Wonderful Images (Part Deux)

Jay · Dec 12, 2013

https://www.halforums.com/threads/the-earthporn-thread.28762/

Since the original was closed...

(No more than 2 images per post plz)

I used to play RTCW here - Jay

This is where @Cajungal and me plan to go on vacation together - Jay

Cheesy1 · Dec 12, 2013

Cajungal · Dec 12, 2013

Oh man @Jay that second one makes me want to take a vacation. I might make that my background at work.

Jay · Dec 13, 2013

Selfie in space - Jay

FACT : Furthest known picture taken by human - Jay

Ravenpoe · Dec 13, 2013

Jay said:
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Well, sure, but where's the picture of his lunch?

DarkAudit · Dec 13, 2013

Ravenpoe said:
Well, sure, but where's the picture of his lunch?

Jay · Dec 13, 2013

CHOO CHOO!! Out of my way bitches - Jay

General Specific · Dec 13, 2013

This is the first known photograph of a person, taken in 1838 by Louis Daguerre. The man having his boot polished in the lower left stood still long enough to be captured by the 10 minute exposure.

Chad Sexington · Dec 13, 2013

That's really cool. I like little things like that.

PatrThom · Dec 13, 2013

Chad Sexington said:
That's really cool. I like little things like that.

You must really love the Lunch Atop a Skyscraper photo, then. Especially in light of more recent discoveries. At least, I believe it was that photo where they discovered that some of those older, large-format images can be blown up to show lots of hidden details that weren't in the original prints.

Wait, no...I think it was some sort of coastal/shoreline photo along a river? Maybe in Ohio? My Google-fu is failing to find the article I remember.

--Patrick

Chad Sexington · Dec 13, 2013

PatrThom said:
You must really love the Lunch Atop a Skyscraper photo, then. Especially in light of more recent discoveries. At least, I believe it was that photo where they discovered that some of those older, large-format images can be blown up to show lots of hidden details that weren't in the original prints.

Wait, no...I think it was some sort of coastal/shoreline photo along a river? Maybe in Ohio? My Google-fu is failing to find the article I remember.

--Patrick

I cannot handle that photo: and I seem to see it blown up huge everywhere I go. I am terrified, totally irrationally, of heights, and that photo makes my gut twist, as though I'm going to watch those men fall to their deaths. I cannot explain why; most photos from/at a height cause no such distress, but that one... oh god. That one.

PatrThom · Dec 13, 2013

I suppose it is the casual indifference they exhibit to their predicament, making your brain scream, "DON'T YOU REALIZE THE PERIL YOU'RE IN???"

--Patrick

Jay · Dec 13, 2013

4615 Sunflowers (i counted) - Jay

PatrThom · Dec 13, 2013

Pshht. Some sunflowers. They're all facing the wrong way!

--Patrick

Jay · Dec 14, 2013

Somewhere I'd like to be, instead of Canada in December - Jay

Celt Z · Dec 14, 2013

Jay said:
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I want to go to there.

Tress · Dec 14, 2013

PatrThom · Dec 14, 2013

Celt Z said:
I want to go to there.

I want to go here.

(The Palace of Generalife)

I mean, I've been there once already...but I want to go back.

--Patrick

Jay · Dec 14, 2013

Samurais live here - Jay

bhamv3 · Dec 15, 2013

It'd be cool if you guys could post the actual location of the wonderful image you're posting, that way I have a better idea of what I'm looking at.

PatrThom · Dec 15, 2013

bhamv3 said:
It'd be cool if you guys could post the actual location of the wonderful image you're posting, that way I have a better idea of what I'm looking at.

I updated mine with the location for you (and others).
FYI the pictures just do not do it justice. It's the kind of garden you can mentally get lost in.

--Patrick

Jay · Dec 15, 2013

Somewhere with Cherry Blossom trees - Jay

WasabiPoptart · Dec 17, 2013

Kilauea, Hawaii

Bubble181 · Dec 17, 2013

Too bad about the rotation of the picture, it won't fit as a desktop background

WasabiPoptart · Dec 17, 2013

I tried finding a bigger version so it could be used as a wallpaper, but no luck.

figmentPez · Dec 17, 2013

WasabiPoptart said:
I tried finding a bigger version so it could be used as a wallpaper, but no luck.

The biggest I could find was still only 915 pixels wide.

Jay · Dec 17, 2013

I believe these are clouds in the sky - Jay

Jay · Dec 18, 2013

This cake is not a lie - Jay

Celt Z · Dec 18, 2013

Jay said:
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This cake is not a lie - Jay

ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING is right with that image, except that the real thing is not sitting in front of me.
*tries not to eat her screen*

Jay · Dec 18, 2013

I updated every picture with more details as per request.

Press the cool buttons on the bottom right bitches!

General Specific · Dec 18, 2013

Jay said:
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This cake is not a lie - Jay

@dill616, I want this cake, we need to find a way to make this happen.

PatrThom · Dec 18, 2013

Celt Z said:
ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING is right with that image, except that the real thing is not sitting in front of me.
*tries not to eat her screen*

General Specific said:
@dill616, I want this cake, we need to find a way to make this happen.

Here you go:
http://www.hugsandcookiesxoxo.com/2012/08/reeses-overload-cake-2-peanut-butter.html

--Patrick

General Specific · Dec 18, 2013

PatrThom said:
Here you go:
http://www.hugsandcookiesxoxo.com/2012/08/reeses-overload-cake-2-peanut-butter.html

--Patrick

My preeeeciooouussss!

blotsfan · Dec 18, 2013

Jay said:
I updated every picture with more details as per request.

Press the cool buttons on the bottom right bitches!

Did I do it right?

Jay · Dec 18, 2013

Rio de Something - Jay