Don't Look Down.

ProjectileHerpes · 10 months

“The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.” ~ Douglas Adams

panzerbjorne · 10 months

humans are badass.

Jasi · 10 months

It's a Dragon.

MrErnie · 10 months

Does anyone know what island that is?

QueCasular · 10 months

Upvotes to whoever can tell me what exactly is happening here...

uhhnox · 10 months

Idealized for desktop

andrewx · 10 months

Don't look up either.

joeblowparabola · 10 months

"Well, if it makes you feel any better, we're already falling... SIDEWAYS AT 18000 MPH"

joe24pack · 10 months

Interesting visual pun? Space Shuttle Atlantis over the Bahamas which is one of the supposed physical locations of the legendary Atlantis ? Have I got that right?

m00f · 10 months

I know it was totally impractical... but I really miss that (sometimes explody) flying bus.

danman11 · 10 months

Here's a similar one from STS-132.

http://i.imgur.com/o5G1h.jpg

stuck_in_the_desert · 10 months

THEN WHO WAS CAMERA??

Azurphax · 10 months

Don't look? You mean, DAT VIEW!

trekbette · 10 months

I couldn't look down or up because I'd never get any work done. I'd just stare at the scenery with my mouth hanging open.

c_mulk · 10 months

Damn, I wish it was possible to parachute from that altitude

groof · 10 months

Who invited Onyxia?

jigby61 · 10 months

"shrek! I'm looking down!"

NiceGuyJay · 10 months

Goddamn I fucking love space so fucking much.

Random · 10 months

Was just at a talk by NASA Astronaut Drew Feustel: he was asked about training for spacewalks, and said that no matter how many hours you train, doing the work with the Earth hanging below you is hard!

MadMageMC · 10 months

Looks like that shuttle found a velociraptor skeleton.

ericpenguin · 10 months

Wait, this doesn't remind anyone of that one episode of Cowboy Bebop?

sourdoughandwry · 10 months

The enemy's gate is down

B891 · 10 months

This is over The Bahamas. Beautiful even from space.

M0b1u5 · 10 months

Worst title on a topic in the last 7 days.

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[deleted] · 10 months

At that height, "down" doesn't make sense.

willymo · 10 months

Someone with space-knowledge... Is it just me, or is this extremely low orbit altitude? I've never seen a picture from space where the ground scenery could be seen so clearly that wasn't altered. Usually the "human features" of Earth are only visible in huge cities.

Fluffguck · 10 months

Don't look down because underneath you, there appears to be a pterodactyl.

ClockParadoX · 10 months

I thought this was a BF3 post at first glace (Wake Island.) So I fixed it.

http://imgur.com/aL5C5

juicedesigns · 10 months

I wish this was a stereogram...

Edit: Good thing I know photoshop...

this_sort_of_thing · 10 months

Hmm, I wonder if anyone can identify what islands those are

eightnine22 · 10 months

Where's the landmarK? My heart yearns to be where the picture is being taken! EPIC!

ctolan · 10 months

Who took the photo - i don't see a link cable anywhere?

trex88 · 10 months

so Jurassic park is real

Don_Andy · 10 months

I would only look down.

justunsubscribing · 10 months

Wowww... Has anyone actually seen the shadow from these things? Or is that even possible?

nusmesa · 10 months

Interesting thing is that at that height i wouldn't be afraid of looking down. But on top of a mountain i would feel some fear.

BruinsFan478 · 10 months

This reminds me of a Lego set I had with a NASA space shuttle

The-Judicious-Hooker · 10 months

Would someone who suffers from vertigo be affected by this perspective if they were on the ship? Does vertigo stem from gravity?

thegreatbritish · 10 months

I genuinely got vertigo from looking at this.

asshair · 10 months

How'd they take a picture of that?

rumbletom · 10 months

Is looking up any better?

dontbehaten · 10 months

beautiful

Funnyguy17 · 10 months

Da fuck? Why wouldn't you want to look down that's amazing

MajorVictory · 10 months

We're in space! There is no Down!

mehatch · 10 months

im pretty sure this is a leaked Just Cause 3 screengrab

Geruvah · 10 months

At this height, I don't think you'd be afraid of heights anymore.

neighborcat1-scratch · 10 months

"Fuckin' A! The first keg just ran out. You guys are awesome!"

DoubleStuffedCheezIt · 10 months

Florida looks different from space.

wiredntired · 10 months

My brother, a fellow redditor, works on this website.

toastworks · 10 months

Doesn't matter, can't fall.

Ajexk · 10 months

Dinosaur Island

verbose_gent · 10 months

There is no down.

Ameisen · 10 months

The scary thing is that the perspective points out that the shuttle really isn't that high up. Low orbit. You can see the shadows made by the clouds.

bcseahag · 10 months

Long Island Bahamas! My dads house is just to the left of the nose!!! Fantastic picture.

munge_me_not · 10 months

Haven't seen one of those in awhile. I think they used to use them to go into outer space.

Haggisfarm · 10 months

Or... Do look down, and marvel at how cool the world is.

Asytra · 10 months

Taken moments before Jebediah and the rest of the space shuttle Kerdeavour came crashing back to Kerbin.

Nicknam4 · 10 months

Kinda hard when you take the picture pointing down, asshole.

tofurocks · 10 months

Thanks, new desktop background.

ayearinaminute · 10 months

Instant vertigo!

drysart · 10 months

I'll always fondly remember the days when the United States was capable of sending men into space.

MrBoujangles · 10 months

If someone were sent into orbit without their knowing and were acrophobic, would they suffer from a panic attack once they looked out the window?

theDudeRules · 10 months

Bermuda?

Stratocaster89 · 10 months

Fuck me that awesome.

EastYork · 10 months

Can anyone name the island below?

LettersFromTheSky · 10 months

Nope, nope, nope and nope.

didshereallysaythat · 10 months

fun fact they are actually falling

DmnsionalDriftr · 10 months

Anyone else think of the Star Trek space-dive scene?

HoochCow · 10 months

Is it just me or does that island look like a dragon... I've been playing too much Skyrim forgive me.

dmoted · 10 months

I have an acquaintance who space-walked on a shuttle flight. He said the "low" altitude was extremely distracting and it always fell like he was going to fall, and he didn't fully relax until a while after the flight.

triarchic · 10 months

The land mass pictured looks surprisingly like a flying dragon. Even has small details that work well as a dragon. Badass!

A3Magician · 10 months

Because you are flying over a DRAGON!!

skewt · 10 months

I love the way clouds and their shadows look from this perspective.

orthecreedence · 10 months

Aruba, Jamaica, oo I wanna take ya

thaspaam · 10 months

You're lucky there's a blimp, grab it.

Momonga_In_Flight · 10 months

The island looks like a dinosaur

davidduckface · 10 months

without fail, these type of pictures instantly trigger vertigo for me.

Dresden_skyline · 10 months

The impulse to just jump must be incredible. Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

halo_13 · 10 months

Look Ma, no manned space program!

BeatLeJuce · 10 months

Skydiving down there from that high would be SO FUCKIN' AWESOME!

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