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            I still love swinging on the playground swings and it always brings me back...remembering the many summer days in my childhood  trying to make that darn swing go 360 degrees around. Get those legs kicking and every pass going higher and higher until it seems certain to work. Then you reach a certain point and the momentum is not enough the chain starts to bend and you fall back toward Earth, sometimes with a spine jarring jolt. I wonder now if it is even possible. After doing some quick research I found that it is very possible to do a 360 on the swings, just not with the tools at hand. Playground swings are just not designed to go 360 for obvious reasons. The chains would have to be replaced with rods and some sort of additional power to launch oneself around the top bar would greatly improve the odds of success. 

52 Weeks - week 33 - a different angle
ODC - faux olympics, my event - playground swing 360
We're here - is visiting August

Taken on: August 15, 2016

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Camera: Nikon D7000, f/2.8, 1/160 sec, 24mm (=36mm), ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Nikon D7000
Lens:	0.0 mm f/0.0
Aperture:	f/2.8
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/160)
Focal Length:	24mm (35mm equivalent: 36mm)
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	+2/3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Sharpness:	Hard
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop CC 2015 (Windows)
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