Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry is where.
(Pic: Paul O’Brien)
(Thanks Hostels In Ireland)
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Devastating scenes from the fast moving Zogg Fire in Shasta County and the Glass Fire in Napa County California yesterday.
(Pix: New York Times)
Yesterday.
The intrepid Colum Cronin tweetz:
The lodge in the Blessington Street Basin. One of Dublin’s lesser known gems
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Kseniia Zmanovskaia – photoshopping cats into food since January 2018 (two decades in ‘What The Internet Is For’ years).
She is the best and her mouth is so distracting but in a fun way
An affectionate tribute by Kelly Lassere.
Behold: the psychedelic illustrations of Madrid-based artist Luis Toledo – otherworldly scenes and composite characters formed from vibrant blocks of colour, patterns, and mundane objects, like pineapples and leaves. Sez he (to Colossal):
I am interested in working on the complexity of human beings and animals, working against the medical anatomy atlases that try to simplify living beings. Nature always develops complex shapes, and I try to imitate that…
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Behold: the 1980 Aston Martin Bulldog – a 5.8 litre, V8, mid-engined Countach-LP400S-meets-DeLorean-looking prototype that was once envisaged as the fastest production car in the world. 40 years ago, after clocking a very impressive 309km/h during testing (but thought to be ultimately capable of 381km/h), the project was deemed too expensive and killed off.
This, therefore, is the only Bulldog in existence and it’s now in the possession of UK-based Classic Motor Cars where an 18 month restoration project is currently underway.
But why, sez you unkindly.
A stacked composite of over 60 images capturing the flow of lightning-producing storm clouds in July over Colorado Springs. Thunder and lightning, eh? What’s it all about?
…updrafts carry light ice crystals into collisions with larger and softer ice balls, causing the smaller crystals to become positively charged. After enough charge becomes separated, the rapid electrical discharge that is lightning occurs. Lightning usually takes a jagged course, rapidly heating a thin column of air to about three times the surface temperature of the Sun. The resulting shock wave starts supersonically and decays into the loud sound known as thunder. Lightning bolts are common in clouds during rainstorms, and on average 44 lightning bolts occur on the Earth every second.
(Image: Joe Randall)
Soft September light over Sandymount Strand, Dublin yesterday.
(Thanks Tony Murray)
St Stephen’s Green , Dublin yesterday morning.
(Thanks Colum Cronin)
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Behold: the Ferrari GTB/4, aka, the Daytona – a rare and desirable sports car indeed. In its day, the GTB/4 was the fastest and costliest Ferrari ever built, capable of a staggering 281km/h.
But not just any old GTB/4. This is an ultra rare original 1967 prototype (one of four) and one of a pair presented at the 1968 Paris Auto Salon. After the show, it was gifted to a Ferrari Works driver, before being converted to its current Spyder configuration in the 1970s.
Currently on sale from Sports Classic London in mint condition.
Price on request.