Sunday, April 25, 2010
Flightdeck video of ACT A300 landing accident at Bagram
On March 1, 2010 an Airbus A300 cargo plane, owned by Turkish carrier ACT Airlines, suffered a landing accident at Bagram Air Base (BPM), Afghanistan. The left hand main gear collapsed and the airplane came to rest on the side of the runway. The airplane, registered TC-ACB, suffered substantial damage but the five crew members escaped unhurt. At 03:10 the crew gets outside and sees the plane... A video of the landing mishap shot from the jump seat.
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Fun Night of Storm Cells
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| It started with some pretty good thunder storms! At 550 PM MDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar indicated a severe thunderstorm capable of producing damaging winds in excess of 60 mph.. this storm was located 10 miles southeast of Swan Falls... or 25 miles west of Mountain Home... and was moving north at 45 mph. * The severe thunderstorm will be near... Big Foot Butte around 555 PM MDT... Initial Point around 610 PM MDT... Kuna around 620 PM MDT... Meridian around 630 PM MDT... Eagle around 635 PM MDT... Star around 640 PM MDT. |
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| Now we're looking at some steady rain and wind. |
110 mph winds slam into a ski lift
The video is from the Sublette Chair at Jackson Hole, Wyoming's ski resort, taken on March 30, 2010 around 9:45. It shows what happens when a microburst of snow and wind hit just as an unlucky group of skiers were stopped up on the lift.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
You're Saying It Wrong!
This is an educational video to all the newsreporters in the world that are trying to report from the eruption in Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland ;)
Eyjafjallajökull (pronounced [ˈɛɪjaˌfjatlaˌjœkʏtl̥], translated "island mountain glacier")
Ey - ja - fja - lla - jö - kull
Aye - ya - fyah - dla - jow - kudl
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Underwater Sculpture Park
Creator of the world’s first underwater sculpture park, Jason de Caires Taylor has gained international recognition for his unique work. His sculptures highlight ecological processes whilst exploring the intricate relationships between modern art and the environment. By using sculptures to create artificial reefs, the artist’s interventions promote hope and recovery, and underline our need to understand and protect the natural world.
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The Walled City Where Sunlight Couldn't Reach
Kowloon Walled City arose out of a weird circumstance in the treaty between the Brits and the Chinese that created Hong Kong. China gave the New Territories to the Brits in 1898 but excluded the Walled City, which the Chinese wanted to be able to use as an outpost. The Walled City developed a kind of status as a no-man's land — but it was really only after the Japanese surrendered after World War II that the Walled City became totally ungoverned, with neither the Chinese nor the British exercising control.
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