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Compound-charged Hayabusa-based land speed record motorcycle...

 

 

In development since 2013, unveiled in 2016, but apparently it hasn't run any events yet. They have been updating their Facebook page from time to time though, so there's hope. Maybe after the pandemic...

 

https://www.facebook.com/pg/hassserafiniracing/posts/?ref=page_internal

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Explanation: A sensitive video camera on a summit of the Vosges mountains in France captured these surprising fireworks above a distant horizon on June 26. Generated over intense thunderstorms, this one about 260 kilometers away, the brief and mysterious flashes have come to be known as red sprites. The transient luminous events are caused by electrical breakdown at altitudes of 50 to 100 kilometers. That puts them in the mesophere, the coldest layer of planet Earth's atmosphere. The glow beneath the sprites is from more familiar lighting though, below the storm clouds. But on the right, the video frames have captured another summertime apparition from the mesophere. The silvery veins of light are polar mesospheric clouds. Also known as noctilucent or night shining clouds, the icy clouds still reflect the sunlight when the Sun is below the horizon.

 

 

https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap200704.html

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We all know the story of Ford with Cobras, GT 40's and the Ford GT racers.....who ever heard of the Ford GT 70?

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Try to disregard the car show babe and focus on the car ;)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_GT70

It reminds me of the Porsche 904's of much the same era

https://www.google.com/search?q=ford+gt70&client=firefox-b-d&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjbu-j9q_brAhWEHjQIHfqHDLUQ7AkoAXoECBEQCw&biw=1586&bih=747

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Vaguely remember the GT70. My father worked for Ford from 1969-1978 and helped develop the Motorcraft division. I remember seeing one of these prototypes as a kid in Detroit and thinking it was pretty small and narrow, especially sitting next to a 1970 Mach 1 Mustang.
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Brazilian female surfer Maya Gabeira rides a world record 73.5 foot wave at Nazare, Portugal:

 

https://vp.nyt.com/video/2020/09/15/88633_1_BigWaveMaya_wg_1080p.mp4

 

It looks to me like surfing down Niagara Falls, or maybe the Japanese guy who "skied" down Mt. Everest. Gabeira nearly died in a wipe out on a "puny" 50 foot wave at Nazare in 2013. See https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/22/sports/biggest-wave-surfed-nazare-maya-gabeira.html for the full story.

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"If you don't know where you're going, any road will take you there." ~ The Cheshire Cat (Alice in Wonderland)

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