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[–]PaperRockBazooka 125 points126 points ago

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So we meet again..

[–]A_WILD_COCK_APPEARS 130 points131 points ago

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thump

[–]antdude 3 points4 points ago

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Ew.

[–]RockPaperAwesome 3 points4 points ago

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Awesome beets bazooka any day, unless you have an awesome bazooka...

[–]Urrrhn 29 points30 points ago

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ENHANCE

[–]Jest0riz0r 7 points8 points ago

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[–]RockPaperAwesome 1 point2 points ago

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Muhahaha the best part is that my husband posted this comment without realizing he was logged in as me. Thumbs up honey and thanks for the Karma.

[–]Crankypanty 32 points33 points ago

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[–]1919 113 points114 points ago

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Whenever I see things like this, I'm at first amazed by the creativity, and then I realize it is so much more creative and thought-out than I could ever think of, and I get sad.

But then I see the picture again, make it my desktop background, and move on.

circle of life

[–]Devilheart 46 points47 points ago

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My brain never even made it to the desktop background idea.

Now I am sad that you are so much more creative than me.

circle of life

[–]fun_young_man 15 points16 points ago*

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I set up some sort of script that refreshes my background from R/Earthporn every 20 minutes. I love it.

[–]ma2is 13 points14 points ago

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we beg you, share thy knowledge of creativity with the humble interwebnet

[–]fun_young_man 13 points14 points ago*

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here is a how to I don't use a separate program I follow the instructions in the comment. Its very seamless and all happens in the background. I've had it running for several months and I don't even think about it anymore, I just admire my wallpapers as they come up.

Edit: A better how to

[–]fusion_xgen 1 point2 points ago

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This is probably the best link I've seen all day

[–]iamdougdanger 125 points126 points ago*

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shouldn't it be a mirrored image that gets reflected refracted?

[–]what_thedouche 78 points79 points ago*

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It would actually be flipped upside downrotated... But if you turn your screen 180 degrees you will see that the map is indeed flipped rotated and the blurry part that we see is North Africa.

edit: grammar

[–]runswithcoyotes 36 points37 points ago

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Damn you, I had to use photoshop to see this. But here it is for every one else. Also, it's not just flipped but rotated (as you said secondly.): What's at the top right is actually the bottom left.

[–]nocnoc- 140 points141 points ago*

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http://light.sci-toys.com/glass_sphere.jpg

im guessing they had to project a specifically made image for it to turn up like that in the drop of water. A normal mirrored map would get warped too

edit: i did some digging for the source... http://www.flickr.com/photos/12708811@N07/3203564706/in/set-72157602373742215/

here are more drops: http://www.flickr.com/photos/12708811@N07/sets/72157602373742215/with/3162075569/

[–]spmcfarland 311 points312 points ago

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I tried my hand at this about a year ago. A projection map works pretty well, but it's crazy hard to get everything positioned and timed just right. And the map actually has to be upside-down for the image to come out rightside-up.

Here's mine.

[–]oblivion95 21 points22 points ago

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Someone who actually does more than just talk about it? This deserves many upvotes.

[–]ramen_feet 3 points4 points ago

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your photo is amazing, thank you

[–]umop_apisdn 42 points43 points ago

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I love how the submitter (or whoever he copied it from) didn't see the text that said ' Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved'

[–]HUGE-FROG 14 points15 points ago

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Yeah, "didn't see..."

[–]GalacticWhale 7 points8 points ago

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This is the internet sir. If you wish to stop people from using your stuff don't bring it here. Or support SOPA. I hear it takes care of stuff like that.

[–]TheFrigginArchitect 4 points5 points ago*

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Don't be a dick. If people who care about electronic freedom can't demonstrate that they are concerned about original content creators, there will be nowhere for the less-idealistic creators to turn but to those who would strong arm their way all over the place.

[–]GalacticWhale 3 points4 points ago

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Did you see a joke go by here? It was a bit shy so you might have missed it.

