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First time celebrating my cake day(missed last year) I present one of my other favorite pictures...Not sure who did this pic, but its fucking awesome. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]LazyGeneration 43 points44 points ago

That's my screensaver. Love it.

[–]mygrapefruit 73 points74 points ago

Hitchhiking on your (current) top comment!

I made this wallpaper! Someone, somewhere, sometime removed my watermark :/

Here's the original Thailand Beach photo (Koh Chang 2009)

and here's the space photo without astronaut (first version): and here it is 1080p hires and artifact free

and here's the post where I added the astronaut and here it's in 1080p .png artifact free

now you know and enjoy! :)

One day I want to animate the waves, make the trees and lanterns sway in the wind, and make the space sky move - showing more galaxies and planets floating past, like a long timelapse!

[–]nullvader 6 points7 points ago

THANK YOU! First, you made this awesome wallpaper. Second, you linked us to a 1080p download. :D

[–]JRubes 0 points1 point ago

The picture in the post is also 1080p heh

[–]chelseyc 2 points3 points ago

Make more, please!! :D

[–]GameMisconduct63 2 points3 points ago

You deserve much more credit than you probably receive, as this background is pretty damn popular on the internet

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

I remember this, thanks a lot! Been using it as my wallpaper forever.

[–]bloodfail 1 point2 points ago

I love you so hard.

[–]HighSorcerer 0 points1 point ago

Awesome wallpaper, bro! It'd been one of my favorites for some time now.

[–]an-auji-ram 9 points10 points ago

it's been my wallpaper for a couple years at work!

[–]TiddyWaffles312 8 points9 points ago

me too! i laughed when this opened

[–]jshuskates 1 point2 points ago

It's mine on my laptop!

[–]SmokeTreesBeHappy 4 points5 points ago

just put it as my wallpaper haha.

[–]canoftomatoes 1 point2 points ago

Me too. I get so many compliments on it!

[–]soulcontrol221 0 points1 point ago

Been mine and my friends screen saver for a few months as well hahah

[–]dailygrindism 0 points1 point ago

no way. it's mine as well.

[–]Ben-Zero 0 points1 point ago

Haha this has been my wallpaper for months. I checked my computer after a night of toking and found this on there. No idea where I found it but I had labeled it space waves.

[–]mygrapefruit 26 points27 points ago

I made this wallpaper! Someone, somewhere, sometime removed my watermark :/

Here's the original Thailand Beach photo (Koh Chang 2009)

and here's the space photo without astronaut (first version): and here it is 1080p hires and artifact free

and here's the post where I added the astronaut and here it's in 1080p .png artifact free

now you know and enjoy! :)

One day I want to animate the waves, make the trees and lanterns sway in the wind, and make the space sky move - showing more galaxies and planets floating past, like a long timelapse!

[–]ukrussian[S] 3 points4 points ago

Thats awesome! great work, keep up the good job. Didnt mean to steal your pic, just thought it was amazing

[–]mygrapefruit 3 points4 points ago

no problem, I know you've done no wrong! :)

[–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

You are a genius. A space surfing genius.

[–]FMWavesOfTheHeart 1 point2 points ago

Dude! This is where I "go" when I meditate. It's just so beautiful and awe-inspiring that it puts me in the perfect mood to just let things go and concentrate on nice, peaceful emotions. Just wanted to let you know that you've creates something that people really enjoy.

[–]skurbalurpaderp 1 point2 points ago

Pure Awesomesauceness. This is the kinda stuff that inspires my art. You got a website or something?

[–]BassheadPanda 1 point2 points ago

You would be proud to know that this was my desktop image for at least a month. Most images last less than a week. Great image.

[–]skinx 10 points11 points ago

I can't stop staring. Also, yay, same cakeday! :D

[–]mishchuk420 5 points6 points ago

new wallpaper

[–]a1sche 0 points1 point ago

same here !

[–]polarlover 2 points3 points ago

I love this picture. I tried to send it in to be on my CapitalOne credit card. You know the credit card lab with the Vikings and Alec Baldwin. But they rejected it saying it was copyrighted.

