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This is a photograph, not a painting. (i.imgur.com)

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[–]linkoftime 451 points452 points ago*

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I suck at art, but this explains it from a side perspective http://imgur.com/G6CmF

edit: grammar

[–]77ScuMBag77 171 points172 points ago

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Do you have a higher resolution I can use for my desktop wallpaper?

[–]linkoftime 342 points343 points ago

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http://i.imgur.com/XzgUg.png It took me a lot of work, but I think it turned out well :)

[–]Ketchupinator 61 points62 points ago

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I want colour prints

[–]linkoftime 171 points172 points ago

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http://i.imgur.com/UgZme.png My masterpiece

[–]JokeAnalysis 102 points103 points ago

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Thank you

[–]Gomestradamus 40 points41 points ago

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Ah the ever inconspicuous 'New Folder'

[–]fjw 19 points20 points ago

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I'm more concerned about the image-filled "sdfesw" folder

[–]KrazyA1pha 6 points7 points ago

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The folder was called "MIDGET SCAT PORN" before it was changed to random characters for the pic.

[–]linkoftime 38 points39 points ago

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Oh wow that just made my day. I'm glad to see my art gets appreciated, and you're quite welcome :)

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    [–]Jazzbandrew 13 points14 points ago

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    That's going to be featured on NatGeo itself soon. I'm in tears at its beauty.

    [–]chanchan84 10 points11 points ago

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    dude, stop making them... my printer is running out of ink cause i printed so many of your masterpieces

    [–]divineslayer 2 points3 points ago

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    Truly amazing.

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        [–]sittingcow 10 points11 points ago

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        Very well done. No need to art it up.

        [–]michaelkepler 19 points20 points ago

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        Awesome drawing.

        But I cannot unseen this: bushes from the hill shoot thorns (or spines) at the Sun, while the photographer and trees are protected by magic shield.

        [–]linkoftime 19 points20 points ago

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        For the last millennia, the sun reigned supreme over the desert plants. Oppressing them by day, and appointing watchers by night. But in the early summer of 2011, the plants fight back. One unfortunate man is caught in the struggle, where his only hope is to find a way home with the protection of his trusty forcefield. This is his story ...

        [–]ajree210 2 points3 points ago

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        Epic.

        [–]McBlumpkin 6 points7 points ago

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        That was a great reply. You sir, are a scholar and a gentleman.

        [–]smithweiser 3 points4 points ago

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        Brilliant, all makes sense now.

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          [–]ernestothegecko 730 points731 points ago

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          The visual explanation.

          (Source)

          [–]geoman2k 58 points59 points ago

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          did they film the beginning of the movie "The Cell" there? it looks familiar.

          [–]ernestothegecko 39 points40 points ago

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          Apparently they did. Well spotted.

          [–]Honestly_ 4 points5 points ago

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          That is the closest my godforsaken hometown (Bakersfield) will ever come to something that beautiful.

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            [–]hellakids 3 points4 points ago

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            It looks like a part from "The Fall" as well

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              [–]kvnryn 416 points417 points ago

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              You know how when you can't get your shoelace knot untied and you keep picking and picking at it? And then finally you get a hold of the right part of the knot and it loosens up? That's my brain now. So thank you.

              [–]Ambrose_Balin 37 points38 points ago

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              Very well put, sir.

              [–]phanzy 7 points8 points ago

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              I am Sam, Sam I am, I do not like, green eggs and ham

              [–]kvnryn 10 points11 points ago

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              The gentleman is correct in reciting Dr. Seuss.

              [–]bartpieters 9 points10 points ago

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              The photographer is Dutch. That should go a long way explaining this :-D

              [–]PerviusTheCreep 2 points3 points ago

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              Freakin Dutch Angle always making me tilt my neck while I try to fap to my anime girls! (Link NSFW!)

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                  [–]hubilation 160 points161 points ago

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                  Well that makes even less sense

                  [–]ernestothegecko 331 points332 points ago

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                  Hope it helps...

                  [–]DeeWall 207 points208 points ago

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                  You found the sky! Thank you for the sky. I missed... I missed the sky.

                  [–]slowmoon 90 points91 points ago

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                  You can't take the sky from me.

                  [–]kaarne 42 points43 points ago

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                  The photo certainly looks like they've burnt the land and boiled the sea.

                  [–]bornfromdogfat 5 points6 points ago

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                  They can't take the sky from me.

                  [–]DeeWall 19 points20 points ago

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                  Some people juggle geese?

