Watch the Athlone Cooling Towers Demolition in Cape Town
Watch this! The Athlone towers coming down at midday on 22 August. First, here’s the short version: httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjfqzB970Dw Here’s a longer version – taken from a distance at Rhodes Memorial which is approximately 5 km away as the crow flies, so you only hear the rumble of the explosion after the Athlone Cooling towers are […]
Watch this! The Athlone towers coming down at midday on 22 August. First, here’s the short version:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjfqzB970Dw
Here’s a longer version – taken from a distance at Rhodes Memorial which is approximately 5 km away as the crow flies, so you only hear the rumble of the explosion after the Athlone Cooling towers are already down:
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgsQ5tPmhiM
Then here’s another short version from a different angle (with some colourful South African language and colourful Cape Town folk):
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A50nOsTGGPo
And then of course…somebody’s already put it to music. “Cool guys don’t look at explosions!” by The Lonely Island. Watch for the macarena solo!
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWU2nDMipGw