[–]mygrapefruit 4 points5 points ago

Hi I made this wallpaper, the space photos are from NASA and are under public domain, the astronaut might be copyrighted though (I haven't found a source to it) and the beach is from a panorama I took in Thailand. You have my written consent to use the wallpaper without the astronaut (if you want to): http://mygrapefruit.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d39uc3i

[–]polarlover 2 points3 points ago

That is so awesome!!!!!!!!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH!!!

[–]metalhead4 0 points1 point ago

Man, your picture has been my background for months now. So awesome...

[–]Baskerbosse 0 points1 point ago

Wow this is pretty freaking awesome.... Is there anywhere I can see more of your stuff?

[–]mygrapefruit 0 points1 point ago

Thank you. I'm afraid that's the only space/photomanipulated related photo I've done so far, and everything is uploaded to that deviantart. I focus on colourizing nowadays, which is my full time job.

If I had the time to do more, I would. I plan on animating this wallpaper in the future, like a timelapse showing the waves rolling in and more space nebulas floating past etc.

[–]Baskerbosse 0 points1 point ago

That sounds kickass. I'll be checking out the devianart page when I get home. Big photography fan myself so it's always fun to see someone else around here.

[–]V_Glaz_Dam[M] 2 points3 points ago

Nice username.

[–]ukrussian[S] 2 points3 points ago

Thanks Edit: just don't hit me in the eye..

[–]V_Glaz_Dam[M] 1 point2 points ago

haha, bez problem.

[–]saxy13 2 points3 points ago

Nice. Reminds me of Kingdom Hearts.

[–]noo8zilla 0 points1 point ago

it's inspired by Between the Buried and Me's song Swim to the Moon

http://143joe.tumblr.com/post/20772690445

[–]expert02 6 points7 points ago

Saw the original on Reddit a year or two ago, most definitely came without the astronaut.

And it was much higher resolution.

[–]noo8zilla 2 points3 points ago

ah, then i s'pose i am mistaken

[–]expert02 1 point2 points ago

Unfortunately I can't remember on which drive I saved it or I would reupload it.

[–]mygrapefruit 7 points8 points ago

No, I made this!

[–]bigbearbrad 0 points1 point ago

they're the best. djENTs

[–]theoriginaljwin 0 points1 point ago

that makes it so much cooler. I love BTBAM

[–]RICH_LITTLE 0 points1 point ago

Whoever wrote that does lots of drugs. The good kind of drugs.

[–]jshuskates 2 points3 points ago

Wrote what?

[–]WhamWom 0 points1 point ago

That's my background :O

[–]mexicutioner3 0 points1 point ago

I've seen this before somewhere of origins which I do not know but nonetheless sweet fucking picture sir

[–]TechSis 0 points1 point ago

happy cake day!

[–]MyNameWouldntFi 0 points1 point ago

Just set as my background. Amazing!

[–]long_live_king_melon 1 point2 points ago

Somewhat unrelated note: Does anyone know of anywhere where you can look at the stars and they look like this? Maybe not so extreme, but where it's more than just white dots in the sky?

[–]AppleChrisp 2 points3 points ago

This looks like a nebula which you'll never be able to see with the naked eye, but you can definitely see the Milky Way if you go out into the desert or up into the mountains. You just need to get away from the light pollution of most major cities.

[–]dexmonic 0 points1 point ago

Eh, unless you are actually outside of the earth's atmosphere it will probably never look like the picture. The colors and whatnot.

[–]AppleChrisp 0 points1 point ago

Which is why I said it was a nebula that can never be seen with the naked eye...

[–]dexmonic 0 points1 point ago

Well, you can see it with the naked eye, just not from earth.

[–]AppleChrisp 0 points1 point ago

Hah alright. You can make that semantic argument if you'd like, but unless you are telling long_live_king_melon to create a spaceship that can fly at the speed of light, he's never going to be able to see a nebula with the naked eye. I was simply attempting to give him practical advice regarding where to go to get a better glimpse of the cosmos, but thank you for adding nothing to the conversation and wasting everyone's time.

