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[Shape_Shifter]

Originally Posted by Panther6834

A piece of Las Vegas history, rotting away in some lot off the strip - from the original Sahara Hotel, this is what trending of the rollercoaster known as "Speed: The Ride".


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A lot of that stuff will get repurposed. My company is down there building the new Tropicana interchange. That could be one of their yards.

[Panther6834]

Originally Posted by Shape_Shifter

A lot of that stuff will get repurposed. My company is down there building the new Tropicana interchange. That could be one of their yards.

Not these parts. From what I understand, they've been sitting there since the coaster was dismantled in April 2012...12 years. With the amount of rust on most of the pieces, I'd assume it's not really good for anything.

As for the Tropicana thing, can you get them to speed things up? Our tour busses really need that thing finished. Currently, getting to MGM Grand, NYNY, Aria, Park MGM, etc, takes twice as long. We were all SUPER happy to see it open throughout Super Bowl week.


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[Shape_Shifter]

Speaking of Las Vegas....

I was down there for the Grand Prix in November. My seat was in the T-Mobile Zone at The Sphere between turns 5 and 8. It's hard to get good pics of cars going by at 100mph












My ticket included all you can eat free food and drink!




Since the track was on busy streets, crews worked all night to convert the streets to race track, then put it all back to normal before 6:00 am. A MASSIVE undertaking

[Panther6834]

Originally Posted by Shape_Shifter

Speaking of Las Vegas....



I was down there for the Grand Prix in November. My seat was in the T-Mobile Zone at The Sphere between turns 5 and 8. It's hard to get good pics of cars going by at 100mph. My ticket included all you can eat free food and drink!
Since the track was on busy streets, crews worked all night to convert the streets to race track, then put it all back to normal before 6:00 am. A MASSIVE undertaking.

Oh, I know all about that F1 track. I was driving for the race. Not only that, but, I got to drive two laps on the track every night..in a 56-passenger motorcoach. I even have a video of it on my YouTube channel - Ninth Island RC

Every evening, before the track went 'hot', we would travel up Las Vegas Blvd, enter through turn 14, drop off our track marshalls at their designated locations, and exit through turn 9. Then, in the early morning hours, after the track went 'cold', we would enter through turn 9, pick up our track marshalls at the same locations we dropped them off at, and exit out turn 14. In my case, since I was dropping off the track Marshalls in front of the Wynn, I would do 1.5 laps during the drop off, and 0.5 laps during the pickup.


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[Shape_Shifter]

Originally Posted by Panther6834

Oh, I know all about that F1 track. I was driving for the race. Not only that, but, I got to drive two laps on the track every night..in a 56-passenger motorcoach. I even have a video of it on my YouTube channel - Ninth Island RC

Every evening, before the track went 'hot', we would travel up Las Vegas Blvd, enter through turn 14, drop off our track marshalls at their designated locations, and exit through turn 9. Then, in the early morning hours, after the track went 'cold', we would enter through turn 9, pick up our track marshalls at the same locations we dropped them off at, and exit out turn 14. In my case, since I was dropping off the track Marshalls in front of the Wynn, I would do 1.5 laps during the drop off, and 0.5 laps during the pickup.


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Hot laps in a limo!! Cool!

[Panther6834]

Originally Posted by Shape_Shifter

Hot laps in a limo!! Cool!

Actually, a bus (motorcoach)...but, closer enough...lol. Watch the video. I will admit, I sped up the video. It was a fun week...but, very long hours.


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[HyperMark]

We started snorkelling back in November, and we saw our first Octopus this morning.
https://www.facebook.com/10001330597...46752401672714

https://www.facebook.com/10001330597...76671123797307

[Shape_Shifter]

Originally Posted by HyperMark

We started snorkelling back in November, and we saw our first Octopus this morning.
https://www.facebook.com/10001330597...46752401672714

https://www.facebook.com/10001330597...76671123797307

Thats very cool! How did you even see him?

[HyperMark]

Originally Posted by Shape_Shifter

Thats very cool! How did you even see him?

I was looking for one, plus I got very lucky.

[hpiguy]

I took a few moon shots last night

[Gula]

That moon shot is beyond beautiful

[4wd4ws]

[Shape_Shifter]

Wow! Were you in Lunar orbit when you took that?

[mikemcE]

Originally Posted by hpiguy

I took a few moon shots last night

Was this focus stacked or a single shot?


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[hpiguy]

Thanks fellas. It's a single shot with a 1200mm lens. Very slight editing just to reduce noise (was a hasty shot, so I didn't fiddle with as much as I should have. I'm a bit rusty.) As the weather gets better, I'll try and get some better shots.

[HyperMark]

A couple of photos from our weekend away at Smith's Beach, Western Australia. Samsung S24.