Narf the Mouse Posted December 10, 2009 Report Share Posted December 10, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Huh, cool. Wonder what it was - The "Missile exhaust/gas from explosion" one sounds likely, but I don't have the internet for video viewing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSgt Baloo Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Mystery as spiral blue light display hovers above Norway Well, that explains the mysterious atmospheric disturbance that frightened the hell outta me and several friends when I was 10 years old. My buddies and I had been playing our version of "stick ball" thought it might be the start of a nuclear attack so we all went home. ISTR reading something about a missile launched from Vandenberg AFB in the paper but I had no other confirmation. It looked just like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Note to self: Flashy-thing Baloo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted December 11, 2009 Report Share Posted December 11, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Cool close up of a spider behind spoiler. Do not click if you are arachnophobic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Awww, it's a cute l'il jumping spider! Looks like a female, from the pedipalps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Pedipalps! Is that all you biped males think about? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted December 12, 2009 Report Share Posted December 12, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Not really; the great big anime eyes are also pretty nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Awww' date=' it's a cute l'il jumping spider! Looks like a female, from the pedipalps.[/quote'] "L'il"? That round thing it's pawing is the great shield of the fighter it just finished off! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDrPuma Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures "L'il"? That round thing it's pawing is the great shield of the fighter it just finished off! If you look very closely, I think you can see the Phial of Galadriel in the corner there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted December 13, 2009 Report Share Posted December 13, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures If you look very closely' date=' I think you can see the Phial of Galadriel in the corner there.[/quote'] ...All is proceeding according to plan. Excccellent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matrix3 Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures An octopus hiding in the coconut it was carrying. The researchers noticed that the animals were frequently using their approximately 6-inch-long (15-centimeter-long) tentacles to carry coconut shells bigger than their roughly 3-inch-wide (8-centimeter-wide) bodies. An octopus would dig up the two halves of a coconut shell, then use them as protective shielding when stopping in exposed areas or when resting in sediment. This, on its own, astonished the team. Then they noticed that the octopuses, after using the coconut shells, would arrange them neatly below the centers of their bodies and "walk" around with the shells—awkwardly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 14, 2009 Report Share Posted December 14, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures An octopus hiding in the coconut it was carrying. A split coconut? I bet it stole it from King Arthur! Horse thief!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures That's not a sea horse - you've got eight coconuts and you're bangin' them together! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Next they'll be using sticks as artificial bones. (rep to the first person to recognize the reference) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures The octo pegleg on Family Guy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Narf the Mouse Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures *Snip stealth Octopus* An octopus hiding in the coconut it was carrying. Awesome. Also, some birds use twig-spears to catch worms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Celt Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Next they'll be using sticks as artificial bones. (rep to the first person to recognize the reference) Bones in Star Trek? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted December 15, 2009 Report Share Posted December 15, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Video here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Video here! Two thoughts: "I am the Great and Powerful Turtle!" -or- Let me be the first to welcome our new Cephalopod Overlords. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveZilla Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Next they'll be using sticks as artificial bones. (rep to the first person to recognize the reference) Italian scientists? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Amazing Hand Fabricated Aluminum Corsair and P51 Mustang Aluminum Model Airplanes We got this from Rides, the story of retired dentist Young C. Park whose dedicated craftsmanship has fabricated some truly amazing model airplanes using aluminum. More: http://deathby1000papercuts.com/2009/12/amazing-aluminum-corsair-and-p51-mustang-aluminum-model-airplanes/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 2009 in Photography The Big Picture blog has three posts of the year in pictures, celebrating photography of all styles and subject matter this year. From war to nature, the profound to the mundane, getting a great shot is what photographers strive for. Above is the lingering image from one of the first neat stories of the year. http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/12/2009_in_photos_part_1_of_3.html http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/12/2009_in_photos_part_2_of_3.html http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2009/12/2009_in_photos_part_3_of_3.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: "Neat" Pictures Not a neat photo, but a neat film clip. An owl landing at 1000 frames a second. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted December 19, 2009 Report Share Posted December 19, 2009 Re: Amazing Hand Fabricated Aluminum Corsair and P51 Mustang Aluminum Model Airplanes The picture above was taken by NASA’s Cassini space probe of Titan, a moon of Saturn. The glint of light at the top of the moon is of a lake — the first non-Earth lake ever seen. In Popular Science, Jeremy Hsu writes: A haze of methane enshrouds Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, and prevents scientists from seeing most sunlight reflections off the surface. But NASA’s Cassini orbiter managed to snap a stunning image of sunlight glinting off a huge, liquid methane lake — a smoking gun that confirms liquid in the northern hemisphere. Titan remains the only other planetary body besides Earth known to have liquid on its surface, and appears eerily similar to our world as far as rain and other weather patterns. But instead of liquid water, methane and ethane drizzle down from Titan’s atmosphere and fill the many lakes dotting the moon. The newly revealed visual and infrared image was taken back on July 8, just as the sun had begun to directly shine upon the northern lakes near the start of spring on Titan. Scientists matched the reflection to the southern shoreline of Kraken Mare, a lake that covers almost 150,000 square miles and sits in the northern hemisphere. More information: http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-12/first-flash-sunlight-spotted-lake-saturns-moon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeropoint Posted December 20, 2009 Report Share Posted December 20, 2009 Re: Amazing Hand Fabricated Aluminum Corsair and P51 Mustang Aluminum Model Airplanes Next they'll be using sticks as artificial bones. (rep to the first person to recognize the reference) Think webcomics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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