Great, now we have to worry about Yuri.
the only YURI is the YURi prime.
the daleks have descended onto moscow.
The roof
The roof
No callsign, so it’s military UFO?
All jokes aside, I’m seriously impressed that the roof structure maintained it’s integrity and didn’t just shred to pieces in the explosion
Yeah I can’t believe they just didn’t make the entire building like that.
Same logic could apply to airplanes. “In the unlikely event of a water landing, your seat cushion will become a flotation device.” Oh that’s nice, then why doesn’t the plane become A BOAT!? - some standup comic.
I think that part kinda makes sense. The lid is domed, which increases its strength. The seam where the lid meets the walls would tend to be the weakest point. I’m more surprised there was such a violent explosion in the first place, usually they just burn. Could be that tank was partially empty and the area beneath the lid was a highly combustible fuel/air mix. Drone hits the tank, vapour ignites, and pop.
IIRC, the lid can move up and down depending on how much content there’s in the tank. Something something provides pressure if it’s a gas.
Yup, I’m not sure about this lid specifically, but some slide up and down the tank, since water is denser than oil they don’t really care if rain water gets past the seal.
Domes are great in one direction, because any given section has something below it. They’re a 3D arch, something whoch would fall apart immediately if turned upside down. The great part about big rounded edges is that they distribute pressure more evenly and reduce the amount of seams present unlike a welded cube, for example.
More likely is that, yes, the connection between the roof and the rest was the weaker point and also the dome was able to basically be a parachute so it coukd catch air instead of just being flung in some random direction.
An arch or dome made of stone would instantly fall apart if flipped upside down. A steel one will perform just as well, as steel is isotropic.
It’s probably a floating roof. In the petro they use this for several reasons. Less contact between the product and air reduces oxidation. There is also less gass formed above the product reducing odour. But funny enough, it is mainly used to reduce risk of explosion …
It’s probably a floating roof.
Sure is.
Heyoooo (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
Perfect
Boo
That saucer is rolling coal.
So a pure asshole is at the helm.
That’s a bit chauvinistic don’t you think? Some species don’t develop past the deuterosomic stage, but that doesn’t mean you have to be rude about it.
Chauvinistic? Snort!!! Only pure bred assholes do this
I was making a biology joke, rolling coal sucks
Funnily enough, I saw this meme earlier, and thought it was an AI rendering of the world’s fastest manhole cover. Then I scrolled Lemmy, and here I am.
It is a cover, but a few orders of magnitude bigger!
Did you ask a fucking AI to help you put text on this, or why is it so grainy?
Idk why you’re getting so many downvotes. It is very clearly created by AI with the actual image as an input.
No one’s ever made a photo grainy before, it had to be artificial intelligence!
Sure.
Anyway, here’s how the pictures compare in any image editor (the darker the more identical the pixel):
Notice that I lined the UFO up, but the skyline is now all out of whack, which seems to be a lot of work to give to oneself if all you wanted to do was add 4 words. Similarly, I can line up parts of the skyline, but now the UFO is at the wrong place:
In conclusion: I am pretty sure it was done with AI.
I feel like it’s more likely the creator just moved the UFO for some reason, since lining the skylines puts just the UFO out of place.
You cannot align the cranes left of the explosion AND the warehouse to the right AND the smokestacks at the far right either, they, or rather it, moved random parts of the skyline around.
So we’re either looking at
- Somebody photoshopped the composition of the original image
- The original image was fake and the person adding the text messed with the placement of the layers when adding text.
- “chatgpt add the following words to the bottom of this image and make it look more like the “I want to believe” poster from x-files”
Both Occam’s and Hanlon’s razors clearly point to option 3
Upvoted for getting your hands dirty with the analysis. The grain doesn’t mean anything imo but yeah that alignment is fishy
I could easily see that being an artistic choice to add film grain to the picture for the bit.
Sure, however, it is not in this case.
First they came for the artists, then they came for the guys that put text on images.
Is this the oil price cap?
Those things exist?
They do, but they always fly up into the sky.
It might be an honest to god lid gettin blown offa that thing
2000: Russia gonna have airship dropping bomb
2026: UFO goes brrrrrrrrrr
“Then the oil from the coach lamps ignites and there is a second explosion, out of which rolls—because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy—a burning wheel.”
Terry Pratchett, Soul Music
That was a very appropriate quote - from a phenomenal book. Thank you for sharing that.
GNU
Untimely Fired Ordinance?
Upwards Facing Oil
Why is the explosion wearing a Kippah?
I might have found a clue ;D
Skibidi
Obviously diesel powered.
Welcome back, Operation Plumbbob.
I still give the nod to New Glenn for explosion of the year, but this photo is even cooler in some ways.
Yes the roof fell off in this case, but I don’t want anyone thinking that Moscow isn’t safe.
