Wonderful pic.

Victoria Crater, Mars

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pretty cool

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_(crater)

The article at Burns' wiki-link includes this pic of Victoria Crater from Mars rover Opportunity's panoramic camera:

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ETA: Apologies for the overlarge pic.

The scale is: 1 Mile = 1 Mile.

;)

Well it is pretty big, about 2000 foot diameter, spectacular pic, No?

Yes.

Well there was a hyena, and they had told her about hyenas. They have jaws that can crush bone.

That dude is both silly and pretty bad ass at the same time.

Almost my exact thoughts...

I like the bleakness with just a touch of color thrown in.

Poor Johnny. Africa stole his woman.

I LOVE THIS PICTURE!

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looks like a painting, actually.

Reminds me of Frank Frazetta paintings. Except there's no scantily clad woman.

Mensa called, they have an opening...:D

Very large version here.

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Front Row: James Stewart, Margaret Sullavan, Lucille Ball, Hedy Lamarr, Katharine Hepburn, Louis B Mayer, Greer Garson, Irene Dunne, Susan Peters, Ginny Simms, Lionel Barrymore

Second Row: Harry James, Brian Donlevy, Red Skelton, Mickey Rooney, William Powell, Wallace Beery, Spencer Tracy, Walter Pidgeon, Robert Taylor, Pierre Aumont, Lewis Stone, Gene Kelly, Jackie Jenkins

Third Row: Tommy Dorsey, George Murphy, Jean Rogers, James Craig, Donna Reed, Van Johnson, Fay Bainter, Marsha Hunt, Ruth Hussey, Marjorie Main, Robert Benchley

Fourth Row: Dame May Whitty, Reginald Owen, Keenan Wynn, Diana Lewis, Marilyn Maxwell, Esther Williams, Ann Richards, Marta Linden, Lee Bowman, Richard Carlson, Mary Astor

Fifth Row: Blanche Ring, Sara Haden, Fay Holden, Bert Lahr, Frances Gifford, June Allyson, Richard Whorf, Frances Rafferty, Spring Byington, Connie Gilchrist, Gladys Cooper

Sixth Row: Ben Blue, Chill Wills, Keye Luke, Barry Nelson, Desi Arnaz, Henry O’Neill, Bob Crosby, Rags Ragland

Totally cool! I haven't heard the name Chill Wills in years.

Desi Arnaz in the far back row, while Lucy is in the front. I wonder if they were married yet.

I don't know. There's no date anywhere, is there?

Ricky Ricardo: Lucy's actin' crazy.
Fred Mertz: Crazy for Lucy, or crazy for ordinary people?

1943

Separated maybe?

Wikipedia:

(couldn't resist...hahahahha!)

Ah, the fond memories I have of rubbing one many out while Toni Basil bounced around my tv singing "Mickey".

:rolleyes:

Ha!

When my old friend used to come into the eagles, I'd always sing: Oh Nicky you're so fine you're so fine you blow my mind hey Nicky! Hey Nicky!

This is what I always think of when I hear the name Nick (it's just audio, and you have skip to 4:05 because I've never learned how to use the t= thing to start it late):



Nicholas! You are the strongest boy in the world!

@clod.
1) Pause the video where you want it to begin.
2) right click on the video and select "Copy video URL at current time"
3) past that part after the "="
Voila!

I copy the code as usual, but then ....

Code&start=90

Where 90 is how many seconds you want it to begin at.

And end youtube bracket. Lower case, no spaces.

(yootoob)123456&start=90(youtoob)

But but but - That means I have to remember...
The other way does it for you ... err me.

Your face has an opening.



Shame, that.


;) ; ;) ;) ;)

Five actually. Not counting pores.

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Nyan Cat Vs Emperor Palpatine?

[Rockwell]I always feel like
Somebody's waatching meee[/Rockwell]

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Love the thatch work. I need to hire that guy for my country home.

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So cool
 

Where is this?

No clue. Filename says 'vietnamese houseboat'.

I like this photo because of who took it and why.
Mum took my camera to Benidorm (Spain) last week to practice before taking it to Australia next month.

She only took nine photos, but all of them were decent.
And I'm not being patronising - she gets flustered by the size of cameras and buttons and has a tendency to cut people's heads off. So I was pleasantly surprised.

She now has to practice on food and faces as those are the pics I will be most interested in seeing when she comes back :) My Uncle and 20yo cousin will surely help her out, but I like that she will have the confidence to take some of her own. Not as many as me of course, but that's probably all for the good.

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I've had these for a few days, not wanting to flood the thread, but, I'm tired of looking at them in the folder every time I open it.

So, here.

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I stole this from a friend on FB.

Maybe you've heard about the big anniversary for the Queen, celebrating 60 years on the throne. They had a big boat parade through London and a lot of people turned out to watch.

You'll see nice pictures on news sites of the Queen and the boats, but what's it really like to be there? It's like this. Picture taken by my friend's daughter while she was up on his shoulders. You get a free periscope advertising an upcoming movie so you can catch a glimpse of the boats going by. Looks like a zoo but everyone is enjoying themselves and glad to be there.

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Glad (SOOOOO glad) I'm not living in London this year of all years.

I'm not sure why cities want to host the games. Seems like the negatives outweigh the benefits. But I'm not an economist, so what do I know? Maybe the construction boom, if well planned, is worth the headaches.

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40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken

^^^They ain't just whistling "Dixie".^^^


Definitely worth a look.

In the "Not Something You See Everyday" dept:

The shuttle Enterprise passing under the Verrazano Narrows bridge.

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And something you'll likely never see again.

Did you notice 10% are dogs?

Not the best quality...I have never seen this photo before today.

I think this larger photo is even more powerful than the more famous 'Tank Man' pic.

That was one awesome individual.

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That's a big parking lot.

How'd that work out for them?

Here is a pic taken a few moments earlier. He was apparently walking home from the store.

He was indeed carrying bags of shopping home.

After a few minutes of stopping the tanks, some other people (friendly) pulled him away.

I've heard two different people have been imprisoned on suspicion of being this guy. I think one got 20 years.

Tank Man is dead. His father (some of you might argue it wasn't his dad, just some dude wanting attention; you don't seek attention in China, you might get it) admitted his son was Tank Man, and he was killed after being taken by the gubmint. He (the dad) committed suicide, in protest of no info on his son, this past couple weeks or so ago, leaving a note behind saying as much.

I'll see if I can dig through my browsing history and find the news article.

My apologies. Nowhere in the article I referred to did it say the guy was Tank Man's father. He was "a protester's father".

Here's the article I read.

Ima moran sometimes.

I know that, for a while anyway, the entire world considered that one man as strong or stronger than China.









And then it turned to shit.