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Crazy images from around the world [Part 1]
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Whale sculpture catches crashed Dutch metro train
A train driver in the Netherlands has had a lucky escape thanks to a fortuitously placed art installation.
A metro train in Spijkenisse, near the city of Rotterdam, crashed through a barrier at the end of the tracks shortly before midnight on Sunday.
But rather than plummeting 10m (32ft) into the water below, the train was left suspended dramatically in the air.
It ended up being delicately balanced on the large sculpture of a whale's tail at the De Akkers metro station.
"We are trying to decide how we can bring the train down in a careful and controlled manner," one official told the Dutch national broadcaster NOS on Monday.
The driver, who has not been named, was able to leave the empty train by himself. He was taken to hospital for a check-up and is not believed to have suffered any injuries.
The sculpture, titled Whale Tails, is the work of the architect and artist Maarten Struijs, and was erected in the water at the end of the tracks in 2002.
Mr Struijs told NOS that he was surprised the structure did not break.
"It has been there for almost 20 years and... you actually expect the plastic to pulverise a bit, but that is apparently not the case," he said.
"I'll make sure that I get a few photos," he added. "I could never have imagined it that way."
Whale sculpture catches crashed Dutch metro train
A metro train that crashed through a barrier near Rotterdam is left suspended thanks to a sculpture.
www.bbc.com
Russia’s Coldest City Gets Two Months Worth Of Snow In Just 5 Days
Heavy snow has fallen in the Russian city of Norilsk according to residents it has been snowing in the area non-stop for at least a week.
Video. Blizzards sweep large amounts of snow onto Russia's northernmost city
Video. In the past two months, about 400,000 tonnes of snow were removed from Norilsk.
www.euronews.com
Time for a riot with lots of necro.
Horse drawn skiing, looks like fun
Couple Marry During 2021 Australia Floods
Kate Fotheringham, from the state’s mid-north coast, was almost forced to delay her wedding after the venue was flooded. Instead, she was helicoptered into the site and posted a photo on social media with her new husband surrounded by floodwaters.
Kate Fotheringham, from the state’s mid-north coast, was almost forced to delay her wedding after the venue was flooded. Instead, she was helicoptered into the site and posted a photo on social media with her new husband surrounded by floodwaters.
Protesters and residents watch as police in riot gear walk down a residential street on 28 May 2020, in St Paul, Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody on 25 May, were held in more than 150 American cities in the months that followed, a nationwide call for racial justice not seen since the civil rights protests of the 1960s. Polls taken in June by four different agencies indicate that between 15 million and 26 million people across the US participated in the protests, making it the largest movement in US history. Protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement spread to more than 2,000 cities in about 60 countries worldwide.
A curious California sea lion swims towards a face mask at the Breakwater dive site in Monterey, California, on 19 November 2020. California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) are playful animals, native to western North America. With Covid-19 lockdowns in place across California, outdoor and natural beauty spots with plenty of wildlife became a popular focus for local travel.
We have a serious problem here, with guns and with cops.
Protesters and residents watch as police in riot gear walk down a residential street on 28 May 2020, in St Paul, Minneapolis. Protests over the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died in police custody on 25 May, were held in more than 150 American cities in the months that followed, a nationwide call for racial justice not seen since the civil rights protests of the 1960s. Polls taken in June by four different agencies indicate that between 15 million and 26 million people across the US participated in the protests, making it the largest movement in US history. Protests in support of the Black Lives Matter movement spread to more than 2,000 cities in about 60 countries worldwide.
Police clash with protesters after an officer allegedly shot and killed Daunte Wright, a black man, in a suburb of Minneapolis where a former police officer is on trial for the murder of George Floyd.
This is something like out of Harry Potter movie
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