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Cool Pictures Thread (no chat)

Clanket · 2010-12-17 22:21:21

Hows about we start a cool pictures thread. I've seen loads of photos that are great but don't belong in the photos that shook the world thread. If it catches on, can people please give a short description of what the photo is. And provide links if you want. Here's my contribution. Lighting is seen amid the lava and ash…

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#2012 30-01-2018 12:07am
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There is something incredibly charming and quaint about this photo from 1950s London

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https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7

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This is an intact human nervous system that was dissected by 2 medical students in 1925. It took them over 1500 hours. There are only 4 of these in the world.

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Night market in Thailand.

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Carved from driftwood..

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It's a circle... and a parabola (widths increasing as it goes back)

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Stemonitis fuscais, AKA slime mould

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That's the photographer's shadow in the middle of the rainbow.

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Years and years of erosion have formed this meandering sandstone canyon in Utah's Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Below, vegetation thrives on the banks of the river that has cut through the stone for so long.

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Oxpeckers enjoy symbiotic relationships with hooved mammals in Africa, including Cape buffalo, zebras, and giraffes. The oxpecker removes ticks from hard-to-reach areas on the animals, and in return gets a tasty meal.

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Face or Dog head?

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