 1956 Builder: Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi Keel Laid: April 15, 1957 Launched: May 16, 1959 Commissioned: October 15, 1959 Decommissioned: October 1, 1990 Struck from Navy Registry: October 30, 1990 Opened at OMSI: May 15, 1994 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- General Characteristics Class and Type: Barbel-class diesel-electric submarine Displacement: 1,744 long tons light 2,146 long tons full 2,637 long tons submerged 402 long tons dead Length: 219 feet, 6 inches overall Beam: 29 feet Draft: 25 feet max Propulsion: Three Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, total 4,500 bhp (3.6 MW) Two General Electric electric motors, total 6,440 bhp (2.3 MW) One screw Speed: 17 knots (20 mph) surfaced; 21 knots (24 mph) submerged Endurance: 30 minutes at full speed; 102 hours at 3 knots (4 mph) Test depth: 712 feet operating; 1,050 feet collapse Complement: 8 officers, 77 men Armament: 6 x 21 inches (530 mm) bow torpedo tubes, 22 torpedoes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hollywood Star Blueback appeared in the movie The Hunt for Red October, although it did not perform the famous stunt of “jumping” out of the water during an emergency surfacing procedure. According to one source, the Blueback was used because it was the last active sub with six forward torpedo tubes."

India Gate

Tue, 15 Feb 2011 08:26:41 Z

by GigaPix2010 "Normally not visible to naked eyes are the names of about 90,000 Indian soldiers and British Officers who died in World War I and the Afghan wars fighting for The British Empire and British India. NOW, YOU CAN JUST ZOOM-IN AND READ THE NAMES. Go ahead...zoom-in right now & read the names!! About India Gate: The India Gate is the national monument of India. Situated in the heart of New Delhi, India Gate was designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. Originally known as All India War Memorial, it is a prominent landmark in Delhi and commemorates the 90,000 soldiers of the British Indian Army who lost their lives while fighting for the British Indian Empire, or more correctly the British Raj in World War I and the Third Anglo-Afghan War."

Pachinko Machine

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:37:57 Z

by Ken_R

Charles Babbage's DE No. 2 at the Computer History Museum

Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:24:53 Z

by Joseph_Joy "This is a Gigapixel image of the Difference Engine No. 2 (DE2) located at the Computer History Museum, Mountain View (www.computerhistory.org). Charles Babbage designed the DE2 but it was never built in his lifetime. Over 100 years later a team at the London Science Museum led by Doron Swade built the first DE2. This particular machine, owned by Narhan Myhrvold, is one of the 2 in existence, the other being at the London Science Museum. The image was stitched from 132 individual photographs using Microsoft Research’s Image Composite Editor. The photographs were taken on August 26th, 2010 by Joseph M. Joy as part of an ongoing collaboration between the Computer History Museum and Microsoft Research. Please contact the museum for more information."

Columbarium - Oakland, California

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 18:42:49 Z

by daryldarko "Located on Howe Street, just around the corner from the Chapel of the Chimes is the Oakland Columbarium. It was built in 1911 and houses some 40,000 souls."

Columbarium - Oakland

Mon, 17 Jan 2011 17:56:05 Z

by daryldarko