A Real Paper Boat

Budapest
Originally uploaded by cosmonautez

Budapest

Uploaded by cosmonautez on 31 May 07, 12.26AM ICT.

Water Park

Water Park, originally uploaded by coolnewspics.

A little squirt named Oscar Valadez, 4, gets an eyeful at the Waco Water Park in Waco, Texas. Waco Tribune Herald / Jerry Larson

Uploaded by coolnewspics on 23 May 07, 9.15PM ICT.

Dress On Fire

Dress On Fire, originally uploaded by coolnewspics.

This stunt professional safely torched herself for the 2007 Taurus World Stunt Awards in Los Angeles.

Uploaded by coolnewspics on 23 May 07, 9.18PM ICT.

Seeing a Sonic Boom - How often?

Seeing a Sonic Boom - How often?, originally uploaded by edhiker.

Hearing a sonic boom is common, but what about seeing one?

When an object travels faster than the speed of sound, the density waves that we hear as sound cannot outrun the object itself and so accumulate as a cone behind it. When this cone of density waves passes, a listener hears all the sound at once as a sonic boom.

What happens visually though is still debated. It seems from the picture above that an unusual cloud forms. One theory is that a drop in air pressure at the plane causes water vapor to condense and form the cloud.

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Ensign John Gay, USS Constellation, US Navy

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ABOARD USS CONSTELLATION (July 7, 1999)-- Lieutenant Ron Candiloro, assigned to Fighter Squadron One Five One (VF-151), breaks the sound barrier in an F/A-18 "Hornet".

Uploaded by edhiker on 14 Sep 05, 5.17AM ICT.
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Face Scanner

Face Scanner, originally uploaded by coolnewspics.

Jeska Stolle tests the three-dimensional (3D) face scanner used to register individual details of passengers at the SAC Siemens airport centre in Fuerth near Nuremberg on March 30, 2007. The airport centre opened in December 2005 and presents the latest technologies available from Siemens for all airports and official areas where interior security is required. REUTERS/Michaela Rehle (GERMANY)

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Uploaded by coolnewspics on 10 Apr 07, 8.12PM ICT.
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Upright

Upright, originally uploaded by coolnewspics.