The best pictures you've seen.

Photo is of a volcano in Chile which erupted after being dormant for 9,000 years. Pictured is an exceedingly rare ‘dirty thunderstorm.’ Scientists are not entirely certain what causes dirty thunderstorms, but it may have something to do with the molten rock and metal, dust and debris causing static charges in the clouds. Regardless of what causes it, it’s terrifying.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3122/...e2c2a3eea8.jpg
http://www.ohgizmo.com/wp-content/up...ilevolcano.jpg

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Holy mother of god....

Holy fuck. It reminded me of Command & Conquer for some reason. :3:

That looks orgasmicly awesome!

jesus christ

I've had one of those shots in my sig for months :3

What timo said,

Its because of the static electricity between the particles plus the excitable gases. Its fairly common.

This is a color photograph. Taken in 1915.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Gorskii-12.jpg
http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf

Wow! That's awesome. It would suck back then though, because with those cameras, you had to sit there for a good 5 mins until it captured it, then you would spend another 15 mins getting it to come out right

Yup. Notice the water's all blurred because of the exposure time.

Bumpin dis
http://www.3dtotal.com/home2/gallery...s/big/2619.jpg

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This is a color photograph. Taken in 1915.

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Meh, color photography has been around since the 1860's. Also, that photo was taken in 1912.

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Wow! That's awesome. It would suck back then though, because with those cameras, you had to sit there for a good 5 mins until it captured it, then you would spend another 15 mins getting it to come out right

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No, that was back in the days of nonsilver processes.

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Yup. Notice the water's all blurred because of the exposure time.

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The exposure time required was obviously more than is nowadays, but, judging from the amount of blurriness of the water, I'd give that shot 10-30 seconds; a minute tops. One cannot sit perfectly still for much longer. If he did, he probably would need a brace, as they did in older times.

Also, I reckon that the film sensitivity wasn't the issue with the exposure time, it was the tiny aperture required to get a large depth of field with a large format camera, which that photo was quite likely taken with.

Here's the first permanent color photograph, taken in 1861
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...tan_Ribbon.jpg

Anyway, speaking of old photography/photographers, here's one of the iconic photos, taken by Henri Cartier Bresson, one of my photographic heroes.

http://lesombres.files.wordpress.com...-bresson04.jpg

That reminds me of a book I found at a garage sale some years back:




The book's dust jacket:



It's full of articles and illustrations such as this. Lots of really unique spacecraft. It's one of my favorite books on my bookshelves.

(published in 1978)

I knew colour photos had been around for a long time, but I didn't know it was that long. Guessing that either cost of film or the development process were the reason it didn't really get big until the 50s and 60s?

Wow.

Don't argue with Dane about art, Snaf about guns, or apparently Reaper about photography.

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I knew colour photos had been around for a long time, but I didn't know it was that long. Guessing that either cost of film or the development process were the reason it didn't really get big until the 50s and 60s?

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That and the ethos that only real art photographers shot in black and white :rolleyes:. Color photographs were considered to be suited only to advertising and the amateur snapshot.

Oh, and color film was (initially) much lower sensitivity than black and white.

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That and the ethos that only real art photographers shot in black and white :rolleyes:. Color photographs were considered to be suited only to advertising and the amateur snapshot.

Oh, and color film was (initially) much lower sensitivity than black and white.

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Yeah, the practicality and expense thing explains why true colour WWII footage or photos are rare. I see a lot of recoloured stuff passed off as original, but can usually tell having either seen the actual B&W clip, knowing some of the colours are off (if you see Germans in pure grey, it's a dead giveaway - Feldgrau is basically a desaturated green, almost turquoise), or if the colour depth just seems wrong. The real stuff tends to be rather desaturated and leans towards the blue side of things, from what I've seen.

Click it fo' da full sizzle

This is an edited Il-2 screen:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3604/...d7483711_o.jpg

Is there anything the Il-2 community doesn't own at? Christ...

Google image search "a dreamy world" they have some neat pictures.
sorry for the size, it wont let me shrink it.

http://fliiby.com/images/_original/6d243gi0xo.jpg

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Is there anything the Il-2 community doesn't own at?

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Girls. :downs:

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Girls. :downs:

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Most of them are married with kids. :downs:

http://i623.photobucket.com/albums/t...8379654452.jpg

Uhh...last one is lol on poster.

I wonder what his procedure is.

E:

Owait, thought you meant the person that made the thing.

Ya, thought Mech was gender confused for a sec.

My knowledge of loli's ensures that that is a girl.

this entire thread

^^^
Last one is a combination of Fergie and Jesus.

Beautiful stuff, ross.

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Last one is a combination of Fergie and Jesus.

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Fergesus?

http://www.ytmnd.com/keyword/stereogram

These are pretty cool, discovered a big poster of one in my basement a few weeks ago.

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Holy shit.

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goddamn
E: Doesn't Einstein look so excited to be there?