[–]dexmonic 0 points1 point ago

Well if it was a waste of time, then why bother responding?

[–]Miss_rampage 0 points1 point ago

Out in the middle of nowhere, with a telescope.

[–]glynn11 1 point2 points ago

This has been my desktop background for like the last two years no joke

[–]cubsfn909 1 point2 points ago

This has been my background for over a year now! Best picture ever.

[–]harox 1 point2 points ago

This has been my wallpaper for 2 years now, hivemind! Toke on!

[–]TiggyTheTiger 0 points1 point ago

This was my desktop background for ages, nice choice!

[–]RobEats 0 points1 point ago

Straight to the wallpaper folder. Uptoke.

[–]aon9492 0 points1 point ago

Wahaay, this is my login screen on my laptop (:

[–]CALEBr16 0 points1 point ago

I have used this as my wallpaper before but its still an awesome picture upvote for you

[–]dckunited 0 points1 point ago

saw this on here a few months ago, love this though. my fb cover photo :)

[–]AppleChrisp 1 point2 points ago

I'm not sure if you've heard of Imaginary Foundation, but I think you'd really like them. They make t-shirts and such but many of the designs are extremely similar to this picture.

[–]gENTleman92 0 points1 point ago

This picture is my ps3 wallpaper.

[–]BenTheZombieKiller -1 points0 points ago

Repost, I know because when I saw it in this same subreddit I saved it as my wallpaper.

[–]nish26 0 points1 point ago

WHOA no way, this has been my wallpaper since the start of summer. i have yet to find a pic that beats this one

[–]Loghead94 0 points1 point ago

new background. thank you:)

[–]DoctorRobert420 -1 points0 points ago

hope i don't get downvoted because people disagree, but i really don't like this photo...it seems so cliche and forced, without any clear message yet lack of a full surrealism atmosphere. it's pretty, but from an artistic perspective i just can't get behind it.

[–]Mandon 0 points1 point ago

Happy cake day!... It's mine too! This is also my favorite picture. I have it as my desktop picture on my computer.

[–]hanizen 1 point2 points ago

is this photoshopped ?

[–]ukrussian[S] 4 points5 points ago

No.

[–]shuaiw96 0 points1 point ago

my desk top.

[–]Shifty603 0 points1 point ago

This is my desktop. The man has my dream job :D

[–]ThatRandomNiceGuy 0 points1 point ago

This has been my wallpaper for a long time. Awesome pic.

[–]theoriginaljwin 0 points1 point ago

Holy fuck this is chill.

[–]SmokeTreesBeHappy 0 points1 point ago

anyone else see a face in the blue cloud on the left?

[–]TiddyWaffles312 1 point2 points ago

Happy cake day! Also, this has been my [dual] desktop background for months. Made me chuckle when I clicked your post to see what it was.

[–]SmokeDaTrees 0 points1 point ago

lol been my wallpaper for months

[–]Stix13 0 points1 point ago

Great minds think alike it has been my wallpaper for a year now lloll

[–]niklaskronwalled 0 points1 point ago

It's been my wallpaper for about 6 months. love it.

[–]dieorupvote 1 point2 points ago

this looks shopped

[–]ukrussian[S] 0 points1 point ago

No, this is real.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

nice. I get so many desktop wallpapers from this site lol

[–]tg23 0 points1 point ago

"The surface of the Earth is the shore of the cosmic ocean... Recently we've waded a little way out... and the water seems inviting." ~ Carl Sagan

[–]eljoebro 0 points1 point ago

The waves don't look very good, I wouldn't be too stoked to go surfing, especially in that cumbersome space suit!

[–]ihateredit 0 points1 point ago

made it my background thxx

[–]Blaineus 0 points1 point ago

I'm replying so I can save it.

[–]prolly_obnoxious 0 points1 point ago

Thank you!I just found my ultimate wallpaper,the one to outlast them all.

