I always thought this one was more haunting.
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Hey! The images of Ryugu that were taken from Hayabusa2. What a sad lonely rock that place is - a loose collection of boulders in an endless orbit, in which it will probably continue without further interaction from now until the end of time. You could sneak a few ghosts onto that place, right enough, and no-one would notice.
Somebody please draw this and give the space rock some ghost friends.
Something beautifully haunting about seeing the endless abyss from another rock traveling the cosmos.
That shot is definitely creepy.
Shit I take photos better than this when I'm wasted. Stupid scientists
Look, in their defence, they're wasted too
If I'd managed to stick a robot landing on a rock hurtling through space, you bet I'd be celebrating hard too
Blown out whites and shadows, out of focus, disgusting vignetting, and lens flares on lens flares. Smh why even try, this is a horrible pfp. Not going to get any matches.
Sounds like freshman year of art school!
Well, have you asked them if they could send you there instead?
Didn't even use the cat ear filter. Amateurs....
JJ Abrams aimed the camera.
I mean, space also looks like this:
Point being: the statement "space looks like X" doesn't make any sense because space looks like literally everything.
I mean, space doesn't look like anything.
Then what are the lines on on my graph for huh!? Dummy
Also true. Even truer, in fact. Still validates classic Dr. Who having trash production design.
What do you mean "Dr. Who trash production design"? I really can't understand why you would say "Dr Who trash production design"! /s
Most surfaces in space look like a quarry. So that's fair. You could also include the ones that are on fire and the ones inside of some sort of toxic cloud.
But the exceptions are the most interesting parts. There's a reason there's not much entertainment out there about people stranded in deserts, mountains, and open oceans that feature not a single encounter with life.
I've played Star Citizen, roaming dead space and lifeless planets gets old fast.
Is most surface area on planets/asteroids, or on stars?
Walkable and filmable? It would be the rocky ones.
Tecnically, this photo is taken in space.
All photos are
I like your point, but to be pedantic, I think in this context "space" is short for outer space.
Rock and stone.
FOR CARL!
Banana for size?
yo but it IS incredible though.
i can't describe the feeling i get when i see stuff like this.
The Rock Yard at NASA Houston was used for for testing out the Mars rover - lots of volcanic rocks to model Mars. Looked really fucking cool to see a couple of interns drive around on a “fake” Mars.
Suddenly a finger cramped on the shift key.
Next time I’m back in England I want to visit the Blake’s Seven/Doctor Who quarry.
Then go to ZipWorld. That way you get to zoom over the typical North Wales Quarrys used for Dr. Who.
Also whilst you're there, check out Bounce Below and Surf Snowdonia.
There’s a particular one, I think in Hampshire, I’ve never been to. Could always visit Snowdonia for a rainy weekend though!
And real quantum computers look like overdone sci fi props.