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That reminds me of a book I found at a garage sale some years back:




The book's dust jacket:



It's full of articles and illustrations such as this. Lots of really unique spacecraft. It's one of my favorite books on my bookshelves.

(published in 1978)

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LATE RESPONSE, BUT FUCK YES, MY DAD HAS THIS FUCKING BOOK AND ITS FUCKING AWESOME.

This image is amazing.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3213/...1eb2814b_o.jpg

Ok, don't see why it's amazing? I'll tell you.

It's hand drawn.

Are you serious?

Looks like a photo...

I'm fucking serious. Take a close look at it. The jacket gives it away.

The jacket?
Look at the hair.

Holy shit that's amazing. I wish I could draw like that :(

http://zeus.3dtotal.com/admin/upload...g/halowars.jpg

http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cr...glow3-0222.jpg

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spartan dude

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Holy mother of god that is wonderful.

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Holy mother of god that is wonderful.

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yes

http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/3...abeled_540.jpg :D

That's not far :o

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http://www.metroactive.com/papers/cr...glow3-0222.jpg

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That's one of those deep sea creatures. Creepy ass shit but at the same time awesome.

Before WWI
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...erial_view.jpg
After WWI

wow.

where was this?

Passchendaele. You should see the cemetery, man. Sobering stuff.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...um.redvers.jpg

fucking hell.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Ypres_1917.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...re_and_Mud.jpg

says it all doesnt it.

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http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...Ypres_1917.jpg

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pictures like that make me glad that i'm over here in my room with my pants down, rather than there, not knowing if ill be able to see a tommorow where I can pull down my pants for other reasons than shitting my brains out.

Considering there where over half a million people lost there. i think you should reconsider your wording.

WWI was easily the shittiest war in human history. Not even Vietnam has a patch on it.

Nope. What WWI was though, was also the last "civilised" war in history. After that, every war became a war of morals and a definitive "good vs. evil" war, where as both sides were on even footing in WWI, and no one treated the other any better or worse than his foe. Atrocities were still committed, but it was relatively evenly distributed across the belligerent nations.

I've been to a place in France, tombstones as far as the eye could see. All of them died in WW2, I believe they all died on just D-Day too. It was unbelievable, it doesnt really hit home until you see the vast number actually being represented in front of your eyes.

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Nope. What WWI was though, was also the last "civilised" war in history. After that, every war became a war of morals and a definitive "good vs. evil" war, where as both sides were on even footing in WWI, and no one treated the other any better or worse than his foe. Atrocities were still committed, but it was relatively evenly distributed across the belligerent nations.

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No, North Africa was in WWII. Both sides were quite gentlemanly towards each other - unlike all the other theatres.

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I've been to a place in France, tombstones as far as the eye could see. All of them died in WW2, I believe they all died on just D-Day too. It was unbelievable, it doesnt really hit home until you see the vast number actually being represented in front of your eyes.

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Yeah, I've been to a lot of those. When I have kids, I'm taking them back there so they can see for themselves what comes of senseless violence and (in the case of WWII) bigotry. Did me a world of good.

Talking about the war as a whole bru...if I wanted specific theatres then I wouldn't have said what I did.

Point.

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Nope. What WWI was though, was also the last "civilised" war in history. After that, every war became a war of morals and a definitive "good vs. evil" war, where as both sides were on even footing in WWI, and no one treated the other any better or worse than his foe. Atrocities were still committed, but it was relatively evenly distributed across the belligerent nations.

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Yeah, going to war over some terrorist not affiliated with Serbia other than being Serbian killing an Archduke of Austria is very civilized. You know, then the whole civilized part where a bunch of treaties force other nations into the war... then Germany going through Belgium to get the UK in the war..

Yep. Civilized as far as I can see.

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http://zeus.3dtotal.com/admin/upload...g/halowars.jpg

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Ugliest. Spartan. Ever.

u ugly :saddowns:

[thumb]http://zeus.3dtotal.com/admin/upload/gallery/big/halowars.jpg[/thumb]

Looks amazing :O I am going to model it. Awesome reference as well, I like the skin under the armer as well.

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Looks amazing :O I am going to model it. Awesome reference as well, I like the skin under the armer as well.

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It is not an awesome reference in the least. You can't see all parts of the armor.

Shows some detail nicley though.

...But not enough for a reference. Stop trying.

w.e

*draws stick-figure in ms paint*

this is an excellent reference, just droppin the hint for all you 3d modellers out there

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...But not enough for a reference. Stop trying.

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I disagree, it shows plenty of detail. Anything more is unnecessary, but it's not really about that anyway. Though it doesn't show the entirety of the armour, it's still a great reference for the areas it does show in detail. You would need more reference images to get the proportions and main shapes right, but that has nothing to do with detail.

HOW DARE HE INTEND TO USE
*GASP*
IMAGINATION :gonk:

and teek, it isn't ugly.

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Yeah, going to war over some terrorist not affiliated with Serbia other than being Serbian killing an Archduke of Austria is very civilized. You know, then the whole civilized part where a bunch of treaties force other nations into the war... then Germany going through Belgium to get the UK in the war..

