The last one I let die out because I though no one was really paying attention but I have gotten a few mails asking to start it again, so let it be revived!
What I will do is post an interesting photo from somewhere in the world every day or two and in that time you can all sign on and give your guesses as to where it came from and/or explain the picture if you think you know something about it. The winner gets a big thumbs up and prestige!

(Note: Don't go follow the link where I got this to find the answer and cheat, try to guess first and THEN look it up if you want )

And yes, these are all real photos I shall be posting

I'm dumb and I eat silly putty

I'm eating lunch, you sick puppy... Bleh...

Do not ever hotlink an image from somethingawful.com!!

I cannot believe this hasn't been moderated. Do these boards allow pornography?!

that was nice and revolting

-likita

Unless this #### is deleted soon, i am going to start flooding these boards with porn.

Relax.

I'm sure once a mod sees it it'll be removed. Or if Wen in uncommon decency would deem to remove it.

It was just posted this morning- its 3 pm - most people are still at work. Give them a minute.

It has been taken care of. You'd think people would have the common sense not to do something like that, but I suppose that is beyond some people... which is truly sad, really.

RE: Many posts.

somethingawful.com, where the image was originally linked, knows of the wonders of mod_rewrite. When Wenlin linked that image, I'm 99% positive that the image was already in his cache, so he didn't get a terrible rewritten punishment image -- he got the original he was trying to link. So I really wouldn't blame Wenlin; he was not seeing what you all were seeing. People just need to be aware that hotlinking is considered a relatively rude thing to do, and some website operators act on this rudeness.

Profound apologies... That was uncool of me, and I didn't know.

I believe I got mod_rewrite installed on my webserver as well... Gna gna gna... Party time!

oh my gosh... no umbrella for the teddy bear? cheap old bastards...

I'm embarassed to admit that I forgot what this picture was about... was many months ago I got it and then forgot. I followed the link and it is apparently some teddy bear appreciation society thingy-ma-bob. No idea where that is they are posing. If you find out let me know, k'?

Being an IRC-er this immediatly makes me think of one deadly big trout slap. Given the fact that is a fish to start with... Is it?

seems to me those guys had anaconda(or boa, or piton) for lunch, that's how a snake looks when it's butchered.

Nah, that's definitely a fish... oarfish I'm guessing from the name of the pic. The guys look military to me, so possibly they caught it from a navy ship, though it looks like they're on land at this point. With the barbed wire in the background could be on a military base. Again because of the url, "bajadestinations", my guess would be very southern California (San Diego/Camp Pendleton) or Baja somewhere.

Didn't I specifically put on the first page that you are NOT to go look at the link to get the answer? That is cheating.

Yes, it is an oarfish.

Here is a much larger photo of it in color and an article to go with it:



OARFISH (regalecus glesne)
by:Mary Anne Simpson

Sometimes mistaken for a sea serpent the Oarfish has mystified skin divers, ichthyologists and quickened the heart rate of several swimmers. The fish measures between twenty and thirty feet long, and weighs upwards to four hundred pounds. Sightings of this rare fish are few and far between. The fish dwells at depths of seven hundred feet, and only comes to the surface when it is sick or injured. It appears like a pre-historic eel, measuring four feet in circumference, with large saucer like eyes and a raised, red elongated dorsal fin along the upper ridge of its spine.

According to Scripps Institution of Oceanography scientist, H.J. Walker, the fish is harmless, eating only small shrimp off the ocean floor. He tasted a cooked Oarfish and stated it tasted something like paper. Reports of a fifty- six foot serpent like fish was found on the shores of Scotland, it is believed to be an oarfish. Some have speculated that this is a link to the infamous Loch Ness Monster.*1

Navy Seals in training at San Diego, California found a twenty three foot oarfish in the bay off Coronado Island in 1996. The oarfish had washed up shore due to a probable collision with a boat propeller. In another incident, an under water cameraman on assignment in Nassau in 1997, photographed an oarfish in his own habitat. He described it as appearing silvery and reflective. Its dorsal fin ran the length of its back and undulated to propel it along. It had no caudal fin as the body tapered to a point where the tail would normally be, and its large eyes made me think that I was looking at a deep-sea creature

Looks similar to my PK trophy room. MUHAHAHA!!

*pulls back dog* No, Rover! Back!

Something makes me think of of catacombs or ritual burial sites? Maybe plague victims or human sacrfices in Aztec/Mayan cities?

Someone's had a bit too much human to eat, methinks.

*pats the dragon*

The worst possible place to build a lighthouse

it looks like a small personal chapel or something like that.
Ruobhe

This is another object of interest near where I live. Here is from an article:

Nacoochee Indian Mound

At the intersection of Hwy. 75 and Hwy. 17, the Nacoochee Indian Mound, was the center of the ancient Cherokee town of Gauxule, visited by DeSoto in 1540 in his search for gold. On this ceremonial mound, 190' long, 150' wide, and 20' high, stood the Town House where a sacred fire burned unceasingly. Ceremonial dances were performed in and around the Town House. Residents of the town lived on the flat land surrounding the mound. The findings of Heye Foundation archaeologists who explored the mound in 1915 indicate the advanced cultural development of the builders.

World record for the largest ever sand-castle

Oh well, guess no one could guess (I'm still wondering and I found the pic). It is apparently just towers someone built in Casa Mila, Barcelona, Spain. Casa Mila was so heaping full of strange pics that I wish I could post them all.

Here is a larger and clearer photo of the one above:

I'm betting some redwood forest from california. I think I saw some picture of a tunnel drilled through one of the trees so people could drive through it.

-Krotho

Some wise guys chopped down a million year old tree for kicks, and this picture has been sent to all world leaders along with a note reading "Ha ha ha"

I would have to go with the Red wood forest.

Movie poster for Disney's latest failure, "Honey, I Started Shrinking Random People"

Yup, correct! It is in the Sequioa forest of California. That tree was turned into a tunnel but it started to rot after a few years and was deemed unsafe.

THAT'S the worst possible place to build a lighthouse.

This is a retreat in South Carolina. If you look closely you can see that the top is actually a house. Was built without phones or anything so that anyone there would be in peaceful isolation.

Photo #8

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Monarch butterfly migration. Every year millions of the little buggers fly down to Mexico to work on their tans and drink margaritas.