Pictures you didn't take

[ZenGum]

Nyan Cat Vs Emperor Palpatine?

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

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[burns334]

Originally Posted by Gravdigr

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Where is this?

[TheMercenary]

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

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from APOD

Explanation: Have you contemplated your home star recently? Pictured above, a Sun partially eclipsed on the top left by the Moon is also seen eclipsed by earthlings contemplating the eclipse below. The above menagerie of silhouettes was taken from the Glenn Canyon National Recreational Area near Page, Arizona, USA, where park rangers and astronomers expounded on the unusual event to interested gatherers. Also faintly visible on the Sun's disk, just to the lower right of the dark Moon's disk, is a group of sunspots. Although exciting, some consider this event a warm-up act for next week's chance to comtemplate the Sun -- a much more rare partial eclipse by the planet Venus.

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No clue. Filename says 'vietnamese houseboat'.

[Sundae]

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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from APOD

Explanation: Who guards the north? Judging from the above photograph, possibly giant trees covered in snow and ice. The picture was taken last winter in Finnish Lapland where weather can include sub-freezing temperatures and driving snow. Surreal landscapes sometimes result, where common trees become cloaked in white and so appear, to some, as watchful aliens. Far in the distance, behind this uncommon Earthly vista, is a more common sight -- a Belt of Venus that divided a darkened from sunlit sky as the Sun rose behind the photographer. Of course, in the spring, the trees have thawed and Lapland looks much different.

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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.

[glatt]

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.

[limey]

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

[glatt]

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.

[BigV]

from here

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40 Of The Most Powerful Photographs Ever Taken

Warning: Some of these will make you weep.

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


Definitely worth a look.