Random Picture Thread

[Fanie]

Beat this for randomability



It's a little mole cricket I found sneaking around my office.
It was quite difficult to take a viewable picture, the little bugger
went on like when you cut your son's hair

Cute eh

[hoytedow]

That was a mole cricket, which can take down a black widow spider.

[Fanie]

What do you mean 'take down'. Maybe give i a good whack with those diggers...

[hoytedow]

I mean the spider that takes out a "normal" cricket may not fare so well against this one.

[kach22i]

http://www.carnuts.us/forum/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=4421

[hoytedow]

Australia's finest ant!

[KnottyBuoyz]

Everyone's enjoying the nice weather!



Even my toys!

[kach22i]

http://www.roadtransport.com/blogs/b...-tug-in-s.html

[RHP]

:d :d

[Angélique]

http://www.skostsee.org/history.htm

‘‘During the autumn of ’97 a hurricane in the North Sea generated such monster waves that Anita was knocked down and partly capsized. Major damage was sustained. The doghouse was smashed, the mizzenmast broken and lots of deck equipment washed away. Some of the crew also suffered severe injuries but under the watchful eye of the German Lifeboat service Anita made it back to Helgoland in relatively one piece.’’

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf7FddPO5QM

‘‘Albdag: This video is made by the crew of the German rescueboat Wilhelm Kaisen. During the autumn of 1997, the German 12-metre class ANITA (Abeking & Rasmussen, 1938) was caught by a hurricane. About 60 nm northwest of Heligoland, Anita failed to climb a Monster wave, fell into the trough and the sea broke over her. The doghouse was smashed, the mizzenmast broken and lots of equipment washed away. Although the crew was injured they were able to drain the yacht and reach Heligoland under their own power.’’

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Angel

[RHP]

Seems the wind was pretty fickle making it difficult to maintain steerage?

Great film but squeeky bottom time for the crew!

[RHP]

Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear.......

[Angélique]

Originally Posted by RHP

Seems the wind was pretty fickle making it difficult to maintain steerage?

Great film but squeeky bottom time for the crew!

Here the story by Anita's skipper in a German video (windows media player).

The Wilhelm Kaisen has to do 60 nm, ± 5 hours in the hurricane, to get there.
So the picture and video in post #2966 were made more then 5 hours after the knock down.

More info in German about the incident and a Google translation in English.

Cheers!
Angel

[RHP]

Great vid, many thanks, interesting he chose to run with the storm and didnt either lie to a parachute anchor or lie abeam. The weight of water in some of those breaking waves is truely amazing.

I wonder how a modern lightweight grp 50´ yacht would fair with its shoal draft, fin keel and wide aft end being picked up by those waves? Personally I´d rather me in an older long keel medium beam yacht like in the vid.

[Boston]

I'd have sworn I posted a pic of a real beauty to try and offset the sick feeling I got when I looked at your latest version of a shemale there RHP

oh well
I guess I just randomly posted to who knows where