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SolidusDave
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa
Krakatoa is/was a volcanic island in Indonesia.
In 1883, a giant eruption killed 36,000 people and 2/3 of the island vanished.
Then in 1927, a new island was formed via eruption, Anak Krakatau.
People took photos&videos back then when the volcano breached the surface of the sea:
Over time the new island grew:
This is how Anak Krakatau looks today:
Lots of plants and animals managed to settle the basically sterile new island within just a human lifetime.
This is "normal" of course, but I find it awesome that it happened within a timeframe we're able to document with actual footage.
oh and this kinda stood out:
Krakatoa is/was a volcanic island in Indonesia.
In 1883, a giant eruption killed 36,000 people and 2/3 of the island vanished.
Then in 1927, a new island was formed via eruption, Anak Krakatau.
People took photos&videos back then when the volcano breached the surface of the sea:
Over time the new island grew:
This is how Anak Krakatau looks today:
Lots of plants and animals managed to settle the basically sterile new island within just a human lifetime.
This is "normal" of course, but I find it awesome that it happened within a timeframe we're able to document with actual footage.
oh and this kinda stood out:
So much for the nuke-it-from-orbit solution D:
neoism
Member
amazing he needs to do a tool cover of something
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krakatoa
Krakatoa is/was a volcanic island in Indonesia.
In 1883, a giant eruption killed 36,000 people and 2/3 of the island vanished.
Then in 1927, a new island was formed via eruption, Anak Krakatau.
People took photos&videos back then when the volcano breached the surface of the sea:
Over time the new island grew:
This is how Anak Krakatau looks today:
Lots of plants and animals managed to settle the basically sterile new island within just a human lifetime.
This is "normal" of course, but I find it awesome that it happened within a timeframe we're able to document with actual footage.
oh and this kinda stood out:
So much for the nuke-it-from-orbit solution D:
What did you expect, spiders created it.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I don't want to be "that guy", but I think the "Beetle and Frog" photo was staged, and most like the beetle was dead. That floating rear claw is a dead giveaway. Beetles always try to clutch to something, especially with the rear legs since those are the strongest, and push the belly off the ground.
Then there is the rainforest frog. I am not saying all pictures of rainforest frogs are fraud, but many of them are, including the famous "frog using a leaf as an umbrella" one. Sorry, guys.
Then there is the rainforest frog. I am not saying all pictures of rainforest frogs are fraud, but many of them are, including the famous "frog using a leaf as an umbrella" one. Sorry, guys.
Broder Salsa
Banned
Edit : wrong thread.
ComputerMKII
Banned
I don't want to be "that guy", but I think the "Beetle and Frog" photo was staged, and most like the beetle was dead. That floating rear claw is a dead giveaway. Beetles always try to clutch to something, especially with the rear legs since those are the strongest, and push the belly off the ground.
Then there is the rainforest frog. I am not saying all pictures of rainforest frogs are fraud, but many of them are, including the famous "frog using a leaf as an umbrella" one. Sorry, guys.
I didn't say anything.
Could you elaborate? How was it discovered that the umbrella picture was fake?
The most obvious sign says it's fake? The branch the frog stands on is a piece of aloe, which simply doesn't have leaves like that. Also that red blob at its left knee? Most likely a bruise caused by the photographer forcing the frog to that posture. The whole scene is very unnatural and doesn't fit rainforest frog's living character, they like humid environment, and should enjoy rain very much. Also the "rain" is too dense and uniform, most likely came from a watering can.
Sorry to ruin your fun.
It's been four months, so I guess we could once again post this (click for wiki):
All of the pics are from http://www.daily mail.co.uk/news/article-2139914/A-rare-insight-Kowloon-Walled-City.html - remove the space to get the full URL.
Living in that gargantuan ever-shifting 3D maze sounds kinda assy, but exploring it? Hell yes. That's like... real-life dungeon crawling. I'd totally be up for it. (Or rather, would have been, seeing as that thing was demolished twenty years ago.)
All of the pics are from http://www.daily mail.co.uk/news/article-2139914/A-rare-insight-Kowloon-Walled-City.html - remove the space to get the full URL.
Living in that gargantuan ever-shifting 3D maze sounds kinda assy, but exploring it? Hell yes. That's like... real-life dungeon crawling. I'd totally be up for it. (Or rather, would have been, seeing as that thing was demolished twenty years ago.)
Wow. Such action. Much shootings. Very acrobat.
Appleseed, right? Brings back memories. Gotta have to admit though, that unnecessary cartwheel of hers made me chuckle.
Melchiah
Member
Beauty & Decay: Buildings Made Out Of Human Remains Photo Essay
http://www.cvltnation.com/beauty-decay-buildings-made-human-remains-photo-essay/
More pics in the link.
QFS
I've visited the Catacombs of Paris myself, and it was an awesome place. I hope to visit some of the other ones some day as well.
http://www.cvltnation.com/beauty-decay-buildings-made-human-remains-photo-essay/
More pics in the link.
QFS
The Eggenburg Charnel in Eggenburg, Austria, with the remains of 5,800 people. It was constructed in the early 14th century.
