The amazing and cool photo thread

[speed junkie]

 

[dudeondacouch]

not excessively amazing, but in the holiday spirit...


took this last weekend at Arlington after placing over 100,000 wreaths.

 

[GregTheStig]

Photo of the center of our galaxy. Every pixel is a star. And it's also 🤬 huge so here's the direct link.


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This photo was taken on-board a Boeing 707-80 as a test pilot performs a tight barrel roll to impress clients on board. A plane that size doing a maneuver like this is insane. Video of that

edit: found this fitting.

 

[terminator363]

Where is that from?

 

[GregTheStig]

Where is that from?

 

[speed junkie]

Where is that from?

Not sure, I found it on a Tumblr blog.

 

[terminator363]

Not sure, I found it on a Tumblr blog.

You got tree'd

But in all seriousness does anyone know where to get these in 1920X1080 or more? :

 

[RocZX]

 

[Danny]

Wind erosion.

 

[CodeRedR51]

What's even cooler than that is those rocks in death valley that move by themselves.

 

[Slash]

I've always had that secret, morbid fantasy of being the last man on Earth. I mean... who hasn't?

That could raise questions about some very odd things if there was one last woman as well.

 

[Dennisch]

 

[toymdngn]

35+ stories? NOPE NOPE NOPE.

 

[Carlos]

Probably it's just so normal for him to do that.

 

[Dennisch]

That red circle is the actual size of his left testicle.

 

[GregTheStig]

Some awesome shots of one very awesome city - Chicago.

And this is kinda neat. A 1927 map done by Paramount Studios suggesting locations in southern California where movies could be shot rather than going to the real place.

 

[dudeondacouch]

http://htwins.net/scale2/


👍

 

[Cano]

http://htwins.net/scale2/


👍

Not a picture but awesomely awesome.

 

[CodeRedR51]

When you're easy pickings for any number of predators the ability to turn yourself into a snake is a handy one. And that's what the snake mimic hawkmoth caterpillar appears to be able to do. When threatened it will pull in its legs and head and expand the back part of its body to make itself resemble a snake. This snake's head is actually the tail of the caterpillar.

 

[Wiegert]

This is what an exploded water hose in subzero temperatures looks like.

 

[Encyclopedia]

^ That is awesome!

 

[Sprite]

Stephen Wiltshire drawing the New York skyline from memory after having a flyover for 20 minutes in a helicopter. Google him he has done quite a few.

 

[TB]

I saw a show on him a few years ago. Completely astounded me. 👍

 

[Antonisbob]

Whaaaatt. That is amazing.

 

[xXKingJoshXx]

Isn't that the guy that drew the Lincoln Continental with the New York skyline on Top gear?

 

[Wiegert]

Isn't that the guy that drew the Lincoln Continental with the New York skyline on Top gear?

Yes, same guy. Amazing photographic memory and ability to draw such detailed landscapes.

 

[Encyclopedia]

Yep. Autism can have some positive sides.

 

[axletramp]

More from the National Geographic photographic competition:

OK, the final one could easily be posted in the Funny Pics thread as well.

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

Climbed that

It looks so impressive from Zermatt.

 

[CodeRedR51]