amazing science/nature images

How's life?
Post Reply
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

Image
Top
User avatar
TOS
Posts: 40893
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:48 pm

Post by TOS »

holy cow! is that real?
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

TOS wrote: holy cow! is that real?


I have my doubts too, but if it isn't, it's a good representation of nature :p

If real, the camera is attached to a boat, and the orca is chasing it. And you can see the trail of the boat before you see the whale.
Top
User avatar
TOS
Posts: 40893
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:48 pm

Post by TOS »

ukimalefu wrote:
TOS wrote: holy cow! is that real?


I have my doubts too, but if it isn't, it's a good representation of nature :p

If real, the camera is attached to a boat, and the orca is chasing it. And you can see the trail of the boat before you see the whale.


i really, really want it to be real

i'm not even going to google it
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
Top
User avatar
Kirk
Posts: 25939
Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:09 pm
Location: SLO

Post by Kirk »

TOS wrote:
ukimalefu wrote:
TOS wrote: holy cow! is that real?
I have my doubts too, but if it isn't, it's a good representation of nature :p

If real, the camera is attached to a boat, and the orca is chasing it. And you can see the trail of the boat before you see the whale.
i really, really want it to be real

i'm not even going to google it

My guess would be not real. The orca would be swimming madly. We would see his tail moving up and down vigorously at his rear.
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

found the video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tau8up04Igo

It looks a lot smoother on video, but you can still believe it's fake if you want. It still looks awesome.
Top
User avatar
Lombo
Posts: 2290
Joined: Tue Jan 22, 2008 10:03 pm
Title: Opiophile

Post by Lombo »

This thread is awesome !
Top
User avatar
Kirk
Posts: 25939
Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:09 pm
Location: SLO

Post by Kirk »

OK, so real, still seems weird not to see the tail fin going in that particular orca, yet see it on the rest in that video.
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

Image
Top
User avatar
Robert
Posts: 4241
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2008 2:56 pm
Title: Dandy Highwayman
Location: Wherever I go, there I am.

Post by Robert »

Kirk wrote: OK, so real, still seems weird not to see the tail fin going in that particular orca, yet see it on the rest in that video.


That's because you're looking at the whale from the front. When you view it from that angle, you see the face and not the tail end.

For example, in this front-angled photo of a dog you also do not see the tail.

Image
"Hey, I gotta be me. Don't like it, don't read it." - Schnicky
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

Image
Top
User avatar
juice
Posts: 13005
Joined: Wed Jan 23, 2008 12:26 am
Title: Inadvertently correct

Post by juice »

This thread gets more awesome.
Top
User avatar
DEyncourt
Posts: 20405
Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:38 am

Post by DEyncourt »

But please PLEASE PLEASE mention the location if you can.

An Google image search got me this article on the Hong Son Doong (cave) in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park of Vietnam.

Here is a photo-essay on this cave.
Top
User avatar
TOS
Posts: 40893
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:48 pm

Post by TOS »

DEyncourt wrote: But please PLEASE PLEASE mention the location if you can.

An Google image search got me this article on the Hong Son Doong (cave) in Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park of Vietnam.

Here is a photo-essay on this cave.


not ure where it is, but i do know it's very far away

maybe uranus
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
Top
User avatar
maurvir
Posts: 27169
Joined: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:13 pm
Title: Steamed meat popsicle

Post by maurvir »

This channel is da bomb.

No, seriously. It's declassified high-speed captures of nuclear tests.
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

Image
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

Image
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

this is abalone

Image
Top
User avatar
Kirk
Posts: 25939
Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:09 pm
Location: SLO

Post by Kirk »

Abalone shells, particularly the pink ones, are gorgeous up close, even before polishing ;)
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

Image
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

As a matter of fact it's all dark.

Image
Top
User avatar
TOS
Posts: 40893
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:48 pm

Post by TOS »

physics!

