Awesome Pictures Thread

[lac]

http://blog.wired.com/underwire/2008/06/tron-guy-takes.html

[Oban]

Well if that is awesome...

[Miasma]

This artist rendering released by Dynamic Architecture shows a rotating skyscraper that is to be built in Dubai, in various stages of movement. An Italian architect said he is poised to start construction on the new skyscraper that will be 'the world's first building in motion,' an 80-story tower with revolving floors that give it an ever-shifting shape.
(AP Photo/Dynamic Architecture)

I doubt they'll pull it off.

[Mrbloodworth]

Well if that is awesome...

I know i just did.

[Merusk]

I doubt they'll pull it off.

Holy shit, man.  I can see pulling the cantilevers off and even the rotation but I've got to imagine that central core is about 50' across.

[SnakeCharmer]

[HaemishM]

That is... not right.

[schild]

Or so right.

[Sky]

Kinda vacillates between right and wrong.

[Lantyssa]

It's funny, but the dog is still better.  With out that, it'd just be two women in bathing suits and a silly caption.

[K9]

I saw the Dubai tower earlier, seems they have some turbine system built into each floor which powers the rotation, or the units I wasn't clear on that point. Apparently the idea is that the residents change the view as they fancy. It seems like an awesome idea, and I hope they do pull it off.

vacillates

I like this word, I think I'll endeavour to use it more often in conversation.

[Nevermore]

It's funny, but the dog is still better.  With out that, it'd just be two women in bathing suits and a silly caption.

Not once 4chan gets done with it. 

[Sky]

Also, http://www.zoho.nl/zoho2.html

[Brogarn]

Those glasses/goggles whatever are freakin cool.

[Sky]

Want them badly. Artist won't make any more.

[Oban]

[Ookii]

[schild]

There's a whole thread about that Segway.

[Sky]

[Tale]

Is that real? I never knew a) Skates/Rays aggregated into large groups b) they swam so near the surface.

If it's real that would be a sweet sight to see.

More info on these "golden rays" swimming a couple of pages back: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/06/24/earay124.xml&CMP=ILC-mostviewedbox

[Azazel]

There's a whole thread about that Segway.

linky please

[Trippy]

There's a whole thread about that Segway.

linky please

Where else would you find a thread about cops on Segways? In Serious Business:

http://forums.f13.net/index.php?topic=13644.0

[Raging Turtle]

[IainC]

Check out this YouTube video of an elephant painting other elephants.

[Azaroth]

Someone free that elephant, please.

I can't even imagine how many times it was beaten in the process of "learning" to paint that.

[Oban]

Someone free that elephant, please.

I can't even imagine how many times it was beaten in the process of "learning" to paint that.

That is pretty much exactly what I was thinking, that picture is the opposite of awesome.

[IainC]

Someone free that elephant, please.

I can't even imagine how many times it was beaten in the process of "learning" to paint that.

The elephants live in a conservation centre and are mostly former domestic animals that have either been rescued from abusive owners or adopted for other reasons. The program is humane and monitored by veterinarians.

[Prospero]

I doubt there was any beating involved. I was an elphant trainer for awhile, and one of our elephants loved to paint. She was more into abstract paintings though. We gave all the elephants a chance to paint, but she was the only one that really enjoyed it.

[Viin]

.. I was an elphant trainer for awhile ..

What? Is there anything on this forum that people haven't done? Quick, who's been a porn star?

[Oban]

What? Is there anything on this forum that people haven't done? Quick, who's been a porn star?

Uh.

[K9]

I was an elphant trainer for awhile, and one of our elephants loved to paint.

How do you get a job like that? Details please.

[Aez]

What? Is there anything on this forum that people haven't done? Quick, who's been a porn star?

Uh.

They told me that my huge e-peen was not a valuable asset in the industry...

[Prospero]

I was an elphant trainer for awhile, and one of our elephants loved to paint.

How do you get a job like that? Details please.

Strangely enough, just apply. Most people don't bother to because they don't have experience, but Marine World used to have open positions for apprentice dolphin, tiger, whale, and elephant trainers pretty much all the time, and they would hire anyone smart enough to learn.

Honestly, I got lucky.  At Marine World Africa USA you just sent in a resume to the HR department for a summer job, and they would give it to the departments they thought would be interested. I was fully expecting to be serving fries. However, I was an FFA member with some cattle experience, so they passed me off to the elephant staff instead. We had 6 Asians and 5 Africans. If it wasn't for the unlivable wage, I might have stuck with it as a career; I really loved spending my day climbing on top of 4 ton squishy behemoths.

[NiX]

I've always wondered how you become a train conductor.

[squirrel]

Someone free that elephant, please.

I can't even imagine how many times it was beaten in the process of "learning" to paint that.

That is pretty much exactly what I was thinking, that picture is the opposite of awesome.

Yeah because history has taught us that only humans can possibly express ourselves visually without violent collusion.

What?