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Fastest I've ever seen a Trident climb a hill as it tries to make it through the lights before they turn red!
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103, SNZ1103
Route BB18, Marlow Hill.
No other photographer in central Europe is as fast as me! :D
Photo taken in Boeing 737-800, speed measured with HTC One, Photo taken with my Canon :)
JPG file generated from RAW.
This rescue happened so fast I didn't even have time to turn my camera on... as we were heading to another rescue in La Fortuna, Costa Rica, we spotted this sick puppy crossing main roads aimlessly. We asked a local guy what's the story with the dog, and he picked her up and told us she was a stray living on this street.
He handed little Suzy to Lisa, and we continued to our next mission.
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.
The fastest quadruped on the planet, a Cheetah, looking back at some antelopes making movements and strange noises in the neighbouring paddock at Whipsnade Zoo.
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 world's fastest Indian in the world is on show in the Southland Museum & Art Gallery Niho o te Taniwha in Invercargill, New Zealand.
southlandmuseum.co.nz/burt-munroe.html
I suggest reading the book about his life (
One Good Run: The Legend of Burt Munro by Tim Hanna) and then watch the movie.
His speed record 296.2593 km/h (184.087 mph) from 1967 is still valid today.
Flash (DC)
Griffin Turner (Ninjago)
Quicksilver (Marvel)
These three are the fastest minfigures ever! Now they need to make a Sonic, Jay Garrick (Earth-2), Wally West (New 52 or Young Justice), and an official Prof. Zoom minfigures.
One of the birds of prey that took part in an impressive display at Berkeley Castle on late August Bank Holiday. This is a falcon, the fastest of all birds of prey in flight which can reach speeds of an amazing 200mph.
The four fastest on the Thursday practice at the Bathurst 1000. HOW GOOD to have it roll around.
(1/4) #230 Milwaukee Racing, W.Davison & A.Davison Ford Falcon FG/X
(2/4) # 55 Supercheap Auto Racing, C.Mostert & J.MoffatFord Falcon FG/X
(3/4) #7 Castrol/Plus Fitness Racing, A.Heimgartner & A.Russell Nissan Altima
(4/4) #23 Industrial Athlete Racing, M.Caruso & D.FioreNissan Altima
Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
Gelsenkirchen
The Ruhr area ('Ruhrgebiet') is named after the river that borders it to the south and is the largest urban area in Germany with over five million people. It is mostly known as a densely-populated industrial area. By 1850 there were almost 300 coal mines in operation in the Ruhr area. The coal was exported or processed in coking ovens into coke, used in blast furnaces, producing iron and steel. Because of the industrial significance, it had been a target from the start of the war, yet "the organized defences and the large amount of industrial pollutants produced a semi-permanent smog or industrial haze that hampered accurate bombing". During World War II, the industry and cities in the Ruhr area were heavily bombed. The combination of the lack of historic city centres, which were burned to ashes, and (air) pollution has given the area and the cities a bad reputation. Especially because it is so close to the Netherlands, I thought it would be an interesting area to visit for a little trip. I have spent three nights at a campsite on the Ruhr and visited six cities.
Gelsenkirchen is the 25th largest city in Germany and the fourth largest in the Ruhr region with a population of 260,000. Gelsenkirchen remained a small settlement until the nineteenth century, when the industrial revolution led to a rapid population increase. It became an independent city in 1896. The city used to have many torches due to the excess of coke oven gas from the coking plants, which gave Gelsenkirchen its nickname Stadt der 1000 Feuer (City of 1000 Fires). Gelsenkirchen is primarily known for its soccer club: Schalke 04, which is named after the Gelsenkirchener district Schalke.
Gelsenkirchen suffers from problems including high unemployment due to its former reliance on the coal and steel industry, high crime rates and a large amount of vacant houses caused by population decline. The population reached an all-time high in 1959 with 391,745 inhabitants; the forecast for 2025 lies at only 226,100 inhabitants, making it one of the fastest shrinking cities in Germany. Gelsenkirchen now tries to turn around things by expanding its service sector and positioning itself as a hub for solar technology.
Even though 75% of the city was destroyed during World War II, there are still plenty of remains of the architectural past.
Source: Wikipedia
The Liebfrauenkirche was constructed in 1894.
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.
YouTube [Full-HD] Video: youtu.be/MwN91usHAWU
I’m pleased to present my video # 1299 showcasing one of the amazing battles amongst the newbie hauled LHB trains at cumulative speed of 230 Kmph. Under cloudy weather, fastest locomotive series in form of Vadodara (BRC) WAP-5 # 30089 charging down with honking & towing Ahmedabad bound 12933 Karnavati Express bang at its MPS of 110 Kmph which was perfectly ended with surprising entry of strongest locomotive series in form of HOG enabled Vadodara (BRC) WAP-7i # 30476, zoom passed towing Mumbai bound, 22210 New Delhi - Mumbai Central AC Duronto Express bang at its MPS of 120 Kmph. Enjoy the LHB sound speeding at their best. Somehow my calculation sheet showing me that both these trains were doing above their assigned MPS. Both these trains selected in 2nd phase of HOG operation. Till the time, CLW do not roll out HOG enabled WAP-5, all HOG trains will be hauled by HOG enabled WAP-7. So hoping to see all HOG enabled WR train with either BRC or GZB WAP-7.
