During a training exercise, Norwegian Ula-class submarine HNoMS Utvær (S303) accidentally reached approximately a 75° up angle while surfacing.
-Original 2021 story & 1️⃣photo from @AncientSubHunt (RIP)
-2️⃣ I mocked up the full boat image back then using a Covert Shores Ula model
Langfossen - Vestland, Norway
The water falls 2,000 feet into the Åkrafjordenat at the base of the granite walls
Here is an Oliver high up near the summit getting a cold shower
Sucks so bad that we asked for flying cars and all we're getting so far is supercomputers in every pocket, machines that can seemingly think, worldwide internet coverage from a cloud of satellites, verifiable computing in zero knowledge, programmable sovereign money, private biometric systems, 3D-printed organs, hydrocarbon synthesis from air, portable nuclear reactors, semi-autonomous drone swarms, affordable whole genome sequencing, personalized gene therapy, mind-controlled prosthetics, self-driving car services, instant global payments and capital markets, ubiquitous clean energy, multiple virtual reality platforms, beautiful image + video + voice synthesis, realtime flawless language translation, rapid cheap and safe global air transport...
Belgrade is Europe's largest city without a subway. Unfortunately, it is also Europe's largest city without a wastewater treatment plant and a proper sewage system. In Belgrade, the feces of 1.7 million people and all kinds of industrial effluents reach the Danube untreated. 🧵⬇️
Frits Thaulow (Norwegian painter and author) 1847 - 1906
Winter on the Isle of Stord, 1889
pastel on canvas
48.2 x 65.5 cm. (18.98 x 25.79 in.)
private collection