The crew of Transformers 3 — and its coffee-tossing leading man — may have come and gone, but the machines that roared (and crashed) along D.C.’s streets and some of the behind-the-scenes sights will live on photographically, thanks to our Flickr pool contributors. Bask in the virtual vroom-vroom above.

The District Department of Transportation emailed this afternoon to let us know that Michael Bay and company (along with their sweet, sweet money) will film Transformers 3 on location in Washington next week. Filming for the third cinematic installment of the Great Decepticon-Autobot Conflict will begin on Monday, and based on street closures and parking restrictions, the shooting will be contained on the Mall. (Looks like Bay may have gotten his wish to film a bunch of historical stuff blowing up after all.) Filming in D.C. will wrap on the 15th, so be sure to bring your camera with you if you’re near the Mall next week.

D.C.’s Office of Motion Picture and Television Development has announced that they are looking for extras to participate in the D.C. shoot of Transformers 3, scheduled to take place sometime later this year. All the information you need to apply is here. The most terrifying thing on the survey that all potential extras have to fill out is the question that asks “Do you have a car?” Now, I realize that they are just trying…

Via the Washington Post’s fledgling Capital Business weekly, we learn that Michael Bay’s next installment of the Transformers franchise is hoping to film on location here in D.C. sometime in September. It’s no surprise that the production is reportedly hitting some snags dealing with the National Park Service (Bay apparently wants to film a number of effects-heavy stunts right on the National Mall, so many of the details are predictably still up in the…