Off Topic The "That's interesting"/geek thread

I do like this pic despite the grainy pixels mind. I get feeling from it so this will do me.

 

Anyway, for me it's 100% very interesting so happy days, or in this case it's happy nights...

 

No eclipse for us up here either,but a cracking lightning storm above the clouds...

 

I confirm that this is a great representation of what is seen during the evolution of the Lunar Eclipse.

 

This pictures are beginning to irritate me. I had been looking forward to this all week, noting the progress of the moon in the beautiful clear skies every evening. Timed the dog walk yesterday for when the eclipse would be at its height and of course couldn’t see a thing because of the ****ing clouds. ****sticks.

 

You weren't alone

 

Just returned from an evening bike ride.

The Moon has a very łow trajectory and is very large. Surprisingly, it was very reddish like yesterday.

If you have a clear sky, then take a look as it is impressive.

 

Been out, but it’s cloudy and thankfully raining on and off.

 

For those that missed it, a great time lapse film of the Lunar Eclipse.



Also, if you have a clear sky this evening, take a look at Mars, as it will be at its closest point to Earth for 15 years.

 

Who needs Big Data?

https://www.datamakespossible.com/b...m=socpd1&utm_source=Facebook&utm_campaign=DMP

 

Donald Campbell's restored Bluebird set for Scotland run

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Bluebird was transported on a trailer which was then put on a ferry to Bute
Donald Campbell's Bluebird will take to the water for the first time in more than 50 years this weekend.

The record-breaking hydroplane has arrived on the Isle of Bute in Scotland, where it will undergo tests.

Campbell, 45, was killed when the Bluebird K7 - travelling at more than 300mph - flipped and crashed on Coniston Water in 1967.

A team has been working on the restoration on Tyneside after it was salvaged from the lake in 2001.

Campbell was attempting to break his own water speed record of 276mph when he crashed.

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Bluebird flipped as it travelled at more than 300mph
Lead engineer of the North Shields project team, Bill Smith, said: "We have had five years of cataloguing everything that was salvaged and another 10 years of putting her back together.

"Every part has been cleaned and repaired. She looks absolutely beautiful now and she is how she should be."

The team has posted a photo of the restored boat being put on to a trailer for the journey to Scotland on social media.

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After initial water tests are carried out in Scotland, it is expected Bluebird will return to Coniston next year, where it will run at speed.

"We'll be basically training ourselves on Loch Fad because no-one really knows how she will handle," Mr Smith added.

"Once this is done there's always been the hope that she'll be displayed at speed back in Cumbria."

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Engineer Bill Smith has led the restoration project after salvaging the craft
The fuselage has been painstakingly rebuilt by the team, with almost all the parts having to be specially made.

The replacement engine was donated by De Havilland Aviation in 2007 and is almost identical to Bluebird's original Bristol Orpheus engine.

It was successfully tested in the reconstructed chassis for the first time in 2016 and Mr Smith, who was in the cockpit, described the experience as "absolutely amazing".

• Daughter marks Bluebird crash 50 years on
• Campbell's Bluebird roars back to life

Campbell's daughter Gina, who has visited the restoration project, said: "It will be quite an extraordinary experience for me to see this boat after so many years.

"I don't quite know how my heart will react, but I'm sure it will be with great jubilation.

"The restoration project has been such a fantastic feat. I'm sure she will look absolutely fantastic."

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Donald Campbell's daughter Gina laid flowers at the scene of the crash on the 50th anniversary in 2017
Paul Hannaford, chairman of the Speed Record Club, which is also supporting the restoration project, said Campbell's achievements would "never be equalled".

Vicky Slowe, director of Coniston's Ruskin Museum, where a wing dedicated to Donald Campbell and Bluebird has been built, said they were confident it would return to Coniston at some point in 2019.

She said: "That's what we want and that's what Donald Campbell's daughter, Gina, wants."

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Donald Campbell

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• Campbell was born on 23 March 1921 in Surrey and was the son of speed record breaker Sir Malcolm Campbell
• He initially used his father's old boat Bluebird K4 in record-breaking attempts
• In 1960 he survived a horrific crash in the US while trying to break the land speed record
• The Bluebird K7 boat was already 12 years old at the time of the Coniston Water crash
• He set eight world speed records - seven on land
• Campbell's lucky mascot - a 9ins "Mr Whoppit" bear from 1956 - was recovered with his body in 2001

 

Enjoying the heatwave?

Perhaps in future generations it may be a way of life?

Climate change: 'Hothouse Earth' risks even if CO2 emissions slashed http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-45084144

 

Anyone for Pie? Amdroids latest update has a lot of extras added....

Android Pie: Google adds Digital Wellbeing controls - BBC News https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45083364

 

This should be on the politics thread mate, as we have a tiny amount of time and huge global decisions to make if we want the planet to remain habitable for humans.

 

The only balls l want to see are my winning lotto balls .............. then the sky WILL look red, purple and hazy!
Bartender!

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I have enough frustrations following and reading the R's, without visiting "The Politics" thread!

 

You can almost touch the Sun!

Sorry for the blank screen.

I assure you, that if you could see it, then you would have liked it!