Image
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
Top
User avatar
maurvir
Posts: 27169
Joined: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:13 pm
Title: Steamed meat popsicle

Post by maurvir »

Image
Top
User avatar
user
Posts: 29386
Joined: Fri Jan 18, 2008 4:40 pm
Title: Stupid cockwomble

Post by user »

Image
Aw, he's no fun, he fell right over.

Science is Truth for Life. In FORTRAN tongue the Answer.

...so I'm supposed to find the Shadow King from inside a daiquiri?
Top
User avatar
obvs
Posts: 28953
Joined: Sat Jan 12, 2008 8:44 pm
Title: Socialist isn't an epithet;it's a badge.

Post by obvs »

I didn't know Earth Girls Are Easy was a nature movie.
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

Image
Top
User avatar
maurvir
Posts: 27169
Joined: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:13 pm
Title: Steamed meat popsicle

Post by maurvir »

Image
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

Image
Top
User avatar
jkahless
Posts: 6660
Joined: Sun Nov 14, 2010 1:09 pm
Title: Custom Title

Post by jkahless »

TOS wrote: apparently not


I thought it looked like Alaska. Yeah, some of the harbours there are in fjords, and they get real deep as soon as you go a few feet from shore.
Top
User avatar
TOS
Posts: 40893
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:48 pm

Post by TOS »

why texting and walking can be dangerous

Image
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
Top
User avatar
Pariah
Posts: 23485
Joined: Fri Mar 07, 2008 5:45 pm
Title: Know Your Enemy

Post by Pariah »

TOS wrote: why texting and walking can be dangerous

Image

At least that guy was smart enough to run. I probably woulda been like "hey big guy, want some of my sandwich"?
Not even duct tape will fix stupid, but it can muffle the sound.
Top
User avatar
DEyncourt
Posts: 20405
Joined: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:38 am

Post by DEyncourt »

A microburst event picks up 2 small planes, flys them in different directions.
Top
User avatar
TOS
Posts: 40893
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:48 pm

Post by TOS »



holy crap that's so wild

someone message dan and ask him how common that sort of thing is
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
Top
User avatar
Kirk
Posts: 25939
Joined: Mon Feb 04, 2008 5:09 pm
Location: SLO

Post by Kirk »

Pariah wrote:
TOS wrote: why texting and walking can be dangerous

Image

At least that guy was smart enough to run. I probably woulda been like "hey big guy, want some of my sandwich"?

No, running is very bad. It can cause the animal to reflexively give chase and attack. Back away slowly while making yourself look as big as possible. Hold your arms over your head, yell, take off a jacket and wave it around, etc.
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

Image
Top
User avatar
TOS
Posts: 40893
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:48 pm

Post by TOS »

spotted: apparent "automated ground crew" for use aboard space-x landing barge

Image
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
Top
User avatar
ukimalefu
Posts: 49470
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:52 pm
Title: Bug in the Machine
Contact:
Contact ukimalefu

Post by ukimalefu »

TOS wrote: spotted: apparent "automated ground crew" for use aboard space-x landing barge

space-x thingie


we’ll let Reddit name it for us


oh no...

Droneship McDroneshipface
Top
User avatar
TOS
Posts: 40893
Joined: Mon Jan 21, 2013 5:48 pm

Post by TOS »

Image
"TOS ain’t havin no horserace round here. “Policies” is the coin of the realm." -- iDaemon
Top
User avatar
maurvir
Posts: 27169
Joined: Mon Nov 15, 2010 10:13 pm
Title: Steamed meat popsicle

Post by maurvir »

Image
Top
User avatar
dv
Posts: 30878
Joined: Wed Jan 16, 2008 3:42 pm

Post by dv »

ukimalefu wrote:
TOS wrote: spotted: apparent "automated ground crew" for use aboard space-x landing barge

space-x thingie


we’ll let Reddit name it for us


oh no...

Droneship McDroneshipface

Dunno... I could see a "Unimatrix 001" making the cut.
Image
Top
Post Reply

Return to “Unplugged”