Behold the Power of the World's Mightiest Machines (17 Images)

LeonTrout Published 07/05/2023

Let the power of human ingenuity wash over you.

Big planes, extractors, and all things machines make us feel like giddy little kids. The people who make them, and the power behind them are enough to make us stop in our tracks.

So if you're anything like us, you'll be awestruck by the absolute wonder that is big machinery. Let these images of modern marvels fill you with wonder and hopefully a bit of shock and awe.

There is always an exception to the rule and in this case, bigger is better.

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Inside a ball mill used for pulverizing coal.

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Jean Bugatti standing next to his Bugatti Royale, one of seven built (1932).

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Underwater power cable.

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The Kalmar heavy forklift with a lifting capacity of 54 tons

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ALFA-X - An experimental Japanese bullet train with a top speed of 400km/h

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F-16 Fighting Falcons, A-10C Thunderbolt IIs, U-2 Dragon Ladys, and C-12 Hurons taxi stand parked on the runway at Osan Air Base during the Mammoth Walk training event on May 5, 2023.

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Xtreme XR50100G, the biggest telehandler I’ve ever seen.

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WWI Ship painted in Dazzle Camouflage, used to conceal their direction and speed [2645 x 3488].

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Alain Prost sits in his McLaren-TAG MP4/3 during the 1987 season.

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The double-decker streetcars of Hong Kong in 1995 [OC][1643x1232]

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The flight deck of Concorde

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NORAD aircraft from the Continental U.S. region intercept two B-1 Lancer bombers as they entered Air Defense Identification Zone off the east coast of North America during air-defense Operation NOBLE DEFENDER, June 26, 2023. [5440x3060]

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USS Nimitz - America's oldest operational aircraft carrier - returning to port near Seattle last night

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Piping and machinery atop a gas tanker in the port of Antwerp [OC][5132x3849]

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17.

The view from the ski jump of HMS Queen Elizabeth

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