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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: main hall panorama (SR-71, Space Shuttle, et al)

A few nice photo services images I found:


Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: main hall panorama (SR-71, Space Shuttle, et al)
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Image by Chris Devers
See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article.

Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird:

No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world's fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird's performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War.

This Blackbird accrued about 2,800 hours of flight time during 24 years of active service with the U.S. Air Force. On its last flight, March 6, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging 3,418 kilometers (2,124 miles) per hour. At the flight's conclusion, they landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport and turned the airplane over to the Smithsonian.

Transferred from the United States Air Force.

Manufacturer:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

Designer:
Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson

Date:
1964

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Overall: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 55ft 7in. x 107ft 5in., 169998.5lb. (5.638m x 16.942m x 32.741m, 77110.8kg)
Other: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 107ft 5in. x 55ft 7in. (5.638m x 32.741m x 16.942m)

Materials:
Titanium

Physical Description:
Twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft; airframe constructed largley of titanium and its alloys; vertical tail fins are constructed of a composite (laminated plastic-type material) to reduce radar cross-section; Pratt and Whitney J58 (JT11D-20B) turbojet engines feature large inlet shock cones.

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See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article.

Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Space Shuttle Enterprise:

Manufacturer:
Rockwell International Corporation

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Overall: 57 ft. tall x 122 ft. long x 78 ft. wing span, 150,000 lb.
(1737.36 x 3718.57 x 2377.44cm, 68039.6kg)

Materials:
Aluminum airframe and body with some fiberglass features; payload bay doors are graphite epoxy composite; thermal tiles are simulated (polyurethane foam) except for test samples of actual tiles and thermal blankets.

The first Space Shuttle orbiter, "Enterprise," is a full-scale test vehicle used for flights in the atmosphere and tests on the ground; it is not equipped for spaceflight. Although the airframe and flight control elements are like those of the Shuttles flown in space, this vehicle has no propulsion system and only simulated thermal tiles because these features were not needed for atmospheric and ground tests. "Enterprise" was rolled out at Rockwell International's assembly facility in Palmdale, California, in 1976. In 1977, it entered service for a nine-month-long approach-and-landing test flight program. Thereafter it was used for vibration tests and fit checks at NASA centers, and it also appeared in the 1983 Paris Air Show and the 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans. In 1985, NASA transferred "Enterprise" to the Smithsonian Institution's National Air and Space Museum.

Transferred from National Aeronautics and Space Administration



Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: SR-71 Blackbird (starboard tail view)
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Image by Chris Devers
See more photos of this, and the Wikipedia article.

Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird:

No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in more hostile airspace or with such complete impunity than the SR-71, the world's fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird's performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War.

This Blackbird accrued about 2,800 hours of flight time during 24 years of active service with the U.S. Air Force. On its last flight, March 6, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging 3,418 kilometers (2,124 miles) per hour. At the flight's conclusion, they landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport and turned the airplane over to the Smithsonian.

Transferred from the United States Air Force.

Manufacturer:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

Designer:
Clarence L. "Kelly" Johnson

Date:
1964

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Overall: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 55ft 7in. x 107ft 5in., 169998.5lb. (5.638m x 16.942m x 32.741m, 77110.8kg)
Other: 18ft 5 15/16in. x 107ft 5in. x 55ft 7in. (5.638m x 32.741m x 16.942m)

Materials:
Titanium

Physical Description:
Twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft; airframe constructed largley of titanium and its alloys; vertical tail fins are constructed of a composite (laminated plastic-type material) to reduce radar cross-section; Pratt and Whitney J58 (JT11D-20B) turbojet engines feature large inlet shock cones.

Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum panorama, Xi'an

Some cool edit image images:


Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum panorama, Xi'an
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Image by thewamphyri
Qin Shi Huang's mausoleum, panorama, Xi'an China.

Five image (hand-held) panorama stitch via Hugin, approx 120 degree view and yes stitching foliage is a real challenge!

View full size here (9055 x 1549) or larger (1024 x 175)

(Tour by Xi'an Self Tour)


Legend of Fire mosaic, Melbourne
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Image by thewamphyri
The Legend of Fire mosaic (1982) covers the south wall of the Eastern Hill Fire Brigade’s headquarters in Albert Street, East Melbourne (Australia). At five storeys’ in height this mural took Harold Freedman approximately one and a half years to assemble and is comprised of over one million glass mosaic tiles.

View larger or at full size.

Ten (10) image (hand-held) stitch via Hugin. (Seven (7) images, with three (3) extra images to remove two sign posts and one power pole - it's not possible to take a clear shot of this mural - all shots will have the power pole and either one or both signs.

Ignoring overlap, the image is sized as follows:
Four (4) images high (portrait),
Five (5) images wide (landscape) (Top section is three (3) wide in portrait format).


47 Tucanae Wallpaper
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Image by sjrankin
Hubble Space Telescope image of individual stars in the globular cluster 47 Tucanae.

TZAMA Panorama

Some cool photo equipment images:


TZAMA Panorama
photo equipment
Image by Zachi Evenor
A row of heavy equipment, earthmovers and bulldozers near the Bareket quarry, Israel.

Among the machines in this photo are the CAT D9L bulldozer, JCB and Hyundai excavators, JCB 3CX backhoe loaders and Volvo L120 loaders.

Best view large. Click "L" for larger display on a black background.


1000384
photo equipment
Image by yu_DP+
Canon 50mm F1.4

装置 "a kind of equipments"
www.flickr.com/photos/yusho/sets/72157632298500861/with/8...


MX076S11 World Bank
photo equipment
Image by World Bank Photo Collection
Heavy equipment crossing water. Mexico. Photo: © Curt Carnemark / World Bank

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