[–]isper 0 points1 point ago

That image literally gave me a boner. [5]

[–]mazbat 0 points1 point ago

Awesome! He's on the shore of the cosmic ocean

[–]really_baked_yeti 0 points1 point ago

The huge orgazsplosion in the background... hell ya.

[–]aking14 1 point2 points ago

Been my background since I got it from /r/spaceporn

[–]GoodGuyRick 1 point2 points ago

I had this printed on a canvas and it's now hung above my bed. Really brings the room together (I should get a rug)

[–]mygrapefruit 2 points3 points ago

hi I made this wallpaper, I'd love to see a pic of the canvas? Would be fun to see :D!

[–]GoodGuyRick 1 point2 points ago

Awesome, love your work dude! I'm at work at the mo but I'll take a snapshot when I get home

edit-Just seen you linked the 1080p version! Arrrrg! That would've been much better to have printed but oh well! I should research cool photos before impulsivly having them stuff on canvas!

E2: As requested: http://i.imgur.com/wpsQL.jpg not sure of the quality, taken on a shitty iphone!

[–]GoodGuyRick 1 point2 points ago

http://i.imgur.com/wpsQL.jpg

Thanks again :)

[–]BumrushSC2 1 point2 points ago

YO, YOU READ MY HIGH MIND. im just being high thinking, oh I should look at r/spaceporn for a bit, and then I realized some of that should go on r/trees. Then I come here and you have made space going on.

[–]Plippet 0 points1 point ago

Thank's for the new desktop backround :D

[–]Slagathor1912 0 points1 point ago

Not to ruin anything but the waves he's looking at aren't really surf able. Bumsesh.

[–]floppykittens 0 points1 point ago

believe it or not. my wallpaper as well. GOOD ON YA.

[–]Redbaron36 0 points1 point ago

Saw this and immediately set it as my background [6]

[–]martypinkstar 0 points1 point ago

The Impossible Astronaut?

[–]JawnWar 0 points1 point ago

Haha Besides also having this, I love how some many people have this as their wallpaper! XD

[–]isenorcj 1 point2 points ago

right click>save as>make desktop back ground

[–]jewmonkey65 0 points1 point ago

instant wall paper

[–]radchad85 0 points1 point ago

Made this my new background. Thanks!

[–]gear7 0 points1 point ago

thanks for the wallpaper frENT

[–]gaffyshev 0 points1 point ago

That's my desktop background! Fucking awesome

[–]lizardkings 0 points1 point ago

This reminds me of the movie Contact.

If you haven't seen it I would recommend it

[–]kabasky7 0 points1 point ago

Guys, This picture has some truth... It explains what the flat earth society believes.... think about it....

The astronaut is wearing a space visor, all he sees is the beyond space not the close clouds. He is living on a flat surface so that means that the horizon reaches into space since it never ends :) I love the US nation :) Please vote for Ron Paul! I am sad about America I was a boy once in a christian family who loved everything and mostly my family and also america. I don't like america anymore though, but I do love my family! it's not the same though, because now i think i might actually lose them.

G2g

[–]Aesthetix5ever 0 points1 point ago

brb background.this is what dreams are made of

[–]kmartisnice 0 points1 point ago

Idk man, it looks like someone went crazy in photo shop,

[–]closeshave 0 points1 point ago

Fucking awesomeeeee

[–]GreenTreEnt 0 points1 point ago

  • has been my desktop bg for a year now *

@_@

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[–]TheStonedImacculate 0 points1 point ago

Thanks for the wallpaper...i fuckin love this

[–]-PAVY- 0 points1 point ago

I made a similar one a while back http://i.imgur.com/Z9qAx.jpg

[–]ToThaDome 0 points1 point ago

that is my new screen saver at a [8] so..beautiful :')

[–]teeelo 0 points1 point ago

Putting as my new iPad home screen wallpaper

[–]Wizzow 1 point2 points ago

Wow so unrealistic. There's no way he's going to be able to surf on those tiny waves.

[–]trampus1 1 point2 points ago

I present

cake day

Sigh.

[–]FearlessHoneyBadger 0 points1 point ago

I love it! This version of it has been my wallpaper for quite a while now! :)