                  [–]that_makes_no_sense 4 points5 points ago

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                  i still don't understand the white blotches in the sky on the original image.

                  [–]DeeWall 7 points8 points ago

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                  Rocks and brush, I think. The foreground seems to be in a shadow, while the red in the background is a sand-dune being hit by the sun. You don't see the sky at all in OP's photo.

                  [–]nolenk8t 1 point2 points ago

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                  there was no sky in the original photo. explaining why DeeWall's comment was so entertaining.

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                    [–]depressiown 60 points61 points ago

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                    This helps the most. By far.

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                        [–]sindex23 17 points18 points ago

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                        Oh thank god. My head hurt figuring this out. I kept telling myself what to see, but I just couldn't.

                        Trouble is, I have what my old art teacher Mrs Mellenger called "Stupid eyes."

                        [–]Reginault 16 points17 points ago

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                        Thanks for the second pic. Looks like some odd exposure technique was used in the original picture to fully develop the shaded trees and overexpose the desert hill.

                        [–]GeneralWarts 23 points24 points ago

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                        "desert hill" Thanks, before you said that I was wondering why Mars was huge and taking up the sky.

                        [–]brettmurf 6 points7 points ago

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                        I think it is surrounded by dunes. If you time it right, the sun will be hitting the dunes giving it a bright color, and not hitting the ground in the bowl. Still looks bizarre.

                        [–]G3ML1NGZ 3 points4 points ago

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                        Shadows usually have a blue hue to them while straight sunlight has a orange/red tone to it. Looks like the ground was cast with a shadow while the dunes were lit by direct sunlight. Then the color balance was set so the sunlit dunes would be in correct color. but when you do that, the already "blue" ground gets even more blue. making them even more extreme. hope I made it somewhat clearer :)

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                          [–]t_roll 27 points28 points ago

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                          keep your logic out of this

                          [–]TrevorBradley 5 points6 points ago

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                          My part of the world has no orange hills, and I was thoroughly confused by this. Thanks for posting!

                          [–]glenomenon 10 points11 points ago

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                          That still looks totally unreal.

                          [–]Digipete 3 points4 points ago

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                          Thank you for this. I have a National Geographic Picture of the Day App on my Android. It changes the wallpaper every morning so that I have a new picture too wake up with. I woke up to this one and for all the world could not figure out what in the hell was going on. I almost went back to sleep thinking that I was dreaming.

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                            [–]Marhault 1412 points1413 points ago

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                            is it a photograph of a painting?

                            [–]Plutor 127 points128 points ago*

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                            Tinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park.

                            The orange background is the slope of a sand dune. The white spots are rocks. If you look carefully, you can see the thin darker shadow on their right edges. The second photo here can give you a different perspective on a similar dune. The flat area with the trees in the foreground must be in the shade of another dune (out of the picture). Hence the dim blueish color.

                            I'm pretty sure the levels have been manipulated a little bit, too, to enhance the contrast, but then again that's the norm in photography. (It's impossible to perfectly capture what the human eye sees -- let alone print it or show it on a computer screen -- so what is "real"?)

                            [–]elroc 16 points17 points ago*

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                            The white patches are grass, not rocks. Been there myself really gorgeous place at sunrise. Want a bigger mind-bend? Look up fairy circles, which occur in the same region.

                            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_circle_\(Africa\)

                            Edit: Fix link (thanks MrLongbaugh)

                            [–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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                            Escape the characters in the wikipedia link so to make it work:

                            * http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairy_circle_\(Africa\)

                            [–]b1rd 2 points3 points ago

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                            They looked like sage brush to me. I obviously defer to you on this, just sharing my perspective.

                            Edit: OK, that fairy circle shit is weird and kind of creepy. They're like the African crop circle.

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                              [–]thepapawsatan 23 points24 points ago

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                              I appreciate your help, but there is no way in hell I can understand the photo.

                              [–][deleted] 24 points25 points ago

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                              The orange is not sky. It's a hill. Weird looking as hell, but not difficult to grasp.

                              [–]thepapawsatan 7 points8 points ago

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                              I understand that the orange is not sky, and that it's a hill. What I don't understand is that rather than a hill, it looks like a flat wall.

                              [–][deleted] 9 points10 points ago

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                              If you look closely you can see some slopes in the dune, but there's nothing on the dune (aside from rocks) for your eye to be able to distinguish depth. So in the picture appears flat.

                              If there was a person standing on the bottom of the visible area of the dune and a person standing on the top, you'd see the difference. As it is it's mostly sand, so it appears flat.

