The amazing and cool photo thread

[kolio]

Now that - is a large shaft.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Long exposure of launch, re-entry, and landing burns of SpaceX Falcon 9 on December 21, 2015.

 

[Wiegert]

Malá Fatra, Slovakia, December 26th.

The edge of the map:

 

[Ferraridriver27]

 

[ProjectWHaT]

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/fantastic-photo-of-a-f-16-flying-perfectly-straight-up-1752896176

 

[GregTheStig]

U.S. soldiers fire the 120mm main gun of an Army M1A2 Abrams tank to prepare for a live-fire tank shoot during Operation Speed and Power as part of Atlantic Resolve South on Novo Selo Training Area, Bulgaria, June 24, 2015. The soldiers are assigned to 3rd Battalion, 69th Armor Regiment. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alan Brutus

 

[Kkj10]

 

[Touring Mars]

I'd given up on a big, spindley chilli plant I grew, and put it in my hallway as decoration before letting it dry out and apparently die. Instead of chucking it out, however, I decided to chop it back to just a bare stalk of about 5", and see what happened if I fed it a bit... 29 days later, the result is quite unbelievable...

Here's what it looked like 29 days ago...

 

[Danny]

 

[GregTheStig]

Not a photoshop. Just the Russian Kirov-class battle cruiser Pyotr Velikiy transiting the Suez Canal.

 

[Swagger897]

Wow... didn't even know those still operated..

 

[AspecBob]

Not a photoshop. Just the Russian Kirov-class battle cruiser Pyotr Velikiy transiting the Suez Canal.

It reminds me of a certain scene from Lawrence of Arabia.

 

[axletramp]

Bonneville Speed Week by Christopher Wilson.

 

[Havok_]

FL31 climbing up to FL37. Couldn't help myself so I took a pic. Beauty must be shared.

 

[Liquid]

Tollund Man

One of the best-preserved bog bodies. Found in 1950 on the Jutland peninsula in modern-day Denmark.
It dates from ~300 BC making it 2,300 years old.

 

[Barra333]

This (the shadowy triangle right in the middle) is the ~4,000m tall volcano on Tenerife, as photographed from 110 nautical miles away. The main reason I think it is cool? I took it by holding my phone to the eyepiece of a pair of binoculars.

 

[BobK]

This (the shadowy triangle right in the middle) is the ~4,000m tall volcano on Tenerife, as photographed from 110 nautical miles away. The main reason I think it is cool? I took it by holding my phone to the eyepiece of a pair of binoculars.

I hate to ask, but what shadowy triangle?

 

[Swagger897]

I hate to ask, but what shadowy triangle?

I believe it be this:

edit: here it is after I played with some things:

 

[Barra333]

I believe it be this:<snip>

Yep, that's it. We were amazed that we could see it. 100% certain it is the mountain though - a modern ship's bridge is a pretty good place with regard to knowing exactly what is in exactly which direction, and how far away it is.

I hate to ask, but what shadowy triangle?

No shame in not seeing it - there were people on the bridge with binoculars who took a while.

 

[Dennisch]

@Barra333

This picture contains the same volcano.

But even less visible.

I took it from here:

Puerto de Mogan on Gran Canaria.

Edit.

After some toying around, it becomes barely visible above the orange rope thingy that's on the rocks.

 

[Kkj10]

This (the shadowy triangle right in the middle) is the ~4,000m tall volcano on Tenerife, as photographed from 110 nautical miles away. The main reason I think it is cool? I took it by holding my phone to the eyepiece of a pair of binoculars.

At first it looked like an old photo of Jupiter

 

[TB]

ILLUMINATI CONFIRMED!

Months before, thousands of miles away, in a completely different volcano...

At first it looked like an old photo of Jupiter

 

[ProjectWHaT]

http://gizmodo.com/ukraines-dnieper-river-is-like-a-work-of-art-from-space-1774095715

Astronaut Tim Kopra is currently orbiting Earth as part of the Expedition 36 and 37 missions, and snapped this fantastic image of Ukraine’s Dnieper River as he passed overhead last night.

 

[axletramp]

An abandoned fishing village being reclaimed by nature on the Shengsi Islands in the mouth of the River Yangtze, China.

Very green.

 

[GregTheStig]

Size matters. USS Iowa and a sailboat.

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Size REFERENCE matters! That is a neat shot by itself, but with the other boat you can understand WHY it's such an imposing shot!

 

[Jedi2016]

Hence the difference between a "boat" and a "ship".

 

[Danny]

If you only ever pee once, make it in London.

 

[TheCracker]

If you only ever pee once, make it in London.

If you only ever take a dump once, make it in Chicago.

 

[axletramp]

If you only had to dump once it would fill that glass tank to the top.