The best pictures you've seen.

[Heathen]

Major Rep whoever can link me to a wallpaper version of this, or similar.

was my favourite too.

E: and even if the topic died, yeah, forerunners and humans are one and the same.
Hence the whole reclaimer speech with 343, when he goes to say "last time you asked me blablabla"

[Bodzilla]

righto kiddies i think yout all about due for a smacked bottom.


Back on topic now.

[Sanctus]

http://funerium.deviantart.com/art/Moment-in-space-LXXXIII-90971055

http://tristan-despero.deviantart.com/art/Let-Slip-the-Dogs-of-War-73459271

http://bazze.deviantart.com/art/Phantom-v2-32028303

[Warsaw]

F4 Phantom render is really good...almost looks like a painting, not a render. <3 the flying brick.

[English Mobster]

Okay, I made the thread. Back on topic now. (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?p=464393#post464393)

[ICEE]

Anyone who knows the dragonlance series may appreciate this.
http://fc07.deviantart.com/fs17/f/2007/163/0/d/Raistlin_Majere_by_airasan.jpg

I think they captured him pretty well

[PopeAK49]

The termination dust just arrived today. It's really beautiful on the mountains surrounding our beautiful city.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2271/2202085541_db69ebef92.jpg

[ExAm]

Got a higher res pic? I can't really appreciate it at that scale.

[PopeAK49]

Can't find much pics of termination dust in Anchorage on the net. I'll try taking a picture on my moms camera later.

[annihilation]

E:
Anybody know of a free picture hosting site that will allow pictures up to 8MB?

[ExAm]

San Francisco International Airport at night:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/SFO_at_night.jpg

[Timo]

http://s.wsj.net/media/0917pod08a.jpg
China's National Centre for Peforming Arts.

[skz333]

epic thread i should really post some....

[Alwin Roth]

Hey, I'm interested in, Well im not really sure what style of clothing it is:

Tight pants, colorful shirt, and black hair.

No, not emo,

Im looking a for a picture some like this.

[Chainsy]

http://fc03.deviantart.com/fs51/f/2009/265/7/3/731ff5e61709ca13cc26aaedaaeedd58.jpg

[Alwin Roth]

^ love the blood and gore on the front of the Hog.

[Corndogman]

Hey, I'm interested in, Well im not really sure what style of clothing it is:

Tight pants, colorful shirt, and black hair.

No, not emo,

Im looking a for a picture some like this.

What thread do you think you're in? :raise:

Also, Scene is the word you're looking for.

[n00b1n8R]

Thought the airport was a space station before I looked closer/read what it was :v:
E:
Anybody know of a free picture hosting site that will allow pictures up to 8MB?
imageshack won't?

[Cagerrin]

E:
Anybody know of a free picture hosting site that will allow pictures up to 8MB?
Far as I know http://www.majhost.com/ (http://www.majhost.com) doesn't have any sort of filesize/resolution limit.

[skz333]

to much talk noobs
not enough pictures

http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/9866/3at3j.jpg[/URL]
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5375/gldeagle.jpg[/URL]
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5977/mouse2.jpg[/URL]
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/961/bub50cc20087large.jpg[/URL]
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/624/benprocterrotf06.jpg[/URL]

[annihilation]

Far as I know http://www.majhost.com/ (http://www.majhost.com) doesn't have any sort of filesize/resolution limit.

Thanks man.


Anywhoo. Here are the pictures I wanted to show.

Huge image warning!!
Hey, if they are in a spoiler do I still need a shot tag?
I'm putting them in shot tags unless someone tells me otherwise.
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/1253683604493.jpg

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/1253679050027.jpg

[Jean-Luc]

Must spread rep :maddowns:

Awesome pictures annihilation

[InnerGoat]

nice stuff annihilation

[annihilation]

Got one more for you.
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/1253683743160.jpg


That just makes me think.
What else is out there?
Is there a heaven beyond the galaxies?
Is the whole universe endless?
Is the universe we live in just a small part of something bigger?


God damnit now I'm going to be thinking about this all day.

[Alwin Roth]

DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!

you guys remember those forerunner pictures?
and how i tried to get the artist to make larger resolutions... well...




--- On Thu, 9/24/09, Dylan Cole <dylan@dylancolestudio.com> wrote:

From: Dylan Cole <dylan@dylancolestudio.com>
Subject: Re: hello, i have a question...
To: "Alwin Roth" <alwinroth@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, September 24, 2009, 3:59 AM

Hi Alwin,

Thanks, I am glad you like my work. Unfortunately, I cannot distribute larger resolution images. Ensemble was kind enough to let me post those images on my site and I don't want to do anything to mess that up!


I am bummed to miss out on your buddy club:)

all the best,

Dylan

On Sep 22, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Alwin Roth wrote:


Hello Mr. Cole,

Under your "Sketches / concepts" tab there happens to be some marvelous ske=
tches of some halo forerunner buildings.

Now, I and many others, who have clicked on the images and=A0 were crushed =
to see that the image does not come in a wallpaper format.

So, We're wondering If you could perhaps make the pictures, especially the =
first one, in a larger format, wallpaper usage in other words.

We will thank you a lot and let you join our buddy club.

Sincerely,
-Alwin Roth

[Cagerrin]

Doesn't Ensemble, y'know, not exist anymore?

[Alwin Roth]

Send him an email, and ask him.

everyone should send emails like this, that way he'll do it.

[Skarma]

Doesn't Ensemble, y'know, not exist anymore?You're right, it doesn't. They disbanded after Halo Wars.

[Jean-Luc]

Send him an email, and ask him.

everyone should send emails like this, that way he'll do it.
Or we could...y'know...respect him as an artist and let things be.

[Alwin Roth]

Or we could...y'know...respect him as an artist and let things be.

Why so serious?

[Jean-Luc]

This are srs forum

But in all seriousness, I only mean that while it's perfectly fine to email him once about it, it becomes disrespectful when an onslaught of emails comes in to which he must respond no. I've had people assault me with requests for me to send some of my assets. Trust me, it gets annoying very, very fast.

[Siliconmaster]

DAMMIT DAMMIT DAMMIT!!!

you guys remember those forerunner pictures?
and how i tried to get the artist to make larger resolutions... well...

Ok, so figure out which studio controls the copyrights, and send them an email. Worst case scenario they ignore you, best they allow it.

[Alwin Roth]

I really would love to have that forerunner as my wallpaper...

