The Cool Picture Thread

[Marblehead]

That elephant picture reminded me of the Dumbo Octopus.

[joeblast]

why the hell would anyone slap a porcupine!

 

[Marblehead]

Hehehe. Some people are born stupid and remain that way their entire life, which generally, is not very long.

[joeblast]

now this is more like it

 

[CloudHands]

Almost fractal perspective.

[CloudHands]

Edited July 4, 2014 by CloudHands

[joeblast]

that reminded me of my buddy's uncle's story from years ago, doing some work up in the ceiling of the garage and his friend knocked a bottle of wild turkey over, falling out where the ladder to the attic was - he freakin dove after it, caught up to it, secured it......and cracked the sh*t out of his skull on the concrete floor

 

stands to reason there was a wild turkey remedy forthcoming

[zerostao]

[Wells]

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Edited October 28, 2014 by ZOOM

[joeblast]

I dig on banzai's work

[zerostao]

[joeblast]

[joeblast]

 

Last year travelers from Washington state to Vancouver were surprised to discover this “negative space” billboard by the side of the road. It was created by Daniel Mihalyo and Annie Han of Seattle-based art collective Lead Pencil Studio. Most billboards draw the eye away from the environment; this draws the eye to it.

Edited August 1, 2014 by joeblast

[silent thunder]

that is freaking brilliant!

[Nungali]

 

 

From the Kara-Kum (now) desert area in 'Central Asia'. Possible home of an ancient 'lost culture' * and descendants of the postulated 'Indo-Aryan' people's 'Avestan Nations' network (From the Avestas) ... some dated back to 6500 B.C. when small bands of people were raising wheat and barley and grazing their sheep and goats. By 3000 B.C., it was organized into walled towns. They used carts drawn by domesticated animals, and made pottery.

 

* 'lost' because so much of it and its records have been destroyed by waves of invasion; Alexander, Arabic, Muslim, ignored by the west due to their fascination with the 'Fertile Crescent' , mostly examined by Russians, many of whose reports are untranslated, and in recent times inaccessible due to war, lack of infrastructure and climate.

 

here is another pic of some ruins associated with the civilisation

 

[joeblast]

hello, comet

 

 

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko imaged by Rosetta's OSIRIS narrow angle camera on 7 August from a distance of 104 km.

While the comet’s head (in the top half of the image) is covered with parallel linear features, the neck displays scattered boulders on a smooth underground. In comparison, the comet’s body (lower half of the image) seems to have much more jagged features.

 

 

(or, if you've got 3d glasses, here )

This anaglyph image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko can be viewed using stereoscopic glasses with red–green/blue filters.

The two images used to make the anaglyph were taken on 7 August 2014 from a distance of 104 kilometres with Rosetta's OSIRIS narrow-angle camera. They are separated by 17 minutes.

[Marblehead]

I got my 3D glasses out! (They came with the Grand Funk Railroad's Album "Shinin' On".

 

Yes, the 3D picture link adds another dimension to the picture (no shit!). Really cool.

 

And you know what? To me it looks like it is actually two comets that have mated. And this would explain the different terrain between the head (upper) and the body (lower)

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[mYTHmAKER]

From the Kara-Kum (now) desert area in 'Central Asia'. Possible home of an ancient 'lost culture' * and descendants of the postulated 'Indo-Aryan' people's 'Avestan Nations' network (From the Avestas) ... some dated back to 6500 B.C. when small bands of people were raising wheat and barley and grazing their sheep and goats. By 3000 B.C., it was organized into walled towns. They used carts drawn by domesticated animals, and made pottery.

 

* 'lost' because so much of it and its records have been destroyed by waves of invasion; Alexander, Arabic, Muslim, ignored by the west due to their fascination with the 'Fertile Crescent' , mostly examined by Russians, many of whose reports are untranslated, and in recent times inaccessible due to war, lack of infrastructure and climate.

 

here is another pic of some ruins associated with the civilisation

 

Wow that's one big parking garage surrounding the city center - note the automobile entrance and exit ramps

[Nungali]

Some see similarities between some carpet designs from the area and the architecture of the ruins;

 

http://www.heritageinstitute.com/zoroastrianism/balkh/dashly.htm

 

Better and closer examples are examined in detail in part of this series :

 

Edited August 17, 2014 by Nungali

[joeblast]

http://www.spaceweather.com/images2014/02sep14/20140902205957_512_aia_0304.mp4

 

 

 

 

[Nungali]

 

 

[joeblast]

[joeblast]

 

 

its quite intimidating hearing the big thudding crack and have one go zipping by underneath you ...

[dust]

 

No kitty don't fall! My hands are sweating just looking at her..

 

here is another pic of some ruins associated with the civilisation

That is incredible

 

 

 

 

A couple of pics I took in Beijing. Not as amazing as most of this stuff but pretty cool. Modern objects of worship vs the old:

 

 

 

[gentlewind]

one from a couple of years ago.