The amazing and cool photo thread

[GregTheStig]

Here's a photo of the Tiananmen Square "Tank Man" that shows just how many tanks he held up... I've never seen it from this view point before.

 

[Alex p.]

^^ The longer I look at that pic the more I'm just waiting a T-Rex to appear and take the deer out.

Apologies if I've just ruined that image for anyone.

>.>

 

[Keef]

Here's a photo of the Tiananmen Square "Tank Man" that shows just how many tanks he held up... I've never seen it from this view point before.

A while back I posted another one I'd never seen. Taken from ground level as the tanks were approaching in the distance.

 

[GregTheStig]

A while back I posted another one I'd never seen. Taken from ground level as the tanks were approaching in the distance.

Ah, I remember seeing that one now. That guy is the epitome of bravery: being scared out of your mind but doing it anyway.


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Seafire pilot on HMS Indomitable, 1943

 

[Madertus]

Yesterday's storm in Pecs, Hungary O______________.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Tail cloud and all. No tornadoes?

 

[Madertus]

Nope, unfortunately (for the sake of this thread I mean).

 

[CodeRedR51]

Does that place ever get them?

 

[MagpieRacer]

Impressive. Makes me think of an upside down Giant's Causeway for some reason.

It is pretty much exactly that. Giants Causeway I believe is also a result of lava.

 

[Dennisch]

Does that place ever get them?

Tornado's are quite rare outside of the USA. We have them occasionally in Europe, but nothing worth mentioning.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Got it. ^^^

 

[raz_10]

Mean while somewhere in Germany...

 

[Madertus]

^ nice model! And it looks like it's a huge one...

(yes, I know it's tilt-shift. My favorite shooting technique )

 

[GregTheStig]

How on-board footage was shot when GoPro cameras weren't a thing yet

 

[Beerz]

Sweet!

Speaking of camera setups:

(click for biggie)​

 

[GregTheStig]

It's amazing how far we've progressed lol.


A personal photo of a P-51 flying somewhere over England, 1943

[Big file warning]

 

[Madertus]

^ (cameramen) Back in that time, there were only balls of pure steel; and people would bathe in lava.

 

[Carlos]

woops! nevermind

 

[Carlos]

seafire pilot on hms indomitable, 1943

wow!!!!

 

[raz_10]

 

[Tonza]

wow! 👍

 

[axletramp]

Coconut palm in The Maldives:

Plitvice Lakes, Croatia:

Baobabs, Madagascar:

Ice canyon, Greenland:

...and finally, Blue butterflies:

 

[zedextreme8177]

Coconut palm in The Maldives:

I feel embarassed to say that I didn't know that a sandbank with one palm even existed, and in my own country...

 

[axletramp]

It is pretty cool. It came from a world geographic site, so I hope it's 100% legit as well.

 

[GregTheStig]

Parasailing on Lake Wanaka, Wanaka, New Zealand

 

[PeterJB]

Why is everything good in New Zealand?

 

[Beerz]

 

[Madertus]

^ wat

Where? When? Why? For how much?

 

[Beerz]

According to the official explanation, it's caused by ice crystals that form high in the atmosphere, and then fall down, thus "perforating" the clouds beneath that area.

Seems too weird if you ask me.

My personal explanation is a lot simpler: aliens.

 

[misnblu]

According to the official explanation, it's caused by ice crystals that form high in the atmosphere, and then fall down, thus "perforating" the clouds beneath that area.

Seems too weird if you ask me.

My personal explanation is a lot simpler: aliens.

Actually clouds at that level have their water molecules 'super cooled' to the point that they're actually below freezing but still retain their round water molecule state. So these water molecules that are still water so to speak until one of them actually freeze and crystallize. Once this happens it can cause a whole pattern (domino effect) of what you see in that picture to have what was once round droplets of frozen water become crystals which then fall to eventually evaporate etc.

That would explain what you're seeing in the picture with the cloud and projected hole in an otherwise alto-cumulus layer in the picture.
I've seen this many times when I lived farther North.