Its Beautiful... It's true...

[Jean-Luc]

http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9269/issspacewalk.jpg

That landmass down there is New Zealand.

[TeeKup]

That's a....relatively low orbit...

E: What Forerunner picture do you keep mentioning?

[annihilation]

What the hell are they doing that close to earth?

[PopeAK49]

Our beautiful home planet is the best picture.

http://www.blog.thesietch.org/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/earth.jpg

[Jean-Luc]

What the hell are they doing that close to earth?
That was taken on the ISS which orbits at an altitude of 220 miles above the surface.

[TeeKup]

Earth

I prefer my Wallpaper.
http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/7224/planetearthbysanmonku.jpg
The beautiful blue Earth, nestled in a comet cloud somewhere in the mid-rim of our vast galaxy...

[PopeAK49]

Wow! Ya I like that picture even more. That is really beautiful.

[Jean-Luc]

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/959/sarychevpeakvolcanoerup.jpg
http://img28.imageshack.us/img28/7264/spaceinternationalspace.jpg

[rossmum]

Holy shit

[Timo]

I remember seeing that New Zealand one on Nasa's photo of the day last year :neckbeard:

http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/959/sarychevpeakvolcanoerup.jpg There's an animation of about 5 frames of this as the ISS moves - it's pretty neat.

[Alwin Roth]

It's amazing how beautiful earth is,
It's even more amazing that there's people in this world that fuck it up.

[Con]

I found a similar one:
http://www.nipissingu.ca/department/history/MUHLBERGER/uploaded_images/ivan_iss_big-723375.jpg

[TeeKup]

Holy damn.

[cheezdue]

This thread needs moar space pictures!

[Good_Apollo]

Moar.

http://img21.imageshack.us/img21/8987/spacewalk.jpghttp://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7707/24202263.jpghttp://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6638/22163747.jpghttp://img132.imageshack.us/img132/5816/54872693.jpghttp://img132.imageshack.us/img132/679/36799513.jpg

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/5161/gpw20050129nasaiss016e0.jpg

[annihilation]

I heard you wanted more space pics.

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/1253844606648.jpg

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/1253869791687.jpg

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/1253870058284.jpg

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/1253871576810.jpg

[Jean-Luc]

Space is the greatest thing ever :neckbeard:

[rossmum]

space owns

[Heathen]

thats why we went, we and space have so much in common.

We are beautiful, and we own.

[Siliconmaster]

[quick return to past conversation]

I contacted Microsoft about finding a larger version of that epic forerunner concept painting, as follows:


Subject : Copyright restrictions on concept art

CONTACT INFORMATION
First Name: Noah Bronstein

PRODUCT
Not Applicable

QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS
Message: Hello,

Myself and a large number of interested internet-goers are interested in obtaining a wallpaper-sized version of a beautiful Ensemble Studios concept art, located for reference here:

http://www.dylancolestudio.com/sketches/pages/HaloConcept3.html

We have contacted the artist, but he says he is not allowed to release a higher-resolution version unless given permission by Ensemble Studios, which owns the rights. However, Ensemble was disbanded last year, meaning Microsoft would theoretically hold the general rights. Is it possible for us to request such a public release through this channel? If not, where might we try next?

Much thanks,
Noah Bronstein (as well as assorted others)Today they responded with this useless mess:


Hello Noah,

Thank you for contacting Microsoft Customer Service.

Guidelines for the use of copyrighted Microsoft content are available at the following Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/permissions/default.mspx (http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/permissions/default.mspx)

If you need information about using content in a Microsoft product (for example an article from Microsoft Encarta or a map from Microsoft MapPoint), please refer to the product's End User License Agreement (EULA), which describes the permissible uses of that content. To find and review the EULA for your product, visit the following Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/ (http://www.microsoft.com/about/legal/useterms/)

Noah, please understand that we cannot provide additional guidance on the legal use of content beyond the guidelines set forth on our Web site and in the product EULA, nor can we grant additional rights for use of content. If you require assistance interpreting your legal rights under those guidelines or the Microsoft EULA, obtain advice from your own attorney.

I hope the above information is helpful.

Thank you,

Tenil
Microsoft Customer Service RepresentativeBasically they told me that don't even want to think about it. Fine.

Back to epic pictures.

[cheezdue]

^
Booo.

Space is such an epic place.

[Con]

http://con.modacity.net/iss_july2005.jpg
http://con.modacity.net/iss013e48788.jpg

e: surprising how much shit there is on the exterior of the iss

[Bodzilla]

this is Space thread nao~

[sdavis117]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/MtRedoubtedit1.jpg
http://vulcan.wr.usgs.gov/Imgs/Jpg/MSH/Images/MSH80_st_helens_eruption_plume_07-22-80.jpg
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u301/BLADE57HRC/myspace/ws_Red_Eruption_1280x1024.jpg
http://www.arenal.net/costa-rica-screensaver/arenal-volcano-screensaver.jpg

[Rob Oplawar]

I've always found the Buran to be a great metaphor for Russia at the time it was constructed.

The scale, the effort,
http://www.aerospaceguide.net/pics/buran_MIK.jpg
The brilliance, the perfectionism,
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Buran_rear_view_(Le_Bourget_1989).JPEG
The ultimate, inevitable failure.
http://www.buran.ru/images/jpg/bbur90.jpg

It saddens me a little.

e: holy shit that image is bigger than I though, *shotted*.

[itszutak]

Last picture made me sigh. :(

What's the story behind that?

[Siliconmaster]

Apparently the Buran was a semi-successful Soviet shuttle project which never went anywhere after the space program was scrapped in '93. The Buran was stored in a hanger until 2002, when the hanger collapsed, resulting in the destruction of the shuttle.

[Alwin Roth]

I'm tired of the space pictures...

Anyone got any futuristic ones without space?

Edit: nvm Im interetsted in space again:

http://orz.4chan.org/wg/src/1254059180663.png

[leorimolo]

http://www.arenal.net/costa-rica-screensaver/arenal-volcano-screensaver.jpg
I've seen that irl :realsmug: Its an amazing volcano one of the only ones that basically never stops erupting.

[Alwin Roth]

http://lagallery-frankfurt.de/lagalerie_english_deutsch/l_a_galerie_artists/hatakeyama/blast/5414to5419/Blast_5417.jpg
+REP if someone can find a bigger and more detailed picture similar to this.