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                                [–]CaptInsane 17 points18 points ago

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                                There's no fucking depth to the hill

                                [–]theredpolak 73 points74 points ago

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                                Here you go.

                                [–]daftmetal 3 points4 points ago

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                                That helped a lot. Thank you.

                                [–]sweddit 4 points5 points ago

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                                Yep, this is it. Great photographs. Kinda surprised so many redditors got visually-trolled by their own minds, if you look closely at the "sky" you'll notice rocks and bushes all over the place making the distinction that the orange section is in fact a hill in the background. To be fair, the soil color in both areas is very different from one another.

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                                        [–]keptani 658 points659 points ago

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                                        This is the only answer that makes any sense.

                                        [–]blue_strat 373 points374 points ago

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                                        Tinted orange by the morning sun, a soaring dune is the backdrop for the hulks of camel thorn trees in Namib-Naukluft Park.

                                        [–]Radico87 62 points63 points ago

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                                        Magic, got it.

                                        [–]alexanderls 185 points186 points ago

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                                        Yeeeeeah, no, National Geographic just trolled us bad...

                                        [–]MyloByron 208 points209 points ago

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                                        For those of you as confused as I was: Look slightly to the right of the tree on the far left (about an inch up from the blue). Those are rocks and a bush. Still don't get it? Picture the blue as dropping off like a cliff, and the orange being a hill in the distance.

                                        [–]dayna-mite 148 points149 points ago

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                                        This redditor found a great image to help the confused

                                        [–]StalinsLastStand 9 points10 points ago

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                                        Super super classy. Linking to the post of the picture rather than just the picture so that he can get the upvotes he deserves. You make me proud to be a redditor.

                                        [–]gfixler 2 points3 points ago

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                                        This is what I've been doing for 3 years. It should be standard practice. I'd feel guilty not doing it this way.

                                        [–]dayna-mite 2 points3 points ago

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                                        Haha, thank you. Hopefully it'll catch on.

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                                          [–]Gavmeister123 12 points13 points ago

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                                          Damn, that hill is friggin huge

                                          [–]turtal46 6 points7 points ago

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                                          OOOOOOOOOHHH!

                                          [–]suprfli 13 points14 points ago

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                                          Ding ding ding!! You win the internet. After reading your post and looking at it as you described it makes sense.

                                          [–]PeteyWheatstraw 4 points5 points ago

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                                          ...nope.

                                          All I see is a friggin' sailboat.

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                                            [–]motorpoodle 9 points10 points ago*

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                                            You know what? I'm gonna paint this and troll them back. I like painting trees anyway.

                                            [–]ThatsItGuysShowsOver 14 points15 points ago

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                                            They won this round. Next time, we troll National Geographic.

                                            [–]uzi1080 18 points19 points ago

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                                            Next time, we eat National Geographic.

                                            [–]GetThatNoiseOuttaHer 19 points20 points ago

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                                            Bacon strips & Bacon strips & Bacon strips & Bacon strips & Bacon strips & Bacon strips & Bacon strips & Bacon strips &...

                                            [–]bobbyhead 3 points4 points ago

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                                            Next time we eat a gun.

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                                              [–]SoSpecial 4 points5 points ago

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                                              Epic meal time. c:

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                                                [–]MySonIsCaleb 6 points7 points ago

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                                                I read this in David Attenborough's voice.

                                                [–][deleted] 4 points5 points ago

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                                                Not pictured: Samurai Jack attacking a robot.

                                                [–]Twevy 5 points6 points ago

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                                                Namib-Naukluft Park, the oldest and most famous nature preserve in the north of the forest moon Endor.

                                                FTFY

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                                                    [–]rizz360 5 points6 points ago

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                                                    Ceci n'est pas une pipe.

                                                    [–]ISISFieldAgent 7 points8 points ago

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                                                    THIS PHOTO BROKE MY BRAIN!!

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                                                      [–]happytrees[S] 191 points192 points ago

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                                                      Nat Geo's pic of the day for May 17th, 2011.

                                                      [–]TheRealFender 66 points67 points ago

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                                                      Why not link straight there? NatGeo can handle the traffic.

                                                      [–]CanIWreckIt 113 points114 points ago

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                                                      I clicked on the link and found 2 pop overs or whatever you call them. I'm usually for direct linking but that's just OTT. I appreciate OPs override of the junk.

