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| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
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| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
This is a good example of how important it is to identify and verify the underlying assumptions of one’s beliefs. In this case, the topography of the land appears to have been subtly unusual.

You can see it in the first picture. The ground is slanted toward the water on the side where the trucks are. But on the ground, it may have been difficult to estimate the effects of the slant on the physics of what they were doing.
These pictures are circulating via email. I do not yet know where they were taken.
(Hat Tip to David Harris.)
Update 12-18-04: Members of the Nissan SX Bulletin Board had a look at the photos and identified the last one as a fake. Quoting forum member, Missy:
definately a psp job… look at the 4th picture. notice the guy in the white top. then look at the last picture… and if you look at the two pictures above the last, there are sticks againist the wall, which then disappear again in the final picture.