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post #1 of 16
1/10/11 at 11:03am
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I know shots from space are nothing new, but these are particularly good:

http://triggerpit.com/2010/11/22/incredible-pics-nasa-astronaut-wheelock/
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post #2 of 16
1/10/11 at 11:12am

One of the astronauts on the ISS right now is the husband of Rep Gifford, I hope the beautiful sight that is our small blue planet is of some comfort to him in this difficult time

 

Great shots, BTW. I have the entire 20th centurys worth of NAT GEO sitting in my living room (except for like 1900 to 1908 and then a few stray issues from the 90s), and there is an awesome issue with an ORBIT cover story you might want to check out sometime. Beautiful images

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post #3 of 16
1/10/11 at 11:20am

These are incredibly photos and all, and I really hate to do this... but you have over a thousand National Geographics in your living room?

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post #4 of 16
1/10/11 at 11:28am
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These are incredibly photos and all, and I really hate to do this... but you have over a thousand National Geographics in your living room?



Yup. Stacked into the form of a giant cube

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post #5 of 16
1/10/11 at 11:34am

Great photos. Makes the world seem smaller and innocent.

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post #6 of 16
1/10/11 at 12:16pm

Stunning photos, utterly gorgeous. And I know "pretty photos" isn't a good enough reason to go into space, but the fact that we lack the necessary machinery to get our guys up into space (even if it's not really "space" and is just reaaaaaaaaaaaally high up there) just depresses the hell out of me. We, the nation who put people on another world...sigh...

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post #7 of 16
1/14/11 at 6:24am

Has anyone sent this link to Sherri Shepard?  Because she wasn't sure that the world was round, you know.

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post #8 of 16
1/14/11 at 10:08am
There aren't enough superlatives. Just amazing, humbling pictures.

They also immediately made me think of this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wupToqz1e2g&sns=em


 

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post #9 of 16
1/14/11 at 12:27pm

Those are some of the greatest photos ever taken.

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post #10 of 16
1/14/11 at 1:02pm
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The one of France, England and the Aurora lights over the North Pole is amazing. Seriously considering printing some of these.
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post #11 of 16
1/22/11 at 5:26am

I love the accompanying line to photo 10, 'Space is cool…but, the Earth is a raging explosion of life in a vast sea of darkness'.

Absolutely gorgeous photos.

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post #12 of 16
1/22/11 at 5:34am

and that Carl Sagan video is so good, it makes you realise just how small we all are

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post #13 of 16
1/30/11 at 9:36pm

Those photo's are just breath-taking.

 

Here's some more great photos. The volcano that was the centrepiece for You Only Live Twice, Mount Shinmoe Dake in Kagoshima, Japan has just erupted...

 

Kirishima volcano eruption picture: A volcanic ash plume rises from an eruption in Japan's Mount Kirishima group. 

 

Kirishima volcano eruption picture: Man takes a picture of the Mount Kirishima eruption in Japan. 

 

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Kirishima volcano eruption picture: Lightning rises through the ash plume of the Japanese volcano Mount Kirishima. 

 

 

Mount Shinmoedake erupts. <em>Photo: Reuters</em> 

 

Smoke rises from Mount Shinmoedake in the Kirishima mountain range in Japan. <em>Photo: AFP/Japan Meteorogical Agency</em> 

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post #14 of 16
1/30/11 at 11:55pm

Holy shit RD, what the fuck is that lightning doing in there?!? It's not fearsome enough just being so hot it can melt God?

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post #15 of 16
1/31/11 at 8:32am

Apparently the static buildup caused by all the ash can cause VOLCANO LIGHTNING which is probably the most epic shit ever.  There's some great shots of it from that Iceland volcano that exploded last year and shut down European air travel.

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post #16 of 16
1/31/11 at 4:25pm
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Apparently the static buildup caused by all the ash can cause VOLCANO LIGHTNING which is probably the most epic shit ever.  There's some great shots of it from that Iceland volcano that exploded last year and shut down European air travel.



Here's a couple links to Flickr of pics that I remember faving from last year. Really incredible stuff - if you do a search on there you'll find even more.

 

This guy has several on his page

 

Really cool shot here

 

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