Taser photoshoot

Dr. Leonid Rogozov

In 1962 Dr. Rogozov was stationed with twelve other Soviet men at a research station in Antartica. He developed peritonitis from a perforated appendix.  The closest Soviet station was 1000 miles away.  With the assistance of a driver and a meteorologist he removed his own appendix after administering a dose of novocaine to his abdominal wall.

Additional details available here.

Penny

Penny, is a 1949 Cadillac that is covered with 38,295 pennies.  The Thompson family created the car 15 year ago and still enjoy it.  The work took six weeks.  Additional information here.

Unusual bike

A quick look at Turkey

Drive on

Molyvos, Lesvos, Greece

Seems like a marvelous place....

Citroen family race car?

Dragonfly and dew

Additional images by David Chambon here.

Mini beach car

Another head scratcher from the collectable automobile world.  This 1962 Mini Beach Car sold at Bonhams' Monterey auction for $181,500.  Read more about this car here.

In March of last year I posted the result of a Fiat Jolly at auction that brought $110,000.

Cave of the Three Bridges

It only took millions of years of snow melt to form the Baatara Gorge Waterfall in Tannourine, Lebanon.  See additional images and information here.

Bic bus

New gator record

Last September I posted information concerning record braking alligator catches that had recently been made (http://vectorville.blogspot.com/2013/09/alligators-in-news.html).

On Saturday, August 16, 2014, a new record was set.  An alligator measuring 15 feet long and weighing 1011.5 lbs. was caught in the Alabama River near Camden, Alabama.

One Life, One Flag, One Mile

Trident Iceni Magna

The British automaker, Trident, has just introduced its new Iceni Magna supercar.  Powered by a 6.6 liter turbo charged diesel engine rated at 395 hp and 700 ft/lbs of torque.  It is able to reach a speed of 60 mph in 3.7 seconds as it rockets it way to a top speed of 190mph.  Because it can squeeze 53 miles out of a gallon of biodiesel it has a cruising range of 2000 miles.  The price is $161,000.

If the performance is lacking for your personal taste Trident will build their track model for you for an additional $50,000.  That car sports 660 hp and 1000 ft/lbs of torque.

Additional information on the Magna available here or visit the Trident website.

Donut shaped structure

This 33 story structure was recently completed in Guangzhou, China.  Additional information and images here.

House of Many Colors

Charting culture

Retired

Used bras

A worker in Beijing, China, is shown sorting bras at a recycling center.  It was recently discovered that a huge number of worn bras are being resold rather than being recycled for the manufacture of carpets.

Vase Rock, Taiwan

Georges Rousse

Georges Rousse does not use image manipulation to create his photos.  He paints on a glass panel and then photographs the result.  Visit his website or visit wikipedia for additional information.

No short cut

A driver in Zhejiang province, China, gets some help exiting his vehicle.

Reflections

An interesting group of photographs all based on the idea of reflections can be seen here.

Veritasium

 Derek Mueller created a science channel on YouTube that has achieved critical acclaim.  It currently has some 160 uploads and 1.7 million subscribers.  It is known for uncovering and clearing up misconceptions people have about science.

Best seller

These T-shirts are sold at a Canadian Indian reservation.  In recent years the use of caricatures or slang terms for native Americans as team names has caused controversy.  Some say it is disrespectful and demeaning to use these slang names or to use a non-complementary caricature as a trademark.  The t-shirt example shows a sense of humor can be brought to the debate.

For those who do not know the Cleveland Indians are an American professional baseball team.

Paronella Park, Queensland, Austrailia

An interesting story is associated with this property that was built in the 1930's.  Read about it here.

Corvette prototype

1954 Corvette Corvair Fastback Coupe Motorama Prototype

888,246 Poppies

An installation was unveiled at the Tower of London today.  It will eventually contain 888,426 ceramic poppies- one for every British and Colonial soldier who died in WW1.

More images here.

Tagged

Tunnel of Love

The Tunnel of Love surrounds an active rail link that delivers wood three times a day to a fiberboard factory in Klevan, Ukraine.

Burning Man- Guardians of the Temple

Handsome rig

Gimme shelter

Located at over 12,500 feet on Mount Blanc this mountain "hut" can provide rather plush accommodations for up to 120 climbers on their way to the summit.