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[QUOTE=lekkimsm;41607563]This is a 97 year old, partially blind man, who's been using MSpaint, to paints these with: [img]http://geekologie.com/2013/07/25/the-pixel-painter.jpg[/img] [img]http://geekologie.com/2013/07/25/the-pixel-painter-5.jpg[/img] [img]http://geekologie.com/2013/07/25/the-pixel-painter-4.jpg[/img] [img]http://geekologie.com/2013/07/25/the-pixel-painter-3.jpg[/img] [img]http://geekologie.com/2013/07/25/the-pixel-painter-2.jpg[/img] [video=vimeo;70748579]http://vimeo.com/70748579[/video] You can even buy some of his pieces here! [url]http://hallasko.com/collections/prints[/url][/QUOTE] That was incredibly heartwarming, it's so nice to see things like this. Thank you for cheering up my night. :)

[IMG]http://spaceweather.com/submissions/pics/g/Gerardo-Connon-IMG_2975_1374751078.jpg[/IMG] Rare Nacreous clouds. [QUOTE]Atmospheric optics expert Les Cowley explains the special conditions required to create such a cloud: "Take an unusually cold lower [URL="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/hat1.htm"]stratosphere[/URL] (15-25km high), use some [URL="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/highsky/hgrav.htm"]gravity waves[/URL] generated by high winds and storms in the [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troposphere"]troposphere[/URL] to stir in some water vapour, and -- voilà! You get these clouds made of [URL="http://www.atoptics.co.uk/highsky/psc1.htm"]tiny ice crystals[/URL] shining after sunset with unforgettably bright iridescent colors."[/QUOTE] Man they look so alien. [editline]28th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=urbanmonkey;41595211][IMG]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQC4nv-CIAAQUcO.jpg:large[/IMG][/QUOTE] Coming from the Finnish countryside where there's no light pollution. I can say that it doesn't look like that at all. At best, the milky way looks like a slightly glowing "cloud" at the corner of your eye. The milky way is only that bright if you have take a picture of it with a high shutter time.

[QUOTE=urbanmonkey;41595211][img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQC4nv-CIAAQUcO.jpg:large[/img][/QUOTE] If I'm in the middle of the countryside miles away from any city I see loads of stars but never like that

[QUOTE=matt.ant;41617909]If I'm in the middle of the countryside miles away from any city I see loads of stars but never like that[/QUOTE] From what I understand, there are so many cities and towns spread across North America that there is no where on the continent (save probably the Arctic) that you can see the sky perfectly like that. There are some spots that it's somewhat clear, but not like those images. I would bet the same goes for Europe and parts of Asia. [editline]27th July 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=Trunk Monkay;41597676]Night time sky is pretty and all, but having electricity and being able to see inside my house at night is pretty damn great. I really wouldn't consider it a shame that we can't see it in certain areas.[/QUOTE] Light [I]inside[/I] your home really isn't the issue :v:

[QUOTE=urbanmonkey;41595211][img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQC4nv-CIAAQUcO.jpg:large[/img][/QUOTE] So if the world lost the nite-lites for a night, we'd all be able to see what only a mere few see in a barren desert, with no cities or town around them?

Speaking of star stuff: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Z3cVQcfb-w[/media] I want to go to one of these soooooo bad.

architectural hermit crab shells by Aki Inomata! [img]http://www.designboom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/aki-inomata-hermit-crab-shells-designboom-03.jpg[/img] [quote]japanese artist aki inomata creates intricately crafted plastic habitats for hermit crabs, which are influenced by the architecture of major cityscapes -- the new york city skyline, a parisian apartment, and a tokyo-style house. the semi-transparent, delicate forms are designed in the style of physical human environments, which ironically become a shelter for the aquatic arthropods. the biology of the hermit crab makes it a fascinating example of identity transfer -- as they grow they require larger shells and periodically interchange their external portion with other members of the crustacean community. inomata connects her study of the hermit's transformation to the self-adaptation of humans, whether it be in acquiring a new nationality, immigrating or relocating.[/quote] [img]http://www.designboom.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/aki-inomata-hermit-crab-shells-designboom-05.jpg[/img] [url=http://www.designboom.com/art/architecturally-influenced-hermit-crab-habitats-by-aki-inomata/]source[/url]

[QUOTE=urbanmonkey;41595211][img]https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BQC4nv-CIAAQUcO.jpg:large[/img][/QUOTE] While not to the extent as bright as it is made out to be in this image, I have friend who lives on a farm about 400KM away from the closest city, which if the sky is clear, you can see every little detail very, very clearly. I'm actually going to be heading out there in a few weeks so I might try to get some pictures.

