The amazing and cool photo thread

[FoolKiller]

hummm...does the man have enough weight to get all the way through the coaster. I wanna try it!

Considering a lot of larger wooden coasters use brakes mid-track to prevent the trains from going too fast, and he won't be using those, I would say yes. I imagine that the second hill (first after the lift hill) is his only questionable spot.

 

[Omnis]

 

[GT3mich]

186 foot drop and he lived.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...er-risked-life-limb-186ft-waterfall-drop.html
That guy is crazy.

 

[Sureboss]

Damned immigrants, they'll get in in any way!

 

[Beerz]

 

[exigeracer]

Holy smokes. He must've gotten absolutely rocked. I have a signed poster from Tao Berman, who held the record for a number of years (although only at 99 feet). It was up on my wall alongside the Porsche posters, made me a pretty happy kid.

 

[SRV2LOW4ME]

Kayaks scare me as it is, I couldn't imagine going over a waterfall in one.

Seriously, they go upside down, then flip back up...all while sitting on their butt...how?!

 

[exigeracer]

It's freaking scary. In whitewater, you're chest-deep in water the entire time. You don't get to appreciate the power of mother nature and the lethality of simple moving water until you're in that situation. Nothing like going down 50 yards of class III water completely upside-down trying to pull back up. That said, I've never had a greater adrenaline rush than whitewater kayaking.

On topic, here's the coolest photo I've seen of the recent eclipse:

 

[FoolKiller]

A ton of awesome pictures turned up in my news reader today. I don't believe there are many reposts.


First: The Milky Way over Devil's Tower.

The rest are a collection of images from National Geographic photographers found here. I am trying to sort out what might be reposts.

Morning Glories roil over the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia

Reed Flute Cave in China

Wulihe Stadium demolished in Shenyang, China

Rabaul Caldera erupting in Papau, New Guinea

Mosquito on rain dropped glass

Schooling fish

Mount Fitz Roy, Argentina

A 1/2 inch brittle star crawls over an 18 inch blue sea star

Chaitén volcano erupting in Chile

Looking thourgh an iceberg at Narsaq, Greenland.

Bull Elephant in Zambia

Siamese Crocodile being born

Tornado in Kansas

Undersea Volcano erupting near Tonga

Inglefield Bay, Greenland at Dawn

 

[Danoff]

Awesome shots FK and exige.

 

[UnoMOTO]

Thats what i'm talking about. Great stuff right there!

 

[Aldo]

Those are some awesome pics FK
Here are some pics that I took on holiday to Melbourne and surrounding area
They are not amazing but I thought they were cool 👍

^Not only a very nice reflection, look how low the water in the resevoir is. It used to be up at the tree-line!

^My dad spotted the guy swimming in the clouds and told me. Can you find him?

^Very rusty V8 on a beach on Phillip Island. The driveshaft wasn't too far away.

^I have been enthralled with the macro mode on my camera ever since I got it. I have many pictures of flowers and shells and insects close-up
👍

 

[land sea air]

MOAR of this page, very good stuff
also:

^Very rusty V8 on a beach on Phillip Island. The driveshaft wasn't too far away.

little WD-40 and a port/polish and you'll be good to go!

 

[Beerz]

First: The Milky Way over Devil's Tower.

Holy crap, that is an astonishing photo! 👍

Do you happen to know what camera/lens did the photographer use for this image?

Siamese Crocodile being born

Is that a real image or a photoshop? Looks like a dragon with ears and all... plus, the head alone is the same size as the egg.

^Very rusty V8 on a beach on Phillip Island. The driveshaft wasn't too far away.

Wow, awesome pic right there. 👍

 

[FoolKiller]

Holy crap, that is an astonishing photo! 👍

Do you happen to know what camera/lens did the photographer use for this image?

No clue, but my news reader links to this:
http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap090729.html

Is that a real image or a photoshop? Looks like a dragon with ears and all... plus, the head alone is the same size as the egg.

Unless National Geographic has taken up photoshopping, it is real. Having witnessed multiple baby chicks hatch from eggs I always find myself amazed at just how crammed things born from external eggs must be just before hatching. I imagine that a crococile in an egg is curled around on itself.

I tried to find an x-ray of a crocodile egg, but couldn't. I did find this, which shows a newborn crocodile with its egg. Definitely a tight fit.

The engine pic makes me sad. But it is a great shot.

 

[Aldo]

Thanks
I have some from different angles and of the driveshaft if you want to see them.
On that same beach there was a dead seal and dead penguin which were pretty grim
I also found a shell that was purple, red and yellow! I gave it to my mum though cause she kind of collects shells
Did anyone see the swimmer in the cloud?!

 

[Studentdriver]

I saw him. Doing the freestyle, correct?

 

[Aldo]

I saw him. Doing the freestyle, correct?

Hilarious. I take it you've not seen my earlier post then.

 

[bin0]

Whoa, These pictures are amazing! Good work.

 

[UnoMOTO]

Closing the gap at the Hoover dam bypass

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[raz_10]

Glad you made the thread 👍

I have a feeling I'll be adding to this thread a lot this summer.

We have these pictures on display @ my job now...
I'll be taking them down for new art display! should take pics of the other weird ones we have...will post later...

 

[Small_Fryz]

what is he doing?

 

[raz_10]

We have more on our other floors...

 

[exigeracer]

Unless National Geographic has taken up photoshopping, it is real.

Actually, you'd be surprised. National Geographic recently ran a photography contest, awarding a top prize to a clearly-shopped photo. It ran on their website with the other winners briefly, until a collective WTF from anyone with any logic got to their editors. It was taken down and prize revoked.

 

[Glanza-V]

Dublin riots,edited.

removed by mod

 

[Jay]

^Very rusty V8 on a beach on Phillip Island. The driveshaft wasn't too far away.

See Australia is such a V8 craving country we even have them turning up at our beaches!

 

[Aldo]

See Australia is such a V8 craving country we even have them turning up at our beaches!

This lonely V8 didn't get washed up...
I do believe that someone launched themselves off of a cliff (not deliberately of course)
I could probably trace the car as the serial number is still on the engine block 💡
It is probably from some sub-25 year old's Commodore though!

 

[daan]

Dublin riots,edited.

Those don't belong here. Lets keep this thread to real, proper photos.

 

[Glanza-V]

Where would I post them then ?

 

[Diego440]

on 4Chan