Also, technology is pretty awesome.
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| Ft McHenry tunnel entrance. |
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| The Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel |
The Ft McHenry tunnel is the one we went through but I couldn't find a picture as dramatic as the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel one.
Apropos of nothing, today I was (half) listening to NPR's Science Friday and heard the term bone eating snot flower worm and if that is not the best name for a zombie-like life form than my name is mud.
And not only is that a great name, the bone eating snot flower worm has its own Facebook page which kinda proves that technology is awesome.
And not only is that a great name, the bone eating snot flower worm has its own Facebook page which kinda proves that technology is awesome.
The one thing I don't understand about science is how is it that toothbrush technology is still advancing? Seems like we should have nailed that one down by now.
ReplyDeleteChristian, you're right! The science people are spending all their time in the wrong area of research. That's what we get for firing NASA.
ReplyDeleteeven though i get a little claustrophobic too...
ReplyDeletei think those under water...under mountain...tunnels should be made of some clear stuff.
toothbrush science! haha. i guess the manufacturers of those mouth probing instruments are happy that advances in this field are still progressing! ha!
Laura, I agree, at least then you could be entertained while having a panic attack!
ReplyDeleteHovercraft technology is a lost art!
ReplyDeleteGlen, I don't know why. Probably the science people don't lobby Congress like the toothbrush people.
ReplyDeleteI wondered what the heck happened to the bridge when I saw the picture of the tunnel before reading your post. I am so amazed!! I really had no idea that anything like that even existed. Though I do vaguely remember that there was some kind of underwater tunnel over in Europe somewhere, I think. But I sure didn't know we had anything like it here in the States. Thanks for sharing such an amazing example of today's technology. I learned something new today. Yippeee!
ReplyDeleteCari, I admire your love of learning. There's just so much stuff out there to know and like Dan Quayle said, a mind is a terrible thing to lose.
ReplyDeleteOh, I just love tunnels - love how they look, how they're made, how they leave the visual landscape alone... it's going THROUGH them that I worry about... I'm with you on that!
ReplyDeleteNow, about the Bone Eating Snot Flower Worm: as a volunteer Beach Naturalist out here in WA, I find them totally intriguing! It just amazes me that we are STILL finding new species of life that no one has ever heard of nor knew existed. I'll have to check out the FB page for sure - and now we know what's happened to all the millenia-worth of whale bones that have disappeared from he sea floor...must be a bunch of fat worms down there.
Ladybug, I know! There are so many things we don't know that have the potential for such weird names. And I'm a little jealous that you get to have a beach to volunteer on.
ReplyDeleteA beach? We live on a peninsula, so are surrounded by seashore! Only, I don't getta' live on one, just visit the public ones...
ReplyDeleteWell, it's a lot quicker visit for you than for me! =) Water is hard to come by in Wyoming, I do miss it. But I think I would take your peninsula over the hot and sweaty one I came from!
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