Photo of the day

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

I don't know if this is the right place to start this thread. I've shamelessly taken the idea from another forum.

Take a photo from anywhere including "readers wives" so to speak or the net anywhere, as long as it's interesting and has some info below.

I'll start the ball rolling......

A mix of ropes and ladders eases access to Warren Cave, a labyrinth of passages melted from the ice by the volcano's heat. Small currents of air probably cause the scalloping around the cave's entrance.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Explanation: The large stellar association cataloged as NGC 206 is nestled within the dusty arms of neighboring spiral galaxy Andromeda (M31), 2.5 million light-years distant. Seen near the center of this gorgeous close-up of the southwestern extent of Andromeda's disk, the bright, blue stars of NGC 206 indicate its youth. Its youngest massive stars are less than 10 million years old. Much larger than the clusters of young stars in the disk of our Milky Way galaxy known as open or galactic clusters, NGC 206 spans about 4,000 light-years. That's comparable in size to the giant stellar nurseries NGC 604 in nearby spiral M33 and the Tarantula Nebula, in the Large Magellanic Cloud.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Any chance of an explanation?

 

[RiflemanSmith]

Erm it's a humorous rock.

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

What are you, 12 years old?


Not really in the theme of what I was thinking.

 

[RiflemanSmith]

I know I thought it was funny to lower the tone, with you writing about constellations and rock formations and what not.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I know I thought it was funny to lower the tone, with you writing about constellations and rock formations and what not.

Sorry Brompton, you're too brainy for me.
I think in Shaun's new photography forum you will find food for thought.

 

[Doseone]

Bump.

I love this portrait, it was taken somewhere in Colombia by a photographer called Michael Thompson. I don't know much more than that about it.

 

[Kins]

A photo my niece took on her phone, for your next project maybe!

 

[Rohloff_Brompton_Rider]

Both are awesome!!!

 

[colly]

BigBoy is BIG! Weighing in at close to 400 tons (772,000lbs), he developed a tractive effort of 135,375lbs. Each of his axles supported 67,500lbs. Under full steam, the engine burned an average of 122,500lbs of water (12,500 gallons) and 22 tons (44,000lbs) of semi-bituminous coal per hour! However, it has been know to happen when pulling an extremely long train up Sherman Hill, BigBoy would burn 225,000lbs (25,000 gallons) of water an 28 tons (56,000lbs) of coal in a 27 mile period!

 

[Doseone]

Below is a picture by Nick Brandt who I think is brilliant. It's pretty self explanatory, an Elephant which I think was taken in Amboseli in Kenya.

 

[Fnaar]

Drying chives is a simple process whereby we want to remove the water content from the chive plant to a point that stops bacteria and spoilage microorganisms from forming.

Taken from "Readers' Chives" (getting coat, leaving the building)

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Has anyone else got the Guardian Eyewitness iPad app? It's awesome!

 

[Fnaar]

Has anyone else got the Guardian Eyewitness iPad app? It's awesome!

Just downloaded it onto my Android.... will check it out later... looks good from the description