CodeRedR51
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Pretty, yes. And cold. I hate cold. 
The amazing and cool photo thread
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Pretty, yes. And cold. I hate cold.
Surprisingly mild for somewhere inside of the Arctic Circle thanks to the Gulf Stream, and 24 hours of daylight in the summer!
A little further north and you'll see plenty of these!
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As ESO tested the new Wendelstein laser guide star unit by shooting a powerful laser beam into the atmosphere, one of the region’s intense summer thunderstorms was approaching — a very visual demonstration of why ESO’s telescopes are in Chile, and not in Germany. Heavy grey clouds threw down bolts of lightning as Martin Kornmesser, visual artist for the ESO outreach department, took timelapse photographs of the test for ESOcast 34. With purely coincidental timing this photograph was snapped just as lightning flashed, resulting in a breathtaking image that looks like a scene from a science fiction movie. Although the storm was still far from the observatory, the lightning appears to clash with the laser beam in the sky.
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^Simply put, that's amazing 👍
And another one I found particularly amazing, this photo of a British Army EOD technician approaching a "suspicious device" in Ireland.
And another one I found particularly amazing, this photo of a British Army EOD technician approaching a "suspicious device" in Ireland.
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Take my hand and I will show you the world...
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^^^ Wow.
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As a Norwegian I can tell you that you should be glad you are not living there.
Yes, the Lofoten is an incredibly beautiful place. But it is not a place you could imagine living in. I'm way down south in Norway, but over here general stores are at the minimum 15 minutes of driving away. The Norwegian weather is wet and cold generally all year round. Should you ever be in danger and need first-aid or you need to go to a hospital, the fastest way for me would be by helicopter which takes minimum 30 minutes from the nearest hospital to get here. So if I ever should have a heart attack, I probably wouldn't survive.
I get that people think that these places would be magnificent to live at, but they aren't. I'd take a warm city over my dead town any day.
Visit the Lofoten during a holiday, take lots of pictures and treasure the moment. But live there throughout the year? No thanks.
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What's the story behind that, I wonder?
Probably the most fun you can have on a national border (Norway/Sweden)
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Interesting insight, thanks 👍 A trip there is still on my list for sure though.
Japan's Winter Lights Festival
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Light festival looks awesome!
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That's actually REALLY old.
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Still a cool photo/IMAGE and worthy of this thread
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Really?
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Not a photo. Not worthy of this thread.
