I adore those boxer pups, and teh widdle kittehs...

But the explosion at the airfield is really unnerving.
Like... my stomach is turning.

Oooh, a pic of Gallery Place-Chinatown? That pic is going to get used a lot if the DC Metro doesn't pull their crap together soon.

@cash_da_pibble: I'm also unnerved by now long it took in the Flickr comments for someone to ask what happened (especially since the photographer doesn't explain the photo at all).

I'm guessing, since the photo doesn't explain what it is, that the fireball is fuel based, and hopefully staged.

@cash_da_pibble: I suspect (based to air shows I've been to) that it's from something like a model aviation show, where they're doing mock battles and the like, rather than an actual crash.

Notice that people are standing around watching, rather than running away in terror...

That DC Metro shot, how was it made? It wasn't a time exposure but I never thought there was enough light to take a straight photograph.

The boxers are Dexter and Riley. Dexter belongs to me and he's 13 weeks. Riley belongs to a friend and is about 13 months. The two of them together was just hilarious.

@H3ion: i think it might be aperture settings.

You can trust Cash4Gold, I swear.

@cash_da_pibble:
They use to do this a lot in pre 9/11. I remember seeing a B1-B perform a fake bombing of Langley AFB. They probably try not to do this anymore so we don't have scares like the NYC flyover and the Pentagon boat shooting.

@H3ion:
You can use a tripod or one of the flat surfaces in the station. In most of the stations it seems like you could defiantly get a decent exposure at 1/30th at f2.8.

@joshuadavis: You may right but no need to be defiant about it . Actually, the depth of field is very good, probably at least f11. I took a shot in the lobby of the Yellowstone Lodge. To get the depth of field I used f11 with ISO 100 film and my time was one minute. Some of the photo shows people moving with the expected result. What I found strange was that there were two people who didn't move during the entire exposure. I'm assuming they were alive.

That Metro shot is really well done. Probably digital.

@hideous: They're gorgeous! I love my boxer :)

I've heard that the best cut of unicorn is located in section 1A, though 3A makes a good roast.

Aww, those kittens are so cute, I can't stand it. I want to hold them so bad!

I sat on the patio to pat my kitty the other night and she wound around behind me and bit me on the elbow! >:(

@GitEmSteveDave_HazGreenLEDNameTag: Yes, and yes. It's Probably Tora! Tora! Tora! There's big bangs and mushroom clouds and war birds and oh boy do the kids love it.

@HogwartsAlum: i'm just glad he's ok. he hadn't eaten or drunk any water since monday except for a little bit i got down him. he went to the vet today and we were so afraid it was feline leukemia but he's fine. they think he's starting to get an upper respiratory infection so he has to start meds tomorrow but i can handle that.
doing pretty good for a kitten someone dumped by the river. i found him in the middle of the road next to the river by my house.
sadly, i couldn't catch the other one that was with him, even with a livetrap.

@H3ion:

The DC metro shot was a hand held shot at 1/10 with F2.8 at 1600 ISO. I also used exposure compensation of +1/3 of a stop (a trick to hand hold slow shots). It turned out more blurry then I would have liked but I loved shot. I waited till I got in the right spot when crossing over the tracks.

@H3ion: That's a cool place, that Lodge.

@H3ion: Is the DC Metro really that distinctive? I recognized it, but that is probably because it is one of only two metro systems I have ever used. Chicago mostly and then DC only once when I was there trying to get a government job.

No love for the snakey? How cute is the little tongue? Come on!!!

(Yes I love Dexter and Riley, and the kittehs are adorable too. Yay for Consumerist exclusive bonus material!)

@elangomatt: It was built new and opened in the early 70s. The first part of the line was the Red line and it ran from across the street from my office (Connecticut and L at the time) to Capitol Hill so it was easy to walk across the street and be at the SEC in ten minutes.

I had used New York, Boston, Chicago, Montreal and some of the European systems. DC Metro always looked clean and the overall system had a distinctive look. Paris was easily the best looking but what the heck.

Unfortunately, now the system is around 40 years old and is starting to show the problems of deferred maintenance. Little things like derailments, escalators that don't work, and distinctively unhelpful employees, but it's still a good looking system.

@subtlefrog: I love snakes and I love this snake. He is awesome looking. I would post nothing but snakes and insects on Flickr Friday if I didn't think Ben would take the posting privilege away from me immediately.

@Chris Walters: And this is why you have a heart from me.

I think we should start our own Tuesday Extravaganza Flicker Finds, full of snakes and insects.

@catastrophegirl: Aw, the poor little kitty! I'm going to cry! :'(

People who dump kittens, puppies, etc. should be FLOGGED. With the business end of my ice skates!

@subtlefrog: Snakes are cool; just please no spiders.

@HogwartsAlum: if you help me catch them, i'll hold them still while you flog them

@Michael Belisle: It looked like a gas bomb. It's amazing what a 5 gallon bucket of gas and a remote fuse can do.

@subtlefrog: Can we get a Featured Mammal, too?

@catastrophegirl: You got a deal!