Amazing picture thread

[dirk diggler]

[Cujo]

Brilliant. Any idea where that is?

[TizMe]

Perth.

Explanation: Sometimes the sky itself is the best show in town. On January 26, people from Perth, Australia gathered on a local beach to watch a sky light up with delights near and far. Nearby, fireworks exploded as part of Australia Day celebrations. On the far right, lightning from a thunderstorm flashed in the distance. Near the image center, though, seen through clouds, was the most unusual sight of all: Comet McNaught. The photogenic comet was so bright that it even remained visible though the din of Earthly flashes. Comet McNaught continues to move out from the Sun and dim, but should remain visible in southern skies with binoculars through the end of this month. The above image is actually a three photograph panorama digitally processed to reduce red reflections from the exploding firework.

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap070205.html

[dirk diggler]

Brilliant. Any idea where that is?

Nah, not really. I can tell it wasn't taken all at the same time as there is transparent bodies, still pretty cool though.

[dirk diggler]

[nidhogg]

Nah, not really. I can tell it wasn't taken all at the same time as there is transparent bodies, still pretty cool though.

The story:


STUNNING PHOTO: Fireworks, Lightning And A Comet Captured On A Beach In Australia - Business Insider

few more details:

http://the-trukstop.com/2008/02/04/t...and-lightning/

[Takeovers]

http://the-trukstop.com/2008/02/04/t...and-lightning/

From that link:

The photograph was taken by 18-year-old (then 17 at the time) Antti Kemppainen, originally from Finland. According to Kemppainen’s brother, Jussi, everything "you see in the photo did happen inside 10 minutes or so, but it is not a single exposure shot.

[dirk diggler]

Pictures of the day: 27 May 2011 - Telegraph

[Boon Mee]

Times Square 1911

[Boon Mee]

High Altitude Skydiver Silhouetted Against Launching Rocket.



On June 7, 2007, a Delta II rocket launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. Knowing full well this event was taking place, Air Force Staff Sergeant Eric Thompson, an instructor with the 532nd Training Squadron, figured he knew a place that might provide a better view than usual.

This amazing picture was taken just after 7:30 p.m. local time, as the Sun approached the horizon, the divers approached the ground, and the rocket blew through the clouds and approached the sky. The rocket carried an Italian Earth-observing satellite called COSMO-SkyMed.

[dirk diggler]

Keel walking. As you do...

For KW, who liked this pic enough to green me

Alex Thomson recreates famous keel walk | ybw

[robuzo]

I think this is amazing, but if it isn't I'm sure I'll read about it:

In this photo taken from a remote camera at the Lazovsky State Nature Reserve in the Primorye region of Russia's Far East, a golden eagle is caught attacking a deer. Remote cameras set up to track Siberian tigers in Russia caught the golden eagle attack on a sika deer, snapping three photos as the massive bird dug its talons into the distressed animal's back. (AP Photo/The Zoological Society of London)

[dirk diggler]

Seems legit, nice find!

Cameras capture eagle killing deer in Russia

[robuzo]

Seems legit, nice find!

Cameras capture eagle killing deer in Russia

In-depth info at SciAm: Golden Eagle Versus Deer: Eagle Wins | The Thoughtful Animal, Scientific American Blog Network

[Mr Lick]

Pleaides the very high resolution satellite manufactured and operated by Astrium, photographed the new island of Zalzala Koh from its orbit 695km above the Earth on 26 September 2013. The island emerged from the sea following an earthquake in the area

[Cujo]

Judging by the ripples (waves) radiating around it and the shore turbulance it looks like they got it as it was being created.
Looks oddly round for an island created this way.

[Mr Lick]

Two frogs work together to get up a tree, by one giving the other a leg-up, in the Adrena Volcano National Park in Costa Rica, and two distinctive red-eyed tree frogs climbing up a tree- with one hanging off the nimble leg of the other.

[Mr Lick]

Vets have been competing to find the most unusual x-ray taken of a poorly patient that they've managed to successfully remove. Here: An x-ray of a dog after swallowing a section of wire

[Takeovers]

Earth from space image of the week. Much detail, view it in full size. These circular irrigated areas look amazing.

Earth from Space: Sahara oasis

20 September 2013
Deep in the Sahara Desert, the Al Jawf oasis in southeastern Libya is pictured in this image from Japan’s ALOS satellite.

The city can be seen in in the upper left corner, while large, irrigated agricultural plots appear like Braille across the image. Between the city and the plots we can see the two parallel runways of the Kufra Airport.

[palexxxx]

^ what are the hexagonal shaped objects below the city?

[Takeovers]

^ what are the hexagonal shaped objects below the city?

I wondered about that also. But no reference in the article.

BTW, those circular irrigated plots are up to 1km in diameter. So the hexagons are quite large too.

[Boon Mee]

Charles Godefroy flies his biplane through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on August 7th, 1919

[Takeovers]

The SpaceX Falcon 9 launch trajectory can be seen clearly in this composite of shots taken every 3 seconds with a fisheye lens. As mentioned previously, the white cloud is probably a vapor trail caused by passing through a layer of humid air, and the dark line running off to the right is a shadow cast by the cloud.

If you extrapolate the rising part of the trajectory, you'll be able to find the tiny crescent moon in the shot.

[Necron99]

A calcified flamingo on a toxic soda lake in Tanzania.

[dirk diggler]

Cool pic Necron.

My pic for today: Perseids meteor shower



Because 17 meteors are better than 1! (although I actually count 18)