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[Tortuga]

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I've heard that ignorance and apathy are two of the biggest issues today, I don't know if that is true and I really don't care...

 

 

   

[Tortuga]

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Collective Evolution.

 

Is that when a Borg becomes more than a Borg?

 

[Friends just call me Ross]

Wanna feel really really small...

 

Eagle Nebula

The Eagle Nebula is a billowing tower of gas and dust that rises up from a heavenly nursery. 

This small piece of the Eagle Nebula is 57 trillion miles long!

 

Heavenly nursery?  Hmph...interesting choice of words.  

If the small piece is 57 trillion miles long, how long is the big piece?  

[kejedo]

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Reminds me of my days in Maine. Cliche, but true, the snow melted and cars appeared in the yard. Lot rot accelerated by weather. 

[Friends just call me Ross]

 

Crab Nebula

The Crab Nebula is actually a remnant of a supernova and contains a pulsating star in its center. 

A supernova is actually an exploding star. 

What makes this particular nebula so interesting is that it was observed and recorded 

by Chinese astronomers as early as 1045 AD.

http://hauntinglybeautifulhubbleimages.blogspot.com/

 

"...Stop and consider carefully the wonderful works of God." --Job 37:14

 

[CHecker]

I've heard that ignorance and apathy are two of the biggest issues today, I don't know if that is true and I really don't care...

 

 

   

Maybe, I'll have to think about it. What were we talking about?

[RaymondG]

Who knows?

Who cares?

[CHecker]

This is the Paddle Boat that is in Astoria, really pretty. Can't remember her name.

[Qapla]

She is the American Empress

Edited August 5, 2015 by Qapla

[Tortuga]

She is the American Empress

Beautiful!

 

The American Empress is a 360-foot (110 m) diesel-powered paddle-wheeler that was formerly operated by Majestic America Line and named the Empress of the North.[2] She was built in 2002 at the Nichols Brothers Boat Builders shipyard on Whidbey Island, in the U.S. state of Washington, for $50 million and debuted as a cruise ship in 2003.[3] She is listed as accommodating 223 guests, and originally cruised Alaska's Inside Passage, the Pacific Northwest, and the Columbia River. While being operated by Majestic America Line, the ship was decorated with a 19th century Russian theme, but with Alaskan touches in the form of carvings and masks.[4]

 

During the ship's time in Alaska, several smaller port cities such as Wrangell and Petersburg depended on the visits by the Empress of the North for a substantial amount of tourist-related commerce.[5]

 

In 2013,[6] the Empress of the North was acquired by the American Queen Steamboat Company, which in 2014 renamed the ship American Empress and placed her back into service on the Columbia and Snake Rivers, after five years out of service. The ship's home port is now Vancouver, Washington.[7]

[CHecker]

John and Richard, just when did you come here and ride her? Smarty-pants!! 

[Tortuga]

John and Richard, just when did you come here and ride her? Smarty-pants!! 

 

I'd love to if I could, I love paddle boats. I use to ride the Mark Twain Steamboat at Disneyland when I was a kid. I went to a paddle boat museum in Iowa and loved it. My wife and I have talked about booking a cruise on a paddle boat but they are too expensive. 

Edited August 6, 2015 by Tortuga

[RaymondG]

They have them down the Murray River...

[jayrtom]

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Selfie Time.

[surfergirl]

My South Coast.

[surfergirl]

Clarrington Falls NSW.

just up in the Highlands.

[surfergirl]

[CHecker]

I'd love to if I could, I love paddle boats. I use to ride the Mark Twain Steamboat at Disneyland when I was a kid. I went to a paddle boat museum in Iowa and loved it. My wife and I have talked about booking a cruise on a paddle boat but they are too expensive. 

 

 

They have them down the Murray River...

They really are pretty. Painted so colorful. And the glide, love the glide. But they are too expensive, for me too. So I'll just sit on the bank and watch them paddle off. 

[Musky]

[kejedo]

All the thoughts I would be thinkin'

[Musky]

All the thoughts I would be thinkin'

I was going to post this picture in a different topic but I controlled myself.

[Friends just call me Ross]

The Grand Canyon Skywalk/Glass Bridge  

 

 

HIGHER THAN THE TALLEST SKYSCRAPER

• Grand Canyon Skywalk is located 4,000 feet above the Colorado River.

• Consists of more than 1 million pounds of steel and 83,000 pounds of glass.

• In total, it weighs 1.2 million pounds.

• Its foundation is strong enough to support about 71 million pounds – the equivalent of 71 fully loaded

747 airplanes.

• The glass walls are approximately 5’-7” high, extending 4’-6” above the glass floor – safer than code yet

low enough that guests do not feel confined.

• Grand Canyon Skywalk is 10 feet wide.

It extends 70 feet out over the canyon and cost over 30 million dollars to build.

Tickets range between $84 and $335.

 

[Friends just call me Ross]

 

 

I could NEVER walk out on that thing.  

[CHecker]

 

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I could NEVER walk out on that thing.  

 

Ok, so I'm so throwing up right now!! Blechhhhh.....