Awesome Pictures Thread

[Khaldun]

My insane science teacher in middle school used to buy a sizeable brick of sodium once a year, line up all the kids at the back of the room, get a big metal tub of water, drop the sodium in with tongs and run to the back of the room. Then he'd have all the kids stand on a pair of small towels, two for each of us, and mop up the sodium hydroxide by 'skating' around the mess near the tub. (We put on rubber gloves to pick up the towels and deposit them into a receptacle).

The ceiling tiles of his classroom above where he would do the demo had been entirely pitted away.

After about seven years of this, the local fire marshal got wind of it and descended on the school like the wrath of God.

[01101010]

My insane science teacher in middle school used to buy a sizeable brick of sodium once a year, line up all the kids at the back of the room, get a big metal tub of water, drop the sodium in with tongs and run to the back of the room. Then he'd have all the kids stand on a pair of small towels, two for each of us, and mop up the sodium hydroxide by 'skating' around the mess near the tub. (We put on rubber gloves to pick up the towels and deposit them into a receptacle).

The ceiling tiles of his classroom above where he would do the demo had been entirely pitted away.

After about seven years of this, the local fire marshal got wind of it and descended on the school like the wrath of God.

Which is why kids no longer learn anything in schools. Sometimes, you gotta do some strange shit in order to make it memorable. 

[Sky]

My lab partner and I were famous for lighting things on fire. Usually not intentional.

If not for music, I would've ended up in science. I was really into the field and even after derailing into music still took every science offering in school and majored in biochem during my first attempt at college (I was drawn to the chaos biology introduces into what was my strong suit, chemistry). Actually my for reals secret ambition was to recreate The Whisperer in Darkness machines for "manned" deep space travel.

[HaemishM]

My chemistry teacher in high school did one really cool experiment. We stilled some moonshine and he let anyone who wanted to have a taste. It wasn't enough to give a real buzz but it was pretty cool. Especially cool was when I took the same shot that a big burly football playing dude got and his teared up while I just took it without the reaction. Made me feel manly.

[apocrypha]

Ultraviolet image of the sun being eclipsed by the moon.

[Sky]

Everything under the sun is in tune!

Except Lana Del Ray.

[K9]

That sun picture is awesome. Was it taken from the ground, or a satellite?

Also, Danny Trejo is awesome

[ShenMolo]

"Striking image of multiple exposures by Ho-Yeol Ryu at Hannover Airport in Germany."

[apocrypha]

That sun picture is awesome. Was it taken from the ground, or a satellite?

Satellite, the Solar Dynamics Observatory.


The Hannover airport picture is superb! If you tried that in the UK they'd shoot you for being a suspected muslim terrorist.

[Chimpy]

"Striking image of multiple exposures by Ho-Yeol Ryu at Hannover Airport in Germany."

I call shenanigans.

There is a Southwest plane in that picture. Southwest doesn't fly international routes.

[Merusk]

"Striking image of multiple exposures by Ho-Yeol Ryu at Hannover Airport in Germany."

Damn.. now I need a high res version.

Ed: Chimpy - It is a confirmed fake as far as multiple-exposure goes.  Still nifty.

[taolurker]

Highest resolution one google could find is here:  http://i.imgur.com/XEmCJ.jpg

Highest rez on Tineye was only 1024x768.

Appears like a shop to me.
 Edit: Yeah very confirmed, also was suspicious of being new to me to, and it appears it was a New York Magazine cover from 2007 (via tineye).

Also, obligatory awesome picture thread addition. May or may not be a BW, but at least I'm not just typing something in a thread for images.

French artist specializing in bizarre images

[apocrypha]

Honestly, these days, I don't really care if it's shopped. It's still a great image. It'd be more awesome if it was just multiple exposure - although even that would require extensive image manipulation or else the scene would be grossly overexposed.

Edit: talking about the airport picture :)

[Draegan]

There's a video somewhere (I can't remember if it was on this board or another) of him doing all of that.

[Raging Turtle]

[Sky]

That woman is my fucking hero. I want to attend metal shows with her.

[RhyssaFireheart]

Her expression totally makes that pic for me.   

[01101010]

 

[Tale]

Jon Snow's funeral? Dunno.

[apocrypha]

Best costume ever.

[MuffinMan]

[ShenMolo]

[Tale]

Apparently this is the scar of a man struck by lightning.

[pxib]

Any major electrical shock will do.

[Cheddar]

Apparently this is the scar of a man struck by lightning.

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That is freaking awesome.  I would get a tattoo in all black mirroring it on the other arm.

[cironian]

Lightning scar reminds me of this image:


(might be a BW, but definitely awesome)

[Hawkbit]

That's the kind of shit that forms superheroes.

[Selby]

Lightning scar reminds me of this image:

Hey!  It's the Z Machine!  My department in college had pictures all over the wall from it and others around the world that they contributed to.

[Samwise]

Any major electrical shock will do.

brb, jamming fork into wall socket.  Wish me luck.

[Khaldun]

Getting hit by lightning is no fun. But it would have been much better if I'd gotten a scar like that.

[Selby]

Getting hit by lightning is no fun. But it would have been much better if I'd gotten a scar like that.

It really isn't.  I've got some electrical burns on my hands, comes with the territory.  People are sometimes impressed, but eh.

[Abagadro]

Getting hit by lightning is no fun. But it would have been much better if I'd gotten a scar like that.

Wait, are you saying you were hit by lightning?  You can't just drop that tidbit without more.

[luckton]

[tgr]

[01101010]

I call it getting ahead...