[–]TheFrigginArchitect 1 point2 points ago*

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I'm sorry, I did miss it. I downvoted in error.

[–]tehmagik 1 point2 points ago

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Question for you - what way other than "strong arming" is there to prevent this (besides relying on everyone being completely moral)? I had thought the 2 sides of that coin were "deal with minor piracy" or "lose some basic freedoms".

[–]Spayorneuteryourkids 177 points178 points ago

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Or they just used Photoshop...

[–]buntH0LE 106 points107 points ago

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THE YEAR JUST STARTED STOP RUINING IT FOR ME

[–]sltkr 15 points16 points ago

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The photographer claims he did not use Photoshop.

[–]ImTheDoctah 14 points15 points ago

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[–]oblivion95 7 points8 points ago

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And we would all know he/she was if this pic were attributed to him.

[–]Toof 7 points8 points ago

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The map is upside down. We are looking at the Northeast corner of Africa and a bit of Spain there at the bottom.

[–]Telewyn 26 points27 points ago

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This picture is legit, I can tell from the pixels.

[–][deleted] 18 points19 points ago

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yeah, it's all about the pixels. they talk to me sometimes.

[–]dudeAwEsome101 9 points10 points ago

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You must be the Pixel Born!

[–]coldcamel 10 points11 points ago

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Zoom in, enhance.

[–]sweetgreggo 17 points18 points ago

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Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission.

ಠ_ಠ

[–]NeverStopPosting 1 point2 points ago

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With SOPA he could actually do something about this piracy.

[–]Sto_Odin 2 points3 points ago

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im guessing they had to project a specifically made image

I'm guessing the whole thing is faked.

[–]sigaven 27 points28 points ago

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The map itself is upside down. If you look carefully you'll see it's an upside-down Africa

[–]guywithbeard 42 points43 points ago

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Or for the Australian redditors you will in fact see nothing different.

[–]c3xy 1 point2 points ago

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Wouldn't they see it right-side-up and therefore be confused by the image?

[–]Doakungfu 11 points12 points ago

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look at africa on the map, friend. it IS upside down.

[–]Gecko99 7 points8 points ago

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The map is upside down. You can see the western part of Africa behind the water drop.

[–]judgej2 1 point2 points ago

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refracted

[–]pksellsw 1 point2 points ago

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its refracted not reflected...

[–]DarkLegion 14 points15 points ago

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Hello guys, I´m the Photographer of the Refraction in the Drops. I´m Glad that you like it . For all those who interested in a Setup Picture. Take a look at my Flickr Stream.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/maianer/6628590375/

I have many other Stuff like the World in a drop ...

[–]arche22 1538 points1539 points ago

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That may be the coolest thing I have seen all year...

[–]Solidbob 1527 points1528 points ago

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GET IT GUYS? CUZ THE YEAR'S JUST STARTED. AHHHHAHAHAHAHAHA

[–]Limitedcomments 659 points660 points ago*

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I don't get it still. Say it louder.

[–]docious 225 points226 points ago

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Does your computer talk to you too? :o

[–]Limitedcomments 213 points214 points ago

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Yours doesn't!? Mine has been talking to me for years, claims most of its parts came from a top secret government project and used to be a car. Keeps calling me Michael.

[–]LuxNocte 236 points237 points ago

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I wouldn't do that if I were you, Michael.

[–]AgentMull 143 points144 points ago

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Taste the happy, Michael.

[–]Michael-Bluth 28 points29 points ago

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Tastes kind of like the sad.

[–]phoncible 4 points5 points ago

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Happy new year and cake day

[–][deleted] 201 points202 points ago

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Pretend I wrote this in green, Michael.

[–]AllNamesAreGone 30 points31 points ago

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Pretend that you know how to use green text, Michael.

[–]-Michael- 95 points96 points ago

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WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU GUYS WANT?! LEAVE ME THE FUCK ALONE!

