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"harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. |
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On 05/05/2015 08:12, Rod Speed wrote:
"harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. They certainly look stunning, but how accurate is the colour? |
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"Broadback" wrote in message ... On 05/05/2015 08:12, Rod Speed wrote: "harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. They certainly look stunning, but how accurate is the colour? Grossly photoshopped, check with google images with #7 http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/798480.shtml |
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On 05/05/2015 08:12, Rod Speed wrote:
"harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. http://hillierlake.com/ -- Colin Bignell |
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On 05/05/2015 08:52, Broadback wrote:
On 05/05/2015 08:12, Rod Speed wrote: "harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. They certainly look stunning, but how accurate is the colour? Easy enough to find numerous images for most of them on the web, which confirm the pictures shown. -- Colin Bignell |
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Nightjar.me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote
Rod Speed wrote harryagain wrote http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. http://hillierlake.com/ How odd that google earth shows nothing like that. |
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"Nightjar.me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote in message ... On 05/05/2015 08:52, Broadback wrote: On 05/05/2015 08:12, Rod Speed wrote: "harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. They certainly look stunning, but how accurate is the colour? Easy enough to find numerous images for most of them on the web, which confirm the pictures shown. Not with #7 they don’t. http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/798480.shtml |
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On Tue, 5 May 2015 17:12:31 +1000, "Rod Speed"
wrote: "harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. In a sense, all photographs are fakes because the human eye is not a camera, and all photographic images, digital and photochemical alike, undergo processing. -- Graham. %Profound_observation% |
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On Tue, 05 May 2015 14:09:55 +0100, Graham. wrote:
On Tue, 5 May 2015 17:12:31 +1000, "Rod Speed" wrote: "harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. In a sense, all photographs are fakes because the human eye is not a camera, and all photographic images, digital and photochemical alike, undergo processing. Wodney is wrong, anyway. That lake only looks pink at certain times, and the Google Earth time was obviously not one of them. Plenty of other pictures showing it can look pink. |
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On 05/05/2015 11:34, Rod Speed wrote:
Nightjar.me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote Rod Speed wrote harryagain wrote http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. http://hillierlake.com/ How odd that google earth shows nothing like that. Probably a seasonal variation. -- Colin Bignell |
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Graham. wrote
Rod Speed wrote harryagain wrote http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. In a sense, all photographs are fakes because the human eye is not a camera, and all photographic images, digital and photochemical alike, undergo processing. But #7 isn't anything even remotely like that in real life. http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/798480.shtml |
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Nightjar.me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote Rod Speed wrote Nightjar.me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote Rod Speed wrote harryagain wrote http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. http://hillierlake.com/ How odd that google earth shows nothing like that. Probably a seasonal variation. You can check the seasonal variation with the satellite images. |
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On 05/05/2015 20:29, Rod Speed wrote:
Graham. wrote Rod Speed wrote harryagain wrote http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. In a sense, all photographs are fakes because the human eye is not a camera, and all photographic images, digital and photochemical alike, undergo processing. But #7 isn't anything even remotely like that in real life. http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/798480.shtml That isn't real life. It is simply more photos, just as these a http://amazingstuff.co.uk/places/zha.../#.VUlbPI5VhHw http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3683840.html -- Colin Bignell |
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"Nightjar.me.uk" "cpb"@ insert my surname here wrote in message ... On 05/05/2015 20:29, Rod Speed wrote: Graham. wrote Rod Speed wrote harryagain wrote http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. In a sense, all photographs are fakes because the human eye is not a camera, and all photographic images, digital and photochemical alike, undergo processing. But #7 isn't anything even remotely like that in real life. http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/798480.shtml That isn't real life. It is simply more photos, Photos that haven't be photoshopped to death. |
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On 05/05/2015 08:52, Broadback wrote:
On 05/05/2015 08:12, Rod Speed wrote: "harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. They certainly look stunning, but how accurate is the colour? Most have been Photoshopped beyond all reason. -- F www.vulcantothesky.org - keep the last remaining Vulcan flying |
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Huge wrote:
On 2015-05-06, F news@nowhere wrote: On 05/05/2015 08:52, Broadback wrote: On 05/05/2015 08:12, Rod Speed wrote: "harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. They certainly look stunning, but how accurate is the colour? Most have been Photoshopped beyond all reason. I am *so* tired of "photos" that owe more to P/S than to physical reality, and especially to everything being routinely passed through the HDR filter. Indeed. I thing you could even polish a turd and make it look "amasing" with Photoshop. Tim |
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Tim+ wrote:
Huge wrote: On 2015-05-06, F news@nowhere wrote: On 05/05/2015 08:52, Broadback wrote: On 05/05/2015 08:12, Rod Speed wrote: "harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. They certainly look stunning, but how accurate is the colour? Most have been Photoshopped beyond all reason. I am *so* tired of "photos" that owe more to P/S than to physical reality, and especially to everything being routinely passed through the HDR filter. Indeed. I thing you could even polish a turd and make it look "amasing" with Photoshop. Tim Apologies. "amaing". ;-) Tim |
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On 06/05/2015 11:27, Tim+ wrote:
Tim+ wrote: Huge wrote: On 2015-05-06, F news@nowhere wrote: On 05/05/2015 08:52, Broadback wrote: On 05/05/2015 08:12, Rod Speed wrote: "harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. They certainly look stunning, but how accurate is the colour? Most have been Photoshopped beyond all reason. I am *so* tired of "photos" that owe more to P/S than to physical reality, and especially to everything being routinely passed through the HDR filter. Indeed. I thing you could even polish a turd and make it look "amasing" with Photoshop. Tim Apologies. "amaing". ;-) Or "amazing" even? -- F www.vulcantothesky.org - keep the last remaining Vulcan flying |
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On 06/05/15 11:26, Tim+ wrote:
Huge wrote: On 2015-05-06, F news@nowhere wrote: On 05/05/2015 08:52, Broadback wrote: On 05/05/2015 08:12, Rod Speed wrote: "harryagain" wrote in message ... http://www.boredpanda.com/earth-photos-look-alien/ Because they are obvious fakes, particularly #7 and #27. You can check that #27 looks nothing like that using google earth. They certainly look stunning, but how accurate is the colour? Most have been Photoshopped beyond all reason. I am *so* tired of "photos" that owe more to P/S than to physical reality, and especially to everything being routinely passed through the HDR filter. Indeed. I thing you could even polish a turd and make it look "amasing" with Photoshop. Tim Properly polished turds look pretty cool anyway. |
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On 06/05/2015 11:27, Tim+ wrote: Tim+ wrote: Indeed. I thing you could even polish a turd and make it look "amasing" with Photoshop. Tim Apologies. "amaing". ;-) Or "amazing" even? Check the subject line... |
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On 06/05/2015 17:25, Tim+ wrote:
F news@nowhere wrote: On 06/05/2015 11:27, Tim+ wrote: Tim+ wrote: Indeed. I thing you could even polish a turd and make it look "amasing" with Photoshop. Tim Apologies. "amaing". ;-) Or "amazing" even? Check the subject line... Doh! Missed that. -- F www.vulcantothesky.org - keep the last remaining Vulcan flying |
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