The amazing and cool photo thread

[richiem2282]

Not a photo. Not worthy of this thread.

can you delete it so, don't want to upset anybody here... 👍

 

[Dennisch]

Flying Peacock.

Everything else is now invalid.

 

[GregTheStig]

Two Civil War veterans from both sides shake hands at Gettysburg -1913 - but the guy on the left (probably Confederate) doesn't look very happy about it....

 

[homeforsummer]

Love those Japanese light festival shots.

Sorry if this one is a repost - first millisecond of an atomic explosion:

 

[Signal52]

^^^ Crazy.

 

[Slick Rick]

Whats that phenomenon called? Id like to know how and why it works....

 

[GregTheStig]

Because airplane and exploshuns and stuff

 

[Beerz]

^^ Top Gear?

 

[BobK]

Whats that phenomenon called? Id like to know how and why it works....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterimage

 

[allyn27]

^^^ Crazy.

Holy fudge a duck!

 

[Wiegert]

28 climbers posing on Cleopatra's Needle, Italy.

 

[Beerz]

^^ Posers.


Anywho, just found one of the best shots ever. Click for biggie.

 

[PeterJB]

 

[GregTheStig]

F/A-18 Hornet ignites fuel leak in left engine on carrier take-off in full afterburner. Not an ideal situation I'm sure, but it looks awesome at least.

And this is terrifying because it's real (besides the processing)


New York City on September 6, 2012 by mudpig, on Flickr

 

[HumanDestroyah]

Love those Japanese light festival shots.

Sorry if this one is a repost - first millisecond of an atomic explosion:

I love the Japanese light festival shots, Here's an Atom Bomb

 

[Dennisch]

 

[GregTheStig]

Totality of the solar eclipse as seen from East Arnhemland in the Northern Territory, Australia. November 14, 2012.

Jökulsárlón - Iceland

 

[Beerz]

Wow, that last photo is just perfect.

The one above it would have been so much better with a more close-up approach. Still, great shot.

 

[Dennisch]

 

[SPhilli911]

Whelp, I'm going to cancel my flight to NZ.

 

[Bopop4]

Awesome.

 

[Dennisch]

 

[Solid Lifters]

 

[Jedi2016]

Nope. Don't think so.

 

[terminator363]

What's the point of that?

 

[PeterJB]

To ascend the cliffside maybe? 💡

 

[daan]

All that's missing from that is a helter skelter for folk going down the way...

 

[axletramp]

What's the point of that?

Two possible answers:

1) The cliff path has collapsed at some point.
2) It's cool.

 

[TB]

3) You have to build bypasses.

 

[Wiegert]

Speaking of building bypasses:

After homeowners refuse to relocate for demolition, public road is built with their house smack dab in the middle. In Wenling, Zhejiang, China