The cleveland ballon festival 1986 [IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8383/8599731279_ff0e2388cf_b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8600828756_d494b73767_z.jpg[/IMG] Here's a news reportage about it with video of the event: [video=youtube;EWTBsIyoox0]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWTBsIyoox0[/video]

Some malicious sparks could have proved to be a fucking bitch!

[QUOTE=pansarkurt;41624702]The cleveland ballon festival 1986[/QUOTE] Imagine throwing a burning torch into all those helium baloons

What a waste of helium

[img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/28/article-2380370-1B079E77000005DC-24_634x355.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/28/article-2380370-1B079EB3000005DC-650_634x381.jpg[/img] [img]http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/28/article-2380370-1B07A067000005DC-747_634x880.jpg[/img] Supposed to look like this: [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lGHt7Eylyg8/UGIZFz4GVOI/AAAAAAAABvY/DDES07ftO7c/s1600/Fiat-500-Abarth-Black.jpg[/img]

That's mildly unsettling.

Screams Deviantart at me for some reason.

[QUOTE=Pvt. Martin;41628214]Screams Deviantart at me for some reason.[/QUOTE] [t]http://www.dorotheum.com/uploads/pics/091125ErwinWurm_01.jpg[/t] This is how a deviantart car would look like.

[QUOTE=pansarkurt;41624702]The cleveland ballon festival 1986 [IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8383/8599731279_ff0e2388cf_b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8088/8600828756_d494b73767_z.jpg[/IMG] [/QUOTE] RIP 1.5 million aquatic animals

Imagine if a helicopter or a plane flew threw that mass of balloons.

I'd feel sorry for the poor bastard holding the string :v:

[QUOTE=da_maul;41607873]Welcome to America, where the teachers unions prevent bad teachers from being fired. They say its so teachers won't just get fired for shits and giggles, but we don't tend to fire good teachers. In the end the entirety of the country is suffering because of the lack of education our youth is getting, causing our country to start to have to import smart people. Eventually we're going to run out of money to import stuff, and then America is going to be shit out of luck.[/QUOTE] Perhaps it was because I was raised in a community so small the high school only has approximately 300 students, but I enjoyed my education.

perhaps because you had nothing to compare it to? i don't wanna sound arrogant but i've studied in a catholic school, then a normal one and then did a year in america (a high school with 1300 students), and now i can clearly see what i thought was good, what was bad and what worked better in each school

my highschool has ~300 people in it, but theres a bunch of other highscools with upwards of 600+ people in the same city i've heard my school has the best teachers out of all of them

My highschool has about 2000 students and it's not as if I live in a big city. It's weird to think of such a small highscool.

at least in america, i think SMALLER cities have bigger schools because it's one school for an entire area usually, while in big cities there's more choices and thus less people in the same school

The highschool I went to freshman year had 26 people in it. It's cool to know everyone in the entire school.

what the fuck my classes here have like 60 people

[QUOTE=Zukriuchen;41632632]what the fuck my classes here have like 60 people[/QUOTE] That was the total amount of students in my old school.

So here's what the recent war in EVE Online looked like. [img]http://i.imgur.com/fqENlqO.jpg[/img] [sp]You're looking at 4000 players there.[/sp]

[QUOTE=kirby2112;41632206]The highschool I went to freshman year had 26 people in it. It's cool to know everyone in the entire school.[/QUOTE] We were like 14 people in my school, counting the teachers. 8th and 9th grade I was all alone in class. Thank god the school didn't have proms and crap like that.

that's a lot of pew