Tuesday, May 31, 2022

American light cruiser USS Miami (Cl-89) takes a break from bombarding Japanese fortifications on the Islands of Angaur and Peleliu amid Operation Stalemate II. 7 September 1944

 


They're starting to market this like bourbon

 


On the salt

 


Heavy Lift

 


Yow!

 


Treasure it always, or until the truck needs a refill

 


Your Friendly Smile of the Morning

 


How one guy can break a boulder

 


Very, very smooth

 


Still Life

 


A big ol' bass is likely to leap up out of that water and snap up a few of whatever those are.

 


Let's face it, toys were better back then

 


A gift for secret Iranian drone bases

 


Tuesdays that are Mondays, they're like that

 


Genius. I'm sure the girls were impressed

 


Iran violates the first rule of "secret" underground drone bases.

 In a boastful flex of military muscle at a time of increasing tensions, the Iranian army has provided a glimpse inside its new subterranean drone base.  

The facility's specific location wasn't disclosed, but it's said to buried hundreds of meters underground somewhere in the Zagros Mountains, a nearly thousand-mile-long range spanning most of western Iran. 

"Strategic UAV Base 313" was showcased in a Saturday report on Iran state television. The reporter was blindfolded during a 45-minute helicopter flight to the facility.

Ok, draw a circle at a 45 minute helicopter ride from the airport, and look for helicopter landing pads.



Of course, at some point the underground drones will have to go above ground to be useful.   As what one imagines must be large, heavy blast doors creak open, squealing for better lubrication, and the drones emerge to fly about on evil missions, sent thence by men wearing bedsheets for clothing, this "secret" base will be revealed.  One bunker buster to the opening, and all those pretty drones will be nicely buried.

Brilliant!

Monday, May 30, 2022

Lake Powell Glen Canyon Flash Flooding

Overtaking with a steam engine.

Made in USA

 




Patience is a virtue

 


Shasta this evening

 


Oh, my!

 


Your Smiling Face of the Morning, With Freckles!

 


Eew! Backwash

 


Boot Bird

 


Don't Prune Off A Finger

 



46th Floor Overlook

 


Camo Master

 



Too Far Gone

 


Apparently this is real

 


Island Getaway

 


Moose has had enough of Mr. Grizz

Sunday, May 29, 2022

Australia is wider then the moon ! The moon is 3400km in diameter as Australia is almost 4000km

 


The Eye Of A Giant Squid

 


Forest service accidentally starts a huge fire, then, learning nothing, they do it again. Keep matches away from these people.

 "... the agency said on Friday.... Forest Service investigators determined the Calf Canyon Fire was caused by a 'burn pile' of branches that the agency thought was out but reignited.... That blaze on April 22 merged with the Hermits Peak Fire, which the USFS started with a controlled burn that went out of control on April 6, the agency previously reported.... Blazing a more than 40-mile-long... path up the Sangre de Cristo mountains, the fire has destroyed watersheds and forests used for centuries by Indo-Hispano farming villages and Native American communities."

Full, sad story here.

"Indo-Hispano?"  Let's force everyone into categories, shall we?   More woke idiocy. 



Little Gal, Big Horse

 


Double Disaster

 


Barn Treasure

 


Brain being reprogrammed

 


Useful

 




Bring Back Nash!

 


30,000 pounds of bananas

 


Modern Times

 


A Texas company - it figures!

 


Igloo Entry

 

May 19 Arctic sea ice extent is above the average since 1989, and higher than 1995, 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2001, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021. Ice extent loss so far this month has been the lowest in over 30 years.

 


Climate Crisis?  You decide.