The amazing and cool photo thread

[DG_Silva]

"Soyuz spacecraft returns to Earth, descending through the clouds on March 12th. On board was... Other Barry, who had spent nearly 6 months on the ISS".

Somebody call?

 

[Liquid]

 

[ProjectWHaT]

This particular photo is of an explosives test at the experimental proving ground. The photo gives an unusually clear look at the shock wave that accompanies the explosion, distorting the view around the fireball as it travels outward.

http://io9.com/a-suprisingly-clear-photo-of-an-explosions-shock-wave-1691631397/+AnnaleeNewitz

 

[Liquid]

 

[Dennisch]

 

[ProjectWHaT]

San Francisco

 

[CodeRedR51]

Wow, and I thought Phoenix was on a crazy grid system.

 

[Brett]

Wow, and I thought Phoenix was on a crazy grid system.

On the topic of grid systems, you might find this interesting: Public Land Survey System. A large portion of the country is set up on a one mile by one mile grid.

 

[Danny]

 

[GregTheStig]

San Francisco

More from that set found here: https://imgur.com/a/xMRTH Phenomenal shots 👍


Eclipse as seen from the cockpit.

 

[Danny]

 

[MatskiMonk]

He must have stopped by my local Kebab shop... in 'n' out in about 12 minutes.

edit: and I don't mean the waiting times.

 

[Jet Badger]

 

[Beerz]

@Jet Badger That is awesome. 👍

 

[Danny]

Generally cool stuff.

 

[turbolefty78]

Danny, is the first pic an F4 Phantom? Next to the Mustang and the F-16 it's my favorite fighter. Love the overall shape.

 

[TRLWNC7396]

What in the world is that room full of models? THAT took some time! Neat!

 

[Brett]

Danny, is the first pic an F4 Phantom? Next to the Mustang and the F-16 it's my favorite fighter. Love the overall shape.

It is indeed the F4 Phantom.

 

[Danny]

What in the world is that room full of models? THAT took some time! Neat!

That's Jack Delano's photo "Model airplanes decorate the ceiling of the train concourses at Union Station [Chicago], 1943".

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Shanghai

Hong Kong

These time-slice photographs of Shanghai and Hong Kong are beautifully unreal. In each photo, photographer Dan Marker-Moore captures an entire day of those amazing cities from one vantage point. You see day shift into night, sunlight giving way for city lights and it all adds up for photos that looks absolutely stunning.

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/stunning-photographs-capture-the-day-and-night-of-shang-1695111520/

 

[Touring Mars]

Some cool carved ice cubes...

http://www.adweek.com/adfreak/suntory-whisky-3-d-printed-worlds-most-incredible-ice-cubes-163782

And one especially for @Danny

 

[Alex.]

This thread never fails to blow my mind.

 

[Liquid]

The one on the right is leucistic.

 

[Danny]

 

[Dennisch]

Apparently this is a extreme close up Silkworm selfie.

 

[ScottPuss20]

The one on the right is leucistic.

Meaning what?

 

[ProjectWHaT]

Meaning what?

Leucism is a condition in which there is partial loss of pigmentation in an animal resulting in white, pale, or patchy coloration of the skin, hair, feathers, scales or cuticle, but not the eyes. Unlike albinism, it is caused by a reduction in multiple types of pigment, not just melanin.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leucism

 

[Kitten]

 

[Danny]

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Hmm... hot front, hot back....

Wait, are we talking about a car or a woman?