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[–]Abbithedog 114 points115 points ago

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[–]ACommentFromBelow 30 points31 points ago

I have no idea what this means, but I'm upvoting in the hope someone explains it.

[–]comradenu 30 points31 points ago

They're the magic numbers from LOST that reoccur in different points of the show. For instance, they are one character's winning lottery numbers that eventually led him to be on the plane that crash landed on the island.

[–]Radtown 13 points14 points ago

And they have to type them in to the conputer every couple hours to reset the clock that nobody knows what it does.

[–]Talvoren 8 points9 points ago

You eventually find out why it was necessary

[–]Areat 4 points5 points ago

So, why ?

[–]Jishkah 6 points7 points ago

Spoiler, in case anyone hasn't finished the series:

The island has powers. Needs to be contained and all; if the button isn't pressed every once in a while, electromagnetic waves from within the island go absolutely haywire and fuck shit up. Also, time travel and possible radiation poisoning.

Tl;dr the button keeps the island from imploding/exploding/time traveling.

[–]BeezowPooPoo_ZGopGop 9 points10 points ago

So that's why I fucking hate "Lost". What a stupid show.

[–]701Technique -1 points0 points ago

Right there with ya. They were all dead!

[–]Toxyoi 3 points4 points ago

You're...you're joking, right?
That isn't what it was at all.

[–]Raicuparta 1 point2 points ago

It baffles me that some people actually think this is true.

[–]NonSequiturEdit 2 points3 points ago

It wasn't always that way, though. It used to take care of itself until a rag-tag bunch of crazy people set off a nuclear bomb right above the source of the island's powers. The button is just a bandage on the wound that needs to be changed every 108 minutes.

[–]klanus 0 points1 point ago

wait wait wait I thought the ending was they were all dead already just dead waiting to pass on thus leading the entire series to end in "wait what" the fat guy said that

[–]MrMojoRisin5211 -1 points0 points ago

Have not seen 1 episode of LOST and this just made it sound like a bunch of 5 year olds on shrooms wrote it. Does not seem entertaining. Despite how everyone's been telling me it's a great show.

[–]Singular_Thought 1 point2 points ago

Not pushing the button would cause a massive magnetic bad thing to happen and the sky turns purple. Also, some people start moving through time... Or was that the magic water plug made of 400 pounds of granite that anyone can move?

[–]JustHereToDerp 2 points3 points ago

wat.

[–]BicycleCrasher 1 point2 points ago

The only appropriate response to LOST.

[–]redleader 5 points6 points ago

Lost

[–]android11 2 points3 points ago

To all the people commenting with "Lost was a dumb show, they were dead the whole time!", you all really need to go back and re-watch the ending. But just to summarize for you, they were not dead the whole time...

[–]burba 17 points18 points ago

You can't say bomb on a post about an airplane.

[–]Raicuparta 0 points1 point ago

You're the one who actually said the two words, you'll have some unexpected visitors.

[–]RunningInSquares 34 points35 points ago

Nice try, head of marketing for Frontier Airlines: the "Whole different animal" of airlines, now servicing over 80 destinations within the US, Mexico, and Costa Rica...

[–]tonight__you 6 points7 points ago

Nice try, Frontier Airlines marketing intern. Kissing ass won't get you that far!

[–]StaxNox 0 points1 point ago

The one good thing about Frontier is that their crew doesn't give a shit about customer service. You take it their way or you get nothing. For example, on my last flight there was these 'cowboy'-looking dudes who were obnoxious and drank almost everything the airline had to offer. Unbeknownst to the flight attendants, these douches spilt bloody mary all over one of their seats and the floor. Instead of alerting one of the crew, they wiped it up and covered it with towels and left it for the crew to clean up.

What they must not have realized is that with frontier, you often ride back to your destination on the same plane and with the same crew. These dudes showed up for the return flight smelling like beer and one of the flight attendants ripped them a new one right in front of everyone. She kicked them off the plane and told them that they weren't welcome back to Frontier. It was beautiful justice for all of us who had to fly with these assholes on the first flight.

[–]LaurentProper 5 points6 points ago

Do you have 1080 resolution? Would make a great desktop wallpaper.

[–]xolieo[S] 0 points1 point ago

Sure. I have never been someone's background before.

http://minus.com/lbb53iLj1sok4L

[–]Zoloir 1 point2 points ago

Sounds kinky.

[–]mingz 0 points1 point ago

Do you need an account to download the file? It keep opening the same page when I clicked download.

