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Pics that don't make you laugh but are still cool
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Vincent Alexander
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I still have a hard time believing these first 2 volcano images are real. Straight from National Geographic though. Nature is crazy.
AbsoluteZero
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Fallen_Hero said:
I couldn't sleep there. I'd be afraid the glass would break and I'd drown nearly instantly.
Nappuccino
Member
srst said:
This needs to be resolved ASAP
Vincent Alexander
Member
Screw it. I'll just come out and say she's hot, either way.Nappuccino said:
Vibram6finger
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Vincent Alexander said:
Yea dont be ashamed, totally hit-able. Though I would prefer that I not know she was a him.. shim...
Nappuccino
Member
Vincent Alexander said:
Hell yes... but I just can't believe the treatment worked that well.
OttomanScribe
Member
Awesome thread 
Salt Flats in the Andes
Laguna Verde in Chile
As above
Salt Flats in the Andes
Laguna Verde in Chile
As above
Vincent Alexander
Member
I love all the pictures you posted, but this is absolutely amazing.
Cosmic Bus
pristine morning snow
blame space said:
Here's a couple of high res pics that I came across tonight when I was reading about Joe Kittinger.
OttomanScribe
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Jerusalem
Iguazu Falls
Laurentius
Member
opusink said:
Those are freaking amazing. I especially love the one with the Great Wall of China.
Man, this is making me want to go outside and explore the world!
GroteSmurf
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Nappuccino
Member
Melchiah said:
Well... it could be a bit of an illusion due to weight loss- it all depends how much he was carrying in his face and how much s/he lost during the time he went through HRT.
I guess, anyway?
abracadaver
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deadmuffin
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abracadaver said:
THIS HAPPENED TO ME ONCE. Gawd, I was on a boogie board and i was riding the waves with my bro...simultaneously, we saw the silhouette and we both rushed back to shore almost crapping ourselves in the process
gutterboy44
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Vincent Alexander said:
Shopped. The larger appearance of the moon when low on the horizon is an optical illusion only present to the naked eye, not cameras. The moon has been enlarged in this pic.
For additional reading on the phenomena http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moon_illusion
The Orange
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gutterboy44 said:
What? It's probably just taken with a long lens...
Edit: another example:
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110324.html
It's just some clever camera use.
gutterboy44
Member
The Orange said:
Possible, the distance to the objects in front of the moon seems a bit too dramatic for a lens likely to be carried. Could be wrong but at first glance it seems enlarged for effect.
Just holding an object in front of you can make the moon "shrink" So interesting. You can't undo your brain from being tricked every time even when you are aware of the illusion.
Summary Man
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opusink said:
All amazing pictures, but I found this one to be especially stunning. The sense of scale and magnificence is unbelievable. From where was this picture taken?
Summary Man said:
That's Tianmen Dong ( in English: sky gate cave), in Hunan, China.
More info here:
http://www.showcaves.com/english/cn/caves/Tianmen.html
Someone did a fly-through in 1999.
Vincent Alexander
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I want to try and keep this thread going.
And I don't know why, but I love this picture of Lincoln. It is damn creepy.
And I don't know why, but I love this picture of Lincoln. It is damn creepy.
Madrin said:
True story: My friends little brother too that photo. More of his illustrations and photos can be found here.
Antti was a exchange student in Australia when he took that picture. People were celebrating independence day at some Australian beach. Fireworks, lighting storm and the Haley cometh. Hard to beat that.
Funny story: Antti thought that the picture was so cool that he wanted a printout. About a week later he went to print shop, only to find out that the picture was allready on sale in the shop. The printshop had found the picture from internet and was selling huge poster versions of it without his permission
I don't remember if he ever got it printed.
Vire
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Qwomo said:Ah! The Santa Maria della Pietà! One of my favorite places on earth! If there were one building in the entire world I could call home, it would be the Santa Maria della Pietà. There's a ruined castle right across from it, too! The Rocca Calascio.
Tons of pictures of Santa Maria and Rocca Calascio here.
It's absolutely beautiful. I really hope I could go to Rome one day.
Totally unrelated:
brianjones
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Qwomo said:It's a room at the Rangali Island Resort & Spa in the Maldives.
that would make me nervous lol
Vincent Alexander
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That is simply amazing. I'd totally make a huge printout of that and have it in my library.asa said:True story: My friends little brother too that photo. More of his illustrations and photos can be found here.
Antti was a exchange student in Australia when he took that picture. People were celebrating independence day at some Australian beach. Fireworks, lighting storm and the Haley cometh. Hard to beat that.
Funny story: Antti thought that the picture was so cool that he wanted a printout. About a week later he went to print shop, only to find out that the picture was allready on sale in the shop. The printshop had found the picture from internet and was selling huge poster versions of it without his permission
I don't remember if he ever got it printed.
Nappuccino said:
Angle also helps to give an impression of smaller chin.
Also, such a change is not that far off when you think about other examples ...
http://i.imgur.com/Jfa92.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/wHIiY.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/keetd.jpg
And these are only the ones that i could remember what to search to find again on google ... there are waaaaaaaaaay more (and better) examples around
