Audio has been released of the Commander of the Livorno Port Authority yelling orders at the Captain of the Costa Concordia (nearly 115K tons and 1,000 feet long) after it rammed into rocks at 15 knots in calm waters on the 13th, began to sink and was declared abandoned.
Police divers close to the wrecked cruise ship off the coast of Giglio island, Italy. Guardian UK Photograph: Massimo Percossi/EPA
Here’s a YouTube version with translation. Note the line at 2:10 “Vado a bordo, cazzo!” (Go on board, cazzo!):
The captain of the luxury liner shipwrecked off Italy on Friday has explained his early escape from the vessel by claiming he stumbled into a life raft and was unable to get out.
The National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs sponsored an underwater photography team to dive out of the US Antarctic Program’s base at McMurdo Station, on Ross Island in Antarctica. For three visits in late austral spring, photos were taken on scuba dives and field excursions at locations around McMurdo Sound: Ross Island and the Antarctic mainland. The team was led by Norbert Wu, a professional underwater photographer/cinematographer.
Here is a very small crop from my favorite photo of the entire series. You can probably guess why.
The Norbert Wu collection says it holds more than 6,000 research images and he has been awarded the “Antarctica Service Medal of the United States of America ‘for his contributions to exploration and science in the U.S. Antarctic Program.'”
A couple people have asked to see again the photos I used in my presentation last week at BayThreat. It was called “Sharpening the Axe” because I discussed how to be as efficient as possible when pentesting cloud and virtual environments. I thought I should perhaps just post the photos here for convenience. Here are the first two, showing efficiency in modern sailing with an the International A-Class Catamaran. Both are a custom Bimare XJ built by Ben Hall.
Downwind, North American Championships in Islamorada, Florida
Visually stunning footage from Tactical Support, Strike Fighter Squadron 204 (VFA-204 “River Rattlers”), in the F/A-18A+ (including adversary training markings) at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island (NASWI)
