The Waterbus Himiko

The Himiko is a water taxi in Tokyo Bay designed by Leiji Matsumoto. You can find more photos at these links. Via these sites.

*Previously: Squid yacht.

*Buy Space Battleship Yamato toys at eBay.

Littoral Combat Ship (link roundup)

This is the Independence - - the Navy's second Littoral Combat Ship. It's fast. Via.

And a few more links:

1. To save money, more than half of the teams in the NBA will play with less than a full 15-player roster.

2. And speaking of the NBA here's Bill Simmons' two-part preview of the NBA season.

3. Meanwhile, lava tubes have been found on the moon. Via.

*Previously: United States Navy to be explained to Japanese via Manga.

*Buy NASA collectibles at eBay.

Macabre pencil drawings by Zdzisław Beksiński

Death, death, and more death by Zdzisław Beksiński. There's prints of several of his pencil drawings on sale here. Via.

*Previously: Cheerful, dapper grim reaper.

*Buy grim reaper clocks at eBay.

Monstrous Yacht

This is the "Oculus" yacht designed by E. Kevin Schöpfer. It looks like some sort of tentacled monster with a gaping mouth, and reminds me a bit of Kevin O'Neil's Nautilus from The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen.



Via.

*Previously: Ninjas in a yellow submarine.

*Buy Nautilus toys at eBay.

Photo: Sinking ship

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Photo: Sinking ship

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Originally uploaded by keep left

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Desktop Wallpaper: Distant Ship

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