[–]DrinkinBluntss 178 points179 points ago

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Redditor for zero days and this is your only comment. Disappointment. :(

[–][deleted] ago

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[deleted]

[–]isleshocky 11 points12 points ago

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Don't click that link, Michael.

[–]Annyeongbluth 1 point2 points ago

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Tastes a lot like sad.

[–]nogswarth 1 point2 points ago

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LOOK AT BANNER, MICHAEL.

[–]That_is_reddikulous 5 points6 points ago

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 Taste the happy, Michael.

Or else.

[–]ChicagoMike 18 points19 points ago

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Just don't hit the Turbo Boost key on your keyboard.

[–]The_Third_One 70 points71 points ago

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I thought the Turbo button was usually on the tower...

CAUTION IMAGE MAY BE SHOCKING FOR REDDITORS UNDER 18

[–]IDidntChooseUsername 25 points26 points ago

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I thought that meant NSFW.

ಠ_ಠ

[–]sweetgreggo 8 points9 points ago

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AWWW YEAH. My first IBM compatible PC was a home made 486 DX/2 66. Had that turbo button, too. When I built it was more powerful than any system at my job (we had about 50). I put 8mb of RAM in it when the norm was 2. The biggest HD I could afford was a 245mb for $250.

[–]r3v 2 points3 points ago

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Gah, dollar a meg! That seemed like such a deal when HDDs hit that.

[–]skinny_lips 7 points8 points ago

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I loved my 33/66 Hz processor :../

[–]lentus 13 points14 points ago

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MHz actually

[–]LordoftheGodKings 1 point2 points ago

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I love all the layers of finger grease caked onto those buttons.

[–]MixedUpZombie 1 point2 points ago

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I'm sorry, Michael. I'm afraid i can't do that.

[–]-Michael- 1 point2 points ago

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HOW ABOUT I SLAP YOUR SHIT?

[–]PaytonStray 12 points13 points ago

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Avast! virus database has been updated!

[–]Akraz 27 points28 points ago

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He said

BECAUSE THE YEAR JUST STARTED

[–]elegylegacy 91 points92 points ago

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He said to say it louder, not say it greener.

[–]Akraz 108 points109 points ago

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I'm just looking out for the environment.

[–]LuxNocte 13 points14 points ago

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What continent are you from? I've been looking for 4 other environmentalists to "combine powers" if you know what I mean.

[–]dhave_config 14 points15 points ago

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Captain Planet he's our hero.. gonna take pollution down to 0

[–]7heMA77 6 points7 points ago

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We're the planeteers, You can be one too! 'Cause saving our planet is the thing to do, Looting and polluting is not the way, Hear what Captain Planet has to say: "THE POWER IS YOURS!!"

[–]Jungle2266 2 points3 points ago

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The point of our cause you can not refute, We must find new fuels, that do not pollute. If you think this is dumb or pointless and gay, Listen to what Captain Planet has to say

[–]Akraz 8 points9 points ago

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North America (Canada), bro. Sorry in advance.

[–]Aww_Shucks 6 points7 points ago

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IT

[–]sadmusic 7 points8 points ago

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His words have gone Hulk!

[–]ellipses1 1 point2 points ago

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I SAID MAYBE THE DINGO ATE YOUR BABY

[–]xmashatstand 4 points5 points ago

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Death's tones are the hardest to ignore...

[–]Dodge5278 1 point2 points ago

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type it harder*

[–]Plagiarismo 9 points10 points ago

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Wait, it's a new year? How come nobody said anything about it?

[–]webby_mc_webberson 5 points6 points ago

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Dude where have you been? You've even missed the Reddit love story of 2012. It was drink-at-home-alone beautiful.

[–]stevethemule 4 points5 points ago

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whats this guys deal?

[–][deleted] 5 points6 points ago

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dude i'm really hung over. ssssssshhhh...

