Given the era I'm surprised it wasn't removed with a nuclear bomb. I know the Canadians were in discussion with the US about using nuclear bombs to soften and crack tar sands about the same time as part of Ploughshares.
[QUOTE=Kecske;51838827]There was an ice dam on the river which basically collected any floating trash for days now, most of which were grabbed by ice from the riverbank, so it's not that like usually.
Speaking of grabbing, this ice flow caused another dramatic event to unravel:
[I]Meet Jani, a man who will protect his ferry, even if he has to stand against the forces of nature[/I]
[video=youtube;VRjtxRUDMak]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRjtxRUDMak[/video][/QUOTE]
Where can I see the whole thing with English subs?
[QUOTE=joshuadim;51838674][t]http://i.imgur.com/elyVhsP.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
Wasn't this a one in a million snap that the photographer happen to look up and take at just the right moment?
[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/ifbDG4.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE]On the steps of ghats on a river in Kolkata, India, a setting sun was interrupted by blue clouds. Your Shot photographer Abhishek Murmu happened to be standing right where the sky split in two.[/QUOTE]
[url]http://www.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/2017/02/ghats-river-kolkata/[/url]
[QUOTE=joshuadim;51838674][t]http://i.imgur.com/elyVhsP.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
Holy fucking shit, that is nothing short of amazing.
[QUOTE=Synecdoche;51840371][img]http://i.cubeupload.com/YpH2eA.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
What do you call this genre of art? 90s corporate abstract or something like that?
It reminds of some stock photos found in catalogs that my dad used to own that generally looked something like this:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/CdpcMlK.png[/t]
You know, with all the fucking motifs like grass, primitive shapes, red green and blue, and corporate business men.
[QUOTE=Skerion;51840774]What do you call this genre of art? 90s corporate abstract or something like that?[/QUOTE]
I'm not quite sure what to call it.
[img]http://i.cubeupload.com/VQYxKE.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=Skerion;51840774]What do you call this genre of art? 90s corporate abstract or something like that?
It reminds of some stock photos found in catalogs that my dad used to own that generally looked something like this:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/CdpcMlK.png[/t]
You know, with all the fucking motifs like grass, primitive shapes, red green and blue, and corporate business men.[/QUOTE]I call it "90s math book."
[img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CaJ4CFJWYAAnhjB.jpg:large[/img]
[QUOTE=Crumpet;51840653]
Design Sheet
[t]https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/19esnjc9l0ttxjpg.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
Reminds me of the Color Guide to Expo 86. There was a massive binder made that was used to standardize all the colors, signs and public fixtures so no matter where you went everything followed a theme.
[img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/50/3b/3c/503b3c15908ae8ea4406601eddc97e5d.jpg[/img]
There's a christian theme park in Florida, called the Holy Land Experience
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/HLE_Passion.jpg/2880px-HLE_Passion.jpg[/img]
Man I'm kinda tempted to see what the fuck they have to offer
They better have a river rapids ride based of Noah's Ark.
Writing directions of the world:
[IMG]https://i.imgur.com/DFNFbrp.png[/IMG]
How does one read a language efficiently that can be written in both directions?
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51841827]How does one read a language efficiently that can be written in both directions?[/QUOTE]
Maybe they have two languages with two different directions
[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/q3Eon6.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51841827]How does one read a language efficiently that can be written in both directions?[/QUOTE]
Vertical. I think for most of them it's multiple writing systems. Japanese and Chinese have like three or four different systems in them.
[QUOTE=Synecdoche;51842210][t]http://i.cubeupload.com/q3Eon6.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
What is with that giant dick bulge?
[QUOTE=shian;51841676]There's a christian theme park in Florida, called the Holy Land Experience
[img]https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/HLE_Passion.jpg/2880px-HLE_Passion.jpg[/img]
Man I'm kinda tempted to see what the fuck they have to offer[/QUOTE]
It's a cheesy tourist park
[QUOTE=pentium;51843449]What is with that giant dick bulge?[/QUOTE]
Some men are just well endowed.
