Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Amazing photograph...

[Coalbunny <coalbunny@onewest.net>]

Mike I'm confused.  Of course, I havn't been to the ocean enought o be
able to know this, but how is the water in northern latitudes darker
than that at latitudes closer to the equator?
Carl


Michael Holt wrote:
> 
> Adam Harvey wrote:
> >
> > The website mentions towing these things away from the drill rigs as a never
> > ending task.  That got me thinking.  How the hell do they "tow" them away?
> > That is a huge mass to move, assuming the estimate is correct.  Any ideas on
> > how they do this?  I think maybe pushing it would be easier, but even with
> > two or three tugs it still seems just about impossible.  It seems like one
> > would need an armada of tugs even to build up the slightest amount of
> > momentum.
> 
> The photo is obviously a fake.  Images like that do not exist
> in real life, partly because the water is so dark.  Getting the
> light in the right place (above and below the subject) is a
> challenge in a studio, sometimes.
> 
> Towing it?  That's probably absurd, without a Star Trek-style
> power plant.
> 
> It's just an interesting image.
> 
> Mike

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