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Author Archives: Chompsky
Little Tokyo
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Whoa boy!
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Colum Cronin tweetz:
Big fan of this addition to the steep hill sign in my hometown of Fermoy, County Cork
Supercell
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Behold: the brooding menace of a rare supercell thunderstorm cloud. To wit:
Supercells may spawn damaging tornados, hail, downbursts of air, or drenching rain. Or they may just look impressive. A supercell harbors a mesocyclone — a rising column of air surrounded by drafts of falling air. Supercells could occur over many places on Earth but are particularly common in Tornado Alley of the USA. Featured here are four time-lapse sequences of a supercell in 2013 rotating above and moving across Booker, Texas. Captured in the video are new clouds forming near the storm center, dust swirling on the ground, lightning flashing in the upper clouds, all while the impressively sculptured complex rotates ominously. Finally, after a few hours, as shown in the final sequence, dense rain falls as the storm begins to die out.
(Video: Mike Olbinski; Music: Impact Lento (Kevin MacLeod, Incompetech)
Ignition
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A glorious photo by Gunarto Song of a shooting star appearing to fall into the mouth of Mount Merapi – the most active volcano in Indonesia.
Merapi’s constant activity means that no one is allowed within 5km so, in search of a good shot of the evening scenery, Song set up his camera on Batu Alien – a huge head-shaped stone thrown from the mouth of the volcano during a previous eruption.
From here, he noticed the falling meteor and captured a four-second exposure which has since gone viral.
Hot Wheels
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Behold: the Daytona Shooting Brake Hommage (sic) – not a production Ferrari per se but an updated version of a one-off 365 GTB/4 Daytona specially commissioned in the early 1970s by a private client.
Currently in production, this homage created by designer Niels van Roij with a heavily modified body built on the chassis of an unnamed grand tourer (possibly a Ferrari 599), is a one-off, just like its predecessor.
And if you like that kind of thing you can follow its construction here.
A well loved stack of vinyl in the form of a pleasingly monumental location-specific mural at Record Street Brewing in Reno, Nevada by artist Erik Burke.
Every one a winner, in fairness.
