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Here’s the raw stack vs processed photo. All of that color was there in the image data, and when brought out it reveals a hidden world of geological curiosity!

#BMW E34 M5

Why do we find SO MANY meteorites in Antarctica? 60% of meteorites found on Earth are found there! It’s not because it’s at the pole. The reason is these special blue ice areas. And how they form… I went to Antarctica, so if you’re curious and want more stories there, follow along!

Tracking footage of Falcon Heavy and ViaSat-3 F3 from the press site. Cool how much sharper it gets when it clears the tower/haze! 📽️ Me for @WeAreSpaceScout

Porsche 911 Turbo, 993. 402 hp. From a 3.6L twin-turbo flat-six. Everything is air-cooled and its the last of the older 911's. They don’t make them like this anymore, all modern 911's onward are watercooled, these air cooled 911's sound so alive. This was the end of an era Modern 911 Turbos are much bigger, this isn't bigger than a modern Boxster 718.

I'm thrilled to share this unique collaboration with Artemis Il astronaut @astro_reid. Artemis II was a unique opportunity to get high-quality imagery of the moon, and Reid was gracious enough to capture some special image sets for me during the lunar flyby.

#Pagani Aura

The SR71 factory floor looks like a rebel base in Star Wars. This does not look like it was first designed in 1959. The SR-71 was 50 years ahead of time🔥😯💎

I hate the G-Class. Well, I hate what it has become. In 1988, a man named Gunther Holtorf decided to set off on an 18-month trip around Africa. You're probably wondering who Otto is. Well, it's a Mercedes-Benz 300 GD he bought for the occasion. His partner Christine joined the adventure in 1990. But in 2010 the story took a tragic turn, Christine died of cancer. She made him promise to continue this life. By 2014, the adventure had spanned 26 years, crossed 215 countries and territories, and covered 900,000km. I think this is one of my favorite stories because it shows that the automobile is not just 4 wheels and an engine, it's literally a travel companion.

When my son got one of his first jobs with a manufacturing company, he complained how he was “doing all the work” making parts that sold for hundreds of dollars a piece while only making $20 an hour. “It’s unfair to the workers!” he said. “You sound like a liberal.” I said. He made a classic mistake I see people make over and over. They only look at the hard cost of goods and final sale price. They don’t understand anything in between. I pointed out that the company he worked for only makes an 8% profit. Their total profit on that $400 part was really only about $32. “There’s no way.” he said. “The bar stock only costs about $8.” To him, his argument was logical. Every day his hands turned $8 worth of aluminum bars into thousands of dollars of product, but he only got about $160 of that. That seemed unfair. I asked him “What about all of the other people in the company? The ones who aren’t making the parts.” He hadn’t thought about that. I explained that every hand along that product’s journey from creation to the customer is another person who has to get paid. The engineers who designed and tested it, long before you made it. The person who packed it in a box. The person who made the manuals that go with it. The person who answers the phone when a customer has a problem later. The people who order the materials and maintain the machines and sweep the floors and clean the toilets after you leave. The accountants and lawyers and insurance companies who keep the business organized, compliant, and protected if the part you made fails. All of those people are paid for from those parts you made. And all of them get their paychecks whether the parts are sold right away or not. On top of that, there’s the cost of the facility itself. The building, heating and cooling it, and every piece of equipment inside it. All of those costs are paid before the owner makes one cent. “At the end of the day, you’re actually making more money from every unit you make than he is.“ He understood it after that. Running a business is the hardest way to make money. Roughly 90% of entrepreneurs will fail. Don’t get me wrong, the reward can be great if you’re one of the 10% that makes it, but that results in a confirmation bias. You only see the winners. You never heard about the 90% that failed before they made it. You see the guy in the big office who looks like he doesn’t work as hard as you, but you never saw what it took to get there. You never saw the times he went without a paycheck so he could make payroll. You never felt the stress of being denied necessary capital, or losing an important customer, or under-bidding on a contract and losing money on every unit. You’ve never felt the repercussions of making the wrong call. If you mess up, one customer is marginally inconvenienced, and you can fix it with another $8 part. If HE messes up, you and everyone else have no job. You can be the guy on top if you’re willing to take the risks they took and do the work they did to get there. Or you can do your part and collect your paycheck while someone else worries about that stuff. And that’s OK too, because the world needs both. The beauty of capitalism is that you get to choose which one you want to be.

Her warmth caresses me. She surrounds me like a passionate lover that provides the purest bliss… What? THEN DON'T ASK IF I "LIKE" COFFEE

Let’s make fettuccine al limone!! #pizza #pasta #italianfood #dinnertime #calgary #entrepreneur #viral

Porsche Panamera Turbo, 971. This breaks 300 km/h too because Porsche allows. BMW, Audi, Mercedes usually let their cars do a max of 250 km/h. But this four-door is doing supercar numbers from the factory. Not just short bursts, but actually maintaining 300 km/h for a longer period.

The answers to many modern problems are simple but politically incorrect. So instead of solving anything, everybody pretends they don't know what's going on, and spend years misdiagnosing the issue, talking in circles, and wasting time.

Beautiful clouds to complete the picture. Maybe some rain later. Good weather for a glass or two of red wine. Cheers. 😁😁🍷🍷