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The fastest steam locomotive in the World; London & North Eastern Railway 4-6-2 A4 Class 4468 'Mallard' is pictured on display in the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum. This loco reached 126 miles per hour on July 3rd, 1938, a feat which no steam locomotive has since beaten.
This loco was renumbered 22 before becoming British Railways 60022 following the Nationalisation of Britain's railways in 1947.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barcelona
Barcelona is a city in Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within city limits, its urban area extends to numerous neighbouring municipalities within the Province of Barcelona and is home to around 4.8 million people, making it the sixth most populous urban area in the European Union after Paris, London, Madrid, the Ruhr area and Milan. It is one of the largest metropolises on the Mediterranean Sea, located on the coast between the mouths of the rivers Llobregat and Besòs, and bounded to the west by the Serra de Collserola mountain range, the tallest peak of which is 512 metres (1,680 feet) high.
Founded as a Roman city, in the Middle Ages Barcelona became the capital of the County of Barcelona. After merging with the Kingdom of Aragon, Barcelona continued to be an important city in the Crown of Aragon as an economic and administrative centre of this Crown and the capital of the Principality of Catalonia. Barcelona has a rich cultural heritage and is today an important cultural centre and a major tourist destination. Particularly renowned are the architectural works of Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner, which have been designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean are located in Barcelona. The city is known for hosting the 1992 Summer Olympics as well as world-class conferences and expositions and also many international sport tournaments.
Barcelona is one of the world's leading tourist, economic, trade fair and cultural centres, and its influence in commerce, education, entertainment, media, fashion, science, and the arts all contribute to its status as one of the world's major global cities. It is a major cultural and economic centre in southwestern Europe, 24th in the world (before Zürich, after Frankfurt) and a financial centre. In 2008 it was the fourth most economically powerful city by GDP in the European Union and 35th in the world with GDP amounting to €177 billion. In 2012 Barcelona had a GDP of $170 billion; and it was leading Spain in employment rate in that moment.
In 2009 the city was ranked Europe's third and one of the world's most successful as a city brand. In the same year the city was ranked Europe's fourth best city for business and fastest improving European city, with growth improved by 17% per year, and the city has been experiencing strong and renewed growth for the past three years. Since 2011 Barcelona has been a leading smart city in Europe. Barcelona is a transport hub, with the Port of Barcelona being one of Europe's principal seaports and busiest European passenger port, an international airport, Barcelona–El Prat Airport, which handles over 50 million passengers per year, an extensive motorway network, and a high-speed rail line with a link to France and the rest of Europe.
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The Arc de Triomf or Arco de Triunfo in Spanish, is a triumphal arch in the city of Barcelona in Catalonia, Spain. It was built by architect Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas as the main access gate for the 1888 Barcelona World Fair. The arch crosses over the wide central promenade of the Passeig de Lluís Companys, leading to the Ciutadella Park that now occupies the site of the world fair. It is located at the northern end of the promenade, facing the Passeig de Sant Joan.
Top three fastest during Friday practice at the Coates Hire Ipswich Supercar meet.
(1/3) #97 Red Bull Holden Racing Team, Shane van Gisbergen, Holden Commodore ZB.
(2/3) #12 Shell V-Power Racing Team, Fabian Coulthard, Ford Falcon FG/X.
(3/3) #55 Supercheap Auto Racing, Chaz MostertFord Falcon FG/X.
Ipswich, Queensland, Australia.
Skybus is the fastest year-round service flying to and from the Isles of Scilly. The journey takes just 20 minutes from Land’s End Airport to St. Mary’s, 30 minutes from Newquay Airport, and from Exeter it’s an hour. You’ll be flying in a 19-seater plane, where you'll meet your pilot and watch them at work; it’s ‘Real Flying’, as one passenger put it. Flying with Skybus is easy- whether it’s the perfectly-timed transfers, your free luggage allowance, the friendly staff at Land’s End Airport or the onward connections at Newquay and Exeter, we’ll help you to relax before you’ve even checked in.
Another of my poorly copied shots from an old print - taken sometime last century I guess when I was standing on top of Chapel Carn Brea .
From the brow of Britain’s westernmost hill the sea is only a number of fields away on three sides and the commanding view of the surrounding area and the distant Scilly Isles makes it unsurprising that this prominent hill has played an important role in the area since the Neolithic Age, although it is named after a medieval chapel which stood here.