I love totalitarian architecture
From the Soviet Union:
[QUOTE]Unapologetic in their colossal scale and glorification of the totalitarian state, these gigantic structures dominate urban landscapes of the former Eastern Bloc countries, still capable either to inspire dreams of imperial grandeur, or resurrect ghosts of dark abuses of power.
Unlike much of German architecture created in the Nazi period, buildings and other structures from the Stalinist era are still are very much with us, some being built after Stalin’s death in 1953, but in the same style as that prevalent in the 1930’s and 1940’s. Examples of Stalinist architecture, mostly in Russia and the former Soviet republics, but also in Eastern Europe, are quite well known. This article examines a selection of the more notable buildings and monuments, as well as some of the planned projects that never materialized.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]The champions of the communist world made a point of expressing the perceived superiority of their political system at the 1937 International Exposition, when the pavilions of Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union defiantly faced each other in Paris:[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-VFdh6K6GX7I/UP9CfWS3B_I/AAAAAAACDCc/ZPPJx5WPvD8/s900/aa1.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7kLYLWpAERg/UP9CgD7M3KI/AAAAAAACDCk/NVS1MYrplzs/s900/aa2.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]The Palace of the Soviets was to have been a huge congress facility and administrative building located close to the Kremlin. Had the final version been completed, it would have been the world’s tallest structure:[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/--d6oSiACph4/UP9ChM63FhI/AAAAAAACDC0/pMhZFAoNSbM/s900/aa4.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]The contest to choose a winning design for the Palace ofthe Soviets took place between 1931 and 1933. Here are a few of the ideas that were considered: perhaps the most grandiose was the entry by Boris Iofan, Vladimir Schuko and Vladimir Gelfreich (1934-35 version):[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-t1oA0Vjt5VU/UP9Cjqo2AYI/AAAAAAACDDU/uLDS3GEL4Go/s900/aa8.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]Very interesting proposal by Italian architect Armando Brasini, displaying quite different approach:[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PNBFsfqENH0/UP9CofjIz0I/AAAAAAACDEU/JIquZ1NShsg/s900/aa16.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-uw6Y1_RNggs/UP9CpEtlOqI/AAAAAAACDEc/xJl7b5JDun8/s900/aa17.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]Here is the very impressive interior hall proposed for the Palace, filled with radiant light:[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n1tx1AogYxM/UP9CkJhHPvI/AAAAAAACDDc/NAiGpY2XU8s/s900/aa9.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]The historically rich area around the Palace was supposed to be razed to the ground and filled with new huge buildings... thus becoming one of the biggest unrealized architectural projects in history - and a symbol of the Victorious Socialism and the new Moscow:[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-xkR0C-ublrI/UP9Cph0Mt_I/AAAAAAACDEk/Gr3En0_K3ms/s900/aa18.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]Artists of Social Realism School began to include the Palace of the Soviets into their propaganda paintings:[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-joZSw5aptlM/UP9ClaWbHQI/AAAAAAACDDs/nGKS5Kke5ts/s900/a11.jpg[/IMG]
[B][url=http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2013/01/totalitarian-architecture-of-soviet.html]More architecture from the Soviet Union.[/url]
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From Nazi Germany:
[QUOTE]Fascist and communist governments in the first half of the twentieth century both created monumental architecture, largely to intimidate their people and showcase the regime's strengths.
