A photo of an empty Boeing 787-8s Dreamliner known as a Boeing Business Jets that was delivered to a customer unpainted and without an interior.
Category: Picture of the Day
British Airways Plane Lands With Square Tire
A British Airways Airbus A380 took off from Hong Kong on May 5 with 18 round wheels, but apparently touched down at London Heathrow with a bizarre flat square-shaped tire. The aircraft landed safely on runway 09L and taxied to the gate,” the report said. This extraordinary photo was uncovered by aviation news site The Aviation… Continue reading British Airways Plane Lands With Square Tire
Amazing Photo of F-16 Flying Straight Upwards
US Air Force Master Sgt. Jeffrey Allen captured a fascinating photo of a F-16 flying perfectly straight up in the air. The F-16 appears suspended in thin air!
The World Air Games 2015 in Dubai
Hot air balloons fly over Dubai during the World Air Games 2015, held under the rules of the Federation Aeronautique Internationale (FAI) as part of the “Dubai International Balloon Fiesta” event in the United Arab Emirates. The aerostat competition is particularly mesmerizing, with hot air balloons filling the sky above Dubai. Hot air ships were… Continue reading The World Air Games 2015 in Dubai
Statue of Lenin Gets Darth Vader Makeover in Ukraine
Sculptor Alexander Milov transformed a statue of communist leader Vladimir Lenin into a monument of Darth Vader in Ukraine. The country recently passed a bill banning communist names and symbols. The statue also serves as a Wi-Fi hotspot. Seriously, somebody actually ran for office in Ukraine under the name Darth Vader.
Astronomers Unveil a 46-Gigapixel Image of Space
Astronomers at Germany’s Ruhr-Universität Bochum have created the largest astronomical image of space to date. The image is composted from some 268 individual shots captured over the past five years and spans a staggering 46 billion pixels, or 46 gigapixels. That’s 855,000 by 54,000 pixels. The university has created an online viewer to explore the… Continue reading Astronomers Unveil a 46-Gigapixel Image of Space
Woman Fined for Posting Photo of Police Car in Handicapped Space
A Spanish woman has been ordered to pay €800 for posting photo of a police car parked in handicapped space. The unnamed woman, a resident of Petrer in Alicante, south-east Spain, posted the photo on her Facebook page with the comment “Park where you bloody well please and you won’t even be fined”. The Citizens Security Law, popularly… Continue reading Woman Fined for Posting Photo of Police Car in Handicapped Space
Miniature-Like Kuwait National Assembly
A picture of the Kuwait National Assembly building that creates the illusion of looking down at a miniature-scale model. The photo was taken with my Samsung Galaxy S5.