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We were absolutely floored by the millions of you that watched us make silly water sillouettes on our driveway last summer. We are starting out the summer the only way we know how, and this time it’s all about movies! What else do you want to see? We have a whole summer ahead, a driveway and a hose. The possibilities are endless!!!
Photographer Phil Thurston shot a wave.
Slowed it down until those few seconds became 40.
Turns out the ocean is doing something extraordinary every single moment.
We're just moving too fast to notice.
A lot of people ask about how Trans Am hood birds were installed at the plant.
Back in 2021 an interview was conducted of an ex-plant worker who had the job of installing hood birds at the Van Nuys plant, An article was written for Smoke Signals magazine.
The GM plants were cranking out 58 cars/hour at the peak of F-body production, so installers at each station had just about 58 seconds of actual working time to complete their task. When Van Nuys first started building Firebirds, decal installation was done as the cars were emerging from the paint curing ovens. Jon said the sheet metal was so hot they had to douse the car with three 5-gallon buckets of water just to be able to touch the surface. Even so, the water evaporated so quickly the decal immediately fused itself to the hood wherever it touched, so the defect rate was over 50%. They eventually moved the decal installation operation further down line just before the doghouse was installed.
Workers pulled a hood off the overhead conveyor, set it on a jig attached to a turntable that allowed them to spin the hood 360 degrees while using a squeegee to displace air and water trapped under the decal. Once the decal installation was complete, the hood was hung back on the conveyor hook (in the same spot) where it would remain in proper production sequence to be mated with the car for which it was intended. The photo shown here was taken at this stage.
American author Ernest Hemingway was undoubtedly one of the most famous cat lovers in the literary world, alongside Mark Twain, who adored cats so much that he avoided people who didn’t share his affection and even rented cats when he couldn’t bring his own on trips.
Many are familiar with Hemingway’s home in Key West, Florida, which is now home to around 60 cats. His first polydactyl cat, named Snow White (or Snow), was a gift from a ship captain and sparked Hemingway’s lifelong love for these unique felines.
Today, many of the cats at the Hemingway House are descendants of Snow, and they are lovingly cared for by the staff. The house is a must-visit destination for both literature enthusiasts and cat lovers. A charming tradition at the Hemingway House is that all the cats, following Snow, are named after famous figures, including Mark Twain, who was a significant literary influence on Hemingway.
As Hemingway once said, “A cat has absolute emotional honesty: humans may hide their feelings, but a cat does not.”
#archaeohistories
The Red Bull Soap Box Derby is a wild gravity-powered race!
Teams build insane homemade vehicles, no engines allowed, and race them down chaotic courses full of jumps, bumps & hay bales.
This would be a blast to see in person!
Rollovers & crashes are pretty much guaranteed.😂
The 1905 Woods Electric was a silent luxury tank built decades before the modern EV era. For the price of a mansion, Victorian socialites could glide through city streets without the noise, grease, or dangerous hand-cranks of gas engines. It featured a high-tech 40-volt motor and an interior of crystal and fine silk, offering a level of refinement that combustion cars wouldn't match for years. This carriage proves that the high-end electric car isn't a new invention, it is a century-old comeback.
Trump just posted a photo depicting himself as Jesus. He is depicting himself as God. He is not mentally fit to serve.
MAGA Christians: How could you POSSIBLY defend this?
This is the shot you can’t get from the press site. This camera was sitting a few football fields from the SLS rocket at Pad 39B for days before launch, baking in the Florida sun, surviving rain, humidity, and whatever else the Cape threw at it. No photographer behind the viewfinder. Just a camera, a sound trigger, and a bet.
The way pad remotes work: you set your camera up days in advance, dial in your composition, lock everything down, and walk away. You don’t touch it again until after the launch. The shutter fires on sound activation
with a @MiopsTrigger smart+ trigger. With SLS, the four RS-25 engines ignite six seconds before the solid rocket boosters, so the camera is already firing before the vehicle even leaves the pad. You get home, pull the card, and find out if you nailed it or if a bird landed on your lens two days ago and left your a present and you got 400 photos of soemthing crappy.
There’s no formula for protecting your gear this close. Some photographers build wooden boxes with doors that pop open. Some use plastic bags and tape. Some do plastic or metal barn door rigs on hinges. I tend to leave mine open just in plastic rain covers because boxes limit my composition and setup time, but that means your cameras are more exposed to the elements and whatever energy and debris comes off the pad. You’re basically gambling a camera body every time you set one.
That’s what I love about this genre. There’s no playbook. You make it up as you go. Every time is an adventure.
📸 credit: me for @SuperclusterHQ - Artemis II pad remote | ~1,000 ft from Pad 39B | Kennedy Space Center