The Blue Flame was the rocket-powered vehicle driven by Gary Gabelich that achieved the world land speed record onBonneville Salt Flats in Utah on October 23, 1970. The mile record stood until 1983, when it was broken by Richard Noble’s Thrust2, but the faster kilometre record stood for 27 years until ThrustSSC went supersonic in 1997.
My photo in Top-10 @ Revvolution.com:
«This looks like a shot out of GT5. We love the super telephoto zoom and framing of the car as it’s coming out of the trees in the background. The slight angle of the photo complements the shallow depth of field, allowing the viewer’s eyes to move straight to the car. Even with the motion stopped by the speed of the shutter, you can literally feel the momentum of this widebody BMW.»
http://www.revvolution.com/blog/2013/09/weekly-top-10-social-automotive-photography-vol-ii