[Ganon]

http://4gifs.com/gallery/d/37864-1/PolarBearsSubmarineWallpaper.jpghttp://4gifs.com/gallery/d/37866-1/WaterBomb.jpghttp://4gifs.com/gallery/d/50756-1/Volcano_Chile.jpghttp://4gifs.com/gallery/d/37860-1/Galactus.jpg

[Rob Oplawar]

http://4gifs.com/gallery/d/37866-1/WaterBomb.jpg
Whoa, wait, is that shopped? Is that even possible? :O

[rossmum]

http://englishrussia.com/images/su-stealth/1.jpg
http://media.englishrussia.com/su-stealth/1_004.jpg
fucking bonertown

i hope this is the way it will actually look, knowing the russians it'll be something like this. russian jets are fuckin beautiful

[TeeKup]

The PAK FA is the most beautiful aircraft I've seen.

[rossmum]

The PAK FA is the most beautiful aircraft I've seen.
It reminds me of the Northrop YF-23, the plane which was competing with the F-22.

[n00b1n8R]

Whoa, wait, is that shopped? Is that even possible? :O
I have that as a desktop on one of my computers lol, pretty sure the drop isn't shooped (though the background probably is).

[ExAm]

Deleted. Don't post that shit in here again.

[Cagerrin]

Higher res of >>467169 (http://www.modacity.net/forums/showthread.php?p=467169#post467169) + more art of it

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Vehicles/su_pakfa_pic_5.jpg
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Vehicles/su_pakfa_pic_6.jpg
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Vehicles/su_pakfa_pic_4.jpg
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Vehicles/su_pakfa_pic_2.jpg
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Vehicles/su_pakfa_pic_8.jpg

Fake E: goddomot, did I just do what I think I did? Shit that is not a good habit.

Real E: Waaaaait a second.... is it just me or are the third and fourth pics a different plane?

[Abdurahman]

Damn that's one sexy plane.

[Moses]

Apparently the Buran was a semi-successful Soviet shuttle project which never went anywhere after the space program was scrapped in '93. The Buran was stored in a hanger until 2002, when the hanger collapsed, resulting in the destruction of the shuttle.

Looks more like the shuttle somehow got deepfried first.

[Siliconmaster]

Looks more like the shuttle somehow got deepfried first.

Yeah, Idk about that. I just went off the Wikipedia page. Maybe the collapse was caused by a fire. :shrug:

[Rob Oplawar]

No fire, just rubble. The roof collapsed from "disrepair", iirc.
I smell conspiracy. :tinfoil:

[rossmum]

Real E: Waaaaait a second.... is it just me or are the third and fourth pics a different plane?
Sukhoi haven't released a single image of it, not even a quick scribble done on a napkin. The dude's just taking logical design features and making his own concept of what it might look like.


No fire, just rubble. The roof collapsed from "disrepair", iirc. I smell conspiracy.
It's Russia, that makes perfect sense.

[annihilation]

I've got some nice high res panoramics for ya.

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/pano1.jpg
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/pano2.jpg
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/pano3.jpg
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/gfhfghfghf/pano4.jpg

[cheezdue]

:ross:

e:gah must cum around more rep!

[ExAm]

http://imager.cc/images/page19/lightingup_950.jpg

Cool ad.

[English Mobster]

http://i435.photobucket.com/albums/qq80/Mudkipz47/Earth.jpg
Picture of Earth, taken just about half an hour ago from a live feed of some satellite in orbit right now (lost the link, will try to dig it up again).

[Mass]

If you've ever seen Chicago at night you know that it glows bright fucking orange and can be seen for 100 miles in every direction as an aura on the horizon.

not surprised, but that is cool

[cheezdue]

http://fc00.deviantart.com/fs51/i/2009/264/d/f/Force_Throw_by_Artgerm.jpg

[Con]

"Talk to the hand"

[InnerGoat]

mmmm yes nice thread



http://innergoat.modacity.net/net/S-IC_engines_and_Von_Braun.jpg

[Rob Oplawar]

It's difficult to appreciate the scale of that vehicle until you stand next to it. Now that's a fucking rocket.

[rossmum]

http://www.filefront.com/14640075/Military%20art%20and%20photos.rar

loads of screens, art, photos

i have more somewhere but i cbf to find it

[InnerGoat]

http://innergoat.modacity.net/net/Apollo%2017%20Pre-Launch.jpg
http://innergoat.modacity.net/net/Apollo%2011%20Launch.jpg
http://innergoat.modacity.net/net/N-1.jpg
http://innergoat.modacity.net/net/N1-1.jpg

The N-1 was kind of crazy. All of them blew up :-3

[ExAm]

Some guy took this with a sound-activated camera, just before the lens melted:
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/10/500x_deltaheavy.jpg

[TeeKup]

That's amazing.

[TeeKup]

images

Of course they did, the more parts you have the more chances things are going to fuck up.

[Corndogman]

Can we not quote sets of extremely large images in this thread please? It takes long enough to load as is.

[Rob Oplawar]

Was gonna put this in PFR, but then I realized it wasn't the least bit funny.
http://www.interbent.com/images/professionals_payday.png
I fucking hate professional sports. If it were up to me, I would disband the CU football team and tear down the stadium.

[cheezdue]

image

That somehow reminds me of Shinra. :/

[Warsaw]

Who likes lightning? Who likes artificial lightning?

http://blog.makezine.com/upload/2008/07/geekdad_at_rocket_maveric/gdMavericks072808_1.jpg

[n00b1n8R]

source?

[Warsaw]

It's somewhere on here. (http://www.makezine.com/) I stumbled upon it randomly while searching for a pair of aviation goggles.

[Rentafence]

Who likes lightning? Who likes artificial lightning?

http://blog.makezine.com/upload/2008/07/geekdad_at_rocket_maveric/gdMavericks072808_1.jpg

The combine are coming. :ohdear:

[BobtheGreatII]

PORTAL STORM!!!

[ExAm]

A CPU without its ceramic shell. Shows what's really going on in there.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/80486dx2-large.jpg/800px-80486dx2-large.jpg

[DEElekgolo]

http://fc09.deviantart.com/fs50/f/2009/272/a/d/SHITHEAD_ACTION_gif_animation_by_bahijd.gif

[=sw=warlord]

http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/6/64/Awakening.jpghttp://halo.wikia.com/wiki/File:Awakening.jpg

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Damn man, he is huge.