[–]I_Answer_With_Memes 18 points19 points ago

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[–]OneEasyLay 1 point2 points ago

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I get it. I get it all the time

[–][deleted] ago

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[deleted]

[–]arche22 52 points53 points ago

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But I don't browse 9GAG, so I wouldn't have seen it there!

[–]NeoTalis88 7 points8 points ago

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Signs of the appocalypse?

[–]SortaBeta 10 points11 points ago

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I don't get why we have to be so hostile to each other. Why can't 9gag and Reddit just accept that they're both awesome and produce interesting content?

goes back to /r/starcraft

[–]GalacticWhale 1 point2 points ago

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And all the comments there say it is a repost as well.

[–]titations 1 point2 points ago

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yeah, i do remember seeing this before...repost

[–]bolgrot 51 points52 points ago

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Whatever happened to linking to the source? Whoever took the shot clearly put a lot of effort into it.

[–]umop_apisdn 52 points53 points ago

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And also wrote under it ' Please don't use this image on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission. © All rights reserved'. But when you are karma whoring other people's rights aren't at the top of your mind.

[–]BraveRutherford 10 points11 points ago

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Because people only post cool pictures for imaginary points. Sometimes it's good to share.

[–]TheOceldoc 68 points69 points ago

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Waterworld.

[–]guywithbeard 23 points24 points ago

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Still my favorite movie. I hate myself too.

[–]Davek804 15 points16 points ago

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Because it was an awesome movie.

[–][deleted] 3 points4 points ago

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SMOOOOOKERS!!!!

[–]Fernando_x 1 point2 points ago

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Was good.

[–]Doctor_Pudding 5 points6 points ago

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The horror!

[–]mike10010100 18 points19 points ago

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So how many sockpuppet accounts does it take to consistently get to the front page with other people's content, like this guy does?

[–]kgu123 16 points17 points ago

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and this is how the end of the world began

[–]stoned-derelict 22 points23 points ago

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And just like that the earth melted into nothing.

[–]datn 8 points9 points ago

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Earth died screaming... while I lay dreaming.

[–]Vizck 343 points344 points ago*

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I'm gonna go ahead and say that's fake.

Edit: I like spmcfarland's better than OP. It just looks too perfect to be possible, excuse my incredulity.

[–]spmcfarland 833 points834 points ago*

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I've actually done it myself. It's really hard to get everything positioned right, but it's definitely possible.

Edit: Wow, I'm really amazed at all the feedback. And views. That image had about 200 views for a year. Then it gets like 6,000 in two hours. Reddit is crazy powerful.

[–]sojtucker 142 points143 points ago

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I think yours is actually better than the original post, nice work.

[–]spmcfarland 29 points30 points ago

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Wow, thank you very much.

[–]Duct0r_ 8 points9 points ago*

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If you look at the original size you can actually see the continents names.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spmcfarland/4873459420/sizes/o/in/set-72157622835346500/

[–]spmcfarland 1 point2 points ago

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I thought about getting a more traditional country map, but I decided that a map with as close to satellite imagery as possible would be best. They're kinda hard to find at that size.

[–]hhpb89 1 point2 points ago

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I agree.

[–]morrison0880 31 points32 points ago

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Absolutely amazing shot. Bravo.

[–]occupyfacebook 12 points13 points ago

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how is this water drop made?

[–]spmcfarland 83 points84 points ago

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I used an eyedropper about 18 inches above a black bowl. The drop passed through a sensor that fired the flash after a very precise delay. That gave the drop enough time to hit the surface of the water in the bowl, then rebound back up, creating the nearly-perfect sphere.

[–]Hysteriia 29 points30 points ago

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Hi, I love you

[–]spmcfarland 30 points31 points ago

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I love you too, random internet stranger.

[–]in_SI_that_is 10 points11 points ago

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45.7 centimetres

[–]Detka 1 point2 points ago

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upvote for effort!

