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Sunday May 21, 2006

Video: Trojan Nuclear Power Plant Cooling Tower Implosion


Original video location

From Wikipedia Article:

"Trojan Nuclear Power Plant is a decommissioned pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plant in Rainier, Oregon, USA, and the only nuclear power plant to be built in Oregon. After only sixteen years service it was closed by its operator, Portland General Electric, almost twenty years before its design lifetime.

The iconic 499 foot tall cooling tower was demolished via dynamite implosion at 7:00 AM on May 21, 2006. This event marked the first implosion of a nuclear cooling tower in the U.S."

Comments:

Matt : Here is one that I uploaded from Portland General Electric that has lots of cool vantage points: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMqO0RbaB7w

Sunday January 22, 2006

Short Video That Fools the Eye



A clip showing a cut-out that is built backwards intead of forwards, giving the illusion of movement from a stationary object. Watch the end of the video to see how it is pulled off.

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