Bazza Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures Just like Jaws. All we need now is theme music. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures Man, now I need to bail out the kayak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RPMiller Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures So does that guy ever notice the shark is shadowing him? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures So does that guy ever notice the shark is shadowing him? That would spoil the suspense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures So does that guy ever notice the shark is shadowing him? It's up on snopes now. The context of the photo is that they were studying sharks off the coast of Africa, and wanted to know if it was safe to be in a kayak. So that guy paddled out to meet the shark. The shark swam around him (bear in mind, he's LONGER than the kayak itself, and there's only a thin layer of plastic between shark teeth and human flesh, here), circled a few times, lifted his head out of the water to get a better look, then went along with his life. They had tested this with an empty kayak first. But, STILL. Whoa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures He's gonna need a bigger boat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures "Don't worry, Jim, these waters are perfectly safe. Just stay right behind me and -- Jim?" L. Marcus 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted March 31, 2006 Report Share Posted March 31, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures He's gonna need a bigger boat....with a toilet seat model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures Area 51 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures I did a flyby of Area 51 on Google Earth the other day. Too bad the satcam doesn't penetrate alien cloaking technology. Reminds me of when India complained because Google Maps showed photos of its secret military sites. I wonder if they ever addressed that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures I did a flyby of Area 51 on Google Earth the other day. Too bad the satcam doesn't penetrate alien cloaking technology. Reminds me of when India complained because Google Maps showed photos of its secret military sites. I wonder if they ever addressed that? I know Australia politely asked for Lucus Hights to be blurred out of fear of terrorism, but later withdrew the request. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures I know Australia politely asked for Lucus Hights to be blurred out of fear of terrorism' date=' but later withdrew the request.[/quote'] Australia doesn't have alien cloaking technology? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures Starscape with dark clouds, nebulae, and a globular cluster. The wrong shape for wallpaper, though. Click on the image in the linked page to get the big one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures That's not the big one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 3, 2006 Report Share Posted April 3, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures . . . The big one is life-sized. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted April 4, 2006 Report Share Posted April 4, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures Australia doesn't have alien cloaking technology?not...yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures Another spiffy image from the Saturn system from Cassini, though not as surreal or colorful as that last one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures Apparently black and white makes it easier to make out detail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures That's well known to be true. Color adds information, but makes it harder to discern certain levels of detail. For details, greyscale (with adjustable contrast) rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures Spiffy, as a term, is severely underused. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures That's well known to be true. Color adds information' date=' but makes it harder to discern certain levels of detail. For details, greyscale (with adjustable contrast) rules.[/quote'] *nods* Therefore, the black and white photo is superior. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 5, 2006 Report Share Posted April 5, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures If you want information rather than artistic impact, that's almost certainly true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted April 18, 2006 Report Share Posted April 18, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures Skull Nebula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted April 20, 2006 Report Share Posted April 20, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures . . . Ooooo, shiny! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted April 21, 2006 Report Share Posted April 21, 2006 Re: "Neat" Pictures I found it! yamamura and teh bunneh 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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