Random picture thread. (Real photos rather than AI please)

[Gibbs505]

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[Barbaria1]

I don’t know where Gibbs finds all these stunningly evocative photos but I love going to this thread every day to see what’s new!

Don’t ever stop.

 

[Gibbs505]

I don’t know where Gibbs finds all these stunningly evocative photos but I love going to this thread every day to see what’s new!

Don’t ever stop.

It is my pleasure to please you!

 

[wulf]

I don’t know where Gibbs finds all these stunningly evocative photos but I love going to this thread every day to see what’s new!

Don’t ever stop.

I'll second that request. A very enjoyable thread.

 

[Gibbs505]

I'll second that request. A very enjoyable thread.

I do my best!

 

[Gibbs505]

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[Deleted member jedakk]

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That first one looks like a plane that landed on the wrong aircraft carrier! There are stories about those pilots getting their planes painted pink before getting sent home.

 

[wulf]

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#2, 4, 5, 7, & 9= eye candy.

#6= not a good outcome for the engineers or the guy in charge of building it. Looks very much like substandard concrete.

#10= yes indeed, and some of those rapid advances in aviation, and other technologies, were a direct result of two world wars.

 

[Gibbs505]

#2, 4, 5, 7, & 9= eye candy.

#6= not a good outcome for the engineers or the guy in charge of building it. Looks very much like substandard concrete.

#10= yes indeed, and some of those rapid advances in aviation, and other technologies, were a direct result of two world wars.

I think number 6 is the result of an earthquake in Japan about 30 or so years ago. But I could be wrong.

I agree with you on 10 and the eye candy but 8 is also eye candy to some!

 

[wulf]

I think number 6 is the result of an earthquake in Japan about 30 or so years ago. But I could be wrong.

I agree with you on 10 and the eye candy but 8 is also eye candy to some!

I thought that a quake probably caused it, but the concrete should not turned to powder like that.

And yes, you're right about #8.

 

[Gibbs505]

I thought that a quake probably caused it, but the concrete should not turned to powder like that.

And yes, you're right about #8.

Its complicated, it is a mixture of the ground and vibrations and how they interact amongst other considerations.
Also to much reinforcing rod may have been installed.
I saw the same thing in LA in 1994 when I worked there on claims.

 

[Naraku]

I think number 6 is the result of an earthquake in Japan about 30 or so years ago. But I could be wrong.

I agree with you on 10 and the eye candy but 8 is also eye candy to some!

Great Hanshin Earthquake, Kobe, Japan 1995

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake

https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/fall-1996/aftermath-kobe-earthquake

The road was inadequately designed for the stresses put on it.

 

[wulf]

Its complicated, it is a mixture of the ground and vibrations and how they interact amongst other considerations.
Also to much reinforcing rod may have been installed.
I saw the same thing in LA in 1994 when I worked there on claims.

You have a good point about the rebar... looked like a lot of it to me too.

 

[wulf]

Great Hanshin Earthquake, Kobe, Japan 1995

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake

https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/fall-1996/aftermath-kobe-earthquake

The road was inadequately designed for the stresses put on it.

I thought it looked familiar. Thanks for identifying it.

 

[Gibbs505]

Great Hanshin Earthquake, Kobe, Japan 1995

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Hanshin_earthquake

https://highways.dot.gov/public-roads/fall-1996/aftermath-kobe-earthquake

The road was inadequately designed for the stresses put on it.

Thanks, I thought that was what it was but couldn't remember the date!

 

[Gibbs505]

You have a good point about the rebar... looked like a lot of it to me too.

Yes to much rebar may be a problem. Surprising but true!

 

[Beate]

God, that's an oldie!!!
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oh Gemini Astronauts?

 

[Beate]

I always wondered what those shiny little round balls were for, and now I know.
I really love learning new things.
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fits and was even greased

 

[Eva Inanna]

I think number 6 is the result of an earthquake in Japan about 30 or so years ago. But I could be wrong.

I agree with you on 10 and the eye candy but 8 is also eye candy to some!

Picture 6 shows the collapse of 630 metres of the Hanshin Expressway’s elevated bridge in Fukae during the Kōbe earthquake that hit at 5:46 AM on 17 Jan 1995, registering 7.3 on the Richter scale. The collapse was blamed on bad design, but a later independent study concluded that the piers failed because of structural deficiencies that “were almost unavoidable given the time of design and construction of the bridge:” In other words, at the time the engineers did not know any better. (See “The collapse of the Hanshin Expressway,” by Gazetas, G. et al. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-27438-3_7. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/3-540-27438-3_7 )

The Kōbe quake killed 4571 persons, injured another 40 000, left 300 000 people homeless, and more than 240 000 homes were damaged.

 

[wulf]

oh Gemini Astronauts?

Yes. They are the original first seven astronauts from the US. They were the subject of the movie "The Right Stuff".