rain Posted November 27, 2010 I like the numbers. Beauty.. One could keep gazing forever, most healing. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Apech Posted December 6, 2010 I like the numbers. Beauty.. One could keep gazing forever, most healing. Yea but what is it? (forgive ignorance) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted December 6, 2010 its a small C class solar flare, taken from a coronameter set up to block direct sunlight but it catches what's going on in the solar atmosphere...you can see mercury off to the lower left... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted December 7, 2010 (edited) snap! although...I do have to chuckle at the file name - "epicblast2" - ummm, yeah, something altogether common, while impressive, is most certainly NOT epic Edited December 7, 2010 by joeblast Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted December 28, 2010 The sun, as seen through...a beer can "With and empty beer can (pinhole-photography)I took a picture of the Sun with an exposure time of nearly 6 months. See the result. It is called Solarography. Put a piece of photographic paper in an empty tin, seal it and make a pinhole of around 0,5 mm in it and fix it firmly pointing south towards the Sun." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted December 28, 2010 Apparently he's not the only one to have done this....some very cool imagery! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted January 4, 2011 http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/largest-cave/peter-photography Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Trunk Posted January 5, 2011 Wow and wow. Thanks for the various sun photos. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted January 5, 2011 If I were in that cavern I'd have to sit there and OMMMMM for about 4 hours straight With my luck something would crash on top of me Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted January 11, 2011 Sun photos rock Moon in front Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted January 12, 2011 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101223-lightning-x-rays-camera-science-technology/ composite image including x-ray images, taken at ten million images per second. (that's just an astronomical number in and of itself...I had to read that thrice - ten million???) The camera weighed 1500 pounds! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted January 12, 2011 http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/12/101223-lightning-x-rays-camera-science-technology/ composite image including x-ray images, taken at ten million images per second. (that's just an astronomical number in and of itself...I had to read that thrice - ten million???) The camera weighed 1500 pounds! fascinating Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted February 1, 2011 nice one 9th _/\_ I thought we had a vid thread down here, dont see it this vid made me laugh my ass off. I certainly wouldnt want to be anywhere near something like this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8rXiN_Oys4 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marblehead Posted February 1, 2011 Good they tested it before they let people ride on it. Let's see if this works: http://sz0165.wc.mail.comcast.net/service/home/~/CHINA_CITY_IN_THE_MOUNTAINS.pps?auth=co&loc=en_US&id=100660∂=2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted February 1, 2011 nice one 9th _/\_ I thought we had a vid thread down here, dont see it this vid made me laugh my ass off. I certainly wouldnt want to be anywhere near something like this! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8rXiN_Oys4 vids are welcome on taoist tv thread btw. looks like the engineers need to go back to the drawing board on this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted February 1, 2011 nah this lift was actually an old one that they were taking down and they decided to do some serious stress-testing! my older brother said years ago that if you're ever on a lift that all of a sudden goes crazy fast like this, you are really best off jumping off the thing! judging by how far those concrete blocks got tossed, I'd agree I jumped a chairlift once, but I was young, and it was late in the day and so viciously cold my buddy and I just couldnt stand another 700 yards on it but that was only about a 10 foot drop, so no real biggie there. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
joeblast Posted February 2, 2011 "The guide wires on the telephone poles are spun clockwise, and the snow formations were spun anti-clockwise. The spirals at the top near the poles were longer (1m) than the spirals at the bottom (.1 -.3 meters) - (perhaps because of gravity?). But they formed continuous spirals of hardened snow (the next day they would have qualified as ice) from top to bottom of the telephone pole guide wires and were rotated OPPOSITE of the metal wire's weave." 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zerostao Posted February 9, 2011 for joeblast http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9iDVZ4fLqY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luOa--G2k2c Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