[–]xaronax 13 points14 points ago

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By dropping water onto more water?

[–]KNueve83 14 points15 points ago

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You can't explain that!

[–]9ren 3 points4 points ago

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That is beautiful.

It occurs to me one could make a glass sculpture and map with the same effect, viewer would have to place their eye at the right position.

[–]spmcfarland 1 point2 points ago

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It'd probably be possible with glass, but I don't know how the refractive properties of glass compare to water. To get my shot, I had to order a map 4 feet wide to make it look right in a droplet that was - maybe - a quarter of an inch wide. So I would think doing it in glass (assuming you'd want to scale it up) would require a ridiculously huge map.

[–]runswithcoyotes 9 points10 points ago

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I would also like to point out this. The map was indeed, rotated.

[–]ShadowSkill 1 point2 points ago

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Found some more about this here.

[–]aidaman 17 points18 points ago

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EVERYBODY IT'S NOT FAKE!!

[–]Hothr 10 points11 points ago

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... or is it TWO fakes?

[–]dmsheldon87 9 points10 points ago

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[–]LuxNocte 132 points133 points ago

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I'm going to agree. That is not, in fact, actually the Earth.

[–]Philthese93 24 points25 points ago

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Yea, everyone knows the Earth is flat.

[–]Daemon_of_Mail 38 points39 points ago

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Nah, pretty sure this is possible, if taken at the right angle and at the right time, with the right equipment and expertise on photography.

[–]Glebun 1 point2 points ago

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Right, but I think he was talking about this particular image.

[–]ikurumba 72 points73 points ago

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I would agree thought it's still a great image.

[–]coldcamel 47 points48 points ago

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What something fake on the internet? Why would anyone want to do that?

[–]sanspanties 1 point2 points ago

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It's google earth.

[–]Flanders2 10 points11 points ago

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Hey, here's a Red drop of water in slow motion and it does look like it will form a perfect sphere at the right moment.

[–]CumStainedSock 33 points34 points ago

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The second highest rated comment and it is false. You provided no evidence, no research... just your incorrect "hunch". The photo is real and is in fact being used without the photographer's permission. Reddit sure has gotten stupid.

[–]ChokingVictim 20 points21 points ago

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I agree with you, but you also provide no evidence. Do you have any showing it is real? I'd like to see it just for the sake of seeing it, not to argue against you.

[–]CumStainedSock 22 points23 points ago

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That's a good point. Here's a link to the guy's page. Lots of cool stuff on there. Unless his entire flickr profile is a sham, the photo is real, and not even photoshopped!

[–]neodiogenes 1 point2 points ago

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You win. Clearly refractions through water droplets is this guy's métier.

Everyone's got to have at least one obsession.

[–]gm2 2 points3 points ago

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Reddit sure has gotten stupid.

-CumStainedSock

[–]nachoman456 8 points9 points ago

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Higher Quality, anyone?

[–]imiiiiik 3 points4 points ago

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equator water

market it now

[–][deleted] 11 points12 points ago

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Eqwater

[–]smechile 0 points1 point ago

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I'm upvoting for username alone.

[–]NonPermissive 2 points3 points ago

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Now that you mention it, this would look great as a bottle label if it had a greater depth of field. I'd probably stick it on a rum bottle though.

[–]eighthourblink 2 points3 points ago

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Thank you for making my new wallpaper

[–]randies 1 point2 points ago

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You know what? I'll join you on that. Something about it.

[–]MaDchiPz 2 points3 points ago

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Love how this is atleast the 3 time I've seen this repost and it has the most positive upvotes I've seen on a single post..

[–]shpong1ed 2 points3 points ago

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Cool pic, but there's just no way that this is a photograph.

[–]lVlatt 7 points8 points ago

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I gotta say, you were the first redditor that I actually recognized the name of because of how frequently you've been on the front page. Congratulations.