[–]chupagato 0 points1 point ago

I made a lighter version for my desktop -> http://i.imgur.com/Xebc1.jpg

[–]nonosejoe 13 points14 points ago

Can someone photoshop a broom under that plane for the holiday season?

[–]SteelGun 42 points43 points ago

[–]IraeDeorum 12 points13 points ago

That plane needs more fiber in its diet.

[–]SteelGun 52 points53 points ago

[–]nicoleisrad 13 points14 points ago

You're a modern-day Monet.

[–]goombapoop 0 points1 point ago

The challenge of the new frontier...

[–]slyder565 9 points10 points ago

Look! Chemtrails are real!

[–]uraniumballoon 1 point2 points ago

That's convection from the heat from the engines.

[–]slyder565 2 points3 points ago

I'm not serious :P

[–]uraniumballoon 1 point2 points ago

Oh, alright. I was. Sorry.

[–]reggieb -4 points-3 points ago

Beat me to it.

[–]TyranosaurusRecstasy 12 points13 points ago

Ah! If only a few seconds sooner! But then....we wouldn't be able to see the cool trails from the engines. Great shot. I want to believe there's someone in the plane that saw the flash from your camera.

What if...what if we found that person...

[–]xolieo[S] 46 points47 points ago

Who uses flash when taking a picture of the moon? Do you think the light from your camera is going light up the moon more than the sun is?

[–]PapauNewGuinea 5 points6 points ago

That person was me. AMA

[–]experts_never_lie 0 points1 point ago

Between the 2.5 second delay for light to return from the moon and the immense amount of light scattered elsewhere (your flash needs to be bright enough to compete with the sun...) I'd hope they weren't using a flash.

[–]officialchocolateman 17 points18 points ago

Pretty sure this isn't a photobomb but an actually planned and composed shot.

[–]muteki 8 points9 points ago

The angular diameter of the moon is, on average, about 0.53 degrees. In the photograph the diameter of the moon is about 123 pixels. That means there are 0.0043 degrees/pixel in that photograph. The plane is about 335 pixels long in the photograph, and according to Wikipedia, the plane is likely to be an Airbus A319 (33.14 meters long). Using trigonometry and if my math is correct, we can calculate that OP was about 1.3 km from the aircraft as it passed in front of the moon. This leads me to believe that OP was near an airport and planning for this shot to happen. Still, it is exceedingly difficult to take a photograph like this.

[–]soverain 10 points11 points ago

That and the plane's landing gear are down.

[–]NotCleverEnufToRedit 2 points3 points ago

Upvote for common sense and observation

[–]NotCleverEnufToRedit 2 points3 points ago

Upvote for math

[–]MrDirt 0 points1 point ago

The plane is an A320 (37.57M long). Pic of tail for proof.

[–]xolieo[S] 31 points32 points ago

You try this. Go sit outside and stare at the moon. Wait until a plane flies by. directly in front of the moon. Spoiler: it wont.

[–]maxbot3000 29 points30 points ago

Unless you're near an airport.

[–]ohaithere123098 4 points5 points ago

Goddamn that looks cool.

[–]daymaker 1 point2 points ago

yes!

[–]dangoodspeed 0 points1 point ago

Agreed. I can't imagine a plane flying with it's landing gear down not near an airport.

[–]officialchocolateman 0 points1 point ago

Make me!

[–]ChooseInsanity 1 point2 points ago

Why did you have to spoil it, dick...

[–]wakefultuba 1 point2 points ago

i could actually do this, planes fly directly over my house everyday

[–]xolieo[S] 2 points3 points ago

Directly over you and directly in front of the moon from your POV are very different.

[–]lethargicwalrus 10 points11 points ago

I don't see why you're complaneing, it's a great pic.

[–]yangar -2 points-1 points ago

This joke is full of space.

[–]ShawnDawn 2 points3 points ago

Dude what camera did you use?

[–]xolieo[S] 3 points4 points ago

Canon Rebel XS

Exposure: 1/125 sec at f / 5.6

Focal Length: 300mm

ISO: 100

Tripod: Yes

Flash: Fuck no

Lens: EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6

[–]ShawnDawn 0 points1 point ago

Thanks

[–]DavidJMurphy 0 points1 point ago

1/125 second with ISO 100 ??? I was going to say that's a high shutterspeed for a dark shot like that, judging by the damn near lack of motion blur. This must be a damn wide lens to collect that much light. [edit] by "dark shot" i meant low lighting.... but now that I think of it, you ARE shooting the moon which is effectively a light source, so I guess I was being dumb.

