wow - images of earth and space

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:31 am

http://www.frontiermultimedia.com/the-good-earth.htm

http://www.frontiermultimedia.com/deepspace.htm

Post by **r0n1n** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:06 pm

Pretty nice stuff. The deep space one is no short of beautiful and makes me wonder what kind of things the universe holds that we can't even see with a telescope.

Even though the possibility is probably that it won't even happen during our lifetime, perhaps mankinds greatest achievement will not only be when we set foot on another planet, but when we travel to another galaxy.

Post by **Eraser** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:22 pm

I thought this would be about some sort of World of Warcraft expansion

nerd :icon32:

Post by **Eraser** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:26 pm

That looks mighty impressive indeed!

Post by **mjrpes** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:28 pm

Eraser wrote:I thought this would be about some sort of World of Warcraft expansion

nerd :icon32:

I did the same thing. My first thought was, Julios, you should capitalize the W's.

Post by **o'dium** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:41 pm

Very cool. Always amazes me how everything we can see is nothing like it is today, what with the speed of light and all.

Post by **ForM** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:50 pm

Nice find, both were a treat to watch.

Post by **Denz** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:56 pm

Sweet, I like shit like that.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:00 am

i found the earth images more stunning than the space ones tbh.

re wow - never even thought about that - i don't even know what world of warcraft really is - some mmporg or something

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:01 am

i found the earth images more stunning than the space ones tbh.

re wow - never even thought about that - i don't even know what world of warcraft really is - some mmporg or something

Post by **HM-PuFFNSTuFF** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 12:02 am

[xeno]Julios wrote:i found the earth images more stunning than the space ones tbh.

agreed

Post by **Eraser** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 8:26 am

[xeno]Julios wrote:i found the earth images more stunning than the space ones tbh.

Yeah I think so too. We've come to expect colorful pictures from space, but seeing our blue little world which we think we know so well in such a different way is amazing.

[xeno]Julios wrote:re wow - never even thought about that - i don't even know what world of warcraft really is - some mmporg or something

lol, yes it is. It's a MMORPG based on the Warcraft universe. It's one of the most popular PC games ever. Certainly the most popular game of this time.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:14 am

sorta like the new everquest?

Post by **dzjepp** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:22 am

Yes. Highly addictive. A young Asian girl died playing it for like 2 days straight or something. There was also a couple that neglected their children for days because they where playing wow.

Don't ask me why the fuck they would play so long. I never played the game and I never will.

Post by **[xeno]Julios** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 9:47 am

is this an ingame screenshot?

Post by **Eraser** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:04 am

I think so yes

Post by **SOAPboy** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:15 am

[xeno]Julios wrote:is this an ingame screenshot?

Yep.. In all its default UI uglyness

Post by **Zyte** » Fri Nov 18, 2005 10:44 am

I love that specific picture of the etna erupting. nice find

Post by **Oeloe** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:12 pm

dzjepp wrote:Yes. Highly addictive. A young Asian girl died playing it for like 2 days straight or something.

Kids have died from playing Starcraft too, so that doesn't tell that much about the addictivity of WoW, but more about the addictivity of Blizzard games.

Edit: lol, kicking up an old thread.

Post by **seremtan** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:36 pm

lol, i thought 'this is old' until i noticed the date of the first post. worth dredging up though, that deepspace movie clip is pretty awesome.

Post by **Jackal** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:52 pm

What's really neat is how a lot of the earth pictures look like the sort of thing you'd see inside of the human body. Really gives the sense of the earth as an organic lifeform.

Post by **MKJ** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:20 pm

Jackal wrote:What's really neat is how a lot of the earth pictures look like the sort of thing you'd see inside of the human body. Really gives the sense of the earth as an organic lifeform.

you mean like how italy looks like a boot and scandinavia like a scrotum?
yea i see what you mean

Post by **Canis** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:29 pm

Neat stuff, but I was amused by the preaching in the background.

Post by **Jackal** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:59 pm

MKJ wrote:
Jackal wrote:What's really neat is how a lot of the earth pictures look like the sort of thing you'd see inside of the human body. Really gives the sense of the earth as an organic lifeform.
you mean like how italy looks like a boot and scandinavia like a scrotum?
yea i see what you mean

AND THE MOON LOOKS LIKE BALLS!!!

Post by **Dek** » Wed Apr 26, 2006 6:08 pm

Earth's second one is called Cruithne. It was discovered in 1986 and it takes a convoluted horseshoe path around our planet as it is tossed about by the Earth's and the Moon's gravity.