[=sw=warlord]

Damn man, he is huge.
That's what she said.
:ohdear:

[Futzy]

this is pro

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

That's what she said.
:ohdear:

How'd you know?
:ohdear:

[=sw=warlord]

How'd you know?
:ohdear:
Because i just found this.
Fuck if someone can get a larger res of this image il give them some rep as i really want to try and model that helmet the spartan is holding.
http://i40.tinypic.com/2igoggi.jpg

[Alwin Roth]

wait the picture above?

What's going on in there?

[=sw=warlord]

wait the picture above?

What's going on in there?
Yes the picture above.
A spartan is holding another spartans helmet while being held back by 2 ODST's.

[Ganon]

looks like the spartan on the left is having a bad day

[Delta4907]

Is it just me or is the one on the left missing part of his head?

[rossmum]

Yeah, that's kind of the whole idea... he's dead.

[Rob Oplawar]

If they made the the Halo movie with Spartans that big, it would be amazing.

[Heathen]

I mean, he is like 9 foot tall.
Or something really tall.

[Jean-Luc]

I mean, he is like 9 foot tall.
Or something really tall.
He's supposed to be 7 feet tall.

[Chainsy]

What I got out of it: The 2 spartans were fighting or trying to escape some odd thing, and a fight between the odsts and the spartans ensued. The odst commando shot the spartan in the head, which is why there is a hole in the spartan's head and helmet and hy the commando is holding a pistol in his hand. MC is also damaged, sparking with smoke, which suggests that they were in a fight.

[Siliconmaster]

Where did those pics come from? Concept art? Or someone's standalone artwork? Either way, they're both really cool.

[=sw=warlord]

Looks alot like a plasma bolt hit the back of the spartans head which would be one of the few things to burn a hole that big and have blue steam comming off the armour.
Im reasonably sure the standard pistol would not make such a big hole in a spartans armour as it is safe to guess the UNSC would not make their supersoldiers so weak against small arms fire.
Infact the shot might have been a beam rifle shot as it goes through both the front and back of the helmet.

[TeeKup]

Where did those pics come from? Concept art? Or someone's standalone artwork? Either way, they're both really cool.

That's what I'd like to know, I'm eager to see more pictures like these.

[ICEE]

What I got out of it: The 2 spartans were fighting or trying to escape some odd thing, and a fight between the odsts and the spartans ensued. The odst commando shot the spartan in the head, which is why there is a hole in the spartan's head and helmet and hy the commando is holding a pistol in his hand. MC is also damaged, sparking with smoke, which suggests that they were in a fight.

Looks to me more like the spartans were working together under the dude with the hats orders, he gave a stupid command or something that ended up getting the left spartan killed. the right spartan is not pleased

[Dwood]

Looks to me more like the spartans were working together under the dude with the hats orders, he gave a stupid command or something that ended up getting the left spartan killed. the right spartan is not pleased

This. Btw, how would you like a 7 foot tall soldier that has to be restrained by 3 odsts (He can flip a freaking tank, why would 3 guys stop him?) to keep him from crushing your head in completely?

[=sw=warlord]

Got some more for you guys and girls to gobble up.
http://xbox360media.ign.com/xbox360/image/article/697/697526/gdc-06-peter-moore-talks-halo-e3-and-ps3-20060321070423298.jpg

[Siliconmaster]

I know that one- it's an old H3 concept artwork. What's interesting about it is that it looks more like ODST than H3 at this point.

[Jean-Luc]

I know that one- it's an old H3 concept artwork. What's interesting about it is that it looks more like ODST than H3 at this point.
That one was for Halo 2 actually.
/nerd

[Siliconmaster]

That one was for Halo 2 actually.
/nerd

I stand corrected. :P

[=sw=warlord]

That one was for Halo 2 actually.
/nerd
Yeah it's also the inside cover for the prima halo 2 guide, still got it somewhere wish i knew where to find the HD version of that image though...

[Chainsy]

If you really want to know who painted those pictures, it is Craig Mullins, a bungie concept artist.

[Chainsy]

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg11/Harry_Palmer/Horus_PREVIEW.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg11/Harry_Palmer/Galaxy_in_Flames_PREVIEW.jpg
http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg11/Harry_Palmer/DoW_Asc_PREVIEW.jpg
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=792322&stc=1&d=1254411486
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=792324&stc=1&d=1254411558
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=792325&stc=1&d=1254411616
http://www.daarken.com/ffg/3rdedition.jpg

[Warsaw]

Very nice...but that last one is a combo breaker.

[Alwin Roth]

sisters of battle would be nice...

[Cagerrin]

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Characters/1237187740931.jpg
http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Characters/1233280064202.jpg

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/TalonX/randomstuff/Inspiration/Characters/1249882360167.jpg

[Alwin Roth]

Well, I know who's getting rep...

[n00b1n8R]

Stop combo breaking :P

I've got higher res of 1st 2 he posted if anybody wants them btw.

[Rob Oplawar]

http://mm04.nasaimages.org/MediaManager/srvr?mediafile=/Size4/nasaNAS-5-NA/25278/GPN-2000-000484.jpg&userid=1&username=admin&resolution=4&servertype=JVA&cid=5&iid=nasaNAS&vcid=NA&usergroup=GRIN_-_NASA-5-Admin&profileid=21

One of the worst and most spectacular landing systems conceived. I can't believe it worked. It's like watching a stuntman do an idiotically dangerous stunt and succeed- you're in awe, but you can't help but facepalm at him.

e: Seriously! Look at that friggin thing! Now imagine dropping it from a hundred or so feet! >.<

ee:
Of course, the obligatory panorama:
http://www-k12.atmos.washington.edu/k12/mars/graphics/81732_full.jpg
<3

[=sw=warlord]

I have no issues with imagining that falling hundreds of feet and surviving.....

[Rob Oplawar]

Have you ever competed in an egg-drop?
Picture this: You have to launch your egg in a rocket, let it coast for a really long time, then separate from the rocket, then deploy a parachute, then discard its protective casing, then inflate a bunch of airbags, then drop off of the parachute high enough that there's absolutely no chance of being covered by the parachute when it lands, then bounce for several minutes, and then when you've stopped moving, you have to open up and let the egg roll out.

e: landing on Mars is already a jarring enough experience as it is without adding even more things to go wrong. Airbags are cool in the same way base-jumping is cool; it's fucking ballsy and there are much safer ways of getting down. All well and good if you're looking to have a good time, but when your goal is to successfully complete a mission...

