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[–]JustTalkinAboutShaft 22 points23 points ago

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[–]SeahorseOfDoom -4 points-3 points ago

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This needs to be the top comment

[–]UnicornsRapist 31 points32 points ago

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Up vote because I'm from Switzerland

[–]I_saw_this_on_4chan 10 points11 points ago

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ME TOO

[–]PhantomGenocide 21 points22 points ago

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Your user-names compliment eachother.

[–]59e7e3 1 point2 points ago

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Me too. I wish the people were a little warmer because it sure is beautiful.

[–]Baschi 1 point2 points ago

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Me too.

[–]I_saw_this_on_4chan 0 points1 point ago

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are you sure you're swiss? They're very warm to any one who speaks the tiniest amount of german, and knows/cares about switzerland.

[–]59e7e3 0 points1 point ago

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I was born in Geneva, spent 25 years of my life in the French part, then moved to the US. I think Swiss people have a hard time showing their emotions and can be very judgmental. I love them though.

[–]I_saw_this_on_4chan 0 points1 point ago

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Ha, this is true for me, and I guess true for swiss in general. But are these things mutually exclusive with being fun/warm?

[–]59e7e3 0 points1 point ago

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True, maybe warm is not the right term.

[–]Skinnj 0 points1 point ago

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Where the hell do you live? I'm from Zug and people here are cold and totally fucked up!

[–]SwissCanuck -2 points-1 points ago

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You in the german area? Because I can tell you the warmth of the people is the major reason I ended up in La Suisse romande.

[–]koklo 2 points3 points ago

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Implying french people are more open and friendly than german ... The hell are you talking about?

[–]nycon 0 points1 point ago

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Well it does show in politics, especially openness towards foreigners...

[–]koklo 0 points1 point ago

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What does politics have to do with anything?

[–]WhereIsTheBeef 2 points3 points ago

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You mean south Switzerland (Ticino) right?

[–]ReasonableExcuse 0 points1 point ago

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Suisse romande is the french part. Ticino is the italian part.

[–]nycon 0 points1 point ago

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and me too

[–]SwissCanuck 1 point2 points ago

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Upboat to you for letting me in! Loving it. sips nice wine and takes another bite of cheese all made in .ch from balcony in .ch

[–]blueicepop 0 points1 point ago

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dito

[–]ClicketyClick 7 points8 points ago

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My god, it's full of stars...

Beautiful picture!

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[–]Occams_Beard_Trimmer 3 points4 points ago

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2010.

[–]majorkev 3 points4 points ago

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How would one actually take a photograph like this?

[–]RawrImAMonster 5 points6 points ago*

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An expensive camera with a good low noise sensor and a prime f1.4 lens was probably used. You can't really do long (1 minute+) exposures with stars because they begin to trail really fast.

Also, the ground may or may not be a separate picture that was put together in photoshop.

Disclaimer: Not an expert on astrophotography, but I've experimented with it.

[–]shnoobles 2 points3 points ago*

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Probably, but it looks more to me like 2 exposures were combined. The sky & ground being separate shots.

edit- hurr I'm dumb and missed where Rawr mentioned this. it was late!

[–]RawrImAMonster 5 points6 points ago

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Also, the ground may or may not be a separate picture that was put together in photoshop.

That's what I said.

[–]shnoobles 0 points1 point ago

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whoops, I totally skipped that sentence! sorry about that!

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Quite a few more than 2 exposures if you look at the horizon; there are multiple sun rises in the offing. It looks like they've taken lots of shots, over a year, at the same time relative to the sun rising.

[–]mixis 0 points1 point ago

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Low noise sensor?! The sky is all noised up and there even is some kind of very noisy arc.

[–]Chicken-n-Waffles 0 points1 point ago

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30 seconds max. You can get a good idea of constellations and more stars but the trails really take away from it.

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[–]anttirt 4 points5 points ago

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Moderately long exposure (several seconds at least). It's definitely never quite that vibrant to the naked eye.

[–]thanklessingrate 5 points6 points ago

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I read a bunch of soul sucking stories today my friend. This one picture erase them all. Thank you.

[–]OptionalRequirement 2 points3 points ago

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Where in Switzerland is that?

[–]Powerfool 2 points3 points ago

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[–]jed_the_humanoid 2 points3 points ago

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Damn, looks so milky!

[–]jacobtaylor1987 2 points3 points ago

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No. It's shit like this

[–]iKindaLookLikeMyself 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah, wasn't our most glorious moment...

[–]nycon 0 points1 point ago

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I'm Swiss, and I completely agree.

[–]dan013 -3 points-2 points ago

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They can still study Islam just in their own homes, i don't think it's such a bad thing do you?

[–]rawlyn 1 point2 points ago

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Yes. It's fucking obscene.

[–]SwissCanuck 0 points1 point ago

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No, its called preserving the look of a place. You can't paint your house pink on a whim either - you have to ask the Commune. You can't build a company HQ the same height of a minaret either. I'm sick and tired of my new Swiss family taking shit for this. I would have voted against Minarets too. NOTHING to do with religion. It has to do with conserving the aesthetics of the place - nothing more. Its an extremely small place. which is trying to conserve its beauty. Quit pulling the religious/racial oppression card - its old and inaccurate.

[–]rawlyn 2 points3 points ago

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My argument has nothing to do with race or religion.

