16 year-old Jessica Watson returns to Sydney Harbour on 15 May 2010 after 210 days alone at sea. She was the youngest sailor to sail solo and non-stop around the world. Watson wrote a book about her adventure titled “True Spirit”, published by Hachette Australia in July 2010. Source: abc.net.au.Sleeping sperm whales. This image “Synchronised Sleepers” was a finalist in the 2017 Big Picture Competition. Whales sleep by switching off only half of their brains which scientists think allows them to stay aware of predators and other dangers and to stay in touch with their pods, including their calves. Source: bigpicturecompetition.org.In 1955, Japanese tattoo artist Tokumitsu Uchida works with an electric tattoo needle machine that he made himself. Source: theoddsideofme.tumblr.com.The perilous life of a telephone engineer in London in 1920. Source: reddit.com/HistoryPorn.Source: ladyanto68.tumblr.com.Italian actress and model Monica Bellucci photographed by German-Australian photographer Helmut Newton in 1993. Source: oldschoolpic.tumblr.com.Somewhere on a beach in Greece. Image reblogged from guzzigazz.tumblir.com.Source: reddit.com/NudeBeach.The classic sailing yacht Hygie, a 24 metre (79 foot) ketch built in 1930 in Le Marchand shipyard. Hygie currently does charters in the Mediterranean, including France, Spain and Italy, and accommodates 8 passengers and 3 crew. Source: sails.org/classic-yacht-hygie-charter.html.Source: Image reblogged from murdocsurfs.tumblr.com.Source: forums.sailinganarchy.com.The workboat Ulva is loaded with a Landrover to be used by survey staff from the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland (RCAHMS) on the Isle of Coll, in Scotland. Photo Credit: RCAHMS via bbc.com.The Japanese ShinMaywa US-2, a short takeoff and landing amphibious aircraft, takes to the air. First introduced in 2007, the aircraft is used in air-sea rescue, surveillance, and another version, for aerial fire-fighting. The ShinMaywa US-2 is powered by 4 Rolls Royce AE 2100J turboprop engines producing 4,592 horsepower each. Source and Photo Credit: en.wikipedia.org. Cafe de Flore, in Paris, in 1949. This cafe is one of the oldest and most iconic cafes in Paris celebrated for its famous clientele of writers, philosophers and celebrities. It is at 172 boulevard Saint-Germain. Photograph by Robert Doisneau (1912-1994).Meanwhile in Queensland, Australia .. a new school for children is opened in Stanthorpe, Queensland in 1872 – built as a large slab hut in the first year of European settlement. Photograph by William Boag via the State Library of Queensland.