Don't get me wrong, I think the whole mission was very cool and I salute the scientists who pulled it off. Still, using airbags was a bad idea from the start.

[ExAm]

I'm going to have to completely disagree with you there. The landing capsule is anything but an egg. There's a pretty damn low risk of damage to the equipment inside, unless those things pop as easily as giant party balloons. Additionally, if you want to second-guess fucking NASA, be my guest. I just don't think your argument will hold up once you've actually talked to them about it.

[Warsaw]

I second-guesed fucking NASA...and decided it was a good idea to fuck it anyways, because they keep wasting money on got damn unmanned projects.

Seriously though, the giant raspberry is probably one of the most hilarious and simultaneously ingenious landing systems ever devised.

[rossmum]

I dropped an egg protected by assorted pads and air sacs from considerable height, and it survived. vOv

[Jean-Luc]

http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/9238/3001088.jpg
http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1256/devilstowerpacholka.jpg
http://img34.imageshack.us/img34/2922/milkywayviewedfromutah.jpg

Long-time exposures FTW.

[kid908]

The question is how long!

Those are amazing!

[Jean-Luc]

I've read you can get extraordinary captures in under a minute. Whether or not that's true...I guess I'll just have to take the DSLR and find out. :D

[Con]

http://img16.imageshack.us/img16/1256/devilstowerpacholka.jpg
[/shot]
Long-time exposures FTW.
http://fusionanomaly.net/closeencountersmashedpotatoes.jpg

edit: Looks like those photos are combined from two different exposures.

[Jean-Luc]

edit: Looks like those photos are combined from two different exposures.
I wouldn't be surprised. It just strikes me as mindblowing that it's possible to capture the fuckin Milky Way, on Earth, using a simple camera.

[kid908]

I wouldn't be surprised. It just strikes me as mindblowing that it's possible to capture the fuckin Milky Way, on Earth, using a simple camera.

ancient people used to see it like that before all the city folks and their lights. After all, it's called the MILKYWAY by them for a reason.

[Jean-Luc]

ancient people used to see it like that before all the city folks and their lights. After all, it's called the MILKYWAY by them for a reason.
I'm not quite sure it was so vibrant as in these pictures. I've been in areas where there is no light, and I mean none. You can clearly see the milky way, but you can't see it with as much color and detail as these photos have captured.

[kid908]

color wised, the photos do capture more, but your post suggested that you mean just the milkyway period.

[rossmum]

Wow, those are beautiful.

[Rob Oplawar]

if you want to second-guess fucking NASA, be my guest.
I work for Lockheed Martin...

[klange]

I work for Lockheed Martin...
Oooooh snap. Yeah, ExAm, Rob here works for the guys that make the shit for NASA.

[annihilation]

Sup.

Major huge mega super amazing gigantic ultra big space image here.

*Note: Some browsers may experience trouble veiwing this image due it its size.

http://www.majhost.com/gallery/Annihilation/Highres/eta_carinae_nebula_1.jpg

[DEElekgolo]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Tonic_water_uv.jpg

[ExAm]

I work for Lockheed Martin...My point stands. You're still seriously implying that they're a bunch of idiots for choosing this method. It's not crazy, it's not stupid, it's not illogical, and it's not impractical. It makes perfect sense and it works, and if it didn't, they wouldn't have used it to put a multimillion dollar rover on fucking mars, where if anything mechanical goes wrong, the whole operation is fucked.

[rossmum]

post
That's why they used it for the coolant water in K-19 (the movie, not the actual sub, obviously)

[p0lar_bear]

119

:jibbly:

[Bodzilla]

:epic win:

Long-time exposures FTW.

oi anywhere i can get high rez pictures of that D:? i need a new backround D:

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

I too, want high res pictures of that.

[Jean-Luc]

oi anywhere i can get high rez pictures of that D:? i need a new backround D:
I'll keep an eye out but I'm fairly certain the only way I could get higher res is by paying the $100 for the 12"x36" photographs from his website (which I might end up doing anyway because they're so damn cool.)

However, I am going to attempt to capture these types of photos later this week when the sky clears up. According to the author, it's not as complex as one might imagine:
This the info straight from the photographer, Wally Pacholka, as posted on Society for Popular Astronomy message board.

