Abkazia refugees, Zugdidi, Georgia
“On the Georgian border a remote settlement now houses refugees from Abkhazia. Built originally to house construction workers for a Soviet-era dam the dilapidated buildings now have no running water...
View ArticleBagger 288 bucket-wheel excavator, Germany
I assumed NASA’s Crawler-Transporter was the largest tracked vehicle in the world.. but no! Years ago, German engineers developed something much, MUCH larger, in every sense of the word. The Bagger 288...
View ArticleFalkirk Wheel rotating boat lift, Scotland
Putting ordinary canal locks everywhere to shame, the Falkirk Wheel is a rotating boat lift in Falkirk, Scotland, & is a rather facinating example of Archimedes’ principle. More large-scale public...
View ArticleWreck of the Selendang Ayu, Alaska
The Selendang Ayu disaster caught my attention as the wreck happened almost two years ago. The Coast Guard photos are phenomenal, with the developing tragedy pictured against the Alaskan winter. Click...
View ArticleThe birth of an island near Tonga
The yacht Maiken witnessed the birth of a new island near Tonga. Some pretty amazing photos, a sea of floating stone & the volcanic island rising up out of the water.
View ArticleChina & The South China Sea: Are You Fucking Kidding?
Apparently China was absent for the “Sharing The Ocean” lesson during country kindergarten. Their claims to the South China Sea are fucking ridiculous: The UN Convention of the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)...
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