Beast of the earth!

Speaking of fascinating gigantic machines, you are probably already familiar with this beast that devours the earth, and sometimes other things as well (there is a picture with a bulldozer stuck high up in the shovel-like cogwheel mechanism!).



The name of the beast is called Bagger 288 and was manufactured in germany by Krupp.

According to Wikipedia the monster is around 220 m long and 96 m high and it can excavate the equivalent of a football field dug to 30 m deep - every day!

Monster of the sea and sky!

This set of photos of the Ekranoplan "Caspian Sea Monster" really inspires me. The sheer size, the unusal architecture of the aircraft, the aged textures and the whole set is just fascinating. I wonder what it would be like to wander arounds it's wonder...