                                                      [–]TheRealFender 33 points34 points ago

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                                                      Ahhh... AdBlock or NoScript must be hiding the pop overs for me.

                                                      [–]ThatsItGuysShowsOver 37 points38 points ago

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                                                      In my case, LiveJasmin somehow finds a way to over ride them.

                                                      [–]dhaft88 25 points26 points ago

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                                                      LiveJasmin knows what we want though

                                                      [–]Jazzbandrew 2 points3 points ago

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                                                      Live babes from my area? Yes. Yes they do.

                                                      [–][deleted] 2 points3 points ago

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                                                      I'm pretty sure that's because it's always on click or something (vs on load).

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                                                          [–]i_got_this 15 points16 points ago

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                                                          Because Nat Geo just fired six popups down my throat

                                                          [–]kamikazewave 8 points9 points ago

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                                                          Cuz most people like having just the imgur link for quick loading. It's also helpful to everyone using RES.

                                                          [–]banked1 2 points3 points ago

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                                                          here's the direct link

                                                          [–]TheRealFender 4 points5 points ago

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                                                          or http://images.nationalgeographic.com/wpf/media-live/photos/000/352/custom/35259_1600x1200-wallpaper-cb1305637978.jpg

                                                          [–]IsItNumberwang 13 points14 points ago

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                                                          1305637978! That's Numberwang!

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                                                              [–]Distractedone 39 points40 points ago

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                                                              Somebody please explain this witchcraft.

                                                              [–]ThePriceIsRight 8 points9 points ago

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                                                              It's part of the desert in shade that is on some kind of hill, then further in the picture it is the rest of the desert in the sun.

                                                              [–]RobotStJames 2 points3 points ago

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                                                              thebattleingsiki got it right. The orange dune in the background is in the light of the rising sun (each of the brighter orange smudges and dots are bushes and shrubbery) while the the trees in the foreground are still in the shade.

                                                              [–]Annibal13 15 points16 points ago

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                                                              It this from Sossusvlei in Namibia?

                                                              Yup: Looks like from the bottom picture on the Sossusvlei wikipedia page.

                                                              [–]thunderfalcon561 6 points7 points ago

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                                                              Picture he is talking about

                                                              looks a lot like the Natgeo one

                                                              [–][deleted] 6 points7 points ago

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                                                              Its located somewhere here in the Namibian Desert. A place you shouldn't get lost in. (start zooming out)

                                                              [–]Annibal13 9 points10 points ago

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                                                              I think it's just the Namib Desert--I've been to a little chunk of it and my friends and I wandered into it for a full day and couldn't find our way out until after dark XD. But it was a part of the dunes near Swakop, so not much into the real desert. We could see lights from the city the whole time. And there were pit vipers. Which are so adorable! Sossusvlei is southeast of Swakopmund, southwest of Windhoek, and west of Solitaire. Some of the highest dunes in the world, and incredibly isolated. The rest of Namibia is spectacular as well, from it's Skeleton Coast to Swakop and the Fish River Canyon, Etosha National Park, and the fact that it borders so many other great countries. Take a 20 or so hour bus ride from the capitol and you can be in Livingstone to see Victoria Falls. Just to the east is Botswana with it's spectacular parks and a huge number of animals which are, sadly, becoming pushed mostly into the National Parks.

                                                              Aaaah I love Namibia. And Zambia. I wanna go back.

                                                              (I'm not just typing at you, BarefootedHoodNinja, but you provided a great spot for me to gush.)

                                                              [–]StickyToffee 3 points4 points ago

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                                                              I went there last summer, absolutely stunning. Climbed Dune 45 and watched the sun rise over the desert. Spent the rest of the day wandering around Sossusvlei barefoot (:

                                                              [–]omgwtfbbqpanda 2 points3 points ago

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                                                              I've actually been there - its amazing how dead the area is with all the life right next to it!

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                                                                [–]fungusamanous 12 points13 points ago

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                                                                HERE'S a picture of what it might look like if you were actually there. It puts it more into perspective, I think.

                                                                [–]notfeelinggood 11 points12 points ago

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                                                                Totally Samurai Jack background!

                                                                [–]KidRed 67 points68 points ago

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                                                                wha? huh? I...can't wrap my mind around it, my eyes won't agree with my bran. Crazy photo.

                                                                [–]Ratlettuce 38 points39 points ago

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                                                                My colon tends to not agree with my bran. =(

                                                                [–]waynejont 80 points81 points ago

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                                                                Oh, delicious bran!

