The amazing and cool photo thread

[GregTheStig]

I tried to follow every track from the starting line but it gave me a headache after 2



Kayakers at Victoria Falls. I presume they're looking down at the 4th guy who overshot it.

Hugo Langel walks the slackline high above Rio de Janeiro

Snowfall in Tokyo - there's something uniquely awesome about this.

Hong Kong: Vertical Horizons by Romain Jacquet-Lagreze

Link to more.


Also, plane, which happens to be my new wallpaper. Because Merlin.

 

[Rykon Zero]

Is that...

Is that a...

Spitfire...?

 

[GregTheStig]

Is that...

Is that a...

Spitfire...?

Yes, and now you know why they called it "Spitfire" I've read stories of pilots being mesmerized by the blue flames coming out of the exhaust stubs during night flights. I can't even imagine how epic of a sight that must have been.

 

[phillgt2002]

Yes, and now you know why they called it "Spitfire" I've read stories of pilots being mesmerized by the blue flames coming out of the exhaust stubs during night flights. I can't even imagine how epic of a sight that must have been.

Now my background. I don't even follow planes much either!

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

Meh, clipped wings and a bubble canopy, she's certainly not the prettiest of Spits. Narrowly avoided having a Griffon too...

 

[Crash]

I'd love to see that! Going to any one of those bigger airshows in Europe is on my bucket list.

Great pics and vids and would love to see your pics Crash 👍

So I finally got around to uploading photos. It was a crappy day, and most of them turned out crap, but here's a few decent ones.


IMG_0688 by chng8, on Flickr


IMG_0692 by chng8, on Flickr


IMG_0698 by chng8, on Flickr


IMG_0764 by chng8, on Flickr


IMG_0787 by chng8, on Flickr

 

[Rykon Zero]

I like the osprey myself, but I don't think posting the picture twice enhances the enjoyment.

 

[Crash]

I like the osprey myself, but I don't think posting the picture twice enhances the enjoyment.

Don't know what you're talking about at all.

 

[Liquid]

The only thing slightly horrific about it is beginning a sentence with a conjunction, and even then it's not that bad since it's not formal writing.

So badly written.

"But do know your..." what? Horrific.

Both of those things are permissible. It is a complete and utter fallacy that you cannot start a sentence with a conjunction. Or end a sentence with a preposition, for that matter.

As for excluding 'that' as a conjunction, it is also acceptable. It's a stylistic matter, but there's nothing 'wrong' with it. It's commonly acceptable when it immediately follows a verb, almost exclusively verbs like know, think and believe.

I know your sister is upset.
I know that your sister is upset.

He thinks he knows the truth. But he doesn't.
He thinks that he knows the truth, but he doesn't.

We believe the first amendment is of paramount importance.
We believe that the first amendment is of paramount importance.

Each of those six is grammatically accurate. There is nothing wrong with them, but different people prefer a different register of formality with their language.

 

[Jay]

@Crash

Love the Vulcan pic, they always fascinate me and I would love to see one flying in person.

 

[Anghammarad]

A storm named Gudrun hit Sweden in 2005 and about 75 million cubic metres of trees were blown down. This is one of the places where they gathered all that wood. Each stack is 13 m high and 2,5 km long.

 

[TB]

Are the sprinklers to keep the wood from drying out until it's cut down to nominal dimensions, keep it wet because of fire potential or possibly a bit of both?

 

[toymdngn]

I was kind of wondering the same thing.

 

[Anghammarad]

AFAIK it is to prevent it from drying before it's cut, and also to keep bugs out.

 

[GregTheStig]

So I finally got around to uploading photos. It was a crappy day, and most of them turned out crap, but here's a few decent ones.

Whoa, it was a crappy day in the UK? Thanks for posting those! Even with the bad weather I still wish I was there. Since my father is an airline pilot I guess I have no excuse...


Here's a neat shot of some highway somewhere... [1920x1080]

 

[Dennisch]

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

Wow. What a fascinating scene.

 

[Barra333]

"Son, I told you 14 was too young for you to come to the war"

 

[nealcropper]

That's a awesome shot.

 

[Dennisch]

Meh. I just found out that it is a shot from a movie. Die Brücke.

To make up for it. A tank.

 

[MarinaDiamandis]

Nice cooler box. Fighting In Built Up Areas? What built up area?

 

[Crash]

A storm named Gudrun hit Sweden in 2005 and about 75 million cubic metres of trees were blown down. This is one of the places where they gathered all that wood. Each stack is 13 m high and 2,5 km long.

That's a lot of Ikea furniture right there.

 

[GregTheStig]

Meh. I just found out that it is a shot from a movie. Die Brücke.

It's still a very real picture in a sense, though. War is Hell.

To make up for it. A tank.

*Kablooey*

^

"Screw this area in particular!"

 

[RocZX]

McDonnell Douglas : F/A-18C : Hornet by San Diego Air & Space Museum Archives, on Flickr

 

[Danny]

For the Historians.

 

[Wiegert]

Eye stitches after a cornea transplant

 

[Slash]

Fake as hell but with good intentions behind it 👍

 

[Beerz]

Wow... just amazing work. The texture of the skin is really mindblowing. 👍

 

[Barra333]

I hate people who can do stuff like that (jealous hate, not actual hate). I cant even draw an accurate stick figure.

 

[Pupik]

Change the port and starboard tires, while you're at it!

Sebring, 1965.