The amazing and cool photo thread

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Me and my fiance went to the Kennedy Space Center back in October and stupidly didn't realise you could catch a bus to do the tour that was included in the ticket price. We got back to the hotel, looked it up and facepalmed. Lots. :(
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I went there in 2004 when I was 8, it was amazing. All of the amazing technology, pushed through with almost unlimited funding for the cold war it showed what engineers could really do if you put a great team together with the right funding and motivation.

The whole history of all the programs, litteraly going where no man had gone before, pushing the boundaries and finding solutions to problems are they come along.


So inspirational.
 
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I went there in 2004 when I was 8, it was amazing. All of the amazing technology, pushed through with almost unlimited funding for the cold war it showed what engineers could really do if you put a great team together with the right funding and motivation.

The whole history of all the programs, litteraly going where no man had gone before, pushing the boundaries and finding solutions to problems are they come along.


So inspirational.
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I went there in 1963/1964 didn't even get to see a Space Shuttle anywhere:dunce:. Did get to see several space capsules:sly:
 
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Wreck of the Giannis D by WRECKSHOT, on Flickr


Tree house by extra-minty, on Flickr

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Sorry about the size. I couldn't find a smaller one.

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NASA astronomy picture of the day
Explanation: Aloha and welcome to a breathtaking skyscape. The dreamlike panoramic view looks out from the 4,200 meter volcanic summit of Mauna Kea, Hawai'i, across a layer of clouds toward a starry night sky and the rising Milky Way. Anchoring the scene on the far left is the dome of the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT), with north star Polaris shining beyond the dome to the right. Farther right, headed by bright star Deneb, the Northern Cross asterism is embedded along the plane of the Milky Way as it peeks above the horizon. Both Northern Cross and brilliant white Vega hang over a foreground grouping of cinder cones. Near the center are the reddish nebulae, stars and dust clouds of the central Milky Way. Below, illumination from the city lights of Hilo creates an eerie, greenish glow in the clouds. Red supergiant star Antares shines above the Milky Way's central bulge while bright Alpha Centauri lies still farther right, along the dusty galactic plane. Finally, at the far right is the large Gemini North Observatory. The compact group of stars known as the Southern Cross is just left of the telescope dome. Need some help identifying the stars? Just slide your cursor over the picture, or download this smaller, labeled panorama.
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There's a debate going on over at the dreamland resort forums about this photo. Everyone is wondering if Nellis knows they have Area 51 in the background and doesn't care, or if it slipped through the cracks somehow.

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It's just that they very, very rarely do such a thing. I think someone said the last photo that was taken like that with Area 51 in the shot was from the 80's.
 
Yeah I understand that. Whoever approved that shot though obviously knew what they were doing.

Also you can Google Earth Area 51, in quite some detail. If their not bothered about that,(although I'm sure it's not the ACTUAL appearance of the place), this won't be a problem I don't think.
 
Oh yeah, the google maps version (and bing, which I believe is newer) are in great detail. If you are interested in that sort of thing, I highly recommend checking out Dreamlandresort.com. 👍

I'm just saying in an official shot released by the military.
 
Yeah the Google maps shot of Area 51 is right here. Some are saying Area 51 is just a decoy which is why they don't care about allowing a hi-res image like that on Google, or they realize there really isn't much to see from above. Still interesting they published that though.
 
My guess is that Area 51 is a working base, made to seem more secret than it actually is. Then there will be a base somewhere else, maybe underwater, maybe not, that will be so secret that the people who work there will probably never leave, I don't know what goes on in such a place, but you can bet your last quid it's mind blowing.
 
If you had a base that is as secretive as Area 51 supposedly is would you design it to have identifiable characteristics from above in an age of satellites?

It doesn't matter what is there or how good Google Earth images are, you won't see anything important, if it is there to see, because they won't make it that easy to see.
 
Yeah they'll know what times the mapping satellites will be doing their thing and they'll keep anything they don't want people to see inside. In fact, most of their secretive stuff is done at night...
 
Quite a cool (pfft) photo taken this morning near where I live - not by me but posted on the local news feed. An abandoned R8 in snow drifts in St Lawrence, Jersey. We are just so hilariously unprepared for weather like this. :lol:

 
That's some snowstorm. We never get snow like that. We get about 6 inches and schools start closing, supermarkets start running out of bread and milk. It's ridiculous.
 

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