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Possibly No. 14213

This picture is not called 'Possibly No. 14213' because the steam engine you see depicted here might (or might not) be experiencing a period of quantum instability. The title also has nothing to do with Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, although that might (or might not) go some way in explaining that aforementioned (possible) quantum instability.

 

No. It's called 'Possibly No. 14213' simply because there's a different number on the side of the machine than there is on the front, and I've chosen the side value of '14213' instead of the front value of '5' which seems to me to be somewhat lacking in ambition.

 

That is not to say, of course, that you are not perfectly entitled to consider the number '5' to be special. I respect your right to idolise whichever numbers you wish.

 

Seventeen hand-held exposures representing 1 minute of august 18th, 2019. Taken at the Weald and Downland Living Museum, West Sussex.

 

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Usual caveats etc.

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Uploaded on December 18, 2019
Taken on August 18, 2019