Chapel Carn Brea is riddled with remains of barrows (it is believed that there were originally over ten) and considered to be connected to other ancient burial sites along the coast from Lands End to St Just. Of the original barrows, there are two of particular note: an entrance grave on the brow of the hill from the late Neolithic period and of a type only found in Penwith and Scilly, and another older specimen, a long barrow dating from the early Neolithic period. The entrance grave, with its long chamber and two capstones, would have been covered by an imposing mound measuring over 60’ in diameter and 16’ in height. In the Bronze Age, two stone chambers (cists) were added above the original grave and, when excavated in the C19th, were found to contain burial remains. To the west of this cairn, the earlier long barrow is a long mound of granite rocks.
The chapel of this hill’s name was erected on top of the entrance grave in the C13th: a hermitage dedicated to St Michael of Brae which had been reduced to rubble by the early C19th. A beacon was also lit on the summit, maintained by hermits using the chapel, which served to guide travellers on sea and land and could also have been used to communicate (beacons were used to inform London of the arrival of the Spanish Armada, for example). The beacon is still lit every Midsummer’s Eve to celebrate the solstice, starting a series of beacon lightings across the county.
The geographical significance of Chapel Carn Brea continues and the C20th witnessed further construction on the site of the summit barrow in the shape of a military observation post for WWII.
Behind the De Havilland Canada DHC-6-300 Twin Otter coming in to land at Land's End Airport one can see Longships Lighthouse .
The waters surrounding Cornwall’s most westerly point, Lands End, have always been known for their treacherous nature for it is here that the many bodies of water merge and where, in stormy weather, the view from shore is one of a furious, boiling sea pounding against granite. William Turner encapsulated the tumult in his watercolour entitled 'Longships Lighthouse, Land's End'. Since man first took to the water, this area has seen many a boat come to grief on its rocks and, indeed, the local area is famed for having taken advantage of the regular spoils from wrecked ships. It is even said that certain folk would lure ships to their demise with lights and beacons so that they might benefit from the spilled cargo. Such people were known as wreckers.
No surprise, then, that a lighthouse was proposed for this area as far back as the 1700s. The location was not on shore, but on the largest of a group of rocks about one mile west of Land’s End, known as the Longships. The original tower was a fairly stubby affair, built by a Lieutenant Smith in 1795. Although sturdy, given the ferocity of the sea in inclement weather, the lighthouse’s short stature caused its beam to be interrupted by lively seas and, so, confused its signal. A taller tower replaced it in 1873, designed this time by Trinity House’s engineer James Douglass, also responsible for creating the present Eddystone lighthouse a few years later. It was manned by teams of two keepers until 1967, and was made fully automatic in 1988.
The Fastest Man Alive vs. The Man of Steel, The Scarlet Speedster against The Last Son of Krypton, The Crimson Comet opposing The Big Blue Boy Scout.
Peregrine Falcon is the fastest animal in the world. It reaches speeds up to 322kmph in dive to catch its prey.
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Lower Klamath Refuge is a 46,900 acre Refuge that is a varied mix of shallow freshwater marshes, open water, grassy uplands, and croplands that are intensively managed to provide feeding, resting, nesting, and brood rearing habitat for waterfowl, birds of prey and other wild birds and critters. While visiting the Refuge we spotted this beautiful Peregrine Falcon raptor, or bird of prey. They have a hooked beak and strong talons. They are commonly referred to as the Duck Hawk. Peregrine falcons are the fastest-flying birds in the world – they are able to dive at 200 miles per hour.
It is a well-known fact that a Peregrine Falcon during a dive is the fastest animal on the planet when measured in miles per hour. But if you measure in body lengths per second, the tiny Anna's Hummingbird beats it. During its courtship dive, which is a vertical swoop of up to 40m, the bird achieves speeds of 385 body lengths per second, which is about 58 mph. This is relatively faster than a Peregrine Falcon, or even a fighter plane (which travels at about 150 lengths per second).
The Anna's Hummingbird is about 10cm from bill tip to tail and weighs less than five grams. It normally flies at about 33mph but hits even higher speeds when display diving during the breeding season. It was named after Princess Anna d'Essling the 19th century Duchess of Rivoli, wife of Prince Victor Massena and son of one of Napoleon's Marshalls. It was named by René Lesson, a French naturalist who also had the Pool Frog (Pelophylax lessonae) named after him.
These birds used to be restricted to the extreme south of the Pacific coast of the US (plus Mexico) but exotic garden flowers providing nectar have enabled the bird to colonise this Pacific coast right up to northern Canada. Garden nectar feeders have even enabled these tiny birds to spend the winter in the north. I photographed this female at the Reifel Bird Sanctuary near Vancouver.