"Hi Gang,
I am the one that took this photo of this amazing place
Got a lot of comments on this so here is the real deal - short story & long story. Wally
Astroman,
I have no problem at all giving details about the False-Kiva Indian
Cave photograph. Since I have been hit with 100's of inquires about
this amazing photograph in the last few days I will attach a long
answer that will I hope answer most questions. The short answer is
that this real genuine photograph of a wide Indian Cave that required
panoramic stitching of 4 separate side by side single frame
photographs each showing the sky/landscape in one single 25 second
exposure at high iso setting without a tracking tripod giving pin
point stars and a sharp foreground with the small mm lens that I used.
I sent a correction to the APOD folk that this is not a long exposure
and that it is a pano stitching of 4 side by side single frame shots
each with sky/landscape frozen in the 25 sec exposure. I did not get
a chance to proof the APOD caption so some things are there that they
may have assumed but are not what actually happened - but thru no
fault of there own, but I simply failed to mention when I submitted
the image. They have published 28 other images of mine and all of
those were single image, so it is natural for them to asume this was a
single image. It is important to note that this is not a composite
image but a stitching of 4 separate side by side sky/landscape single
frame shots. Todays cameras do not need tracking systems to get pin
point stars if the exposure is short and the iso high so now
photographers can have the best of both worlds - sharp sky and sharp
landscape, but I also have 40 years experience doing this sort of
thing. It is easier now. But not if you consider that I made 4 1200
mile round trips to this location with bad photographic results and
only got my keeper shot after much planning (waiting for cresent moon
to light the hills) and was successful only on this 5th trip. See
brightnightgallery.com for more of my pics. That's the short answer.
That's long was is:
Sorry, I must of answered these questions a 100 times so am sending a
blanket explanation to help folk understand that the photo is indeed
real in every detail:
1. Answers to question #1 about how False Kiva photograph was taken:
I am simply an amateur astronomer that loves the night sky and has a
passion for recording the night sky as it really is from interesting
settings like national parks and landmarks that folk are familiar with.
I have been doing this now for 44 years and in that time not only have
I learnt a few things but I have seen tremendous advances in
technology that enable folk to take photographs of the stars as pin
points in seconds rather than minutes like in the old days. My night
sky/landscape photographs which are my trademark have traditionally
always been single frame shots of both the night sky and landmarks in
one single exposure. In the olden days like for comet hale-bopp, the
longer time exposures with tracked camera to follow the stars would
always leave a tell tail sign on the landscape rocks as they would
blur if lit or they would cast a shadow against the background stars
if you lit them momentarily like with a flash. Now a days, all is
different. Anybody with a decent digital camera like canon 20D and
24mm lens with high iso like 1600 at f/1.6 can record deep detail in
the Milky Way in just 20 seconds and 10 times more stars than the eye
can see. So now it is an easy matter to capture stars frozen as points
of light and the foreground in sharp focus with no movement even when
focused on infinite with the right lens. Folk that are saying there
must be star trails or ground movement in a shot like the False Kiva
shot are very accurate in their assessment for equipment and
technology that is several years old, but they are sadly lacking in
what can be done today with some of the more basic DSLR cameras
cameras that are available at the local costco store.
How False Kiva was taken:
Been to False Kiva Indian Cave near Moab, Utah (1600 mile round trip
from my home in Long Beach, CA) 4 previous times, all
photographic failures, hiked the 2 mile trail with last part down a
very steep canyon wall trail, hiked out in dark and got lost each and
every time. It's dark out there.
Canon 5D, iso 1600 Raw, f/2.5, 25 second exposure with camera on a
stationary tripod (no tracking). The cave is huge, so the 24 mm lens
required me to take 4 separate (camera vertical) shots shooting one
shot at 25 seconds and then moving the camera horizontally for the
next shot and so on until I got the entire cave. Each shot was a
sky/landscape shot and I had a professional lab stitch the photos
together with a panoramic blending software to make it one continuous
horizontal shot as I am a photoshop moron.
The lighting was from 4 sources (which I learnt from my 4 previous
failed attempts - after all one can drive 1600 miles to take a single
shot only so many times). The stars/Milky Way of course provided their
own light for the sky, the trip was planned for a small crescent moon
to be setting in the west to light up the left and center canyon
walls, and a large flashlight was positioned out side the cave on the
left to bounce light off a flat rock to hit the right canyon wall with
some faint light. Inside the cave, I used a series of flashlights and
or strobes to bounce light off the far left/right walls to evenly
light the cave (there was no direct lighting).
There was absolutely no superimposing of any portion in this image or
any other image I have ever done. To me that's important as my whole
purpose is to show folk what the sky really is like from different
landmarks in this great country of ours. As for the questioning about
why no haze is seen next to the horizon in the sky yet is seem in the
far canyon hills then my guess would be that those saying such are
thinking of a day shot. This is a night shot - everything is dark. It
rained that day heavily so there was no haze. It is the crescent moon
that is lighting up the close canyon walls and they are sharp, but the
farther you go down you run into moon shadow that is not haze but
simply darkness where the camera can not record detail so it looks
like haze. The same for the far canyon walls look like they are
covered with haze, but it is just because they are so far, the slight
moonlight does not bounce back enough light from those far canyons
for the camera to see any detail (some folk are calling that haze), yet
the stars which have their own light of course show through the haze
which is not there (but only in folks minds) and hits the camera
sensors full on.
I have been around long enough to know that no matter what
explanation I give as to how real a photograph I took is, there are
always the arm chair folk that would rather criticised others than do
anything themselves. If you don't believe what I say (everything here
is testable) and then believe the great body of work I have done over
the years that is clearly recognized by experts in the field of
astronomy/photography. This is my 29th Astronomy Picture of Day. Those
folk are not
dummies. I might be able to fool the APOD folk one time, but 29
times????
How about TIME-LIFE photo editors. They picked my Hale-Bopp pic as Pic
of year in 1997 - out of millions submitted. They also picked my Mars
Closest encounter in 50,000 years as Pic of year in 2003 for both LIFE
magazine and a different image for TIME magazine, again out of
millions submitted. My night sky work sells in over 30 national parks,
where each park goes thru an interpretive review process to determine
that the photos are genuine - none have been turned down. NASA still
has my Hale-Bopp shot on their front Hale-Bopp web page, etc....
For those of you who can, just enjoy the photograph and for others
that can't do that then simply take one that we all can enjoy.
We live in a great country with so much to see and photograph.
There is much that is untouched waiting for us to capture.
May you enjoy the process.
All the best.
Wally Pacholka
An amateur astronomer - my greatest honor
See more of my Pics at brightnightgallery.com'

2. Answers as to why APOD's description differs a little from mine
(like long exposure vs short exposure)
When I submitted the photograph to APOD I did not mention anything
about exposure. When they run a photo they do not check with the
photographer if everything in their comments are correct or not.
Generally these guys are dead on accurate. These guys know me (as they
have published me 28x prior) and in every case prior I have always
submitted single image one frame sky/landscape shots so in this case
they assumed this is Wally so it has to be single exposure. Keep in
mind, I submitted a horizontal pano photograph so I could show the
whole cave, but that pano is made up of 4 side by side sky/landscape
shots where each frame is a shot of the sky and landmark(cave) all in
one single exposure. This is no composite of the sky being put it. It
is a horizontal pano stitch of the sky and cave at once. With modern
cameras with high iso and short exposures the sky and landmarks can be
shot in one single exposure. Here I simply stitched 4 such shots
together to give the viewer the complete panoramic view. Every rock
and star is real in the photo.
May each of you experience this wonderful place called False Kiva someday.
See more of my Pics at brightnightgallery.com
Wally Pacholk

At any rate, I'll let you guys know if it actually works and if it does, I'll see if I can upload some wallpaper sized stuff. For now, I'll leave you with one more image of his that goddamn blew my mind.
http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1500/mkmilkywaypanpacholka40.jpg

[itszutak]

119

:jibbly:
oh SHIT

needs moar High Voltage

[AAA]

>High-res nebula<

Just right click on it and save to desktop or whatever... it's 91MB :O

e: Holy shit, this picture is HI-RES FULL OF FUCKING AWESOMENESSSZZZ >.>! +rep

[Abdurahman]

HUGE PIC of my home town, Los Angeles. I like this picture.

Click the pic for a waaaay bigger one.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e7/Los_angeles_from_getty_panorama.jpg

[BobtheGreatII]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b2/Tonic_water_uv.jpg

Nuka-...Water?