[–]xolieo[S] 1 point2 points ago

300mm focal length. The moon is pretty dam bright. Had it not been 1/125 that plane would just be a smudge.

[–]MattieF 1 point2 points ago

You'd be surprised how bright the moon is - I've got a Canon S-100, a point and shoot with a 1.25cm lens (which apart from its qualities obviously will never take a shot like this for many many reasons, but nevertheless), and when I tried to take a full moon shot, I was shocked by how small aperture/short shutter speed/low ISO I needed to push it down to to put the shot to put the shot in the camera's dynamic range. So none of that really surprises me.

[–]TheOilyHill 0 points1 point ago

What time of day?

[–]The_Dirty_Dutchman 3 points4 points ago

nice try Frontier marketing team

[–]Peastie 3 points4 points ago

Looks like you got photobombed by "Colorado the Bighorn Sheep."

[–]xolieo[S] 3 points4 points ago

[–]ThePlasticJesus 2 points3 points ago

Before I enlarged the photo, it looked like the plane said "BONER."

[–]MrRedEye 2 points3 points ago

Space, the final frontier.

[–]femaiden 0 points1 point ago

[–]shadyk84 -1 points0 points ago

I'll bet the pilot's flipping you off too.

[–]fauxmerican 1 point2 points ago

plane fart..

[–]stopshittinginmyyard -1 points0 points ago

Photobomb level: Aeroplane (or airplane) what's the proper spelling?

[–]desktop_ninja 1 point2 points ago

Airplane is the American spelling while aeroplane is the British spelling.

[–]TheBaconater 0 points1 point ago

It's like ET but an airplane.

[–]kt_e 0 points1 point ago

Look at the fuel!!

[–]skyraider17 0 points1 point ago

Look at the exhaust!!

FTFY

[–]Afa1234 0 points1 point ago

You should sell that to frontier

[–]xolieo[S] 1 point2 points ago

It's in the internet now with no watermark. They won't buy it from it. They will just take it.

[–]SPLICER21 -1 points0 points ago

What are the odds:P

[–]shifty_coder 0 points1 point ago

DRAAAGONNN! Oh wait, jet. Nevermind.

[–]phaze651 0 points1 point ago

Photobombed my a plane from a shitty company. Fuck Frontier Airlines they treat their employees like shit.

[–]popimfresh 0 points1 point ago

can you provide a few more details on your setup? lens, exposure? etc? Just curious, it's a great photo.

[–]xolieo[S] 0 points1 point ago

Canon Rebel XS

Exposure: 1/125 sec at f / 5.6

Focal Length: 300mm

ISO: 100

Tripod: Yes

Flash: Fuck no

Lens: EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6

[–]ANAL_QUEEN 0 points1 point ago

"Fuck your planetary satellite."-Plane.

[–]GODDAMNFOOL 0 points1 point ago

You can't say 'bomb' when referring to a picture of an airplane.

[–]tjhans 1 point2 points ago

that's ironic, the best photobombs are usually adding a "moon"

[–]butyourenice 0 points1 point ago

Oh my gosh... Billy Corgan was right. Well, time to join r/conspiracy.

[–]Quizzelbuck 1 point2 points ago

Frontier payed handsomely for this product placement .

[–]tonight__you 1 point2 points ago

Your camera has some nice low light sensitivity.

[–]xolieo[S] 1 point2 points ago

Not really. This was taken on my Rebel XS. Full moons are so bright that you actually don't need much low light sensitivity. The subject is very well lit.

[–]tonight__you 0 points1 point ago

Hm, I was referring more to the plane and the sky though, it's not as noisy as I would expect. What ISO did you shoot at?

[–]Praestigium 0 points1 point ago

Yeah I was thinking the same thing, great quality for a night shot.

[–]justgip 1 point2 points ago

Frontier Airlines, my favorite domestic carrier :-)

[–]rbreton 0 points1 point ago

Damn, I was honestly hoping before I clicked this that it'd be a bat there withwings spread making the batman logo on the moon.. All my hopes and dreams :(

[–]Togoku 0 points1 point ago

This is now my desktop background. Thanks =)

[–]xolieo[S] 2 points3 points ago

Here. Have a proper 1920x1080.

http://minus.com/lbb53iLj1sok4L

[–]Togoku 0 points1 point ago

Thanks, I use my 32 inch tv which seems to hate bigger images anyways but i'll save it as well =)

[–]maiorano84 0 points1 point ago

Frontier Psychiatry

[–]WolfNippleChips 0 points1 point ago

Not sure if it's a cloud, exhaust, or they are dumping the septic tanks.

