What is the coolest man-made thing you’ve ever seen up close in real life?
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You have a pretty fundamental misunderstanding of how islands work, but beside that I'm totally with you.
Hey, it's the same thing with Guam, right?
One of Elon's Space-x rockets falling back down to Earth, fire up reverse thrusters, and stick the landing out at the cape.
I've seen hundreds of launches, but seeing that one blew my mind.
I've seen hundreds of launches, but seeing that one blew my mind.
Having lived a somewhat sheltered life, I would say St. Paul's Cathedral for me as seeing in person. The dome is massive and I believe one of the tallest in the world. You also can go up into the Dome and walk around the inside and outside to look at London. As far as something I have not seen in person, the Great Walls of China have to be at near the top, even above the Great pyramids. 2,000 years in the making of 13,000 miles of total walls.
Wow. CC just trolled a master troller. Well done.
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What's crazy is thinking that these cities held only a few thousand people at one time.
Michelangelo was something else. As a painter and a sculptor. I could’ve stayed in the Sistine Chapel for hours.
I like big machines, flying out from Mayport to the USS Eisenhower for an overnight tour was very cool for me.
The Paper Clips project in Whitwell, TN.
If you have not seen the documentary, put it on your bucket list. It is amazing what a small town, with no diversity did in TN to teach their children about tolerance. And if you are in the area, you must go see it.
Here is a plot summary in short:
Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee is the setting for this documentary about an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education. Struggling to grasp the concept of six-million Holocaust victims, the students decide to collect six-million paper clips to better understand the extent of this crime against humanity. The film details how the students met Holocaust survivors from around the world and how the experience transformed them and their community.
If you have not seen the documentary, put it on your bucket list. It is amazing what a small town, with no diversity did in TN to teach their children about tolerance. And if you are in the area, you must go see it.
Here is a plot summary in short:
Whitwell Middle School in rural Tennessee is the setting for this documentary about an extraordinary experiment in Holocaust education. Struggling to grasp the concept of six-million Holocaust victims, the students decide to collect six-million paper clips to better understand the extent of this crime against humanity. The film details how the students met Holocaust survivors from around the world and how the experience transformed them and their community.
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were you at the boston college game this year. if so, a B-2 did the fly over. very impressive plane with a wingspan wider than the length of the football field.
"were you at the boston college game this year. if so, a B-2 did the fly over. very impressive plane with a wingspan wider than the length of the football field."
Must of been an overinflated B-2, lol. The wingspan of a normal B2 is 172 feet.
Must of been an overinflated B-2, lol. The wingspan of a normal B2 is 172 feet.
Pretty sure that was a B-52 at the flyover...I wasn't there, but I have seen it in person....large, impressive piece of machinery, but not a flying 90 Degree Angle, the B-2 is just bizarre visually, and equally lethal.
you are correct was a B-52. my bad. still one bad bird though.
So envious, I'd love to be able to see Macchu Piccu & Angkor Wat....................maybe in the next life.
Mine isn't as cool as most of you guys, but Hoover Dam was the coolest man-made thing I've ever seen..............though as a treehugger I did have many problems with it
I've been to the Pyramids, Colosseum, the Great Wall and in Rio at Christ the Redeemer....definitely want to see Macchu Piccu before I die
