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Subscribe to RSSSnow covered containers create a pattern in the port of Rotterdam, the Netherlands, on Jan. 15. Most of Holland is covered by a thick white layer after one night of snow.
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Holland's 'Superbus' project aims to transport people at 150 miles per hour
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Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Enviroment, drives Wubbo Ockels Superbus in Valkenburg, The Netherlands on 15 May 2012 after the RWD, the institution that provides the registration of motor vehicles, provided the registration for the bus. The Superbus project aims to develop high speed coaches capable of speeds of up to 250 kilometres per hour (160 mph) together with the supporting infrastructure including special highway lanes constructed separately next to the nation's highways.
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Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus (L), Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Enviroment and Dutch physicist Wubbo Ockels (R) sit inside Ockels' Superbus in Valkenburg.
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Melanie Schultz van Haegen-Maas Geesteranus, Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Enviroment places a license plate on Wubbo Ockels' Superbus in Valkenburg.
According to the project's web site, the bus is electrically powered and weighs 20,000 lbs.
Tourists tiptoe through the tulips
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Tourists take snapshots between the blossoming tulips in Lisse, The Netherlands, April 14. In about a week there will be a floral parade at the Dutch town.
Learn more about the Bulbflower Parade.
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An early spring coaxes the birds, bees, flowers and humans to come out from winter hibernation to enjoy the sunshine.