OSW blog » Ugly Nuggets http://www.osw.com.au/blog blog Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:10:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Field Trip Lighting http://www.osw.com.au/blog/2010/04/field-trip-lighting/ http://www.osw.com.au/blog/2010/04/field-trip-lighting/#comments Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:10:23 +0000 scott http://www.osw.com.au/blog/?p=224

BakPak Lights from Lunar Lighting.

Lighting Balloon by CPP.

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Microtunneling Diagram.

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Microtunneling Boring Machine.

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Horizontal Drilling Diagram.

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Directional Drilling Machine.

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Directional Drilling Machine.

More information at the Australian Society for Trenchless Technology.

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from Swedish design group Front – more at Designboom.

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Fulgurites are formed by lightning strikes. Heat from the strike melts silica in the ground and fuses it into hollow tubes – more at wikipedia.

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