[rossmum]

Not quite, only glows under UV

e/ It's the quinine that does it if I recall correctly

[=sw=warlord]

bit small but im looking for a larger image of this.
Im not entirely sure where this image came from so if someone can link me to the source or possibly a larger resolution of this i would be gratefull.
http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/halo/images/d/d4/Mkivtcp.JPG

[Sever]

Here's what I found:
Largest image:
http://www.stmaartenlibrary.org/Book%20reviews%20May%202009/the%20cole%20protocol.jpg
Largest clean image:
http://nuwen.net/img/sf/cole_lg.jpg

[=sw=warlord]

Thank's sever, i didnt realise it was the front cover for cole protocol.

[Rob Oplawar]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/10/earth_jupiter_100_01.jpg

[OmegaDragon]

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/b/be/DeathTroopersKeyart.jpg

[Cortexian]

Wat.

Also, is it bad that the first thing I saw in this picture was the Jeep?

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/1500/mkmilkywaypanpacholka40.jpg

[blind]

http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/starwars/images/b/be/DeathTroopersKeyart.jpg
holy zombie

[Cojafoji]

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/7583/wa3s9gdd.jpg
http://img42.imageshack.us/img42/9013/galaxyy.jpg

[Peterljr888]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2445/4002050596_0c2b6c4dd2_o.jpg

[paladin]

^^ thats so awesome

[OmegaDragon]

http://www.keiththompsonart.com/pages/grandmap.html

And a couple of others in there.

[TeeKup]

Damn, Voyager 1 is out there.

[itszutak]

Voyager 1 :(

[hry]

http://greenshines.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/1256008592962.jpg

[TeeKup]

The hell is that?

[Good_Apollo]

Yeah that's...badass.

Info prease

[n00b1n8R]

Why does he have jellybeans?

[hry]

Because he likes?; I don't know where it is, only find it :C

[Cojafoji]

pretty cool caricature of europe in 1914. picked it up off of digg, so no doubt most of you have seen this.
http://www.keiththompsonart.com/images/full/grandmap.jpg

[Good_Apollo]

Why does he have jellybeans?Guy get's hungry when he's slaughtering? Still waiting on source for that pic...


pretty cool caricature of europe in 1914. picked it up off of digg, so no doubt most of you have seen this.
From a new book called Leviathan. Alternate history story about a Steampunk Axis and Biopunk Allies...

[=sw=warlord]

Rossmum this is for you.
http://www.pcgames.de/screenshots/original/2008/12/crysis_081214123852.jpg

[Heathen]

thats pretty cool.

No deeplinking eh?

[ICEE]

I think we can all appreciate the quality of that image

[Ganon]

smart kid posting right there

[paladin]

http://www.odinseye.org/files/haloreal.jpg

Starwars + Halo

[Ganon]

gave me a cool idea

[Jean-Luc]

Starwars + Halo
That image looks way too fake in way too many places for me to really appreciate it.

[Pooky]

I can't say I really see what the Star Wars part is supposed to be (oh yeah stone buildings in a forest, it must be Yavin IV! :downs:)

[ExAm]

O_O (Taken out the window of a gondola on Mount Hua in China)
http://imgur.com/X5vhD.jpg

[Peterljr888]

http://informationarchitects.jp/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/wtm4-final.png
source: http://informationarchitects.jp/web-trend-map-4-final-beta/

http://benfry.com/allstreets/images/map1.jpg
source: http://benfry.com/allstreets/

[paladin]

Thats street map is amazing. Also one hell of a Thomas Guide.

[mech]

http://testroete.com/personal/head/me.jpg



http://testroete.com/personal/head/IMGP4073.jpg
http://testroete.com/personal/head/IMGP4059.jpg

http://testroete.com/index.php?location=head

[Pyong Kawaguchi]

Is that Niko?

[p0lar_bear]

Is that Niko?

Uh, click the link?

It's some guy's Halloween costume: a faceted 3D model of his head, enlarged.

[Futzy]

O_O (Taken out the window of a gondola on Mount Hua in China)
http://imgur.com/X5vhD.jpg
I went on one higher off the ground and in a spinning gondola somewhere in cali

[Cojafoji]

That street map is awesome. Reminds me of that scene in Star Trek First Contact when they look down and Data is all like "9 billion, all borg."

[MetKiller Joe]

Ender's Game in anime form:

http://www.scificool.com/images/2008/04/enders-game-pic.jpg

[Heathen]

Ender's Game in anime form:

http://www.scificool.com/images/2008/04/enders-game-pic.jpg

ZoE?

[paladin]

Uh, click the link?

It's some guy's Halloween costume: a faceted 3D model of his head, enlarged.

That guy has some really cool stuff on his portfolio. So do his friends.

[=sw=warlord]

http://i30.tinypic.com/153pt7s.jpg:eyesroll:

[Jean-Luc]

That supercell is beautiful :O

[EX12693]

That island is shitting brix.

[=sw=warlord]

too many pictures on this site.
http://www.extremeinstability.com/05-5-10.htm

[Alwin Roth]

http://www.astro.umass.edu/%7Emyun/teaching/a100/images/shotgun.jpg

obvious Bullet is Obvious.

[EX12693]

Thats... a shotshell, not a bullet

[mech]

Thats... a shotshell, not a bullet

Those are shot gun shell pellets, not a shotshell.

[ThePlague]

Uhh, that's a buckshot not a bullet.

[Warsaw]

It's series of pictures showing a wadding pushing birdshot and falling away.

:eng101:

[Gwunty]

No its just one JPEG image comprised of a series of other images who's format is not known.

[Con]

This is a place in Egypt called the White Desert.
The white rocks used to all be part of one plateau, but the blowing sand has worn it down into pillars over time.

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/4530/1232308161udttgrt.jpg

http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/6048/1238736163vdm2faf.jpg

http://img39.imageshack.us/img39/7205/whitedesert09.jpg

I want to go there :smith:

[mech]

Woah, perfect mechwarrior terrain.

[Rob Oplawar]

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs50/f/2009/313/8/d/Frigid_Warmth_by_Rahll.jpg
See, Revelations should have been snow-themed.

[TeeKup]

Where was that found.

[Ganon]

requesting sauce

[Rob Oplawar]

Where was that found.


requesting sauce

http://halo.bungie.org/news.html?item=28095

[DEElekgolo]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Operation_Crossroads_Baker_Edit.jpg
5137px × 2696px

Under water nuke form operation crossroads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Crossroads).

