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250 Things That Are Awesome to Look At

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1. Big Boats

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

2. left breasts

― StanM, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

3. right breasts

― StanM, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:16 (eighteen years ago)

at least we got that out of the way

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:18 (eighteen years ago)

4. Anything from up on high

― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:19 (eighteen years ago)

sorry :-(

xpost

― StanM, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:19 (eighteen years ago)

(except breasts, should be looked at from way close wherever possible)

x-post to self

― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:20 (eighteen years ago)

5. Balrogs.

― chap, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:20 (eighteen years ago)

6. Waterfalls. Even the most rubbish waterfall = really good.

― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:21 (eighteen years ago)

7. indie-centric end of year album lists

― blueski, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:22 (eighteen years ago)

8. firetrucks

― dan m, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:22 (eighteen years ago)

9. Old maps

― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:22 (eighteen years ago)

10. Space shuttle lift-offs. All that thrust.

― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

11. Phosphorescent jellyfish.

― chap, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:23 (eighteen years ago)

12. Military parades (especially Soviet ones)

― Ismael Klata, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

cathedrals and big churches (esp. russian)
views of most cities from very tall buildings and high hilltops
mountain ranges
cute girls who don't mind being called cute

― blueski, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:25 (eighteen years ago)

17. Big-arse soviet statues.

― chap, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

pets at play

― blueski, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:26 (eighteen years ago)

18. http://www.estesnet.com/events/alpacas.jpg

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:28 (eighteen years ago)

19. Things through microscopes

― Ste, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:28 (eighteen years ago)

20. big waves

― darraghmac, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:28 (eighteen years ago)

21. burning embers

― Ste, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:29 (eighteen years ago)

22. Lasers

― Matt DC, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:31 (eighteen years ago)

23. Massive schools of hammerheads silhouetted against the sun piercing through the ocean's surface.

― chap, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

24. The film of water created by holding a spoon under a running tap (faucet).... Too many mushrooms.

― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:32 (eighteen years ago)

25: - 24, except with a sieve instead of a spoon.

― darraghmac, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:33 (eighteen years ago)

colour photographs from before the 50s

― blueski, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:34 (eighteen years ago)

27. Photos taken at night of Shackleton's ship Endurance stuck in the ice.

― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

28. Buildings totally overgrown with ivy.

― chap, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:35 (eighteen years ago)

crescent moon

― blueski, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:36 (eighteen years ago)

Bridges
Steam Locomotives
Beam engines
Early Aeroplanes

― Ed, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 16:37 (eighteen years ago)

34. Storms

― gabbneb, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 22:52 (eighteen years ago)

35. moonlight reflecting on the ocean

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 22:55 (eighteen years ago)

36. bad-ass harpists' fingers when they play

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 22:55 (eighteen years ago)

37. Guiness bubbles

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 22:56 (eighteen years ago)

38. http://www.treadwaygallery.com/ONLINECATALOGS/DEC2006/catalog12-06/larg/0891.jpg

― Bodrick III, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:04 (eighteen years ago)

39. a pint of dry cider [I mean the English definition of cider]

That alpaca in the middle looks like art critic Brian Sewell.

― snoball, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:05 (eighteen years ago)

40 The Milky Way

― ledge, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:07 (eighteen years ago)

(man that is such a doofish name for such an awesome thing)

― ledge, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:07 (eighteen years ago)

41. paintings from the renaissance

― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:07 (eighteen years ago)

42 Fractals
42a broccoli romanesque:

http://www.mcs.surrey.ac.uk/Personal/R.Knott/Fibonacci/romanesque.jpg

― ledge, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:09 (eighteen years ago)

43. tyra.gif

HOLY SHIT @ FRACTAL BROCCOLI!

― nickalicious, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:10 (eighteen years ago)

I KNOW!

― ledge, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:11 (eighteen years ago)

waves crashing onna beach

― mookieproof, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:11 (eighteen years ago)

That alpaca in the middle looks like art critic Brian Sewell.

-- snoball, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:05

I can see that.