Yep. Civilized as far as I can see.

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The war itself, not the reasons behind it. Hence the quotes around the word civilised.

Stop trying.

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u ugly :saddowns:

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HOW DARE HE INTEND TO USE
*GASP*
IMAGINATION :gonk:

and teek, it isn't ugly.

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Both of you shut your whore mouths. I swear to god the moment I saw that spartan I wanted to punch a kitten. His mouth piece looks like someone ripped off a thermal vent from a starship and slapped it on his helmet. His chest plates look too broad so I don't know how he can cross his arms. The legs and feet look nice but that's about it.

I hate that Armor.

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Both of you shut your whore mouths. I swear to god the moment I saw that spartan I wanted to punch a kitten. His mouth piece looks like someone ripped off a thermal vent from a starship and slapped it on his helmet. His chest plates look too broad so I don't know how he can cross his arms. The legs and feet look nice but that's about it.

I hate that Armor.

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so?
Who cares. :realsmug:

No but seriously, it looks great to everyone ELSE.

And I have always loved that look for spartans.

This whole damn website is incredible. Anyways some of my favorites.


My cell's background
http://www.threadless.com//product/1933/zoom.gif
http://desk08.customize.org/thumbnail/normal/119.jpg
http://desk08.customize.org/download...ld-800x600.jpg
http://www.davehillphoto.com/index.p...ritasDHv11.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2305/...91a541cf77.jpg

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It is not an awesome reference in the least. You can't see all parts of the armor.

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I think he means a reference for details to add.
I'd never noticed the texture/plating of the webbing before.

Remember the Passchendaele photos?


That's Nagasaki.

This is one of the survivors (not for the easily disturbed).

Is the radius in meters?

I'd assume so

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Both of you shut your whore mouths. I swear to god the moment I saw that spartan I wanted to punch a kitten. His mouth piece looks like someone ripped off a thermal vent from a starship and slapped it on his helmet. His chest plates look too broad so I don't know how he can cross his arms. The legs and feet look nice but that's about it.

I hate that Armor.

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Coming from the one who was amazed at the japanese making a 40 foot tall robot from power rangers.

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Coming from the one who was amazed at the japanese making a 40 foot tall robot from power rangers.

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power rangers

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jesus christ are you serious or just feigning ignorance http://sa.tweek.us/emots/images/emot-psypop.gif

GUNDAM IS NOT POWER RANGERS

Though we all know inside that Power Rangers is the shit :)

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jesus christ are you serious or just feigning ignorance http://sa.tweek.us/emots/images/emot-psypop.gif

GUNDAM IS NOT POWER RANGERS

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I know gundam is not power rangers but the one that the japanese made looks very simular to one of the robots in power rangers when it first came out [ i hate myself for remembering that...] Any way's teekup is saying the halowars spartan looks horrible and not very ergonomic and then you get the gundams which look alot more inpractical.

This is so damn sexy.

http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs43/f/20...82e95a735b.jpg

Cool, I know someone who looks very similar, but of course with a different colored hair...hmm

http://www.hardocp.com/images/news/1...Kw3c_1_1_l.jpg

Did somebody put lights on the rotors?

For the sandstorm? Probably.

Apparently it's from the friction of the blades hitting the dust and sand.

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Apparently it's from the friction of the blades hitting the dust and sand.

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So that literally means that the speed of the rotors is making the sand incinerate midair? FUCKIN AWESOME :haw:

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So that literally means that the speed of the rotors is making the sand incinerate midair? FUCKIN AWESOME :haw:

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At best, it's the friction causing the blades to glow, but I really have a hard time believing that that is the cause.

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At best, it's the friction causing the blades to glow, but I really have a hard time believing that that is the cause.

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Page 3, section 6.2

http://www.onr.navy.mil/02/baa/docs/...A%2008-011.pdf

A thing of true beauty.

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds...pacecoyote.jpg

Original.

I also happened upon the full version of a picture that was posted god knows how many pages back. People who know what I'm talking about will know what I'm talking about.

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds...0589054550.jpg

And some other cool stuff that's going in my "cool stuff" directory.

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds...7469079382.jpg

http://tehlag.modacity.net/two/turds...0541288741.jpg

http://hq.dpics.org/wallpapers/12/Fu...2C_FLCL_3D.jpg

When you notice it...
http://features.cgsociety.org/newgal...549_medium.jpg

In regards to the helicopter image, I imagine that sand can't be very good for the engines.

They'd have tropical filters fitted, same as the RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft in North Africa and Italy had

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http://hq.dpics.org/wallpapers/12/Fu...2C_FLCL_3D.jpg

When you notice it...
http://features.cgsociety.org/newgal...549_medium.jpg

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that its CG?

Its VERY obvious.

anyone else dig on the concept of extraordinarily large structures? like this, or dyson spheres?

shit blows you.

http://img194.imageshack.us/img194/2...7990640919.jpg

Yes. I love ridiculously large structures.