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[freddie01] 20/2/2020 08:04

This is a 2 year old hippo





The Arlit Uranium Mine supplies the raw material for much of France’s nuclear power generation. France generates 75% of its electricity from nuclear, yet usage across the rest of the world has been falling over the last 20 years. Nuclear power generation produces zero carbon emissions and provides highly efficient and reliable energy to the grid. Yet, it is not without its risks. As worldwide energy use is projected to increase 50% in the next 30 years, the future of nuclear could help meet that demand.



Temple Expiatori de la Sagrada Família, Barcelona.



The large, circular earth work seen here is part of a major redevelopment project in Taparura, a district on the northern coast of Sfax, Tunisia. The project plans to restore the city’s beaches and create more than 1,000 acres (420 hectares) of land to accommodate new housing, hotels, recreational areas, green spaces and public facilities for about 50,000 residents. Taparura draws its name from the Roman Taparura, a fifth century town that Sfax was founded atop of in AD 849.





Xi'an City Wall

[freddie01] 18/2/2020 08:03

Napoli Campania quartieri Spagnoli, dedicano le loro strade al grande Toto Italy



keep the door open.



Italian destroyer Durand de la Penne and training ship Amerigo Vespucci.



Marsamxett Harbor is a natural harbor on the east coast of the island of Malta. The harbor is mostly used for leisure activities and has the greatest number of yacht berthing options available on the island. At its center is Manoel Island, home to an eighteenth century star fort, Fort Manoel.



The Diavik Diamond Mine is located on Lac de Gras lake in the Northwest Territories of Canada, 120 miles (193 km) south of the Arctic Circle. The mine produces approximately 7.5 million carats of diamonds each year. In standard weight, that’s an annual output of 3,300 pounds (1,500 kg). In this Overview, the most distinguishable areas of the facility are its two primary open pits, waste ponds, processing facilities, and an airstrip capable of landing aircraft as large as 737s and C-130s.









Rare spherical cloud that was photographed in Japan in 2016.



Cottage in Brittany by Hannes Becker

[freddie01] 17/2/2020 07:53

A compilation of very satisfying images.





Bremen, Germany



Abandoned train yard in Hungary



Camogli, Italy by adamarose

[freddie01] 16/2/2020 09:17

This is some insane craftsmanship!



Volcanic ash being hit by sunset. This is Volcán Puyehue, in Chile.



Pools of amazingly clear water in New South Wales.



A ray of light shines through the Great Arch of Getu in China.



Iceberg of Newfoundland.

[alexmcdonald] 15/2/2020 10:08

Results on Thursday 20th February. Good luck if you still hold COMM.

[freddie01] 15/2/2020 08:27

“Guide to Mountains“ by | Kelvin Yuen







A rain cloud in front of the setting sun by photographer Dragos Pop.



An abandoned frozen submarine base.



Mushrooms blooming in the tree bark.



Chilling out on the Dettah Ice Road, Yellowknife, Canada posted by reddit user ArthurRainey





What 25 generations of bird nests inside an unused chimney looks like

[freddie01] 14/2/2020 07:48

Nobotoke-an 野仏245; by Patrick Vierthaler



Old Town, Albuquerque, New Mexico.



Under the Mackinac Bridge, MI.



Sydney Harbour Bridge



St. Stephen’s Cathedral - VIENNA



Cars and trucks sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic along the EDSA Highway in Manila, Philippines. Manila is recognized as the densest city in the world and also has some of the worst traffic on the planet. In addition to its large population, the city lacks quality infrastructure or additional modes of reliable transport. Furthermore, laws that have been implemented to limit the number of cars on the road or to mitigate the city’s poor urban design are rarely followed. In total, 71% of the air pollution in the Philippines comes from automobiles and the dirty air that they produce has been considered a life-threatening problem to Manila’s 12 million residents.





Toledo, Spain (by Jenia Fabisuk)

[1gw] 13/2/2020 15:23

Just got an email from the "Pace Plc alert service" - about a 2015 rns!

[freddie01] 13/2/2020 07:50

Città di Freudenberg (Germania)


















Photographer Mikael Buck captured some amazing photos inside a cave in the Vatnajökull glacier in Iceland. Vatnajökull is one of the largest ice caps in Europe and hosts several volcanoes. And it’s been used as a location in Game of Thrones.

“Getting to some of the caves involves a two-hour hike each way over the Vatnajökull glacier (with crampons) and once you arrive time is short,” said Buck. “Being so far north the daylight hours are very limited this time of year, so not being tied to a tripod was a massive help.” “The ice caves themselves were absolutely mind blowing,” said Buck. “It really felt like being in alien landscape.” “Every year, the shape of the caves change in summer as the ice melts and parts of the glacier move, then as winter begins Einar (the lead guide) goes out exploring the glacier, doing the dangerous work of checking if old caves are still safe and if any new ones have opened up over the summer.”