The Capela dos Ossos (The Chapel of Bones) in Évora, Portugal, a 16th century chapel built by a Franciscan monk.The small chapel (its only 61.3 ft long and 36 ft wide) contains skulls and bones of about 5000 monks. There are two desiccated corpses, one of which is a child, dangle from an iron chain.
Our Lady of the Conception of the Capuchins (Santa Maria della Concezione dei Cappuccini), Rome, Italy, designed by Antonio Casoni, built between 1626 and 1631, commissioned by Pope Urban VIII.The Capuchin Crypt contains the remains of 3,700 friars buried between 1528 and 1870. The bodies spent 30 years decomposing in the soil before being exhumed.
The ossuary under St. Jacobs Square (Jakubske namesti) and partially the Church of St. James in Brno, Czech Republic with more than 50,000 skeletons from the 17th and 18th centuries, rediscovered in 2001. Its been opened to public since June 2012.
The ossuary under the Monastery of San Francisco in Lima, Peru. The church and monastery were consecrated in 1673, and the catacombs were used until 1808.
The ossuary of San Bernardino alle Ossa, a 13th century church in Milan, Italy.On the site of the church there was a cemetery between 1145 and 1210, when a chamber was built to house all the bones. A chruch was attached in 1269, restorated in 1679 by Giovanni Andrea Biffi, who decorated the walls of the ossuary with bones and skulls.
The Capela de Ossos, a small chapel built out of bones. And there is a complete skeleton covered in gold, too! It was built in 1719, and stands in Faro, Portugal.
The Hallstatt Beinhaus with more than 1200 skulls in Hallstatt, Austria.The new skulls are painted since the 1720s, and 610 of them has decorations.
The Skull Chapel, a mass grave of people who died during the Thirty Years War (1618-1648), three Silesian Wars (1740-1763) and some others who died because of hunger, cholera or other deadly infections in Czermna, Poland, built in 1776.
The Catacombs of Paris, France, opened in the late 18th century.There are more than 200 miles (320 km) of labyrinthine tunnels under Paris, and a small part of that (1.1 mi or 1.7 km) is an underground ossuary which holds the remains of six to seven million people.
The Goldbar in New York City with golden skull decorations.
I've visited the Catacombs of Paris myself, and it was an awesome place. I hope to visit some of the other ones some day as well.
Valkyr Junkie
Member
I've seen the beinhaus in Hallstatt; pretty neat/morbid.
Melchiah
Member
Melchiah
Member
The Church of Scientology's $145 million headquarters look like straight out from Science Fiction.
More pics here:
http://imgur.com/a/2LXTG/all
More pics here:
http://imgur.com/a/2LXTG/all
TOM f'N CRUISE
Member
god damn
I get a "Star Fleet Headquarters" meets "Nemo's Nautilus" vibe.
SolidusDave
Member
Really? That's like the whole point of why it exists.
(and power/influence but that's kinda the same thing as money nowadays)
btw I like how they need world-domination-glass-displays of Earth
Melchiah
Member
btw I like how they need world-domination-glass-displays of Earth
That caught my eyes as well, and the "Purification Center" sounds quite ominous. To boldly go nuts where many have gone bananas before.
Melchiah
Member
Montri Toemsombat - Cocoon: The Renaissance, 1998-1999
Raw silk naturally woven by silk worms on mannequins.
http://acidshadow.tumblr.com/post/69230258506/gallowhill-montri-toemsombat-cocoon-the
(few more pics in the link)
Raw silk naturally woven by silk worms on mannequins.
http://acidshadow.tumblr.com/post/69230258506/gallowhill-montri-toemsombat-cocoon-the
(few more pics in the link)
TOM f'N CRUISE
Member
nope
Melchiah
Member
Facism
Member
Could someone tell me who's the artist that drawn this cover art for old amiga fighter Shadow Fighter?
Google fu fails me.
looks like Simon Bisley
Goodacre0081
Member
I visited the Catacombs by myself. By that, I also mean I met NO ONE whilst I was walking through it. It was a really odd experience. I was surprised at how quickly I became accustomed to there being thousands of skulls around me..
Melchiah
Member
I wish my experience had been the same, as there were about dozen other tourists, who were constantly blabbering and taking pics with a flash. It definitely took away a portion of the atmosphere.
SolidusDave
Member
Portia spider hunting another spider:
This type of spider is intelligent enough to learn how to hunt web spiders they or their ancestors would have never encountered before.
from the second Micro Monsters episode
The stalking before the kill is the cooler part, it somehow can calm and direct the other spider back to the center by playing on certain strings of the web (letmeplayyouthesongofmypeople.jpg).
This type of spider is intelligent enough to learn how to hunt web spiders they or their ancestors would have never encountered before.
from the second Micro Monsters episode
The stalking before the kill is the cooler part, it somehow can calm and direct the other spider back to the center by playing on certain strings of the web (letmeplayyouthesongofmypeople.jpg).
Goodacre0081
Member
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ItAintEasyBeinCheesy
it's 4th of July in my asshole
Migaloo?
Japanese whalers better not fuck with it or there will be some shit.
Japanese whalers better not fuck with it or there will be some shit.
