Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Oil tanker Maersk Trieste is fitted with "suction sails" - essentially a vertical wing that rotates to point into the wind, and then uses suction fans to keep the boundary layer of airflow pulled tight against the airfoil thereby increasing the lift coefficient and boosting the ship along. 030
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Lokomotywownia Krakow Plaszow - what remains of a split roundhouse and railroad graveyard in the Plaszow area of Krakow. 082
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Socialist realist should be called Soviet Sprawl. And that's not a neg, Nowa Huta is incredible and beats the heck out of our five-over-one hellscape. 052
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Did you happen to spot the NASA ER-2 that was doing racetracks over the Cascade fires on Sunday? 100
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 18/08/2026It's a tragedy that the Portland's Centennial Mills burned. There were a lot of really cool concept renders to reclaim and preserve and re-use the building. The past deserves better treatment than we give it. You will be missed. 062
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 03/08/2026I listened to a pre-alzheimer's voicemail from my mom today, I think from around 2019, maybe earlier, and I fully realized that I will never really get to talk to her again. 060
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 31/07/2026"You always told me to stay off the freeway." "Yes, that's true." "You said it was suicide." Managed to fly out to what remains of the fake freeway built for The Matrix Reloaded filming out at Alameda Naval Air Station. 050
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 27/07/2026I got to see so many examples of goddamn wacky British engineering on this trip. I'll never say no to a ferry, and a CHAIN ferry, while loud as shit, is a pretty cool solution to ensure fast-landing in a narrow gap with big currents. CLANK CLANK CLANK - Sandbanks Chain Ferry - Dorset, UK 010
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Two Titans Antonov An-124 and a mothballed MD-11 at KBFI in Seattle 1183
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Antonov An-124 roaring out of Seattle - Слава Україні! 🇺🇦 060
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Bud treat yourself to the Airhub store on Kreschatyk. Its so fucking cool, and FULL of destroyed russian plane pieces :D 030
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 17/07/2026I'm curious about the piles around the outer edge. Bulldozed trinitite? 010
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 14/07/2026@worldbollardassoc.bsky.social looks like the Space Needle is finally renewing their WBA membership! 000
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 14/07/2026I know, right? Sorry, I meant to say GUNNED down. O.o 000
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 11/07/2026Goddamn what a cool day. What a wonderful noise. Ukrainian Antonov An-124 departing KBFI - Seattle for Leipzig. 2203
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 10/07/2026🇺🇦 Ukrainian giant visiting Seattle tonight! I really hope I can catch this thing taking off. 🇺🇦 216623
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 09/07/2026I started travelling internationally to see Cold War wastelands, abandoned cities, and the sites of nuclear disasters - how did I turn into the type of dork that giggles gleefully and gets all fuzzy about visiting grocery stores in foreign countries? Does the arc of my life end at "konbini pics?" 060
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 09/07/2026 The Waste Thermal Treatment Plant ZTPO is the largest waste-to-energy in Poland, handling 220,000 tons of waste annually, producing 65k MWh of electricity and 280k MWh of district heating. Waste ash is used to build roads. @postoctobrist.bsky.social @victoriascott.bsky.social 050
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The weird mirrored timing of @wtyppod.bsky.social episodes and my own travels continues. Please rate this waste-to-power/heating steam plant I stayed a whole extra day in Krakow to see. I think it looks straight out of SimCity 4; we'd never use an aesthetic that goes this hard. 1121
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 06/07/2026That would be like launching a drone from Seattle and hitting Chicago... O.o 030
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I have a shoe with soil samples from this crater permanent stuck to it, because I accidentally stepped on a gluetrap for rats inside the ICECAP drill tower while visiting the NNSS. I would die to put that shoe into a research-grade radiation spectrum analyzer. 150
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 04/07/2026Patriotism has never been about pretending our nation is without flaws. Patriotism is every act of righteous dissent. Loving your country means fighting for the best version of it. Happy 250th from Seattle! 050
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 04/07/2026That livery makes this look like a photo from the early 80s... sigh 010
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 03/07/2026The USS Iowa (BB-61) was the lead ship of the Iowa-class battleships. Built for speed as well as firepower, she could reach nearly 33 knots, making her one of the fastest battleships ever built. 082
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 28/06/2026While as a society we are moving toward greater inclusion and equality for all people, the tide of history only advances when people make themselves fully visible. 070
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 26/06/2026And even the poetry site you linked has an ai interpretation. Its a plague. 010
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Nope, just another dude in Seattle that watches boats. I had a comment earlier suggesting it was USS Mobile Bay but I couldn't confirm. I forgot that 3 other ticos had moved to Bremerton 110
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Ehh I take that back. Not sure who that is. DDG52, DDG53, and DDG57 were all at PSNS in December. 100
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 22/06/2026On this date in 1946, Harold Dahl claimed a man in a dark suit warned him not to discuss his Maury Island UFO incident from the previous day, creating the foundations of the Men in Black mythos. 040
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 22/06/2026The Storis is a medium icebreaker docked at the Coast Guard Station nearer the stadiums. 010
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 22/06/2026So cool to see the business end of a heavy icebreaker when it is out of the water! - USCGC Polar Star in Seattle 071
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 20/06/2026Oh here I thought this was a forensic diagram from the Mr. Hands incident. 010
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 20/06/2026It could be that the entire purpose of your life is only to serve as a warning to others. 192
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Cuck Fuckerburgs's yacht in Seattle, with cruise ship for scale. 042
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Russia hit the Pechersk Lavra monastery last night. Built in 1051, the Eastern Orthodox monastery is a UNESCO world heritage site. Firefighters put out the blaze this morning and discovered the remains of a shahed drone engine on the roof. 010
Atomic Aerials @atomicaerials.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Safeguard also controlled 4 Remote Sprint Launch sites. Designed to intercept ICBMs coming over the North Pole, the Sprint was a 2nd-to-last line of defense to protect North Dakota's Minuteman missile fields. Sprint carrier a 1-kt neutron warhead and accelerated to Mach 10 in about 5 seconds. 060
