Rare and very interesting photos. As seen in TAN

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Dune 45 in Sossusvlei, Namibia

Ceiling of the Borujerdi House, Kashan, Iran

Sulamani Temple, Bagan, Myanmar

A city in northern China shrouded in haze, Tianjin, China. Zhang Lei, China

The Mask of Sorrow (Russian: Маска скорби, Maska skorbi) is a monument perched on a hill above Magadan, Russia, commemorating the many prisoners who suffered and died in the Gulag prison camps in the Kolyma region of the Soviet Union during the 1930s, 40s, and 50s. It consists of a large concrete statue of a face, with tears coming from the left eye in the form of small masks. The right eye is in the form of a barred window. The back side portrays a weeping young woman and a headless man on a cross. Inside is a replication of a typical Stalin-era prison cell. Below the Mask of Sorrow are stone markers bearing the names of many of the forced-labor camps of the Kolyma, as well as others designating the various religions and political systems of those who suffered there.

The statue was unveiled on June 12, 1996 with the help of the Russian government and financial contributions from seven Russian cities, including Magadan. The design was created by famed sculptor Ernst Neizvestny, whose parents fell victim to the Stalinist purges of the 1930s; the monument was constructed by Kamil Kazaev. The mask stands 15 metres high and takes up 56 cubic metres of space.

 

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^ Those are amazing

 

[Quincy McCall]

Amazing

 

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Singapore is beautiful and so clean, but hot AF in September

 

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Very amazing pictures

 

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The Schlörwagen (nicknamed "Egg" or "Pillbug") was a prototype aerodynamic rear-engine passenger vehicle developed by Karl Schlör (1911–1997) and presented to the public in 1939.

Schlör, an engineer for Krauss Maffei of Munich, proposed an ultra-low drag coefficient body as early as 1936. Under Schlör's supervision at the AVA (an Aerodynamic testing institute in Göttingen) a model was built. Subsequent wind tunnel tests yielded a drag coefficient of only 0.113, incredible then and still extremely impressive today. For a functioning model, a Mercedes-Benz 170H chassis, one of their few rear-engine designs, was used. The aluminum body was built by the Ludewig Brothers of Essen. Subsequent tests of the motorized model showed a slightly higher but still impressive drag coefficient of 0.186. A year later it was unveiled to the public at the 1939 Berlin Auto Show. The project was shelved with the onset of World War II and mass production was never realized. The model was later taken to Russia and fitted with an external propeller engine. The whereabouts of the sole functioning model remain unknown.

Rolls Royce Jonckheere Aerodynamic Coupe ll concept by Ugur Sahin Design:

Drive-in theater, South Bend Indiana, 1950s.

A book store in China.

The aftermath of the eruption of Mount St. Helens, Washington, 1980.

Sea of buildings in São Paulo.

 

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