100th Anniversary of Jules Verne's Death

[sraun]

courtesy of gomeza, who originally posted this here:

"Residents of Nantes, France woke to a space capsule crashed into a smoking pile of rubble in the central square of the city. Later that day, a giant animatronic elephant and entourage of the Sultan paraded into town to visit the mayor."

http://www.idfuel.com/index.php?p=466&more=1&c=1
http://www.nantes.fr/ext/royal_de_luxe_2005/