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Blown at the docks
Oh yeah. I was up at 6am this morning to get photos of 2 very large cranes being demolished at Birkenhead docks. The demolition didn't happen till 8am but they were closing the roads off at 7am so I had to be there before then. I stood around for an hour in the rain waiting for the bang. It was really impressive to watch. 1 minute before they sound a siren, then 30 seconds before a flare went up followed by a 10 second countdown. The woman filming for the Discovery channel warned us it would be loud. She wasn't kidding. There was a BANG and the BOOOOOOOM. I could feel the boom and the shockwave as it hit me. Then these 2 giant cranes just fell over. Video here
     
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Probably not no
 Apparently they'll be fully dismantled by tomorrow. Crazy.
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27-04-2008, 19:15
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Those pictures look surreal.
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27-04-2008, 19:32
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27-04-2008, 20:03
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Reminds me of Walkers falling over in Star Wars.. Great photographs, Pete.
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27-04-2008, 22:25
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Great pics dude
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28-04-2008, 13:20
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I love those pictures but the thread title is misleading tbh.
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28-04-2008, 14:53
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28-04-2008, 16:24
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Moonshine
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lol
 Well its not untrue I was tempted by "Huge blow job at the docks" but figured its not very safe for work 
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I really like the first picture with the reflection in the water, i'm no photographer at all, but i assume you hold the exposure for a little while to achieve that? Nice effect
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