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The luxuriant planted farmland of the Palouse in the northwestern United States captured in aerial shots by Mitch Rouse.
He used a 150 MP Phase One Industrial camera gimbal-mounted on a Bell 407 helicopter, if you must know.
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Behold: the Red Dot Design Award winning Brabus Shadow 900 Black Ops boat.
Not exactly military spec but not far off with dual 450hp outboard engines pushing the 11.6 metre überskiff to 60+ knots. There’s a forward cabin with sleeping room for two with an optional aft cabin and wet bar.
Only 37 will be made and yours will come in a gunmetal grey and red Sun-top or Spyder configuration from around €411,000.
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Behold: the UMC-063 XP Zero – designed by Hugo Eccle of California based Untitled Motorcycles in collaboration with electric motorcycle maker Zero.
Based on the stark, minimal Zero ZR/F, this new iteration adds single piece aircraft aluminium bodywork and LED beam lighting to accentuate the bike’s lines. An 82kW motor provides twice the torque of a conventional superbike and a top speed of 200km/h.
Price on application.
NaturalVision Evolved – the latest and most impressive of many mods applied to Grand Theft Auto V in the seven years since its release.
Optimising modern graphics chipsets, the mod – which you can support here, should you feel inclined – upgrades shades, textures, models, and rendering throughout, resulting in a near filmic experience
Behold: the work of Israeli furniture designer Hilla Shamia.
Gnarly old hunks of trunk merged with aluminium to form unique stools and tables. The pleasingly smooth top of each piece is levelled by filling natural cavities in the wood with molten metal.
The Mandalorian’s Taika Waititi-voiced robotic bounty hunter expressed as a 35cm tall model with 29 points of articulation, a light-up head and 360° of spin at the waist – from the nice people that made your Mk85 Iron Man Armour.
Available this October for around €230 (+P&P).
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Behold: the 2021 Hummer H1 – a conceptual design by former Rezvani and Lamborghini designer Samir Sadikhov.
Slightly more rounded-out and less utilitarian than the original, the truck retains the seven-slot grille, adding bonnet and roof racks to two envisaged variants: a four-door pickup and an SUV with a four-panel panoramic roof.
Lol at you trying to park up outside Mace.