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Victor1 and I did not plan this at all… and burst out laughing when we saw that we had the exact same idea at the same time…

“The Black Rock Desert is possibly the largest flat surface on the face of the Earth… the world’s first amateur launch to space occurred there in May 2004.” (source and more info).

So you can cruise at highway speeds in just about any direction, and hope you have GPS if you want make it back (mirages limit ground visibility).

9 responses to “Drive-by Flickr Shootout”

  1. Warped minds warp alike…

  2. I just emailed you…. including your own photos in comments is easier (use the HTML provided by "All Sizes"). Splicing other people’s photos (like the X5 here) requires some special hacking… 😉

  3. I’m going to look into Multiply tomorrow and see if I can’t post some of the actual video. They added that feature.

  4. Not a bad photo, considering I did it one handed and was driving about 100 km/hr at the time.

  5. I’ve heard stories from other Burners of heading out on the playa, putting on cruise control, climbing onto the roof-rack, having some beers, climbing back down, then driving back. While I have never tried this, I can verify it is one pretty big place.

    Some neat donuts in the playa you can see from googlemaps. maps.google.com/maps?q=gerlach,+nv&ll=40.819923,-119….

  6. Awesome odd link! Alien slugs must have eaten the crop circles…

  7. Steve, we’ll have to try Oddwick’s idea next time through –

    Oddwick – you’re a satellite super-sleuth. Great find.

  8. knock knock…

    I have just seen the video of the race today… yay!!!!

    my god, that was a FUN weekend!!! 😀

    Hey I like that link oddwick, it looks like a more serious version of that Tv show for kids in Discovery… what was its name… "Art"? -that guy who made large, huge displays with strange materials which from the ground you don´t get, until you see an aereal view and he was actually "drawing" something -cool!-

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