[–][deleted] 13 points14 points ago

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He's on the front page every day. He's clearly figured out what images reddit likes to upvote.

[–]dukedj 4 points5 points ago

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Insert cute animal here

[–]CowplusCowequalsCows 5 points6 points ago

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Points at anus.

[–]coldcamel 1 point2 points ago

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Look at the cute kitten I just saved! It even has an upvote on its chest.

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago*

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Or he has a network of bot/sockpuppet accounts under his control.

[–]nethawk212 1 point2 points ago

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I checked with all of my accounts and they think you might be right!

[–]jscottwsy91 4 points5 points ago

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Wouldnt the image be upside down?

[–]urwrngtrll 8 points9 points ago

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The map is upside down.

[–]Orange-silver-mouth 1 point2 points ago

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just a pale blue dot

[–]treubaria 1 point2 points ago

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Now, based on the proportions of the "globe", what must the map projection be?

[–]RepoRogue 1 point2 points ago

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Holy smeg, that is amazing.

[–]salvac 1 point2 points ago

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HOLYMOTHEROFGOD.jpg

[–]ZeroShift 1 point2 points ago

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DAE see a bullet balancing a tiny globe?

[–]cessna182er 1 point2 points ago

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You oughta show this to the folks on r/waterporn, it absolutely qualifies

[–]Derice 1 point2 points ago

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Amazing. Just amazing

[–][deleted] 1 point2 points ago

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Incredibly clever...

[–]BoristheDrunk 1 point2 points ago

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There's no "Just" about it. I'm sure that took a lot of work to setup and think up, not to mention the frustration with all the inevitable mess ups... The result however, is undeniably AWESOME!!!

[–]WickedElf2005 1 point2 points ago

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New favorite wallpaper <3

[–]ChiefFrogman 1 point2 points ago

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If only this happened while everyone was arguing if the world was flat or not! It may have caused 1 or 2 maybe votes..

[–]martyz 1 point2 points ago

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For my new year's resolution, I've decided to make a comment on everything I upvote on reddit. This is my first one of the year. Congratulations.

[–]redjr1991 1 point2 points ago

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that's pretty amazing.

[–]Rizzpooch 1 point2 points ago*

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To see a World in a [drop of water]

And a Heaven in a wildflower

Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand

And Eternity in an hour

-William Blake (my edit in brackets for relevance)

[–]Metalasanartform 1 point2 points ago

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And God said...LET THERE BE KARMA.

[–]ThatsLogical 1 point2 points ago

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Shopped.

[–]b0ynamedcr0 1 point2 points ago

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[–]Zarathustraa 1 point2 points ago

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20,146 up votes 16,826 down votes wtf?

[–]captainplanet111[!] 1 point2 points ago

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this is a repost from dropsofwaterinfrontofmapsporn

[–]C4ndlejack 1 point2 points ago

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this looks shooped

[–]bakedbrown 1 point2 points ago

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Literally the words that spilled out of my mouth were "Damn. That is badass."

[–]deckhipstername 1 point2 points ago

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Just a drop of water in an endless sea...

[–]Mr_Philosopher 1 point2 points ago

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Just a drop of water in an endless sea.

[–]Termich 1 point2 points ago

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An amateur photographer, a cousin of mine took this photo with a 1000$ camera. Not as precise as OP but for the first time, you could say it turned out quite well

Link

[–]snoogins1 1 point2 points ago

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this is beautiful

[–]Kennie_B 1 point2 points ago

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one of the best I have seen.

[–]TheComebacKid 1 point2 points ago

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[–]TashiPM 1 point2 points ago

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very cool pic... but that aside, am I the only one who is beyond tired of the "just a..." titles for posts? It sounds nonchalant yet douchy

  • just a my cat
  • just a mundane thing (actually is incredible phenomenon)
  • just a lame title

[–]wongo 3 points4 points ago

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Can anyone find a super hi-res of this?