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That reminds me of a real world experience I had a few years ago, where a real engine in front of my eyes looked like CGI. I was on a small cruise on Switzerla
by sjrd 4y ago
That reminds me of a real world experience I had a few years ago, where a real engine in front of my eyes looked like CGI.
I was on a small cruise on Switzerland's PS Gallia [1], the fastest lake steamboat in Europe. When you're on it, you can look down the center of the main deck to watch the engine at work. The engine is perfect. Perfect casing with diffuse white (IIRC) reflection, perfect golden metallic joints with glossy reflection, perfect little vials of oil on top of each moving part, to constantly oil them. It felt too perfect to be real, and really looked like it was animated CGI, yet it was there, 3 meters away from me, moving and powering the boat.
[1] https://www.lakelucerne.ch/en/your-cruise-experience/explore/our-fleet/steamboat-gallia/ https://www.lakelucerne.ch/en/your-cruise-experience/explore...
- Doxin 4y agoIt doesn't help that steam engines are surprisingly not all that noisy either. For the sheer amount of force a steam engine creates basically the only real noise is the exhaust steam, which if piped elsewhere you won't hear much.
- luguenth 4y agoIf somebody is as curious as me now: https://youtu.be/ohk40f7v8Lw?t=110 https://youtu.be/ohk40f7v8Lw?t=110
- netsharc 4y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVRZ_jxYPPY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BVRZ_jxYPPY Shots of the engine
- BulgarianIdiot 4y agoI'm actually quite curious how come not a single person, especially a child, fell into this open meatgrinder. The reason it looked like CGI, in part, is because the engine is unexpectedly big, shiny, and COMPLETELY INAPPROPRIATELY PLACED. We usually witness such stupidity only in sci-fi, where it's all made-up, so it's OK.
- Kye 4y agoPeople climb over rails in zoos because they want to pet the kitty. They don't do it in the ship because they know it'll kill them.