The amazing and cool photo thread

[misnblu]

According to the official explanation, it's caused by ice crystals that form high in the atmosphere, and then fall down, thus "perforating" the clouds beneath that area.

Seems too weird if you ask me.

My personal explanation is a lot simpler: aliens.

Actually clouds at that level have their water molecules 'super cooled' to the point that they're actually below freezing but still retain their round water molecule state. So these water molecules that are still water so to speak until one of them actually freeze and crystallize. Once this happens it can cause a whole pattern (domino effect) of what you see in that picture to have what was once round droplets of frozen water become crystals which then fall to eventually evaporate etc.

That would explain what you're seeing in the picture with the cloud and projected hole in an otherwise alto-cumulus layer in the picture.
I've seen this many times when I lived farther North.

 

[Simple Matt]

*snippy snippy*
That would explain what you're seeing in the picture with the cloud and projected hole in an otherwise alto-cumulus layer in the picture.
I've seen this many times when I lived farther North.

So it's kinda similar to what happens in 'Day After Tomorrow' but obviously not to that degree..

 

[GregTheStig]

New York City... Noir [1600x1200]​

 

[Rossell2]

My favorite city. Thanks mate.

 

[Azure Flare]

Made by our very own Gtuned, He did good:tup:

 

[Bopop4]

He did REAL good.

 

[zedextreme8177]

It is pretty cool. It came from a world geographic site, so I hope it's 100% legit as well.

I'm pretty sure it is legit, the water definitely looks like that in many places around here

 

[tomhart9]

If I was them I'd quite like to put down my landing gears... Juuuuuusssttt in case

 

[Madertus]

This guy must bathe in lava to be this awesome.

 

[RocZX]

New York City... Noir [1600x1200]​

👍

 

[Desmo46]

Low flying aeroplanes

Limbo, airplane-style.

 

[Azure Flare]

*Bee sting*

"It hurts like hell, but at least we got the shot."

 

[Dennisch]

Limbo, airplane-style.

Desmo, when you quote such a post, replace the images with text...

 

[GregTheStig]

Aero L-29 Delfín flying 3 feet above the ground

*David after dentist voice: Is this real life?

 

[Madertus]

^ Or just a fantasy?

 

[Brett]

Caught in a landslide

The pictures of planes just barely off the ground are pretty awesome. I would think it would be easier to attempt to fly that close to the ground on pieces of land that are incredibly flat, i.e. every area in the pictures. Nevertheless, still cool stuff. 👍

 

[lemansfanatic]

No escape from reality...
-the reality is that now that song will be in my head all day, thanks guys

 

[Brett]

Open your eyes

Why is that a problem? It put the song in my head and I immediately had to go to YouTube to listen to it. The song is fantastic.

 

[overheating]

Look up to the skies and see,
some sand under a microscope.

 

[Madertus]

I'm just a poor boooooy...

...and this is a tardigrade. Astonishing little creature - able to survive temperatures close to absolute zero (0 Kelvin, which is −273 °C (−459 °F) ) or as high as 151 °C (304 °F). They can also withstand 1,000 times more radiation than other animals, and almost 10 years without water. Since 2007, tardigrades have also returned alive from studies in which they have been exposed to the vacuum of outer space for a few days in low earth orbit.

moar here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

 

[DG_Silva]

I need no sympathy...

The sun erupts with one of the largest solar flares of this solar cycle in this multi-colored NASA handout photo taken on March 6, 2012. This flare was categorized as an X5.4, making it the second largest flare -- after an X6.9 on August 9, 2011 -- since the sun's activity segued into a period of relatively low activity called solar minimum in early 2007. The current increase in the number of X-class flares is part of the sun's normal 11-year solar cycle, during which activity on the sun ramps up to solar maximum, which is expected to peak in late 2013.

 

[Dennisch]

Another one bites the dust. Music forum is ˅˅˅˅˅ that way.

 

[CodeRedR51]

You think those are cool, just move out here.

 

[Minty]

 

[CodeRedR51]

Nope. Nope. Nope.

 

[Carlos]

I'm just a poor boooooy...

...and this is a tardigrade. Astonishing little creature - able to survive temperatures close to absolute zero (0 Kelvin, which is −273 °C (−459 °F) ) or as high as 151 °C (304 °F). They can also withstand 1,000 times more radiation than other animals, and almost 10 years without water. Since 2007, tardigrades have also returned alive from studies in which they have been exposed to the vacuum of outer space for a few days in low earth orbit.

moar here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tardigrade

'The biggest adults may reach a body length of 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in), the smallest below 0.1 mm. Freshly hatched tardigrades may be smaller than 0.05 mm.'

1.5mm Pretty cool what nature can build!

 

[Antonisbob]

^ Or just a fantasy?

I see what you did there.

That tardigrade creature is fascinating. Ugly, but if I could survive those conditions I wouldn't care what I look like.

 

[terminator363]

'The biggest adults may reach a body length of 1.5 millimetres (0.059 in), the smallest below 0.1 mm. Freshly hatched tardigrades may be smaller than 0.05 mm.'

1.5mm Pretty cool what nature can build!

They'll probably evolve and kill us all in the near future

 

[Ibonibo]

tardigrade

Looks like a wierd pillow!

 

[Beerz]

Pandora!!!