In a totalitarian system such as existed in Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, the government attempted to control every aspect of daily life. It used architecture to some degree to achieve this, to firmly establish its authority leaving no doubt as to who was in charge. One of the chief aims of Nazi architecture was also to reflect the beliefs of National Socialism, celebrate the German national identity and glorify the idea of the master Aryan race, as perceived by Hitler and his associates.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZus8bDmq8I/AAAAAAAA6cA/0cqV8NLSyMU/s800/tyjery6jtrjyg.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]There was no official Nazi architectural style although most of the structures and monuments designed by Albert Speer and others imitated Imperial Rome. Hitler was an admirer of the Roman Empire and imagined himself to be creating a realm to both rival and then surpass that of the Caesars. The Nazis, who dismissed much of the customary decoration and used only the raw, muscular elements, exaggerated the classical Roman style, which portrayed their ideal image of a strong, warlike state. This was known as stripped classicism and was not only used in Germany, but was relatively popular in other countries as well in the inter war period.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZus4yuVaCI/AAAAAAAA6as/xRLLVmy2XvM/s640/ryhjrsthsrfthf.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZusm1bL5XI/AAAAAAAA6W4/18iSEwRRurI/s640/erthrwthwert.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]Hitler had Speer, his favoured architect, design plans for the rebuilding of Berlin. This was a monumental task in itself, to create Welthauptstadt ("World Capital") Germania, the new city, which would be the capital of German-dominated Europe. The photographs of the plans for Hitler's city survive to this day in the German federal archives.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZuseVxEdKI/AAAAAAAA6Uo/eZLKp7BDLPc/s800/qwerqwerwer.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]A grand boulevard, three miles in length, to be known as Prachtstrasse, ("Street of Magnificence") would run from north to south. A huge arch would be located at the southern end, which would be almost 400 feet high and able to fit Paris' Arc de Triomphe inside it. At the northern end would be the Volkshalle ("People's Hall"), an enormous domed building designed to be the centrepiece of the new Berlin.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZusgz5tlpI/AAAAAAAA6VM/pZIfior6o3Y/s640/ertherthdgfgd.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZusgL-OcBI/AAAAAAAA6VA/OZqcvUVBgc4/s800/swgtrhwegtregtfrd.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]An even bigger stadium, the Deutsches Stadion, designed for some 400,000 people, was planned for Nuremberg, but the project was abandoned shortly after the foundations were completed.
Had the stadium actually been built it would still be the largest arena of its kind in the world.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZusyEFts-I/AAAAAAAA6Yo/2ejuGdlEqws/s640/ryjrthjrtrhyt.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]The Reich Chancellery, built to intimidate:
Another building that was actually finished was the new Reich Chancellery, which was built in only nine months after Hitler asked Speer to design it in early 1938. The structure's Marble Gallery alone was twice as long as the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles and measured 480 feet in length. The complete collection of rooms making up the approach to Hitler's reception gallery was 725 feet long, while Hitler's private office was 400 square metres.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZuskJPZXYI/AAAAAAAA6WI/cK291-gqdD8/s640/sdtrhswethewgtrde.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZuswe-CdBI/AAAAAAAA6YE/gTWvZPtNH-8/s640/tyjeryjrtgf.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZus7abZD4I/AAAAAAAA6bo/LOMZpCBrSW8/s640/tyjeryjtyjgt.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE]Allied bombing took a huge toll on German cities and Berlin suffered greatly in the Soviet assault in the spring of 1945. Some buildings however survived intact or are still visible as ruins. Some of the better known structures are in Nuremberg, site of the huge Nazi rallies throughout the thirties.
The Zeppelinfield Arena was one of Speer's first projects for the party in 1934 and was based on the Pergamon Altar, an ancient Greek structure, which has featured in lists of wonders of the world. Used for the enormous Nazi rallies and party ceremonies, the arena was built on a huge scale and could hold 240,000 people.[/QUOTE]
[IMG]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZusw1hTd6I/AAAAAAAA6YQ/luo5NR-oMIo/s640/ery6jurtherthrf.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_hVOW2U7K4-M/SZusipmW28I/AAAAAAAA6V8/LmqXc9LQhkM/s640/etrhertherthwefd.jpg[/IMG]
[B]
[url=http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2009/02/totalitarian-architecture-of-third.html]More architecture from Nazi Germany.[/url][/B]
eels have xenomorph mouths
[vid]http://i.imgur.com/seAtAXr.mp4[/vid]
Xenomorphs have eel mouths:eng101s:
[QUOTE=Blazyd;51843536][IMG]http://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-PNBFsfqENH0/UP9CofjIz0I/AAAAAAACDEU/JIquZ1NShsg/s900/aa16.jpg[/IMG]
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this is some sci-fi shit
i'd vote stalin if it got this building made tbh
They all look like it'll be perfect for wolfenstein
[QUOTE=Emperor Scorpious II;51841827]How does one read a language efficiently that can be written in both directions?[/QUOTE]
There's this [url]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boustrophedon[/url]
[t]http://i.cubeupload.com/WYEBvP.jpeg[/t]
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