The four fastest on the Thursday practice at the Bathurst 1000. HOW GOOD to have it roll around.
(1/4) #230 Milwaukee Racing, W.Davison & A.Davison Ford Falcon FG/X
(2/4) # 55 Supercheap Auto Racing, C.Mostert & J.MoffatFord Falcon FG/X
(3/4) #7 Castrol/Plus Fitness Racing, A.Heimgartner & A.Russell Nissan Altima
(4/4) #23 Industrial Athlete Racing, M.Caruso & D.FioreNissan Altima
Mount Panorama, Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia.
Winner and Second placegetter at Winton Raceway Saturday race in the Virgin Australia Supercar series.
(1 of 2) #17 Shell V-Power Racing Team, Scott McLaughlin, Ford Mustang GT.
(2 of 2) #55 Supercheap Auto Racing, Chaz Mostert, Ford Mustang GT.
Winton, Victoria, Australia.
The fastest train of India 12002 NDLS-BPL Shatabdi Express negotiates the sharp curves and slight gradients on Bhadbhada ghat section between Sanchi and Bhopal with GZB WAP-5 # 30031 doing the honours, work in progress for Bina-Habibganj 3rd line!
photo taken using "tooth-pick" trick (http://www.diyphotography.net/create-wonderful-sliced-fruit-images). Side lit camera right using a SB-600 and triggered with on camera flash, also I defused the light with a DIY beauty dish made form a salad bowl and a yogurt lid.
A shy, humble person with an amazing voice, Roy Orbison (1936-1988) never ran around nor did crazy stuff on stage. Dressed in black and wearing his trademark sunglasses, he just stood there, strummed his guitar and sang. He wrote his own music and his impassioned singing voice said it all. Sadly, he died of a heart attack at 52.
Here are a few favorites:
Oh, Pretty Woman – www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PLq0_7k1jk
Crying – www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jjhWpYs1Rs
In Dreams – www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVRunwyoTMA
Only the Lonely – www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6Aw3ZnqQrY
As to the movie, The Fastest Guitar Alive:
"The South is losing the Civil War and the coffers are nearly empty. A group of Confederate spies steals a shipment of gold in San Francisco and attempts to deliver it to a Confederate general in El Paso. Others know about the gold and seek to steal it from them, but the spies have a secret weapon: a guitar that shoots bullets...." -- IMDb
Roy Orbison wrote and performs seven original songs for the movie, songs which appeared on his 1967 MGM album of the same name.
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Also known as "ORLANDO WEST," Lake County, Florida's 2020 population was estimated to be more than 400,142. Lake County has ranked among the top 6 fastest-growing counties in Florida. Lake County is expected to experience significant population growth over the coming decades as the Orlando urban core approaches build-out. Forecasts predict Lake County’s population to grow more than 431,500 by 2030 and more than 780,500 by 2050."
Tavares – from “Anytown USA” to “America’s Seaplane City”
By John Drury, Tavares City Administrator
I am frequently asked, “How did they do it?” How did Tavares transition from “Anytown USA” to “America’s Seaplane City”? The short answer is, that everyone started rowing in the same direction at the same time at the right time. The long answer follows below.
Approximately 19,500 cities in the United States, 400 in Florida, and 14 in Lake County. Most cities have no brand. They are perfectly content being who they are – Anytown USA. There is nothing wrong with that. They are proud and welcoming cities perfectly satisfied as is, with no distinctive brand. Some cities have a brand. Key West, for example, has a brand, as does Boulder, Colorado, and Daytona Beach, Florida. What is a brand? In short, a person’s brand is what people say about you when you are not in the room. Similarly, a City’s brand is what people say about the city when they have left it and reflect on it.
About 15 years ago, under the leadership and guidance of then-Mayor Nancy Clutts and East Central Florida Regional Planning Council’s Executive Director Phil Laurien, the citizens of Tavares assembled for about a year and ½ studying their current state of affairs (a struggling downtown) and developing a road map for the future. The result was the creation of a citizen-led, City Council-approved “Vision Statement” and supporting Downtown Redevelopment Plan. The leadership understood a vision without implementation is a hallucination, so the 169-page redevelopment plan included Chapter 11’s “Implementation Plan” describing what would be built, when, by whom, and how it would be funded.
The citizens, business community, faith community, City Council, and their city staff put their oars in the water simultaneously. They began rowing in the same direction in unison to get the job done and complete the “Implementation Plan” together. By 2010, America’s Seaplane City was formed, a seaplane base and marina constructed, a 3,000-foot FAA-approved virtual runway on Lake Dora was permitted, and three boutique hotel buildings were under construction, along with a wedding events pavilion. What followed was ten years of a renaissance period with both the business community and city government investing in itself. As the saying goes, “When you invest in yourself, others will invest in you,” which is exactly what happened here in Tavares.