HMS Vanguard was a British fast battleship built during WWII and commissioned after the war. She was the only ship of her class and was the biggest, fastest and last of the Royal Navy's battleships and the final battleship to be launched in the world.
Work on the ship's design commenced before the war because the Royal Navy anticipated being outnumbered by the combined German and Japanese battleships in the early 1940s. The British had enough 15-inch guns and turrets in storage to allow one ship of a modified Lion-class battleship design to be completed faster than the ships of that class that had already been laid down. Work on Vanguard was started and stopped several times during the war and even after construction had begun, her design was revised several times to reflect war experience. These stoppages and changes prevented her from being completed during the war.
Vanguard's first task after completing her sea trial at the end of 1946 was, early the next year, to convey King George VI and his family on the first Royal Tour of South Africa by a reigning monarch. This photo was apparently taken around that time, because the text on the back of the card notes a pole mast rigged on the mainmast, specifically to carry the Royal Standard during that tour, so I've dated the image as circa 1947.
While refitting after her return, she was selected for another Royal Tour of Australia and New Zealand in 1948. This was cancelled due to King George's declining health and Vanguard briefly became flagship of the Mediterranean Fleet in early 1949. After her return home in mid-1949, she became flagship of the Home Fleet Training Squadron.
Throughout her career, the battleship usually served as the flagship of any unit to which she was assigned. During the early 1950s, Vanguard was involved in a number of training exercises with NATO forces. In 1953 she participated in Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation Review. While she was refitting in 1955, the Admiralty announced that the ship was going to be put into reserve upon completion of the work. Vanguard was sold for scrap and was broken up beginning in 1960.
Elements of the ship can still be seen today. As part of the scrapping process, sections of 150mm-thick (5.9-inch) steel plate were recovered and used for the shielding of the whole body monitor at the Radiobiological Research Laboratory (now DSTL) at Alverstoke, Gosport in Hampshire.
This image is from a National Maritime Museum Card, No. 218. The photograph is an Admiralty copyright. Other copies of the card are available for sale on-line. I got this card probably in the early 1970s and despite being kept in an album, it has been through the wars. It took a fair amount of tidying-up before I posted it.
A remake of the original "Fastest Man Alive" MOC for Brickfair VA 2017. I made a few tweaks here and there, color changes, improved designs, a slightly bigger base and more Flashes! Original MOC - www.flickr.com/photos/50899563@N07/14810801523/in/datepos...
Clicked@Marina Beach
Not at all happy with the results because of heavy traffic make the shot like heavy of tube of light trials........
Cheetah on the run. Botswana.
The cheetah is the world's fastest land mammal. With acceleration that would leave most automobiles in the dust, a cheetah can go from 0 to 96 kilometers an hour in only three seconds. These big cats are quite nimble at high speed and can make quick and sudden turns in pursuit of prey, generally antelopes. When the moment is right a cheetah will sprint but such chases cost them a tremendous amount of energy and are usually over in less than a minute.
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Guepardo a la carrera. Botsuana.
El guepardo es mamífero terrestre más rápido del mundo. Con una aceleración que dejaría a la mayoría de los automóviles a la altura del betún, un guepardo puede pasar de 0 hasta 96 kilómetros por hora en sólo tres segundos. Estos grandes felinos son bastante ágiles a gran velocidad y pueden hacer giros rápidos y bruscos persiguiendo a su presas, generalmente antílopes. Cuando el momento es el adecuado el guepardo esprinta, aunque tales persecuciones les cuestan una enorme cantidad de energía y por lo general terminan en menos de un minuto.
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World's Fastest Fire Truck 407mph verified by Guiness
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Quad City Air Show 2019
Davenport Municipal Airport
Davenport, Iowa
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Fastest ocean liner to cross the Atlantic Ocean
In 1996, she was towed to Pier 82 on the Delaware River, in Philadelphia, where she remains.
Too bad LMP2 doesn't have much going on. In previous years some European teams showed up for the big races, but not in 2019
#52 PR1 Mathiasen Motorsports ORECA LMP2, LMP2: Matthew McMurry, Dalton Kellett, Gabriel Aubry
IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship
Motul Petit Le Mans
Road Atlanta, Braselton, GA, USA
Friday October 11, 2019
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Topaz, one of our Cheetah's at The Living Desert in Palm Desert, California. How fast, you may ask? Up to 70 miles per hour for short distances.
