PalaceBrother
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I saw this on another site but didn't see the source. Any idea?
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I saw this on another site but didn't see the source. Any idea?
LUFTRAUSER
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Damn. Amazong.
LegendOfGood
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Übermatik;130939052 said:
Inspired, I took some of these and made looping YTMNDs with some moody tracks. Have a look! And throw me a five-star if you're on YTMND
Lost Dreams Part 28 of 39 (ASC)
Lost Dreams Part 29 of 39 (CHOICE)
Lost Dreams Part 30 of 39 (DESC)
Lost Dreams Part 31 of 39 (CHOICE)
Lost Dreams Part 32 of 39 (CHOICE)
Lost Dreams Part 33 of 39 (CHOICE)
If you guys like these, let me know. I've got five more looping tracks in the queue.
LUFTRAUSER
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What's going on in this picture? Are they camping on a glacier?
Arrowgigantic
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It's stabilized on the sky to show the movement of the Earth.
Footage of night sky moving overhead is inverted such that the sky is fixed and the rotation of the earth can be easily seen.
Facism
Member
this is intense. thanks.
LUFTRAUSER
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It is probably one of my favorite gifs. It really puts into perspective just how large the Milky Way galaxy is; the effect of seeing it remain stationary while the Earth's motion is apparent is pretty trippy.
It's really sad to think that because of light pollution, most modern people have never seen a view like this. I suspect this is one of the reasons we care less about space exploration.
iamaustrian
Member
Open-Air opera in east austria.The stage is built in the water of a giant lake.
The set design changes frequently.
birdview of a different design:
Fukushima?
ScottSullivan
Member
Wow that lava pic is crazy, can't believe the surface tension is that strong
Amazing.
The Seven Sisters Waterfall, Norway:
Notice the houses on the small area surrounded by trees.
Man I'd love to live there. You'd never get tired of that view, that scale.
Demon Lizardman
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Link instead for those people with shitty browsers/internet: http://i.imgur.com/DP6K9D8.gif
Frida Kahlo! Haha, what an opportune shot.
Huge but awesome gif warning: https://i.imgur.com/dqIFjnL.gif
adamsappel
Member
Are pics like these taken with time-lapse or special camera or something? I guess I've never been anywhere where there wasn't so much light pollution or cloud cover that I could see so many stars. It must be amazing.Übermatik;150031151 said:
SolidusDave
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Generally, you leave the camera shutter open longer (but not too long to avoid star trails) and take the image at high sensitivity (ISO) settings (=more noise though). I think basically all mid range and higher end cameras allow this.
You still should to be at a place with low light pollution though or at least avoid any other direct light sources. You also need a tripod.
Oh and best results you will get by stacking multiple images on top of each other via software (basically this will enhance all the stars and allows less noise).
In addition, to get a not too bright foreground in like here, people usually take two shots at different exposures and put them together in Photoshop. Isn't the case here I think (but it was much, much darker than the image suggests).
The further away you are from the city, the more stars you can see. From what I know, the milky way (that band of stars) is usually more like a very faint smudge to the bare eye unless you have good conditions.
Speaking of space, no pic but here's a beautiful video from our sun (eruptions etc):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSVv40M2aks
(NASA's SDO mission)
Praise the sun!
The photo is definitely taken with a slow shutter speed but i remember being able to see this kind of night sky when i was up on the volcano on Big Island, Hawaii. City light polution is usually the biggest reason you can't see this with the naked eye.
Melchiah
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Same here. It's a pain in the ass to try to view this page.
GunslingerVit
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Haha, yeah, the Aurora Borealis is 145 MB big...
"Chrome warning" is going to become the new "56k warning".
Personally I wouldn't attempt to use dial up or Chrome for this thread, although a very large gifs might be considered a little obnoxious.
Melchiah
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Übermatik;151940270 said:
Thanks for editing it.
EDIT: My mistake. They're still there.
It was ok for a while when I moved to Chrome Canary, but multiple and larger gifs still bend it to its knees.
A Single Light Bulb
I love that sculpture. I would chill in that room for hours with a nice wine bottle.
LUFTRAUSER
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Here's some epic Mexican propaganda from WWII:
LUFTRAUSER
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Big gif warning: http://i.imgur.com/Y1nHV8H.gif
Holy shit i've seen this picture loads of times in this thread and never understood what was so cool about it, then i caught a glance just now whilst scrolling past and finally saw it.