[–]701Technique 1 point2 points ago

I vote exhaust.

[–]d7a7z7e7d 0 points1 point ago

Or, maybe you just failed at timing it correctly and are pretending like you were photobombed?

[–]Artificial_Squab 0 points1 point ago

I bet E.T. is sitting on the nose cone.

[–]dephtones 1 point2 points ago

hard to believe this wasn't planned. plane on approach not going too fast. Likely you can hear it, definitely see the lights on it, yet it photobombed you.

Just seems like a poor attempt at this.

http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-India/Boeing-747-437/0132340/L/&sid=a255276ca1b82a15dc582b489b6ff5ab

[–]DailyBassist 0 points1 point ago

i may be wrong, but that looks like an Embraer-170 aircraft. they are fun.

[–]jeff_jizzr 0 points1 point ago

You are wrong. Airbus A320

[–]DailyBassist 0 points1 point ago

fuck. i hate airbuses.

[–]GAU8Avenger 0 points1 point ago

More A319s than A320s in service with Frontier

[–]airmasszero 0 points1 point ago

How were you able to zoom in on the moon without it looking like the sun in your photos? I've tried with my camera, but I don't know if I need a filter, or a larger CMOS, or a telephoto lens.

[–]Minerva89 0 points1 point ago

CIA monitors have detected object: "PLANE" in this thread associated with word: "BOMB". You are now under surveillance.

[–]NGeX 0 points1 point ago

That's awesome!!

[–]mrdoink20 0 points1 point ago

Wow that came out pretty fantastically.

[–]rexsilex 0 points1 point ago

Taken outside of Denver no doubt.

[–]MrDirt 0 points1 point ago

Or one of the 70 some odd cities they fly too. I've taken plenty of pics of the planes during my time with Frontier.

[–]relloyd 0 points1 point ago

What animal is on the tail?! It's a frontier plane.

[–]MrDirt 0 points1 point ago

[–]brad1775 1 point2 points ago

aka you tried to take a picture of a plane taking off into the moon.... and succeeded.

[–]nixon007 0 points1 point ago

extra ordinary

[–]MissTian 0 points1 point ago

"Its a different kind of animal."

[–]yamehameha 0 points1 point ago

At least you didn't get regular bombed

[–]Dorfidiot 0 points1 point ago

upload it to airliners.net. they go crazy for that stuff.

[–]jmdxsvhs15 0 points1 point ago

Frontier just got some pretty awesome advertisement...

[–]Avanis 1 point2 points ago

I hope you didn't mean that literally... photobombing and all.

[–]FullMoon1108 0 points1 point ago

I dont approve of taking my picture

[–]WhereIsMyLighter 0 points1 point ago

I think this picture is better with the plane in there. It is kind of symbolic of humans desire to explore the skies and reach frontiers which never seemed possible, the moon being one of them.

[–]Nefertete 0 points1 point ago

Hey I could be on that flight, I flew on Frontier on full moon a few weeks ago!

[–]RealCSD 0 points1 point ago

Don't tell TSA you're pointing a canon at a plane.

[–]jacobpellegren 0 points1 point ago

It was a clear black night, a clear white moon.

[–]conspiracy_thug 1 point2 points ago

upvote for using the term "bombed" on an image that includes an airliner.

[–]keatscmu 0 points1 point ago

It would have been funnier if it actually was a bomb.

But you might have died

And ended up the news

So not that funny actually

I'm so sorry for your loss

[–]thefigpucker 0 points1 point ago

No,your timing sucks.... ;-)

JK

[–]memeirou 0 points1 point ago

Time out, you didn't see/hear a giant plane that close to you while trying to take a picture?

[–]xolieo[S] 0 points1 point ago

I live near an airport. I always hear planes flying by. It was my first time taking pictures of the moon so I was playing with settings so that I would get the perfect exposure. Later when I went to check the pictures on my computer I found this.

[–]skyraider17 0 points1 point ago

So you didn't even know until later that you had captured this? Must've been a nice surprise

[–]memeirou 0 points1 point ago

Damn it... you have a perfectly believable excuse!

[–]BigRaymond -3 points-2 points ago

god damn those planes they keep abusing my sensitivity when faping

[–]skyraider17 0 points1 point ago

...what?

[–]senor_awesomepants -2 points-1 points ago

"I took a picture of a plane in front of the moon" ftfy

[–]ogotrice -4 points-3 points ago

The plane just had to get in Frontier.

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[–]nicoleisrad 0 points1 point ago

Just so we're clear, you know it's a Frontier plane, right?