Dynamic Sand Drawing
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![]() Link Scroll down for today's pictures & links. Dynamic Sand Drawing The picture changes according to your whimsy - drawing with colored sand: url Today's pictures & links: Click to enlarge images. The Biggest Fire-Engine in the World Monster Truck Rides USA and Liberty-1 Motorsports present the Big Red - possibly the world's longest (38') and heaviest (29,960 lbs) monster truck in the world. It's a fully functional fire truck, built on the late-30s vintage International Harvester D series platform: ![]() ![]() ![]() (image credit: bigredmonsterfiretruck.com) ------------ Frozen ![]() ------------ Can't refrain from a guilty pleasure of posting Some of the strangest limousines in the world: SUVs of all kinds: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() These Lambo- & Ferrari conversions are just ugly in my humble opinion: ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() (originals unknown) what is the point of this one, though? - ![]() This is just what we'd expect: the chariot of the Russian mafia - ![]() ------------ Mixed fresh links for today: 7 Abandoned Wonders of America - [cool article] Japanese Bug Fights. Yes, Bug Fights... in Japan - [weird] Tether Car Racing in the 40s - [vintage] Swiss Panoramas: Dreamland - [nature] Retrofuture: Skyscraper Airport - [futurist] Wow: Long Exposure Light Show - [urban art] The whole bunch of hilarious signs - [funny] These laptops like to be abused - [tech] Dancing Store Clerk - [fun video] Get Free Satellite Radio Package a $500 Value! for your opinion ------------ One of these funny polls at Polls Boutique - click here ------------ Some things were never meant to be deep-fried Fritture: new art of frying RANDOM objects. Here is a deep-fried robot: ![]() And of course, deep-fried gun: ![]() (image credit: Mirko Credito) ------------ Car vs. Plane Addition to our "Car vs. Fighter Jet Challenge" article: Lamborghini Reventon vs. the fighter jet (a Tornado F22) at the Ghedi airport in Italy. The Lamborghini Reventon almost won the race! ![]() ![]() Here is the video of this event: url ------------ Plains, Trains & Automobiles: Photo by O. Winston Link. Read more info here. From the page: "Link used a total of 43 flash bulbs, all fired simultaneously to achieve this magnificent result. Winston once stated, "Since I could only see the headlight of the locomotive in total darkness, I did not know until the flash was fired that I had captured this prize." The couple in the foreground sits in Winston's 1952 Buick convertible." ![]() (image credit: O. Winston Link) Permanent Link... ![]() Dark Roasted Blend's Photography Gear Picks: |
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The 'original unknown' photo of a train passing a drive-in movie theater is 'Hot Shot Eastbound' by O. Winston Link. See http://www.soulcatcherstudio.com/exhibitions/favorites/link_hs.html
There is a O. Winston Link Museum in Roanoke, VA. I have not been able to visit it yet, but plan on it soon. http://www.linkmuseum.org/
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