                                                                [–]chemistry_teacher 25 points26 points ago

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                                                                Fiber all up in this bitch.

                                                                [–]still_had_sex 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                Bitches love fiber.

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                                                                  [–]seladore 33 points34 points ago

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                                                                  This might help...

                                                                  http://i.imgur.com/AS2Dm.jpg

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                                                                    [–]thebattlingsiki 98 points99 points ago

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                                                                    Okay... I think I got it figured out.

                                                                    The orange stuff in the background is a sand dune in bright dawn sunlight, and the trees are in the shade. Right?

                                                                    [–]ShredgarAllenPoe 123 points124 points ago

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                                                                    Well it beats my 'trees next to erupting volcano' theory.

                                                                    [–]username103 21 points22 points ago

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                                                                    I like yours better.

                                                                    [–][deleted] 19 points20 points ago

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                                                                    Yeah, that's how the explain it in the brief description of the image on the site.

                                                                    [–]AdonisBucklar 16 points17 points ago

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                                                                    Apparently now "reading comprehension" is a substitute for "deductive reasoning/detective skills." Batman just got a lot lamer.

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                                                                      [–]bena_dc 9 points10 points ago

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                                                                      Why repost to imgur and not National Geographic? http://photography.nationalgeographic.com/photography/photo-of-the-day/camel-thorn-trees-namibia/

                                                                      At least National Geographic doesn't crash...

                                                                      [–]mhatt 16 points17 points ago*

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                                                                      This is a painting, not a photograph.

                                                                      [–]dabontv 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                      Album. If you look at the second image it'll help your brain

                                                                      [–]Valkie 3 points4 points ago*

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                                                                      It was taken in Sossusvlei, Namibia. This is basically what your looking at up close.

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                                                                      [–]Pulk 60 points61 points ago

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                                                                      Thought you were going to do something like this.

                                                                      [–]ahmadamaj 6 points7 points ago

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                                                                      now everything makes sense.

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                                                                        [–]phantomxxlord 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        Pics or it didn't happen...wait.

                                                                        [–]joshwoodward 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                        Wikipedia to the rescue: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deadvlei

                                                                        Beautiful!

                                                                        [–]skeeterdank 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        I've been there. Beautiful place and very strange. We camped nearby and then flew over the skeleton coast.

                                                                        [–]ChronicBluntz 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                        Now I know how old white people feel when they see a Black president.

                                                                        [–]eric22vhs 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        Why the fuck would you transfer this image to imgur instead of linking to national geographic so we can have some context without having to dig through the comment thread?

                                                                        [–]Yowzas 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                        Is it Photoshopped photo?

                                                                        [–]Alan502 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                        It's the photograph of a painting! (j/k)

                                                                        [–]glassuser 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        Wow. The dune ("sky and clouds") really makes it.

                                                                        [–]SharpWords 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        That is incredible. Even after reading the description it took me a few moments to "get" it.

                                                                        [–]eMOTEk 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        This only makes me miss the desert even more.

                                                                        [–]terrapinagni 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        The orange backdrop is a sand dune, the trees are in the shadow of another one.

                                                                        [–]BourbonAndBlues 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        If Salvador Dali took photographs....

                                                                        [–]catmoon 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        On a related note, Rainbow Eucalyptus is also bizarrely painting-like [photo].

                                                                        [–]joshlago 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        The King Of Limbs

                                                                        [–]nycska 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        Franz Lanting rules.

                                                                        [–]secondglance 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        This submission doesn't fit with your username at all! These trees are far from happy, in fact they look rather...dead.

                                                                        [–]jun2san 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        Go Gators!

                                                                        [–]rosesauce 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        I was there, two weeks ago, when me and some buddies ate shrooms and went on an epic walk...

                                                                        [–]Beanchilla 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        This is my desktop background now, not only because it is extremely beautiful but also because now I can say "Guess what it's a PHOTO!"

                                                                        [–]wtmh 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        Upsky/Downground

                                                                        Colors match too.

                                                                        [–]iggdawg 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        happy little trees

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                                                                        The only plausible answer is that that is a jello lake, those trees are made of chocolate, and the sky is orange juice.

                                                                        [–]kanchendzonga 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        Frans Lanting is a pretty good photographer

                                                                        [–]aaybma 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                        New Wallpaper - found

                                                                        [–]Radico87 4 points5 points ago

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                                                                        I am very disappointed in you

                                                                        [–]redwinterwolf 3 points4 points ago

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                                                                        MY MIND IS FULL OF BILLIONS AND BILLIONS OF FUCK.