[alexmcdonald] 12/2/2020 17:28

Started the bounce again today but has since dropped back. Results next week.

[freddie01] 12/2/2020 09:40

T-Centralen is the busiest and largest station of Stockholm’s metro system and it was opened to the traffic in 1957. At the beginning, the station was simply named Centralen, however soon after it was renamed to T-Centralen in order to avoid any name confusion with the central station. The station is considered to be one of the most unusual and beautiful in the world due to its incredible design: stylized blue flowers and leaf creepers.



Midden-Zeeland is the central peninsula of Zeeland, the westernmost and least populous province of the Netherlands. Located at the mouth of several major rivers — including the Scheldt, Rhine and Meuse — Zeeland has more than 21,000 acres (8,550 hectares) of arable farmland and at least 3,100 farms. Popular crops grown in this region include onions, potatoes, grain legumes, sugar beets, and flax.



‪Krasnoyarsk‬





England





Autumn Harvest, Nebraska

photo from midwest

[1gw] 11/2/2020 19:39

Nice bounce from CommScope today. Not sure why, unless it's a reaction to the Gartner "Customers' Choice" release yesterday?

[freddie01] 11/2/2020 08:46

A citadel lies at the center of Vinh, a city in the Nghệ An Province of Vietnam. Initially constructed of clay in 1804, it was quickly reinforced with stone in 1831, taking on its hexagonal, star-shaped form inspired by style of French architect Vauban. Today, the citadel contains the Vinh City Stadium, Xo Viet Nghệ Tinh history museum, and other attractions.



Colorful lavender fields Lavanta Kokulu Köy, Turkey. Photo by @adamaxoi









This Overview shows cars parked next to the Hyundai manufacturing plant in Montgomery, Alabama, USA — a facility that can make 400,000 vehicles per year. We have an estimated 1 billion automobiles on our planet with 80 million new cars sold each year. As countries around the world begin to focus on traffic-reducing policies and curbing emissions from cars, the average distance traveled per person in automobiles may have hit its peak.





The Krubera Cave is the world’s deepest cave. It is 2197 meters deep and will take you approximately an entire month to get to the bottom





Tam Takejo - 2020

Yokohama City,Japan

[freddie01] 10/2/2020 07:57

Siwa Oasis. Egypt





The Door to Hell — Ahal Province, Turkmenistan
There is nothing more amazing than standing in front of a 230-foot burning crater that smells like sulfur. This natural gas field was accidentally set on fire by a group of scientists in 1971 and has been burning ever since. It’s your entry to the nine rings of hell.




Castle Combe, England - by Kiel James Patrick



Bridge in Santo Domingo chile after being destroyed by an earthquake

[freddie01] 09/2/2020 09:33

Castle Mespelbrunn Bayern Germany



Elgol darkness by Fred Bucheton














Thailand





Hainan

[freddie01] 08/2/2020 08:30

The Cinta Costera, meaning “Coastal Beltway”, is a 1.5-mile (2.5 km) marine viaduct in Panama City, Panama. Consisting of a roadway and pedestrian bridge, the viaduct surrounds Casco Viejo, the city’s historic district. The highway has caused significant protest by the local population as the Brazilian firm who built it (Odebrecht) has admitted paying nearly $800 million in bribes to politicians across 12 countries for its projects.




Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Missouri — home of the Kansas City Chiefs — and Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California — home of the San Francisco 49ers. Tonight, these two teams face off in Super Bowl LIV, the championship game of the National Football League. The game takes place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida, and kickoff is at 6:30 pm EST. More than 100 million viewers tuned in to last year’s Super Bowl. Will you be watching tonight?



Retired military aircraft at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Arizona



This Overview, taken by an astronaut on the International Space Station, shows Lake Egirdir (top) and Lake Beysehir (bottom) — two of Turkey’s largest freshwater lakes. Located in the Turkish Lakes Region on the Anatolia Plateau, these lakes are among many in the area fed by runoff water from the Sultan Mountains. Lake Beysehir and Lake Egirdir are home to at least 181 bird species and are designated conservation areas.



Sedona, Arizona - by Marlon Holden



San Francisco International Airport is the twenty-first busiest airport in the world by passenger traffic, accommodating more than 50 million passengers every year. SFO is the largest airport in the Bay Area and the second busiest in California, after LAX (Los Angeles). The facility is also home to the SFO Museum - an art museum with exhibitions throughout all of the terminals - which was the first cultural institution of its kind located in an international airport.




