I’ve been on a few forums where we’ve done this thread and they are always a lot of fun.
The idea is easy, just post an image that you find interesting, it can be one you took yourself or something from the internet. Nature, sports, art, aviation, pets, let’s what you’ve got!
I’m a frustrated backyard astronomer (I live in a city) so I’ll start with this. This the constellation Orion, also know as M42 and it’s one of the constellations that almost anyone can point to on a clear night but I’ll bet you’ve never seen it like this!
That bright red star in the upper left corner is the red supergiant, Betelgeuse.
Click on the Original Image link and scroll around.
Here is the hill behind my house yesterday in the evening when I was driving home from getting some Gatorade. I should have gotten some saguaro cactus in the shot.
I’m a frustrated photographer too. I have a few dozen pics of those thistle somewhere in Lightroom but the elude me for now.
Here is a so so pic of mine of a dragonfly instead.
I’m sorry, I just have to be pedantic. The term “random” gets misused constantly. If you’ve chosen it for a specific reason, it’s absolutely not random. If I closed my eyes and just clicked on a picture, that would be random.
A really nice topic; it will allow me to share with you another hobby of mine. And, no, I haven’t become a fighter pilot at the age of 71 What you see below is a screenshot from my favourite combat flight simulator, F4 BMS, chiefly devoted to flying all blocks of the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft; however, there are a number of other birds to fly also. The sim features a dynamic campaign and an excellent single mission editor. The flight model is as close to the real thing as a non-military simulator can achieve using non-classified data.
B-17, that is an amazing aircraft, the Flying Fortress. They are having an airshow in a couple of weeks here, they often have one at them. Maybe we will get lucky and see one flying.
What you see below is a screenshot from my favourite combat flight simulator, F4 BMS, chiefly devoted to flying all blocks of the F-16 Fighting Falcon aircraft; however, there are a number of other birds to fly also. The sim features a dynamic campaign and an excellent single mission editor. The flight model is as close to the real thing as a non-military simulator can achieve using non-classified data.
… and one Bumblebee on the hibiscus…