YouTube [Full-HD] Video: youtu.be/DjUHAZZsbeg
Here I’m presenting the video # 1300 on YouTube channel. The day when India’s first ever semi-bullet train “Gatiman” was about to inaugurate which was projected to clock 160 Kmph, merely 10 Kmph more than the existing King Habibganj (Bhopal) Shatabdi Express. Seen here is the last ever King’s run, 12002 New Delhi - Habibganj Shatabdi Express knocking at exact 150 Kmph behind “Navkirti”, Ghaziabad (GZB) WAP-5 # 30013. This specific locomotive was built using ABB body shell of fire damaged # 30008 which was originally built by Asea Brown Boveri Ltd (ABB). After this instant Habibganj Shatabdi train pushed to # 2 as India’s Fastest Train. Sorry for my camera manual focus for neglecting this moment for 30 seconds.
Were you thinking Superman? Not even close! It's the fearless protector of Central City to the rescue!
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Can you guess the driver, too? :)
Nice action shots will be possible with these, I guess. However, some more infrastructure is required (plus at least one proper rival).
It seems to me that the visible steering wheel (which, regarding its position, doesn't meet the prototype at all, it's just there by chance) is an important detail - you virtually see the fig grabbing it (which in fact it does not) to keep the car on the racing line.
The fastest four in Friday practice of the Australian Superbike Championship at Winton Raceway.
(1/4) #47 Wayne MAXWELL (Yamaha Racing Team, Yamaha YZF-R1) 1:20.351
(2/4) #17 Troy HERFOSS (Penrite Honda Racing, CBR1000SP) 1:20.697
(3/4) #25 Daniel FALZON (Yamaha Racing Team, Yamaha YZF-R1) 1:20.718
(4/4) #1 Josh WATERS (Team Suzuki ECSTAR, GSX-R1000R) 1:20.995
Winton, Victoria, Australia.
The Fastest Bird - The Shaheen Falcon, Male
@ Nilgiris Dist,
Tamil Nadu, India
27 Feb 2022
Sony a7riv with Sony SAL 200-600G Lens
The Shaheen Falcon also called The Indian Peregrine Falcon, is one of the fastest birds and can achieve a speed of 240 km/h in level flight but when diving after prey it can exceed speeds of 320 km/h.
As the Word Shaheen in Persian suggests, it's truly a majestic but a small and powerful-looking falcon with blackish upperparts, rufous underparts with fine, dark streaks, and white on the throat. The complete black face mask is sharply demarcated from the white throat. It has distinctive rufous underwing-coverts. Males and females have similar markings and plumage. The females are slightly larger than the males and typically mate for life.
They are found at elevations of up to 1200 m in the hill country, frequenting mountain cliffs and rock outcrops. The sheer cliff faces provide it with nest sites and serve as vantage points from which it can launch aerial strikes against fast-flying birds. They hunt small birds, though medium-sized birds such as pigeons and parrots are also taken. Strong and fast, they dive from great heights to strike prey with their talons. If the impact does not kill the prey, the falcon bites the neck of its victim to ensure death.
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The cheetah's flexible spine, oversized liver, enlarged heart, wide nostrils, increased lung capacity, and thin muscular body make this cat the swiftest hunter in Africa. Covering 7-8 meters in a stride, with only one foot touching the ground at a time, the cheetah can reach a speed of 110 km/h in seconds. At two points in the stride, no feet touch the ground.
Leyland Compton Milk Float (Worlds Fastest Milkfloat) (1976) Engine 4200cc V8
Registration Number JFV 36 S (Preston)
This one is rather different to Ernies electric milk cart, rattling down the road. It is powered by a TVR V8 of 4200cc all alloy engine built to produce around 320bhp with a fast road cam and flat pistons. It has Jaguar front and rear axles, disc brakes, 22 inch alloy wheels, power steerind, Edelbrook twin cooling rad and fans. The body is of alloy and fibreglass with a body wrap
And at the time of this picture (probably still is) was Guiness World Record holder as the fastest Milk Float, with its record run timed at Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire on 25th June 2014 driven by Rob Gill as a promotion for Weetabix On the Go Brakfast Drinks
Morrison-Electricar was a British manufacturer of milk floats and other battery electric road vehicles (BERV). Their first vehicle was built for a bakery in 1933, and the company ceased to exist when it was finally sold to M & M Electric Vehicles in 1983. In 1948 Austin purchased a 50 per cent share of the company to form Austin Crompton Parkinson Electric Vehicles Ltd though the vehicles still carried their Morrison Electricar badges. Austin formed part of BMC in 1952 which became Leyland Motors in 1969 and finally British Leyland The electric vehicle business became Crompton Leyland Electricars Ltd. In 1972, British Leyland sold their share of the business to Hawker Siddeley, better known for aircraft manufacture, and the company became Crompton Electricars Ltd. Ten years later, Hawker Siddeley decided to sell the business, and it was bought by M & M Electric Vehicles, who were based in Atherstone, Warwickshire. This was effectively the end of Morrison-Electricar, although M & M subsequently adopted the Electricars name for the vehicles that they manufactured.
