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Take a look at pictures and video of some of the real settings, technologies, and vehicles featured in THE ARK/THE NOAH'S ARK QUEST.
The exterior of a Boeing Business Jet.
Rex Hayden had his custom painted.
The interior of a movie star Rex Hayden's Boeing Business Jet.
He certainly traveled in style.
A Sikorsky helicopter similar to the one
that went down with Dilara on board.
A freefall lifeboat like the one Tyler and Grant used
to rescue Dilara is poised for launch.
A freefall lifeboat in action. Strap in tight!
What it's like inside a freefall lifeboat during launch.
The guy in this video sounds like he's having as much fun as Grant did.
Captain Mike "Hammer" Hamilton's F-16 fighter jet.
Tyler's trusty Leatherman multi-tool.
You can see why it gets him out of so many jams.
The USS Dunderberg, the largest wooden ship ever built. Or was it?
Tyler's boss, Miles Benson, has an iBOT wheelchair just like this one.
Look ma, no hands!
The iBOT in action. Tell me that's not cool.
A Heckler & Koch MP-5 submachine gun favored by Ulric and his men.
Now you can hear what Tyler and Dilara heard
shooting at them in downtown Seattle.
Seattle's monorail, built for the 1962 World's Fair.
Tyler and Dilara use it to make their escape.
Ride along with Tyler and Dilara
as they fight it out with Ulric's henchman inside the
monorail.
The Seattle Space Needle. At 605 feet,
it's so tall they could barely fit it in the photo.
Go for a ride in the Space Needle's elevator.
I hope it's more pleasant than Tyler and Dilara's experience.
The Liebherr T-282B stolen from the Gordian TEC facility.
I said bring me the BIG truck!
A stolen mining truck can be a tad problematic,
particularly if lesser vehicles are in the way.
The real-life case of a large vehicle gone amok.
A battery-powered Tesla Roadster.
This is what Tyler and Grant decide to chase a 200-ton mining truck with?
After what I did to the Tesla in The Ark,
I doubt if they'll give me one. But I still want it.
Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world.
The Genesis Dawn is bigger.
Look at the size of Oasis of the Seas' central atrium!
Maybe a motorcycle chase on a cruise ship doesn't seem so farfetched.
The Massive Ordinance Penetrator (MOP).
This baby can penetrate up to 200 feet of reinforced concrete.
Ulric's underground Oasis bunker doesn't stand a chance.
This is a comparatively tiny bunker buster bomb, but you get the idea.
The B-52 bomber that Tyler has to call off
if he wants to keep from being vaporized.
Orcas Island. Massacre Bay is on the left,
just a short school bus ride for Tyler and a platoon of special forces.
A Claymore mine Tyler uses from his
bag of tricks to take out Cutter's men.
Ulric's view of the Khor Virap monastery in Armenia
where Tyler finds the map to Noah's Ark.
A view of Khor Virap with Mount Ararat in the background
just across the border in Turkey. Noah's Ark is just behind that cloud.
Find out more about Khor Virap, including about the pit of
St. Gregory the Illuminator. Note the alcove on the right
of the picture. Maybe there's a hidden passageway, maybe not.
Cutter's VAL sniper rifle in action. It really is fairly quiet.
The deadly Monkshood flower. Dilara uses its poison
in her fight with Svetlana Petrova.
The amazing Hagia Sophia that Tyler and Dilara can see
from their hotel room in Istanbul. The rainbow is in the opposite direction.