Throwback to 2020. I spent a lot of time chasing down the locations I felt showed iconic scenes and infrastructure in the area. Moving from a smaller city to this one nearly every building and bridge felt gargantuan and worthy of an image.
The cargo ship that crashed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has been refloated and towed to port with the assistance of five tugboats. The ship, named The Dali, had been trapped under debris from the destroyed bridge since March, when the collapse killed six construction workers. CBS News has more on what’s next for the Dali and the bridge.
So Ryan, thank you for this most valuable tool to bring people around the globe together in #DeSoc - creating (and curating, as you have) ***Bridgy_Fed is one of the very best things that the Fediverse has to offer people on both sides of the protocol divide, and I really don't think that there are enough Thank you's to go around for all of the selfless effort you've put into this service.
So as meek and perhaps insignificant as it may sound, THANK YOU!
Mes grands-parents maternels habitaient "en Vienne" (quartier de Blois, sud-Loire). Pour rejoindre le centre de la ville, il fallait traverser le pont Jacques-Gabriel, sous les bombes à une certaine période. Jusqu'à ce qu'il soit en partie détruit le 16 août 1944.
This is the river Rhine in cologne. It's the biggest and longest river in Germany.
The drought shows us structures and things that are usually under the water.
Brig o' Doon in Alloway, Ayrshire, believed to have been built in the 1400s. It was made famous as the site of Tam o' Shanter's desperate flight from a witch in the poem by Robert Burns. More pics and info: https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/alloway/brigodoon/index.html
While touring #Andalusia in #Spain, I spotted a gleaming tower. Intrigued, I looked it up and found out it was the #Gemasolar Thermosolar Plant which can supply power to 27,500 homes and uses molten salt heat storage technology to keep generating power when there's no sun. More info here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gemasolar_Thermosolar_Plant - Perhaps #Italy could do with a few similar plants. #energy
The part of the bridge on the bow of the Dali was demolished.
From the Minorcan Mullet stream¹, 1.5 nautical miles (2.7 km) away it's not possible to see if there is still a beam leaning on the ship, but a big chunk is embedded in the hull.
Anyway the ship didn't move, but seagulls are having a great lunch.
Who knows how many CEOs are kicking themselves because they don't have a container with their company's name on the bow of the Dali to have free advertising…