Took a cool pic?

[bluefury361]

the first time I crossed the Mackinac bridge was in 1958 on a family vacation in Dad's new 1957 Plymouth custom suburban. I've been over it many, many times since. Always a fascinating ride. The center lanes are grates that you can look through to the water.
A girl in a Yugo was blown over the rail once. Car was recovered, body wasen't.

 

[rapidtrans]

My brother crossed the bridge that same day. Just before they closed it after the Yugo went over. He descibes a pretty hairy drive what with a Vanagon pulling a pop-up camper. Wind was bouncing them all over even at 15 mph.

 

[Mid70's Chrysler Fanatic]

Coincidentally, I'm reading a book, The Yugo: The Rise and Fall of the Worst Car in History, by Jason Vuic.

I have a hunch that if she'd gone off the bridge in a Honda Civic, Plymouth Horizon, etc., her accident wouldn't have been so infamous.

This article recaps the story. The body of the victim, Leslie Ann Pluhar, was recovered - it was still in the car and difficult to remove from the mangled wreckage.

Whether the wind really blew the car off the bridge may forever remain debatable; too bad Walmart-priced dash cams hadn't been invented yet. But hell, I was fighting a crosswind just yesterday in my T&C.

What a f***ing terrifying way to die!

 

[dude69300]

Too bad this fashion statement went out of style

 

[jct]

 

[300rag]

"Mighty Mac" boss. Lost a girlfriend over this thing .. she was afraid to ride across it (seriously had a panic attack .. i wasnt sensitive enough it seems).

Mackinac Bridge, pronounced "mak-in-naw" for the nonlocals, connecting the Upper and Lower Peninsula's of Michigan. An engineering marvel. just turned 61 years old this year.

(45 minutes)

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photo source: Mackinac Bridge at 59 years old: 15 facts about the Michigan marvel

The mighty Mac!

Well here it is from 30,000' yesterday, looking north to south. It's shadow seen on the ice.

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

Well here it is from 30,000' yesterday, looking north to south. It's shadow seen on the ice.

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Thankz Peter. Crossed it many timez over the yearz. Your pic givez it a whole new perspective. Jer

 

[amazinblue82]

Well here it is from 30,000' yesterday, looking north to south. It's shadow seen on the ice.
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Never seen that view.

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

A Great Car Show on the north side in St. Ignace every Labor Day weekend but it's turned into ah "Sleep in Your Back Seat Show"and kind of ah circus weekend if you know what I'm saying?

 

[amazinblue82]

take with Samsung cell phone yesterday

first one - at gas station 15 minutes from home. looking west at sunset of course

second one - From home 15 minutes later

 

[70bigblockdodge]

I don't know if this is a "cool" picture, kinda sad. Even though it was probably long outdated, these huge Patina laden structures that used to be our might.

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

View attachment 252833 Too bad this fashion statement went out of style

3 little wordz .. NOW THATZ TITZ

 

[OldWarHorse300]

Cool Predator helmet in Haapsalu car show, Estonia. One ugly son of a *****!!! Looks scary in a rearview mirror...

 

[67nykr]

Spring time, dandelion pulled from driveway.

 

[66sptfry]

My buddies 2012 392 Challenger 6spd with my truck at a local cars and coffee

 

[amazinblue82]

I-40 East, North Carolina (stretch between Knoxville TN and Asheville NC). Ok, so what?

40 was squeezing to one lane ahead. Creeping along 5-10 mph -- first time in a couple trips through here (beautiful drive in fall btw .. but so curvy ya gotta watch the road).

This is the foothills of the Appalachians region. What are mountains? Great big rocks essentially. Appalachians were Himalaya-sized 300-400 million years ago (think Mt Everest, K2, etc) -- now not so much.

If you were to the strip the vegetation ... as some of the roadcuts have done .. the rocks are exposed.

The last photos are the same, but on one ti show the layering/folding when Africa crashed into NorthAmerica and plowed up the Appalachians .. and the stratification of the ancient seafloor of what became the Atlantic Ocean (Part Deux .. its opened and closed twice, now opening for the THIRD time in 4 billions years or so)

Much better places to see this all along I-40, I-81, even I-75 between Knoxville and Cincinnati. Big road projects along where they are cutting back the roadcuts due to semi-truck sized rocks coming down and smashing things.

Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, West VA .. hard for me to watch road due to the fascinations right outside the window.

I like geology. Always have. Enough ranting

 

[amazinblue82]

10K feet, flying into Columbus OH, looking west. Sorry, i never tire of sunsets -- the view of course, nor the cosmology (Earth spinning at 1,000 MPH, while circling Sun at 67,000 MPH, and that thing in the distance is 93,000,000 miles away)

 

[75LandYacht]

I known there another thread for this. Damn if can find it. Any who! Was at Lowe’s do’en home stuff, in the parking lots was a classic New York Winter Beater.. (Nova) by NY standards! Got LOTS of good years left in her. Lol

 

[amazinblue82]

I known there another thread for this. Damn if can find it.

this one boss?

Cars that refuse to die... Or the owners who won't let them.

 

[75LandYacht]

this one boss?

Cars that refuse to die... Or the owners who won't let them.

Yep! That’s the one. Thank you sir