Amazing picture thread

[Boon Mee]

Big swells

[bobo746]

[VocalNeal]

[Boon Mee]

Not your average office cubicle

[bobo746]

[bobo746]

Skylodge Peru

[Cujo]

^ Yeah, no thanks.

[Lantern]

^^ There is no way I would get in that!

[bobo746]

Antek Marciniec holds onto a slackline after falling off as he highlines between two cliffs at Diamond Bay on December 21, 2014 in Sydney, Australia. Slacklining is a balance sport in which participants walk on a flat nylon webbing anchored between two points with the tension adjusted to allow for slack, providing an experience similiar to that of walking on a trapmoline. Highlining is a style of slacklining where the two anchor points are set up with significant elevation from the ground or water.

[bobo746]

St Mary's Cathedral is illuminated as part of a Christmas lights display in celebration of Christmas on December 19, 2014 in Sydney, Australia

[bobo746]

Vitaly Raskalov's feet dangle from the top of the Shanghai Tower, high above the Shanghai World Financial Centre

[bobo746]

Spanish Patrulla Aguila (C-101), aerobatic demonstration team of the Spanish Air Force performs during the Radom Air Show at an airport in Radom, Poland August 23, 2015

[Sumbitch]

Skylodge Peru

Apparently, the lodge is located at the top of a 1200 ft (400 m) mountain and access is from the bottom: either by zipline or (gulp) climb. But either way the itinerary only schedules an hour or two to get there. Oh, and descent is by zipline or rappel.

Skylodge Adventure Suites - naturavive.com

[Boon Mee]

Vertigo

[Latindancer]

That one doesn't give me vertigo. Bobo's Shanghai Tower shot does, big-time. Must be because my mind thinks the dangling legs are mine..

[Boon Mee]

Fast sailing

[Boon Mee]

Astronomy Picture of the Day -- Milky Way with Airglow Australis



Explanation: After sunset on September 1, an exceptionally intense, reddish airglow flooded this Chilean winter night skyscape. Above a sea of clouds and flanking the celestial Milky Way, the airglow seems to ripple and flow across the northern horizon in atmospheric waves. Originating at an altitude similar to aurorae, the luminous airglow is instead due to chemiluminescence, the production of light through chemical excitation. Commonly captured with a greenish tinge by sensitive digital cameras, this reddish airglow emission is from OH molecules and oxygen atoms at extremely low densities and has often been present in southern hemisphere nights during the last few years. On this night it was visible to the eye, but seen without color. Antares and the central Milky Way lie near the top, with bright star Arcturus at left. Straddling the Milky Way close to the horizon are Vega, Deneb, and Altair, known in northern nights as the stars of the Summer Triangle.

[birding]

Climbing a frozen waterfall

[Sumbitch]

^ just greened you on the amusing pics thread so owe you one.

[Boon Mee]

[birding]

Cliff camping



Dont step outside for a leak.

[birding]

The picture itself isnt that amazing but the story behind it is something I had never come across and is well worth a read.

The Little-Known Story of the Night Witches, an All-Female Force in WWII

Soviet Air Force officers, Rufina Gasheva (848 night combat missions) and Nataly Meklin (980 night combat missions) decorated as 'Heroes of the Soviet Union' for their service with the famed 'Night Witches' unit during World War II. They stand in front of their Polikarpov Po-2 biplanes. (Colourisation and research by Olga Shirnina from Russia)

The Little-Known Story of the Night Witches, an All-Female Force in WWII | Vanity Fair

[nidhogg]

The picture itself isnt that amazing

Kind of a shame you posted it in the f*cking amazing pictures thread then, isn't it?

[Cujo]

Climbing a frozen waterfall

Fuck that for a game of soldiers.

[bobo746]

#1106 -
The Daredevils that Scaled Shanghai Tower are Back with an Equally Crazy Climb

When Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov scaled the Shanghai Tower last year (see here and here) the Internet went nuts (the video alone has been viewed over 41 million times).
The notoriety inspired them to attempt an equally crazy climb of the Ping An Finance Centre in Shenzhen, China. When complete it will be the tallest building in China and second tallest building in the world (antenna spire 660 m/2,165 ft; roof 555.1 m/1,821 ft). You can watch the heart stopping video below along with some photos of the daring feat.