[Warsaw]

And that, my friends, is why nobody messes with Amurika...we blow up islands for kicks.

[=sw=warlord]

And that, my friends, is why nobody messes with Amurika...we blow up islands for kicks.
Russia would like words with you.

[Rob Oplawar]

Holy fuck. Now that's a goddamn explosion.

[Cojafoji]

the tsar bomba was more badass, not gonna lie.

[TeeKup]

A 50 megaton yield whose shockwave was still measurable the 3rd time it passed around the earth; a cloud that was over 45 kilometers high when it exploded. Windows in sweden broke because of it.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/34/Tsar01.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c9/Tsar_photo11.jpg
:phonegonk:

[Warsaw]

Already knew about that one. But a greater amount of smaller nukes is more destructive than a single big one, and the US has always had more than Russia and has always had more locations to deploy them from.

But Tsar Bomba is still the mother of all bombs, to be fair. :caruso:

[paladin]

Dont the Russians have a 200 megaton nuke?

[=sw=warlord]

Dont the Russians have a 200 megaton nuke?
They were going to make the Tsar bomba 100 MT but the scientists chickened out after realising it may be a little over the top.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_bomba
They were afraid of the nuclear fall out but even though they halved the yield they still nearly wiped out a village.
The bomb was dropped from an altitude of 10.5 kilometres (6.5 mi); it was designed to detonate at a height of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) over the land surface (4.2 kilometres (2.6 mi) over sea level) by barometric (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barometric) sensors.
The fireball (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effects_of_nuclear_explosions) touched the ground, reached nearly as high as the altitude of the release plane, and was seen and felt almost 1,000 kilometres (620 mi) from ground zero.
If it had been dropped on paris this is the radius of destruction you should expect.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Tsar_Bomba_Paris.png

Now that is a fucking nuke.:gonk:

[EX12693]

You made me not want to go to russia anymore. Who knows where they hide nukes?! :gonk:

[=sw=warlord]

You made me not want to go to russia anymore. Who knows where they hide nukes?! :gonk:
You would probably be safer in russia as i doubt they will drop a bomb on their own cities.

[EX12693]

Yea but knowing that 50 year old shit could be ANYWHERE and leaking god-knows-what... Ima stay in California. Whatever NEXT AWESOME PIC PLEASE.

[Sever]

I highly doubt that, and for one reason.

Commissars.

[cheezdue]

I recommend to have this as your wallpaper guys.
http://fc03.deviantart.net/fs51/f/2009/316/c/4/je_suis_mary__by_ravenskar.jpg

Link to the website:
http://ravenskar.deviantart.com/art/je-suis-mary-143350941

[paladin]

They were going to make the Tsar bomba 100 MT but the scientists chickened out after realising it may be a little over the top.


I read that last night. I remember hearing in my US history class in 11th grade that the Russians developed a 200 megaton warhead, the largest in any arsenal. It would literally incinerate 2/3 of the US on impact.

Also, why the fuck would the Us need 30k and Russian 40k nuclear warheads? Would we really ever need that many if a war broke out? (note US and Russia now have >3000 now)

[Jean-Luc]

Also, why the fuck would the Us need 30k and Russian 40k nuclear warheads? Would we really ever need that many if a war broke out? (note US and Russia now have >3000 now)
Of course we wouldn't. I read a theory a while back that if you target several massive pyroclastic volcanoes and use a nuclear warhead on them the resulting eruptions and ash would effectively bring upon nuclear winter and the population would starve to death.

Whether or not that's actually possible, I don't know.

[Warsaw]

Trust me, we'd find an alternative way to grow food...we wouldn't starve to death.

Also, that would make a p cool wallpaper cheezdue...

[paladin]

Fallout ftw... Brahman meat and Salisbury steaks....

[Bodzilla]

I read that last night. I remember hearing in my US history class in 11th grade that the Russians developed a 200 megaton warhead, the largest in any arsenal. It would literally incinerate 2/3 of the US on impact.

Also, why the fuck would the Us need 30k and Russian 40k nuclear warheads? Would we really ever need that many if a war broke out? (note US and Russia now have >3000 now)
it's all about second strike. If they bombed us we'd bomb them so hard it wouldnt be worth it for them. and vice versa.

a necessary evil tbh.

[Heathen]

Fallout ftw... Brahman meat and Salisbury steaks....

Iguana on a stick.

[paladin]

Ha...

http://www.treehugger.com/thermonuclear-nuke-explosion-photo23.jpg

I saw this on Wikipedia as well. I think its a French Fission bomb. Its the pic real?

Also, moar nuke pics pls.

E: space pic of Tsar Bomb

http://www.techdigest.tv/nuclear_explosion.jpg

e2: Photoshopped but....

http://www.zastavki.com/pictures/1024x768/2009/3D-graphics_Nuclear_explosion_014398_.jpg


Looks like a zit on Earth's chin

[InnerGoat]

Also, moar nuke pics pls.

E: space pic of Tsar Bomb

http://www.techdigest.tv/nuclear_explosion.jpg


That's Yeso.


I'll upload some stuff for you tomorrow if I remember~

e: better yet, have videos http://www.sonicbomb.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=39

[annihilation]

http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/3323/1258423867194.jpg
It's shoped but still cool.

[=sw=warlord]

it's all about
(http://www.modacity.net/forums/www.wikipedia.org)Mutualy assured destruction (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_assured_destruction)

. If they bombed us we'd bomb them so hard it wouldnt be worth it for them. and vice versa.

a necessary evil tbh.
Ftfy.

[annihilation]

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/224/511234695_0e2a8e3b71_o.jpg

[Jean-Luc]

Yeesh. Now that's a bomb.

[annihilation]

Sup, I heard you wanted bombs.
http://hubpages.com/u/663434.jpg
http://hubpages.com/u/663423.jpg
http://hubpages.com/u/663421.jpg
http://hubpages.com/u/663419.jpg
http://hubpages.com/u/663431.jpg
http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/4951/1258444731471.jpg

btw
What the hell happend to Rossmum?

[paladin]

banned

[Bodzilla]

he's in the army, left the other day.

wont here from him for a while.

[ThePlague]

Didn't know this was a Post Your Nukes thread :\

[Heathen]

Well know you know.

[TeeKup]

explosion

Did someone blow up a Gundam?

[Jean-Luc]

Didn't know this was a Post Your Nukes thread :\
That's because nuclear explosions are fuckin beautiful :neckbeard: