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« Reply #80 on: October 13, 2005, 01:53 PM »
Quote from: Xaranchi on October 12, 2005, 05:54 AM
excuse me sir, but what is amazing on this boat picture ? I'm missing something aren't I ?

I was thinking the same thing.  I had to stare at it for a few minutes to figure it out and then I had one of those "Holy shit!  The boats are going over other boats!" moments.
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« Reply #81 on: October 16, 2005, 02:39 PM »
I remember shuddering whenever i saw a picture like this during History. Imagine if that was you on the boat, knowing where you were going. Terrifying.

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« Reply #82 on: October 16, 2005, 02:53 PM »
Quote from: knockboot on October 08, 2005, 08:07 PM
http://www.tinyvices.com/storm3.jpg

One of several pictures of storms in Oz, Australia

more here:

http://www.tinyvices.com/storms.html

http://www.extremeinstability.com/storms.htm
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« Reply #83 on: October 18, 2005, 11:37 PM »
Quote from: Epileptic Pirate on January 27, 2005, 10:59 PM
A photo which I find absolutely stunning is this.

It is from the GOODS project, in which over the course of a year the Hubble telescope was focused on a single spot for 90 minutes.  The image penetrates about 12 billion light years, which means that since the big bang is thought to have happened 13.7 billion years ago, some of that stuff is nearly from the begginnings of time.
I just find it absolutely stunning that this much is behind everywhere we look.  From one little point in the sky, there is all this.


In my astronomy class we were showed this picture, and it was put into a context which blew my mind.  It was like this:

The image shows approximately the same percentage of the sky as is blocked out from your field of vision by a dime held at arm's length with one eye closed.  Look at all the tiny specks, most of which you can barely see.  There are thousands of them.  Each speck is a galaxy. Not a star, not a solar system. A galaxy.  Each of those specks contains millions, if not billions of stars, each star an average of four light years apart.  And this picture is only a tiny fraction of the whole sky.
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« Reply #84 on: October 20, 2005, 04:11 PM »
Great load of pictures, thought I'd add a few.  Being an air traffic controller I have an unhealthy obsession with planes, so here are a few great pics:

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=21662

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=48980

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=365928

http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=555107
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« Reply #85 on: November 10, 2005, 09:58 PM »
Aftermath of a recent tornado on a trailer park:

http://pointlesswasteoftime.com/trailerpark.jpg
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« Reply #86 on: November 11, 2005, 02:11 AM »
I'm not sure if this is at the end of that canal overpass posted on the other page, but it rocks none the less. I remember seeing a program on TV about it a while back, it's basically a boat lift which works ferris wheel style (the other side is cut off in this picture):
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« Reply #87 on: November 12, 2005, 08:07 PM »
I was going to post that very same picture, Guise!

The picture of that canal overpass is supposedly from Germany. The weird boat lift thing is from somewhere in the North of England I believe.
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« Reply #88 on: November 14, 2005, 12:29 AM »
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/photos/snowflakelarge.jpg

snowflake close up. totally real.
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« Reply #89 on: November 14, 2005, 02:21 PM »
Quote from: lord harris on November 12, 2005, 08:07 PM
I was going to post that very same picture, Guise!

The picture of that canal overpass is supposedly from Germany. The weird boat lift thing is from somewhere in the North of England I believe.

Central Scotland. It's called the Falkirk wheel and was built as part of the millenium rebuilding of the Forth and Clyde canal (for years it flowed mainly in pipes during the post-industrial years and was re-opened as a tourist attraction and seems to do quiite well). A really interesting piece of engineering. Designed so it weighs almost exactly the same when the carriage thing is full or empty so it takes very little power to turn it.
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« Reply #90 on: December 06, 2005, 02:38 AM »


That's a 4 meter long shark biting a boat. Yeah. It took a chunk out of the metal hydrofoil.
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« Reply #91 on: December 07, 2005, 01:27 AM »
The traditional "Wall of Fire" during the air show at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, WI.

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/maverick2786/wallofire.jpg

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b32/maverick2786/wall_of_fire.jpg

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I get to see it in person every year. When it goes off, it feels like someone opened a huge oven door.
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« Reply #92 on: December 08, 2005, 11:02 AM »
Does anyone know where today's Craption Contest picture comes from? The two tramps on the skyscraper? I think that's an amazing photo.
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« Reply #93 on: December 10, 2005, 07:54 PM »
I just think this looks pretty weird...

http://nxopinion.robertsoninstitute.org/blogs/images/nxopinion_robertsoninstitute_org/rcecil/6/o_nf7.jpg
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« Reply #94 on: December 11, 2005, 06:11 AM »
http://www.jetphotos.net/viewphoto.php?id=48980

The bland cityscape in the background is the most interesting part of this picture.  Is that morose city Hong Kong?
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« Reply #95 on: December 11, 2005, 11:17 AM »
An Ansel Adams landscape.

Also, this picture was made from plates taken in 1911 (more here). That just blows my mind.
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« Reply #96 on: December 11, 2005, 08:27 PM »
This is a photo of a massive fuel depot going up in the UK. 600 million gallons of petrol.
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« Reply #97 on: December 12, 2005, 06:22 PM »
My Dad's place of work was in Hamel Hampstead.  'Was' being the operative word.  Most of it is now billowing about above the skies of London, and the rest just collapsed today under intense heat and pressure.  He just got sent pictures of it collapsing by the company (for some unknown reason, maybe they're trying to deter him from turning up tomorrow) - I would scan them in but I don't have a scanner.  A shame because they are amazing photos, which is the title of this thread.

Here are some more pictures of it though - the biggest such event in peacetime Europe:

BANG!
BOOM!
CLOUD!
OH NOES!
SPACE!
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« Reply #98 on: December 13, 2005, 12:36 PM »
Quote from: Sophist on December 11, 2005, 11:17 AM
Also, this picture was made from plates taken in 1911 (more here). That just blows my mind.

That's awesome.  Thanks for sharing it.
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« Reply #99 on: December 13, 2005, 07:39 PM »
this all blew my mind last summer and its just down the road!

http://www.worth1000.com/emailthis.asp?entry=230869

http://www.sitheanphoto.com/press/edinburgh/

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