You Can't Make This Stuff Up!

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

[Lee Stewart]

John Force not only took a year (and 25 losses) between wins, but on his 700th Funny Car race, won his 150th time, at age 70!

[Lee Stewart]

Eddie Hill was qualifying for a 1997 event at Sonoma when his car suffered severe vibration as he crossed the finish line. The car went out of control and was completely destroyed.

Hill had two broken toes and a shoulder contusion, which were not serious injuries.

The run had been fast enough to make Hill the fastest qualifier, and Hill wanted to race his backup car in the first round on the day after the accident. The NHRA had a rule that the car used for qualifying had to be used in the event, so instead of doing something smart and keeping the racing going and making the fans happy, they said no.

The reaction was so bad to that botched call, the rule was changed to allow racers to race on race day even if they do not use the same car.

[Lee Stewart]

These are the ten hottest weather temperature days in the history of the city of Phoenix, Arizona, dating back to 1895. The all-time record hottest temperature ever recorded in Phoenix is 122 degrees, which occurred on June 26, 1990.

1. June 26, 1990 - 122
2. July 28, 1995 - 121
3. June 25, 1990 - 120
4. June 29, 2013 - 119
T-5. July 2, 2011 - 118
T-5. July 21, 2006 - 118
T-5. July 27, 1995 - 118
T-5. June 28, 1990 - 118
T-5. June 27, 1990 - 118
T-5. July 4, 1989 - 118
T-5. July 11, 1958 - 118

[Lee Stewart]

Not sure if this is a real car or one that has been photoshopped. Caught my eye while I was looking for something.

[BOWTIE67327]

wow, that will turn a few heads

[Verne_Frantz]

Originally Posted by Lee Stewart

I am sure you have seen photos like this one captured by the Hubble Telescope. What you may not know is that ALL photos are captured in Black & White.

When Hubble scientists take photos of space, they use filters to record specific wavelengths of light. Later, they add red, green, or blue to color the exposures taken through those filters. The result is full-color images that have a variety of purposes for scientific analysis.

The imager chips (and cameras) developed at the Sarnoff Labs in Princeton transmitted color images. They are in the Hubble and many NASA satellites. I saw a satellite image of a sailboat in Greece and I could read the number on the sail. I helped develop the microlithography process that made those chips.
We also developed IR imagers which are very popular with the military.



Verne