BoneDog Posted 1 June 2010 Posted 1 June 2010 I don't think I've seen these sinkhole things before, but they look pretty amazing. This is from Guatemala after the weekends tropical storm. A couple of houses got sucked into this one (and some people apparantly). It looks like some sort of satellite weapon, so very neat and round ! CNN Link
BoneDog Posted 1 June 2010 Posted 1 June 2010 The pictures of the cloud are pretty good, but just as interesting to me are the camoflauge houses. Interesting paint-jobs. The sandstorm advanced 70ft a minute which seems pretty slow progress to me and would be good to watch. Cloud of Sand Descends on Chinese Village
Narborough_fox Posted 1 June 2010 Posted 1 June 2010 The 9/11 ones from earlier in the thread really make me feel sick!
davieG Posted 24 June 2010 Posted 24 June 2010 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1289194/Marina-Bay-Sands-resort-opens-Singapore.html
BoneDog Posted 24 June 2010 Posted 24 June 2010 This is The Petra Treasury in Jordan. I think it's about 3000 years old and is around 12 stories high. It looks good to me but I bet it looked 10 times as impressive back in the day when it was fresh and new. When you see close-ups of the carvings it is obvious that the craftsmanship is just as impressive as todays. John William Burgons poem about the place from the early 1800's : "It seems no work of Man's creative hand, by labour wrought as wavering fancy planned; But from the rock as if by magic grown, eternal, silent, beautiful, alone! Not virgin-white like that old Doric shrine, where erst Athena held her rites divine; Not saintly-grey, like many a minster fane, that crowns the hill and consecrates the plain; But rose-red as if the blush of dawn, that first beheld them were not yet withdrawn; The hues of youth upon a brow of woe, which Man deemed old two thousand years ago, match me such marvel save in Eastern clime, a rose-red city half as old as time."
Lillehamring Posted 24 June 2010 Posted 24 June 2010 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1289194/Marina-Bay-Sands-resort-opens-Singapore.html they're nice, but they're not amazing, and besides, she's still got her top on....
davieG Posted 24 June 2010 Posted 24 June 2010 they're nice, but they're not amazing, and besides, she's still got her top on.... Just refreshing the topic.
Asha Posted 24 June 2010 Posted 24 June 2010 Forgive my ignorance, but what actually happened at Chernobyl? Was it just a huge explosion of radiation which still lingers around today?? I'd like to find out what the wholse story is, as I'm sure there is more to it than 'an explosion' if that's what it was. Yeah it was an accident at a nuclear reactor. There was massive power excursion which destroyed the reactor, unleashing rediculous amounts of radiation. Think I read somewhere that it unleashed something like 500 times more radiation than the bomb on Hiroshima. Ah yeah, must have read it on wikipedia. Will it ever be safe to start rebuilding there in the future? Or is there that much radiation that it will always be dangerous? I forgot that I posted this. After studying Chernobyl, apparently it'll be thousands of years at the very least before any attempt at rebuilding could even be thought of. So many knock-ons occurred, and areas relatively local to Chernobyl still suffers from regular birth defects in children. And according to my tutor, because of the radiation that made its way west towards Britain, it affected some of the livestock here and (apparently) in Wales, they're still not allowed to sell certain types of meat in some areas because their livestock is still susceptible to radiation. The pictures Walkers linked to are absolutely amazing. I would love to visit there someday.
The Padster Posted 25 June 2010 Posted 25 June 2010 Here's a few I've collected from the internets. Helm Bar cloud formation. Another "bar" of clouds. The ISS. Spillway at the Itaipu Dam. Milky Way from Death Valley.
00rawat Posted 25 June 2010 Posted 25 June 2010 http://gooddeedaday.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/rainbow-over-victoria-falls.jpg http://cache.virtualtourist.com/1295324-Matobo_Hills-Bulawayo.jpg Been to see both of these places.
Ozwin Posted 4 September 2010 Posted 4 September 2010 Some of these are amazing. This has probably been posted by now but I'll post it anyway:
Jackirius Posted 4 September 2010 Posted 4 September 2010 Some of these are amazing. This has probably been posted by now but I'll post it anyway: Thats one of those sink holes... Go down for miles and miles.. Freaky shit.
morris1234 Posted 4 September 2010 Posted 4 September 2010 lloking at the cherobyl photos freaked me out! on that same forum though this was posted, absolutely bone chilling pictures and commentary on the chernobyl disaster! http://inmotion.magnumphotos.com/essay/chernobyl
morris1234 Posted 4 September 2010 Posted 4 September 2010 That slideshow is horrible. yyep! i was watching tim minchin which i had paused briefly to watch this!.......yeah, gone off the idea of watching the rest of tim minchin now!
Lillehamring Posted 8 October 2010 Posted 8 October 2010 Some of these are amazing. This has probably been posted by now but I'll post it anyway: more here, won't post them all, as they aren't that amazing, but loads of links to some great stuff... http://oddee.com/item_97215.aspx
BoneDog Posted 9 October 2010 Posted 9 October 2010 That looks like something out of a fantasy film where there is a castle or palace on the top! I take it that the whole area used to be rock and that is the last bit of rock standing after some great earth change thousands of years ago? Absolutely awesome when you think about it.
sdb Posted 9 October 2010 Posted 9 October 2010 yyep! i was watching tim minchin which i had paused briefly to watch this!.......yeah, gone off the idea of watching the rest of tim minchin now! was distressing, i searched Pripyat in google after and there's a lot of images of the abandoned city which are quite eerie
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.