A historical and real picture by Lewis Hine.
It's fascinating how in the early times of building big they didn't use safety ropes.
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It's fascinating how in the early times of building big they didn't use safety ropes.
Twelve
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Beyond all doubt, they had to work in precarious positions.
Lewis Hine photographed the workers while the Empire State Building was under construction in the 1930s.
Thankfully I only have dementia!
Imagine being a squirrel there with those fluffy branches. Bliss.
Graffiti at it's finest or just a cool picture.
Sand circles, I like it.
Gorgeous petal shot, Twelve
Awesome ant shot, cosmic. Here's another pretty good one.
Awesome ant shot, cosmic. Here's another pretty good one.
Light and Sandbox artists are amazing, ughaibu.
Here is another beach sand circle.
Here is another beach sand circle.
Extreme attachment performance in Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina). Workers are capable of carrying more than 100 times their own body weight upside down on perfectly smooth surfaces.
http://www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/REPORT/ZOO2/zoo2000.htm
http://www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/REPORT/ZOO2/zoo2000.htm
Extreme attachment performance in Weaver ants (Oecophylla smaragdina). Workers are capable of carrying more than 100 times their own body weight upside down on perfectly smooth surfaces.
http://www.biozentrum.uni-wuerzburg.de/fileadmin/REPORT/ZOO2/zoo2000.htm
That's an amazing number! I had it in my head that they could carry something like 7-15 times their weight depending on the species.
Excellent image and information, wynn. I have learned something new and interesting already this day.
japanese sewer systems look majestic, interesting and cool/futuristic.
http://my.opera.com/sukekomashi-gaijin/albums/slideshow/?album=5532172&picture=83388132
http://my.opera.com/sukekomashi-gaijin/albums/slideshow/?album=5532172&picture=83388132
Twelve
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About 30 years ago I spent 2 weeks with some friends that were in Japan for a work project. I have to say they have the cleanest cities I've ever seen. It's hard to describe to anyone who hasn't been there, because it seems so impossible that cities could be that clean. But all Japanese individuals take personal pride in being responsible for keeping their piece of the city clean and not littering anybody else's piece of the city. You just don't see any trash or paper blowing in the wind and for all the smokers over there you never see any butts on the ground.
That's not sewer system it is Tokyo’s flood control system.
http://pcgladiator.blogspot.com/2009/03/tokyos-flood-control-system.html
