Beautiful Sceneries

[Platypus]

Let's see, Java wants warm and sunny. How about the place my parents used to take my sisters and I camping? (sorry about the poor quality)

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Not so sunny or warm:

The cabin on a mountain in southwestern Virginia where my granddaddy hermited himself away for about a decade...

[Java]

Yay Warmth Thank you! The colors were so warm in that last winter scene it seemed warm despite the snow anyway

[Asaryu]

You want warm and sunny? I'm sure at some point Ugo will get around to posting some of his pics from his time here so far.

[Platypus]

You're welcome Java. I'm just sorry the quality of the pics wasn't very good. I'll have to go take some good digital shots at that camp ground this summer I think...

[Java]

:) You're all so kind

I have to say it's a bit better this week though. There's still a couple of feet of snow on the ground but it's warm enough that it's not terribly icy this week. It's actually 27 degrees Fahrenheit (about -3 Celcius) today!

[Don Alexander]

And yet another thread lich!

Winter still reigns here, but it seems the "Fimbulwinter-Mode" is retreating - I mean... SUNSHINE!!!

[Don Alexander]

No one liked sunshine and snow.

Therefore, double post, some more shots from the Nom Contest!!!



XTREME NOMMY CLOSE UP!!!

[midgetshrimp]

Now that's what I call a beautiful scenery. Mmm.

[Azrael]

That does look tasty.

[Asaryu]

Here's some of the photos from my walk yesterday from Bundeena to Little Marley Beach and back again.

I took them with my iphone, and because the winter sun was so bright, all I could see was my own reflection when I was taking the photos, so I just sort of pointed, shot and hoped for the best. I think they turned out okay though.





It was fairly windy that day, so these two are to show how big the waves were in the little patch of ocean...
the waves you can see are easily person-height.



The rest of them are under here

PS: This is winter

[TheDude]

I had a works outing today (actually it was on Friday, but it still feels like today).

Our trip took us to the city of Essen which I like for the changes from

idyllic village bits



to former coal mines now being used as museums.

[TheDude]

It's me again.

Beautiful winter day in Münster.

[Dirty n Evil]

Awesome picture, Dude! That could be a postcard!

[Iceman]

I only wanted to revive that one, but I won't be uploading any sceneries until I've moved east.

[Gil Hamilton]

I've been up the mountain a lot lately since the semester is over, the mountain being Kitt Peak National Observatory at the 12m radio telescope. I have many pictures, but here are a few for you.


That's the Mayall 4m telescope along with some of the others around it. The Mayall is absolutely impressive piece of engineering and you are allowed to go into the structure to the viewing area, which has has an amazing view of the surrounding desert (my memory card actually maxed out just as I was arriving at the 4m and I didn't get another chance to be a tourist due to my observing schedule, damn it).


Solar eclipse sunset at Kitt Peak. I took alot of photos of it, mostly through a ND filter made for an 8in telescope and also though a piece of welder's glass, which made everything look green and weird.


I just happen to like this shot. It's the McMath-Pierce Solar Telescope, shot at an extreme angle. I kind of wish I headed up to it for the eclipse, since it was a bit of a carnival atmosphere up there (people running around tearing their clothes off, astronomers doing keg stands, scientists having orgies in the name of the Sun God that all scientists secretly worship, et cetera), but I just had to grab dinner and head back to the 12m for my shift.