The amazing and cool photo thread

[Touring Mars]

A 1000 year old supernova remnant, or the PS3 XMB default wallpaper?

 

[Pupik]

Not just tough, but sponge-diver-tough.

 

[exigeracer]

Peter Funch took a whole crapload of photos of people in NYC and stitched people from many of the scenes according to a theme. They're pretty creepy, but still really cool photography.

 

[homeforsummer]

I like those, though the yawning one is especially creepy.

 

[exigeracer]

Here are some more:

 

[homeforsummer]

That last one is brilliant, all those suspicious eyes.

 

[Sprite]

Image of Atlantis space shuttle against the backdrop of the sun.

 

[TB]

*snip*

Image of Atlantis space shuttle against the backdrop of the sun.

I'll one-up that with a shot of both Atlantis and the ISS.

And it's just a tiny bit bigger, too.

 

[homeforsummer]

That's amazing. I was reading somewhere (I can't find the article at the moment) that they're currently searching for planets in far away solar systems by using some astonishingly sensitive light-detection sensors to measure any dips in light when planets pass in front of their stars.

They used two metaphors for how sensitive the equipment is - it can detect a drop in light as subtle as switching one table lamp off in a large town, or alternatively, can measure a drop in light equivalent to that of a gnat passing in front of a car headlight.

 

[Omnis]

I bet it was going crazy when Pacquiao knocked Hatton's lights out.

 

[Sprite]

@ TB, I bow down to what truly is an epic image.

 

[TB]

@ TB, I bow down to what truly is an epic image.

Which I wouldn't have searched for had it not been for yours! 👍

 

[exigeracer]

 

[Danoff]

...regarding the sun pics.


Notice the almost complete lack of sunspots (there is one)...

 

[Omnis]

Is that a marble quarry?

 

[exigeracer]

A little more nature.

 

[Mark T]

I like the first sea foam picture. Reminds me of polystyrene.

 

[Aldo]

The sea foam one is fantastic! Good find 👍

 

[Moglet]

That sea foam one reminds me of this;



A few more from DeviantArt:


http://jogiart.deviantart.com


http://sutur.deviantart.com


http://somebody3121.deviantart.com


http://mnogueir.deviantart.com


And a few of 'The Door To Hell' in Uzbekistan;

 

[exigeracer]

From natural landscapes to manufactured landscapes:

And some mandmade historical photos:

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[exigeracer]

This thread presents a lot of marvels of man's drive to expand and explore. Let's view the seldom-exposed **** end of that stick:

 

[TB]

Can anyone see these? They might need to be cached. I'll rehost if there're problemos.

The five images from dumpert.nl are not showing up for me, exigeracer.

First one works, though.

 

[Omnis]

That's pretty gross. Was that pic from the tsunami?

 

[exigeracer]

Fixed up for you guys. They are various photos from India, China and the Philippines. They don't represent any natural disaster other than domestic human waste.

 

[Prosthetic]

[Nerd moment] Looks like Mulgore in World of Warcraft! [/Nerd moment]

Sorry, first thing that came to my mind.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

[Nerd moment] Looks like Mulgore in World of Warcraft! [/Nerd moment]

Sorry, first thing that came to my mind.

The first thing that came to my mind was that the mothership from Close Encounters of the Third Kind had returned to the Devil's Tower for another concert in the sky!

 

[boiltheocean]

The first thing that came to my mind was that the mothership from Close Encounters of the Third Kind had returned to the Devil's Tower for another concert in the sky!

I second that.

 

[TB]

I thought of mashed potatoes.

So Close Encounters for me, too.

 

[Digital-Nitrate]

I thought of mashed potatoes.

👍

 

[Omnis]

I thought of the lion king.