First, a seaplane scenic tour operator, then a flight training center, followed by an FAA-approved passenger air charter operation, a seaplane manufacturing facility, many restaurants, and too many new businesses to list here. From practically a ghost town with very few businesses whose tax base was 90% funded by the residents and only 10% by the business community, to a tax base funded 35% by the business community and only 65% by the residential community. This shift in tax contribution for city services like police, fire, libraries, parks, and recreation is important because for every dollar a resident contributes on average in taxes to a city, they consume about $1.20 in services on average, and for every $1 a business contributes, they only consume about 80 cents, as they do not use parks, recreational services or libraries, nor call for police and fire services nearly as much as the residents do. So the business community ends up not only creating good jobs but also subsidizing city services for its residents.
Tavares continues to shift the tax burden from its residents to its productive business community, has lowered its tax rate three years in a row, and is growing its brand as “America’s Seaplane City”!
Tavares Seaplane Base (FA1) is a city-owned, public-use seaplane base on Lake Dora in Tavares. The base is popular and gives rise to the city's nickname, "America's Seaplane City."
History
The City of Tavares was founded in 1880 by Alexander St. Clair-Abrams, a newspaper and railroad man from a Creole family in New Orleans. He gave it the surname of a Portuguese ancestor. In 1883 a post office was established; by the next year, a hotel, three stores, a sawmill, and eight cottages were built. St. Clair-Abrams's dream of Tavares as the state capital was not realized, but in 1887 it was designated the county seat of Lake County. St. Clair-Abrams later chartered a railroad from Tavares to Orlando. In 1919, Tavares was incorporated.
The City of Tavares has served as the County's Seat for Lake County, Florida, since 1888. Downtown Tavares lies on the shores of Lake Dora. The picturesque Wooton Park sits only one block from Main Street and offers families everything from picnic pavilions to boat ramps. Tavares is also home to the Dora Canal, one of the most beautiful waterways in the world. Tavares is located in the center of the State of Florida, 45 minutes northwest of Orlando.
In the 19th century, Major St. Clair Abrams began implementing a vision for Tavares. He not only oversaw the development of the hub of rail lines converging in Tavares, but he also saw the state's future capital waiting to be realized. Had it not been for an inadvertent fire 125 years ago, the major’s vision of Tavares being the state capital may have become a reality. The spark from a train ignited the adjacent lumberyard downtown, destroying three dozen buildings in a matter of minutes. That same year, the Florida legislature removed Tavares from consideration as a potential new center of state government. Although times have changed, one factor remains a constant for Tavares. It is the center of government for Lake County, and it is, therefore, Lake County’s Capital City. A partnership has evolved through the years between Lake County’s Board of County Commissioners and the Tavares City Council. The two elected bodies work together to make downtown Tavares a supportive home for the civic activities of Lake County.
Modern Day Tavares
The Tavares Seaplane Base (FA1) is a public-use seaplane landing area owned by the City of Tavares, Florida. The State of Florida licensed the facility as a public airport in 2010. City officials launched the idea for a seaplane base as part of a plan to reinvigorate business and tourist activity in the downtown area. The Seaplane Base has been a major success, and the City of Tavares is now known as “America’s Seaplane City.”
Tavares, Florida, has experienced a renaissance. Inspired by the strategic approach of its citizens, elected officials, employees, and former City Attorney Robert Q. Williams (who served the city for 37 years, 1984-2021), Tavares has rebranded itself, appropriately, as America’s Seaplane City. It is an appropriate moniker for a city helping boost the downtown as a Central Florida entertainment spot and serving as the natural stopping point for seaplane pilots en route to the Bahamas and other island nations. However, the rebranding of Tavares to better align with its unique offerings is not the only revolution happening in City Hall. Tavares’ leaders are responding to citizens’ new expectations for personal digital experiences with their local government through their rapid and innovative adoption of smart technology.
Credit for the data above is given to the following websites:
www.tavares.org/1208/ABOUT-TAVARES
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavares,_Florida
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On September 28, 2009, the fastest train on Delhi Pune Sector commenced its journey. Seen here is 2014 made, Tughlakabad (TKD) WAP-7 # 30377 honking & furiously charging down with bang-on-time running 12264 Hazrat Nizamuddin - Pune AC Duronto Express and skipped Dapodi station for its final destination Pune Junction. It runs with old ICF Rajdhani rakes and surprisingly with only one Duronto Coaches making it looks like Pune Rajdhani Express. It is one of 3 Duronto Express trains running out of Pune Junction. This train is still waiting for its share of new LHB rake. This train soon going to lose its Duronto characteristic as it’s proposed to have commercial halt.
YouTube [HD] Video: youtu.be/cS74_vCN-vk
..at least that is what it said on the rear mudguard of the motorcycle, so who am I to argue?
Having the World's Fastest anything is pretty cool I think
paddle steam boat Gallia
fastest lake paddle steam boat on earth!
Baujahr: 1913
900 Personen
Geschwindigkeit: 31.5 Km/h
Gewicht: 325.4 t
Leistung: 798 KW
Länge: 63 Meter
Breite: 14.5 Meter