The amazing and cool photo thread

[MatskiMonk]

http://www.boredpanda.com/winners-2...-geographic-traveler-photo-contest-2015-8.jpg

 

[TheCracker]

Not sure if has been posted before, i have an inkling that it has.

Cape Point (South Africa) Where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet.

 

[gnomefromnome]

http://www.adn.com/article/mythbusting-place-where-two-oceans-meet-gulf-alaska

A picture from the Gulf of Alaska that has been making the rounds on the Internet for the last few years -- though particularly in recent weeks -- shows a strange natural phenomenon that occurs when heavy, sediment-laden water from glacial valleys and rivers pours into the open ocean. There in the gulf, the two types of water run into each other, a light, almost electric blue merging with a darker slate-blue.


...I actually posted that pic before

 

[CodeRedR51]

It's a shame that misinformation spreads so quickly around the internet. Some of our history could be largely inaccurate in the future because of it.

 

[Dennisch]

It's a shame that misinformation spreads so quickly around the internet. Some of our history could be largely inaccurate in the future because of it.

Like the people who think that Mars will be as big as the Moon this month.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Like the people who think that Mars will be as big as the Moon this month.

Yeah....seen that.

 

[TRLWNC7396]

It's a shame that misinformation spreads so quickly around the internet. Some of our history could be largely inaccurate in the future because of it.

It's already happened.....

 

[Beerz]

 

[Liquid]

 

[DG_Silva]

Before and after overhead shots from the Tianjin explosion.

 

[TRLWNC7396]

Wow. So much destruction from such a small area. Any idea what blew up?

 

[Grandea GTR]

Wow. So much destruction from such a small area. Any idea what blew up?

Chinese state media reported that at least the initial blast was from unknown hazardous materials in shipping containers at a plant warehouse owned by Ruihai Logistics,[8] a firm specializing in handling hazardous materials.[6]

 

[Danny]

 

[TRLWNC7396]

I wish I could share my nieces' photo album, because they are absolutely amazing! She has SUCH talent!

Here is one of the best she has done:

 

[ScottPuss20]

What event is that?

 

[Denur]

What event is that?

Sail 2015, Amsterdam

https://www.sail.nl/EN-2015

 

[Danny]

New York Penthouse bathroom view.

 

[TB]

Strange. I don't recall ever letting you in my bathroom.

 

[ildd]

New York Penthouse bathroom view.

and you too can see this view for a mere four million dollas dude

 

[niky]

and you too can see this view for a mere four million dollas dude

Four million for that kind of place sounds suspiciously cheap.

 

[Northstar]

Four million for that kind of place sounds suspiciously cheap.

They also get the rights to your first borne child as well as all your organs when you die of a home accident shortly after having said child.

 

[R5]

They also get the rights to your first borne child as well as all your organs when you die of a home accident shortly after having said child.

That's dark...

 

[Danny]

and you too can see this view for a mere four million dollas dude

Throw in another $91 million and you're there.

 

[R5]

An F111 Advark getting quite... toasty.

 

[Danny]

What you're seeing is the shockwaves that form around the aircraft as it moves through the air faster than the speed of sound. Essentially, the aircraft is moving too fast for the air to get out of the way, so it is compressed.

A plane doesn't make a sonic boom as it breaks the sound barrier. Instead, we hear a sonic boom as those shockwaves pass over us. What that means is that the plane is making a sonic boom the entire time it is flying supersonic. This boom can be fairly loud, about as loud as a gunshot. This is actually one of the main barriers to supersonic commercial flight. It is currently illegal to make a sonic boom over land in the US and Europe and most of the rest of the world. We (meaning NASA and a bunch of aerospace companies and some universities) are working on designing an aircraft that makes a "low boom" or "shaped boom" that isn't so loud, with the goal of making commercial supersonic flight possible. This imaging technique is one of the tools we're using to do that.

 

[CodeRedR51]

This is why I love monsoon season, the storm cells are fantastic.

 

[nascarfan1400]

It doesn't get cooler than that.

 

[Dennisch]

 

[TRLWNC7396]

That is one SERIOUSLY low plane! Is that from Idaho? Wow. Imagine the NOISE level!

 

[Barra333]

I think it is partially a trick of perspective. Still quite low though. In any case, if it was coming past to dump fire retardant on a fire to protect my house, it could make as much noise as it likes.