Random Object Photographs

[oldbrownhat]

Some folks have beautiful mountains, some have wildlife, some have breathtaking vistas that one can only dream to see.

Over here on the other hand have this.

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This is down the hill from my shop, they tape Judge Jerry, Jerry Springer, Steve Wilkos, Maury Povich, and so on.

With all due respect, I'll take owl in the tree over Tresser & Atlantic any day But I guess ya gotta play with the hand yer dealt.

(I just bought this up on Google street view, dated Oct. 2019 and the streets were EMPTY. 2 cars visible in the same view as your post.)

 

[rubiranch]

Me yesterday on Monroe Mountain.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Hey guys -this place is big.
Several hundred Acres.
You could spread out a little!

 

[rubiranch]

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am5uhVAlP8s[/ame]

 

[BLUEDOT37]

Space Shuttle Enterprise

Back in '79 the Space Shuttle Enterprise made a piggy-back fly-over & landed in Tulsa, for refueling after one of it's tests, on it's way from California to Florida.

Heard about it coming in and got a few pictures as it flew over & then at the Boeing facility at Tulsa Intl. Airport.

From Wikipedia:
Space Shuttle Enterprise (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-101) was the first orbiter of the Space Shuttle system. Rolled out on September 17, 1976, it was built for NASA as part of the Space Shuttle program to perform atmospheric test flights after being launched from a modified Boeing 747. It was constructed without engines or a functional heat shield. As a result, it was not capable of spaceflight.

Construction began on Enterprise on June 4, 1974. Designated OV-101, it was originally planned to be named Constitution and unveiled on Constitution Day, September 17, 1976. Fans of Star Trek asked US President Gerald Ford, through a letter-writing campaign, to name the orbiter after the television show's fictional starship, USS Enterprise.

Enterprise was used by NASA for a variety of ground and flight tests intended to validate aspects of the shuttle program. These tests included a maiden "flight" on February 18, 1977, atop a Boeing 747 Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) to measure structural loads and ground handling and braking characteristics of the mated system.

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[OLDSTER]

These two fellas have been hanging around here at night for a while, and tripping my trail cam.

 

[Redbert31]

Some folks have beautiful mountains, some have wildlife, some have breathtaking vistas that one can only dream to see.



Over here on the other hand have this.

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This is down the hill from my shop, they tape Judge Jerry, Jerry Springer, Steve Wilkos, Maury Povich, and so on.

Are you in Stamford, CT? We're in Farmington, hi neighbor[emoji16][emoji16]

Sent from my moto z4 using Tapatalk

 

[ladder13]

Redbert31, some more Cross Bronx Expressway in its infancy for you.

 

[bgrafsr]

Sea Salp, a transparent fish:

Sea Salps are one of the most remarkable creatures of Earth. This barrel-shaped fish has a gelatinous body and feeds on phytoplankton (marine algae). Sea Salps are not just unique because of their transparent bodies. They are rare creatures that exist both as individuals and part of a larger organism.



A music typewriter:

Better known as The Keaton Music Typewriter, this instrument was first patented in 1936 by Robert H. Keaton from San Francisco, California. The typewriter was promoted in the 1950s and sold for around $225. The machine made it easier to produce music copies in large quantities for publishers, educators, and other musicians. The distinct circular look of the typewriter made it very popular in its time.

 

[bgrafsr]

A 500 kg dinosaur bone found in France.

A giant 500 kilogram (1102.31 pounds) dinosaur thigh bone was uncovered by scientists in south-western France at an excavation site in 2019. The femur is two meters (6.6 ft) long and is believed to have belonged to a sauropod. This plant-eating dinosaur was found in the late Jurassic era and was one of the largest land animals that ever existed.


That's not a ball. It is a single living cell.

While this may be hard to believe, the picture above is of a living cell. Known as Valonia ventricosa, or “bubble algae”, this species of algae is one of the largest single-celled organisms in the world. They are found in oceans, and their color mostly varies from grass green to dark green.

 

[bgrafsr]

This is how an ant's face looks like under an electron microscope.

At first glance, this picture appears rather eerie as the antennae holes of the ant look more like eyes. The image was captured using Electron microscopy (EM), which is a technique for getting high-resolution images of much higher magnification than a normal light microscope. It is used in biomedical research to examine the in-depth structure of biological materials along with various other objects.


The very rare Blue Java Banana, which is said to taste like ice-cream.

While facts about this amazing fruit may appear to be a hoax, they are indeed completely true. Blue Java bananas have a taste and creamy texture that is similar to vanilla ice cream. Apart from their unique taste, these bananas stand out because of the bright blue color of their peel. These delicious fruits are widely grown in Southeast Asia and relished as a dessert.

 

[bgrafsr]

Here is a look at grains of sand when magnified 100 to 300 times.

Sand appears the same to all of us. However, Gary Greenberg, a scientist from Hawaii, has shown through these images that when magnified by a hundred-fold or more, each grain of sand exhibits its distinct characteristic. Using high-definition 3D lenses that he invented, Dr. Greenberg took these pictures “to show people how ordinary things are truly extraordinary when you look from a new point of view”. Bear in mind that sand compositions vary depending on where they are from.

 

[oldbrownhat]

A 500 kg dinosaur bone found in France.

A giant 500 kilogram (1102.31 pounds) dinosaur thigh bone was uncovered by scientists in south-western France at an excavation site in 2019. The femur is two meters (6.6 ft) long and is believed to have belonged to a sauropod. This plant-eating dinosaur was found in the late Jurassic era and was one of the largest land animals that ever existed.

O.M.G. Couldn't help thinking of this New Yorker cartoon:

 

[oldbrownhat]

A music typewriter:

Better known as The Keaton Music Typewriter, this instrument was first patented in 1936 by Robert H. Keaton from San Francisco, California. The typewriter was promoted in the 1950s and sold for around $225. The machine made it easier to produce music copies in large quantities for publishers, educators, and other musicians. The distinct circular look of the typewriter made it very popular in its time.

I'd like to see 'em type this on a Keaton!

 

[Rustyt1953]

 

[oldbrownhat]

LOL. I'd forgotten about that one. There seems to be a Far Side cartoon for just about every situation, much like Mark Twain quotes.

 

[Retired W4]

You lookin at Me?

 

[rubiranch]

 

[soFlaNative]

O.M.G. Couldn't help thinking of this New Yorker cartoon:

LOL. I'd forgotten about that one. There seems to be a Far Side cartoon for just about every situation, much like Mark Twain quotes.

 

[ladder13]

Somewhere in Italy