City Bamberg Germany

[freddie01] 07/2/2020 08:06

Vineyards surround the Moselle River in the Trier-Saarburg district of Germany. The region is recognized for its production of Riesling wines, with 9,000 hectares of land (roughly the size of Manhattan) dedicated to grape growing.



The PS10 Solar Power Plant is a commercial concentrating solar power station near Seville in Andalusia, Spain. It consists of 624 movable heliostat mirrors — each with a surface area of 1,300 square feet (120 square m) — that concentrate the sun’s rays to the top of a 377-foot (115-m) high tower containing a solar receiver and steam turbine. PS10 produces about 23,400 megawatt-hours of electricity per year.



Maluti, a village full of abandoned terracotta temples, Jharkhand, India



Wuhan, China, has made international news headlines in recent weeks after a coronavirus outbreak is believed to have originated in one of the city’s seafood markets late last year. The city is currently under quarantine to stop the spread of the virus, which has infected more than 4,400 people and killed more than 100 worldwide. Wuhan’s population of 11 million, combined with residents from other travel-restricted areas nearby, makes for a total quarantined population of more than 50 million.



Off the coast of Oregon



Glacial ice and debris form incredible patterns around the edges of the Malaspina Glacier in southeastern Alaska. Located at the head of the Alaska Panhandle, the glacier is roughly 40 miles (65 km) wide and 28 miles (40 km) long, covering an area of about 1,500 square miles (3,900 square km). Decades of aerial photographs and radar data have shown that the Malaspina Glacier lost about 66 feet (20 m) of thickness between 1980 and 2000 — enough shrinkage to contribute 0.5% of the rise in global sea level.



Cheerful winter mood in Moscow

[freddie01] 05/2/2020 12:23

One of the many, random little pull offs on hwy 101 in Oregon. No trail sign or break in the stone wall, just three stairs that lead to an overgrown maze of trails through the bushes. I’ve probably driven past this view 30 or more times over the years, but never took the time to look. Always stoked to find a fresh perspective in a place I thought I knew so well.

















Abandoned Grand Theater in Beirut during protests

[freddie01] 03/2/2020 08:00

The Atocha Railway Station is the largest train station in Madrid, Spain. The facility serves as a hub for commuter trains, intercity and regional trains from the south, and AVE high-speed trains. In 1992, the station’s original terminal building was converted into a concourse with shops, a nightclub, and a 43,055-square-foot (4,000 square meter) tropical botanical garden.



The Port of Felixstowe is the busiest port in the United Kingdom, handling approximately 48% of the country’s containerized trade. The facility is able to accommodate ships that extend more than 1,312 feet (400 m) and have a cargo carrying capacity that is greater than half the volume of the Empire State Building.



Ibiza is an island located in the Mediterranean Sea off the eastern coast of Spain. Covering 220 square miles (572 square km), Ibiza is roughly 10 times larger than the island of Manhattan in New York City. Sant Antoni de Portmany, the second largest town on the island, is seen here.



















The remains of a pier that used to export dynamite.

[clocktower] 31/1/2020 08:21

There must be nicer places than that shown of the Faroe Islands, as I once read they held Island Games there. The Island Games are the mini Olympics of a large number of small Islands around the world.

Great stuff F

[freddie01] 31/1/2020 08:13

perugia



Besançon vue du ciel





Bergen - Norway (by Axel Kuhlmann)





People rowing boats enjoy night view of cherry blossoms in full bloom on Chidorigafuchi moat in Tokyo, Japan on March 30, 2015. (Kimimasa Mayama/EPA)





Faroe Islands, Denmark.

[freddie01] 28/1/2020 07:46

Hansa Teutonica, Mark Broyer





The landscape of Lanzarote, one of the Spanish-owned Canary Islands, has been shaped by hundreds of years of volcanic activity. Located about 78 miles (125 km) off the north coast of Africa, the island contains numerous volcanic “tuff cones,” the largest of which — Caldera Blanca — measures 3,760 feet (1,140 m) across and 1,500 feet (450 m) tall. Lanzarote’s unique terrain and desert-like climate has been used to train astronauts and test Mars rovers.



Juba is the capital and most populous city of South Sudan, with an estimated population of about 525,000. It became the world’s newest capital city in July 2011, when South Sudan declared its independence from the Republic of the Sudan. Juba has more than doubled in size since 2005, when a peace agreement ended the Second Sudanese Civil War, but its infrastructure is still being repaired from damages it suffered during the conflict.





Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known

Folégandros, Kikladhes, Greece