July 15, 2007: Megatanker beached in Australia

Undertoad · 07-15-2007, 12:08 PM

This remarkable shot is breathtaking! It does compress space a little, but there's no mistaking that this giant megatanker wound up sitting a lot closer to humanity than intended.

The Pasha Bulker wound up in this condition near Newcastle, Aus, for almost the entire month of June. Their mistake: ignoring warnings to head out to sea in advance of a major storm.

By the time they were grounded, they had to actually further ground it in advance off yet another storm. They pushed it parallel to the beach, so that it wouldn't sink entirely and release 700,000 tons of fuel oil into the water.

This then took multiple tries to get the thing back floating.

07-15-2007, 12:08 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	July 15, 2007: Megatanker beached in Australia This remarkable shot is breathtaking! It does compress space a little, but there's no mistaking that this giant megatanker wound up sitting a lot closer to humanity than intended. The Pasha Bulker wound up in this condition near Newcastle, Aus, for almost the entire month of June. Their mistake: ignoring warnings to head out to sea in advance of a major storm. By the time they were grounded, they had to actually further ground it in advance off yet another storm. They pushed it parallel to the beach, so that it wouldn't sink entirely and release 700,000 tons of fuel oil into the water. This then took multiple tries to get the thing back floating.

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