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25 Unbelievable Pictures You May Have Never Seen Before

ジャンルは関係なしで、とにかくインパクトのある写真を25枚集めてみましたよと言うお話。リンク先には、さらに多数の画像有り。

お気に入りは、大量のエイの移動シーンを捕らえた４枚目の写真。
１２枚目も幻想的で美しい。

We covered some otherwordly places before (see, for example, Bolivian Salt Lake, or The Richat Structure), but this island simply blows away any notion about what is considered “normal” for a landscape on Earth.

Imagine waking up on the Socotra Island and taking a good look around you (let’s say your buddies pulled a prank on you and delivered you there, and lets also assume that you don’t have any hangover from abuse of any substances). After a yelp of disbelief, you’d be inclined to think you were transported to another planet - or traveled to another era of Earth’s history.

Dark Roasted Blend: The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth

インド洋上の島ソコトラ島には、奇妙な植物が自生していますよと言うお話。リンク先には、さらに多数の写真アリ。

これはスゴイですね、一度訪れてみたいものです。

The train from Nouadhibou to Zouerat is the longest train in the world. The iron ore train carry thousands of tons of crusehed rock in a chain of wagons up to three kilometres long. Their schecules and frequencies depend partly on the speed of the extraction at the mines, and even in the past, attacks by Polisario guerillas from over the border in Western Sahara.

YouTube - Longest Train
The longest train in the world : Fogonazos

モーリタニアの港町ヌアディブ(Nouadhibou)と、北部の町ズエラット(Zouerate)を結ぶ世界最長の列車のお話。

鉄鉱石を運ぶこの列車は全長3kmにもなるとのこと。

Women Drivers Award

FUN GEEKS: Women Drivers Award

やっちゃった女性ドライバーたちの写真。
リンク先には、さらに多数の写真有り。

いや、女性ドライバーだけが悪いとは思いませんが、どれもこれもかなりやっちゃってますね。

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), a 27 kilometer (17 mile) long particle accelerator straddling the border of Switzerland and France, is nearly set to begin its first particle beam tests. The European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) is preparing for its first small tests in early August, leading to a planned full-track test in September - and the first planned particle collisions before the end of the year. The final step before starting is the chilling of the entire collider to -271.25 C (-456.25 F). Here is a collection of photographs from CERN, showing various stages of completion of the LHC and several of its larger experiments (some over seven stories tall), over the past several years.

Large Hadron Collider nearly ready - The Big Picture - Boston.com

スイス・ジュネーブ郊外にフランスとの国境をまたいで設置されている大型ハドロン衝突型加速器(Large Hadron Collider)の写真。リンク先にさらに多数の写真有り。

高エネルギー物理実験を目的として欧州原子核研究機構(CERN)が建設した世界最大の衝突型円型加速器、通称LHC。
陽子ビームを光速の99.9999998％まで加速させることが可能。

これは、実物が見てみたい！