Not being able to paint your house pink is fucking obscene as well. It's like people have no idea what "freedom" means.

[–]came_to_post_this 0 points1 point ago

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it's as inaccurate as your post: the law does address preserving the look of the country and you're right about the pink house as well. however the fact that this law DID come through has clearly to do with the "religious card" as it was heavily played by the intiating party and reflected a lot of people's feelings/fears at the time. that being said, certainly some people have voted in favour of it regardless of the religious debate. i doubt however that the same amount of people would have even bothered to sign for it / vote for it if it was just about conserving the look of a place.

[–]SwissCanuck 0 points1 point ago

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Or they can study it in a place that doesn't have a huge tower sticking out of it.

[–]rawlyn 2 points3 points ago

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I'm always confused by "it's shit like this" posts. Sometimes they show a reason to love something, sometimes they show a reason to hate something.

Is there a "proper" usage?

[–]anthon38 1 point2 points ago

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The proper usage is the latter, non-ironic.

[–]Rhendal 1 point2 points ago

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The proper usage is to not use it.

[–]rawlyn 1 point2 points ago

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I literally lol'd.

[–]ninchillah 1 point2 points ago

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if i could build a house on the ledge and drink coffee every night looking at that..i would die happy

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Unfortunately, it probably doesn't look like that in real life, especially if you read the other comments about it being composed of several exposures.

[–]ninchillah 1 point2 points ago

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aww my bubble has been burst ...

[–]fapmaster3000 1 point2 points ago

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I'm downvoting everytime a post uses "shit like this" as a positive connotation. STOP RAPING THE LANGUAGE.

[–]Thizzlebot 1 point2 points ago

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You are being downvoted for "it's shit like this".

[–]MiloMuggins 1 point2 points ago

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Maaan, I wish we had the Milky Way here in America...

[–]eCupcakes 1 point2 points ago

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given me some inspiration to star gaze tonight! thanks

[–]monkeyangel 3 points4 points ago

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Plus that AAA S&P rating doesn't hurt either....

[–]YeaISeddit 0 points1 point ago

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[–]rapax 4 points5 points ago

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Actually that does hurt. A lot. The extremely high exchange rates are currently the major problem in Switzerland. Unfortunately, we seem to be powerless to do anything about it.

[–]SwissCanuck 0 points1 point ago

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Problem? No problem. I go home now (to Canada) and the ATM spits bills like I won the lotto. Prices have not changed locally (sure, they should go down and they won't yet - but give it time. Enough full cars coming across from DE/FR and they will). Industry is getting raw materials at an all-time low cost. The only market suffering is in some respects exports, and tourism. I'm just saying - it could be way worse.

[–]LivinWithMom 0 points1 point ago

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Switzerland has more stars than me!! DAMN IT! ;)

[–]ElTimablo 0 points1 point ago

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Aaaand....background! Houston, the wallpaper has landed!

[–]luv2hack 0 points1 point ago

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Umm are those stars in the sky ?

[–]ThoKadd 0 points1 point ago

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Please, for the love of god, make a higher res wallpaper out of this. PLEASE.

[–]kenokenokeno 0 points1 point ago

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creux du van, Canton Neuchâtel (Switzerland) \m/

[–]dan013 0 points1 point ago

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English but live in Switzerland, no regrets! I fucking love this country

[–]OversizedSpoon 0 points1 point ago

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My new background. Thanks

[–]Teckle 0 points1 point ago

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What time of the year and where was this taken? I would like to know so I can plan my holiday.

[–]DeSanti 0 points1 point ago

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Switzerland, the land that made language confusing

[–]Adzmodean 0 points1 point ago

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Winter is coming...

[–]magicshrooms 0 points1 point ago

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The stars look like a brain.

[–]ajw827 0 points1 point ago

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fucking gorgeous

[–]mattaction 0 points1 point ago

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Yeah! Looking all beautiful and stuff.

[–]femaleoninternets 0 points1 point ago

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Hello new desktop background!

[–]NBegovich 0 points1 point ago

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Tell me that there is a place in the world that I can go to and see the Milky Way like this with my own eyes.

[–]EXMarten 0 points1 point ago

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Fake. I can totally see it from the pixels.

[–]ratsafari 0 points1 point ago

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just wow

[–]mmmgirlgoheadgetdown 0 points1 point ago

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Damn...could someone make this into an iPhone wallpaper? I wanna see it everyday...fucking lucky swiss

[–]Barleybomb 0 points1 point ago

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The whole world would look like this, if people would turn out some fucking lights.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point ago

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Wrong place to post.

[–]FlopTurnReaver 0 points1 point ago

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Nice hiking destination in the summer :o)

[–]pOSiden_mG 0 points1 point ago

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My jaw is still on the floor, it's beautiful!

[–]janusface -1 points0 points ago

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It's swit like this, Shitzerland!

[–]TheGayUnicorn -1 points0 points ago

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epic!!!

[–][deleted] -5 points-4 points ago

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Picture is shopped like shit, commenters are a bunch of fucking morons.

[–]yaaar -1 points0 points ago

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I don't understand why people say this is beautiful. It's pretty much the landscape/night-shot equivalent of a heavily photoshopped magazine model. It's not beautiful, it's obnoxious and overdone and unnatural.

[–]rawlyn -1 points0 points ago

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Can't tell for the life of me why you're getting downvotes. You've got an excellent point.