Diolch yn fawr am 66,582,382 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mwynhewch ac arhoswch yn ddiogel
Thank you 66,582,382 amazing views, enjoy and stay safe
Shot 01.07.2018 at the American Car Show, Tatton Park, Manchester Ref 135-184
Another rooftop view of Seoul after the golden hour.
I am not a big fan of heights myself but the adrenaline rush that you get while roof topping is worth all the risks. Walls of the building were too high and it was very difficult to hold my camera steady due to the winds.
Half of my torso was hanging out of the building (supported by the walls) while taking this photo and looking down on the miniature people and traffic were making me dizzy. Had great fun taking this photo.
Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world.
In 1990, 1.1 billion people were Muslims,
while in 2010, 1.6 billion people.
In 2020 there were close to 2 BILLION Muslims in the world
almost 1/4th the world's population!!!!!!!!
Friday is called al-Jum’ah in Arabic, meaning the Day of Assembly. Muslims gather for congregational worship during midday on Friday.
Establishment of the Friday prayer is a commandment found in the Qur’an:
“O Believers! When the call to prayer is made on the day of congregation, hurry towards the reminder of God and leave off your business––that is better for you,
One of the 5 tenets of ISLAM also is to give to the poor.
Because tens of millions of Muslims go to the mosque on FRIDAY many poor will await charitable contributions after prayer.
I have shot Jummah in many nations and many of the poor have horrendous handicaps.
Some unbelievable even for a physician's eyes.
here.......
A woman points out the
affliction this young man
suffers from on his back.
after friday prayer
in
Dhaka
@Baitul Mukarram Mosque
the largest mosque in BDESH
close to a billion people – one-eighth of the world’s population – still live in hunger. Each year 2 million children die through malnutrition. This is happening at a time when doctors in Britain are warning of the spread of obesity. We are eating too much while others starve.
~ Jonathan Sacks, Jewish scholar
Photography’s new conscience
Fastest AF, most accurate AF, best tracking AF camera Ive EVER used or owned......FUJI XT3, 50-140mm 2.8
Nikon's elevated kit lens, you get that 28mm, and to 105mm, it's not the fastest, but it's faster than the average kit lens and has good optical performance. It's an affordable knock-about lens.
You can read the full review online.
www.alexluyckx.com/blog/2023/02/20/optical-review-blog-no...
Nikon F5 - AF Nikkor 28-105mm 1:3.5-4.5D - Ilford Delta 400 @ ASA-400
Adox FX-39 II (1+9) 9:30 @ 20C
Scanner: Nikon Coolscan V ED + Nikon Scan 4
Editor: Adobe Photoshop CC
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"Fastest Girl In Town"
You’ve got the bullets
I’ve got the gun.
I’ve got a hankering for getting into something
I hit the bottle, you hit the gas,
I heard your 65 can really haul some ass.
I’m feeling frisky, you're feeling good
I guess the whiskey is doing what it should
I got the cigarettes
You’ve got a lighter
And when the sun goes down we’ll start a little fire
Ain’t no use in trying to slow me down
‘Cause you’re running with the fastest girl in town
Ain’t you baby?
I like ‘em crazy.
My reputation follows me around
Just makes me want to give them more to talk about
Let’s go to town for a little while
I’ll be wearing nothing but a tattoo and a smile
Ain’t no use in trying to slow me down
‘Cause you’re running with the fastest girl in town
Ain’t you baby?
You’re kinda crazy.
Come on!
I see the blue lights, we better run.
Throw out the bottle and I’ll hide the gun
If he pulls us over I’ll turn on the charm
You’ll be in the slammer and I’ll be on his arm.
Ain’t no use in trying to slow me down
‘Cause you’re running with the fastest girl in town
Ain’t you baby?
Well I told you I was crazy.
No I ain’t no body’s baby.
Hey!
He’s got the bullets
He’s got a gun
I got the hankering for getting into something.