Open Source Mechanic blog

Here is a clearer before and after photo. Both were taken from exactly the same spot (with in a couple of feet), with exactly the same kid’s telescope/lens adapter.

Here is a movie I took on 4 August, 2009 at approximately 8:30 p.m., only 17 days before the railway collapsed:

See if you can guess which support is the bad one.

A railway viaduct very near my home collapsed into the broadmeadows estuary. We’re very fortunate that the train which crossed only seconds before the collapse made it across safely. The underlying piers the viaduct is built upon dates back to the mid 19th century. Yesterdays tides were approximately 15 feet high, which [...]