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Pics that don't make you laugh but are still cool
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I´d highly recommend all of you rss this blog:
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
Sorry if mentioned before.
http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/
Sorry if mentioned before.
For some reason, this took me a second to compute... thought I was looking at a colorful giant caterpillar for a sec.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
Heh, same for me.
Me three.
CHEEZMO;36267924 said:
Phew, thought I was having a brain fart. :lol
ChuyMasta
Member
I would LOVE a higher definition version of that image.
I think I must be the only one who just saw a row of birds
Same for me
Still an awesome picture though.
Tinabina
Member
there is definitely like a black eyeliner shopped in on both of them
stufte
Member
Ok, time to space this thread up a bit with some perspective;
How is that one even possible??
Salvor.Hardin
Banned
Edit wrong thread.
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
I think that some will be difficult for non-Europe gaf.
It's amazing that you can recognize all of these characters just by their colors.
Rygar 8 Bit
Jaguar 64-bit
simpsons, ninja turtles, south park, smurfs, obelix and asterix (only know them because of their video games), bert and ernie, donald huey dewey and louie but i dont know what the last one is
Yeah, only one I didn't know was the last one.
keeblerdrow
Member
Looks like maybe the Beagle Boys from Ducktales?
PetriP-TNT
Member
ive seen the last one before but did not recall the name.
It's Lucky Luke and the Dalton Brothers.
Melchiah
Member
GroteSmurf
Member
Isn't that from the IMAX documentary: Fighter Pilot Operation Red Flag?
The God of Nonexistence
Member
Dogmatix.And Idefix.
Melchiah
Member
That's the original name? It was called Idefix in Finland.
WeAreStarStuff
Member
I really like those space GIFs.
gutterboy44
Member
Rhumsiki Cameroon, taken by my buddies friend
DoomGyver
Member
One is not like the others.
Maklershed
Member
Alx
Member
Idefix is the original name (pun for "idée fixe").
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
What exactly is happening there?
I want to say it's a supernova remnant.
Baconsaurus Rex
Member
Boozeroony
Member
Took this image with my phone yesterday. I liked it.
No Tin Tin? What a shame!
It's amazing that you can recognize all of these characters just by their colors.
Still awesome, though.
I am REALLY curious about the size and time scale of those. That rotating one - there's just no way... but there it is.
CHEEZMO
Obsidian fan
I'm pretty sure that one's a computer model or something. Just demonstrating how it's a 3D structure.
Supervlieg
Member
THIS NEEDS TO BE WALLPAPER SIZE
BAM! http://outofprintmag.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/1_IMG_1634-W2000.jpg
Ok, time to space this thread up a bit with some perspective;
How is this one possible? Isnt that meant to take 100s of light years? Amazing though!
Maleficence
Member
Lightyears is a measure of distance not time.
I'm guessing it's a supernova. Those happen in the blink of an eye.
It actually isn't a super nova (or supernova remnant). One of the few super novas we have actually observed in history was that of the Crab Nebula (posted a gif of it) in the Taurus constellation.
It's also known as 1054 which is the year it was seen by various cultures along with documented accounts of chinese and arab astronomers. What we see are just the remnants of that supernova.
Back in 1054AD when it was spotted, it was so bright that it outshone all the nearby stars, and was a huge source of illumination for a 'star'.
I don't believe we have actually witnessed a supernova 'live' within our time, 20th/21st century scale. I think the last one was in the 1800s, and that one they observed wasn't even in our galaxy!!
If a supernova occurs in our galaxy, we will probably be able to see it with our naked eye. It'll be fun times!
CHEEZMO™;36295928 said:
It isn't exactly 100% known what happened, because the star was previously unknown before 2002 when they saw this outburst occurring. It was originally thought to be a nova eruption (not supernova). Because of this, it was named Nova Monocerotis (that's the constellation it's in) but that has since changed, because they realized it was actually NOT a typical nova outburst.
I remember them saying it was believed to be one of the largest known stars before it erupted, but no one can know for sure. The fluctuation in its light though is what makes it odd, and unlike anything else.
Still sort of a mystery.
Not nesecarilly, especially when it's the explosion of a star. This was taken over the span of months, with the changes happening rapidly indicating a level of incredible acceleration, which you can see in the gas effect.
This is what it looks like now (more or less), which makes you really appreciate that we were able to glimpse such a site before it all expanded away into a 'regular' gassy nebula type view;
[edit] Damn, hate being at the bottom of the page. :lol
Snytbaggen
Member
Your last pic isn't showing up for me. Really cool to see the actual progress in an exploding star.