                                                                        [–]Flippi273 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        This is a photoshoped photograph, not a photograph.

                                                                        Source: I've done many a shops in my time, I counted the pixels.

                                                                        [–]redjoe89 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Can someone explain to me the white spots. They don't exactly look like clouds.

                                                                        [–]G3aR 2 points3 points ago

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                                                                        they're rocks on a far off hill.

                                                                        [–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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                                                                        They're more like scrubby little plants, future tumbleweeds if you will.

                                                                        [–]andehpandeh 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        It took me a minute but I finally figured out how it was blowing my mind. Mind still blown.

                                                                        [–]TheIntellectual 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Been there. Amazing place. Bit of a trek getting to it though, and its filled with tourists

                                                                        [–]MooseOak 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        WTF IS DIS REAL LEIF?

                                                                        [–]50sHousewife 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        WHAT IS THIS DEMON MAGIC!?

                                                                        [–]Slightly_Durnk 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Ohhhh, that's the ground, not an orange sky. Beautiful!

                                                                        [–]throwmeaway76 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Frans Lanting is awesome. I have one or two books of his.

                                                                        [–]ryan_k 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        holy shitttttt

                                                                        [–]dajumbles 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        The Earth can be an amazing and wonderful place sometimes.

                                                                        [–]rumblez 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        I'm interested in this new "acid trip" lens.

                                                                        [–]simondigital 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        This has happened before

                                                                        [–]SNAKEHANDLER69 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        New goal in life: take LSD here.

                                                                        [–]anupakkihal 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        a fellow redditor, Li5y, took a similar photo just a couple weeks ago.

                                                                        [–]GigliWasUnderrated 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        This one also blows my mind.

                                                                        [–]Eranmane 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Cool, a new Radiohead EP.

                                                                        [–]NeoShweaty 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Hello new wallpaper.

                                                                        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        I've been there. Namibia is the most staggeringly beautiful place on earth. There are petrified trees in the middle of salt plains, surrounded by sand dunes.

                                                                        [–]MyPants 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        That is perhaps one of the coolest places I've ever been to. If you're ever in Namibia you should go. It is not hard to get to.

                                                                        [–]polpi 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Here's the article that accompanied the photo: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/06/namibia-park/fuller-text

                                                                        -reading now

                                                                        [–]batteryhead 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        This reminds me of acid.

                                                                        [–]chemistry_teacher 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Frans Lanting

                                                                        This one is easily my favorite nature photo OF ALL TIME!

                                                                        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        I'll have what that camera is having...

                                                                        [–]woyteck 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Orange to blue ratio

                                                                        [–]916CALLTURK 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        WHAT IS THIS SORCERY?!

                                                                        [–]buffnuff 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        its a picture of some trees, with an aerial photo of the australian bush as the background. its quite well done tho, almost didnt notice that. so its 2 pictures

                                                                        [–]eazy_e 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        You get an upvote for making me look so critically.

                                                                        [–]DrPremium 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Now this is photography. Everything element here is calculated. Thank you for posting, so people can see the difference between ART and HDR.

                                                                        [–]pressuretobear 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        I am thinking the photographer captured a glimmer of May 22nd.

                                                                        [–]Motality 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        He's using a telephoto lens to crunch the background obviously, but I still don't get how he overexposed the hill like that... excluding photoshop/double exposure techniques I'm stumped.

                                                                        [–]shanefer 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        The title should have been "Look at this photograph".

                                                                        [–]stoicicle 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        This location looks like it was used in the Tarsem film The Fall. The Alexander scene. When I get home will try to find a screen shot.

                                                                        [–]radium-v 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Repost is repost.

                                                                        [–]ohgoodone 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        One of the Whos in Whoville taken up photography?

                                                                        [–]FrabriziovonGoethe 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Its a beautiful photo, anyone know where this one was taken?

                                                                        [–]DropJohn 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        It's clearly Tobias' testicles.

                                                                        [–]mrawesomesuperhero 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        "This is a photograph, not a painting.

                                                                        ... A photograph of a painting."

                                                                        [–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        dr suess take the wheel

                                                                        [–]login_or_register_ 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        AARRRGGHHH

                                                                        [–]Richandler 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        Orange and fucking Blue EVERYWHERE!

                                                                        [–]LuvKrahft 1 point2 points ago

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                                                                        My brain hurts. Is this real or not god damn it?

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                                                                        PHOTOSHOPPED!!1!

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