― Bodrick III, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:25 (eighteen years ago)

44. Google earth

― Ned Trifle II, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:28 (eighteen years ago)

the Justice 'DVNO' video

― blueski, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:33 (eighteen years ago)

colour photographs from before the 50s

Totally otm

― Ste, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:34 (eighteen years ago)

46. cakes

― electricsound, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:35 (eighteen years ago)

47. time lapse photography

― Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 11 March 2008 23:37 (eighteen years ago)

62. clouds

― gabbneb, Friday, 14 March 2008 18:47 (eighteen years ago)

The bird of paradise's mating dance. It's amazing:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gAxbxxmYZ8&feature=related

― ENBB, Friday, 14 March 2008 19:22 (eighteen years ago)

Woah, those Justice videos are great.

64. An angry crowd
65. A train going really fast
66. Lightning

This should've been a picture thread.

― Ismael Klata, Friday, 14 March 2008 19:41 (eighteen years ago)

67. Galaxies
68. planets
69. Novae and other outer-space phenomena

― Frogman Henry, Friday, 14 March 2008 19:48 (eighteen years ago)

70. A person who looks really, really like somebody you know

― Ismael Klata, Friday, 14 March 2008 19:52 (eighteen years ago)

Early Mike Tyson fights
Carl Lewis' 1984 Olympics 100 meter dash, any heat
Fireflies in the woods on a summer evening

― B.L.A.M., Friday, 14 March 2008 19:54 (eighteen years ago)

Breats

So OTM, its amazing.

― B.L.A.M., Friday, 14 March 2008 19:54 (eighteen years ago)

74. Ricky Jay doing card tricks.

― Ned Trifle II, Friday, 14 March 2008 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

62. clouds

75. Being high enough up a hill to see the shadows of clouds drifting across the landscape below

― Hideous Lump, Saturday, 15 March 2008 23:43 (eighteen years ago)

76. http://ww2.et.tiki.ne.jp/~abracadabra/wallpaper/pizza.jpg

― iiiijjjj, Saturday, 15 March 2008 23:52 (eighteen years ago)

77 hypercube rotation

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/8-cell.gif

― ledge, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:06 (eighteen years ago)

when people take their glasses off

― youn, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:08 (eighteen years ago)

it's like watching geometric sex

― Z S, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:09 (eighteen years ago)

xpost

― Z S, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:09 (eighteen years ago)

78.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x18/gr8080/darthvader-girl.jpg

― gr8080, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:23 (eighteen years ago)

79.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x18/gr8080/l_dfdabb649b3ea165c50c1d04c1c7d26d.gif

― gr8080, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:24 (eighteen years ago)

80.

http://i181.photobucket.com/albums/x18/gr8080/notthefather.gif

― gr8080, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:24 (eighteen years ago)

that gif pretty much singlehandedly justifies Maury Povich's existence

― latebloomer, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:26 (eighteen years ago)

81. Hawaiian Rent All 1946 S Beretania St, Honolulu, HI 96826

― gr8080, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:27 (eighteen years ago)

82. someone younger than you who you haven't seen since they were a little kid and is now all grown up

― gr8080, Sunday, 16 March 2008 00:34 (eighteen years ago)

83. The Shinjuku district of Tokyo from the 52nd floor of the Park Hyatt hotel.

― j-rock, Sunday, 16 March 2008 21:35 (eighteen years ago)

84. Niagara Falls, from the Canadian side.

― j-rock, Sunday, 16 March 2008 21:37 (eighteen years ago)

85. A crowded dance floor from the DJ booth, or any raised vantage point.

― j-rock, Sunday, 16 March 2008 21:41 (eighteen years ago)

86. photos of your grandparents from when they were your age.

― gr8080, Sunday, 16 March 2008 21:53 (eighteen years ago)

87. Butts

― Mr. Goodman, Sunday, 16 March 2008 21:56 (eighteen years ago)

88. The Glory Hole at Monticello Dam:

http://z.about.com/d/geology/1/0/j/0/1/stop5gloryhole.jpg

― gr8080, Sunday, 16 March 2008 22:03 (eighteen years ago)

http://x02.xanga.com/d12b24546673140803280/b27814498.jpg

wow

― Ste, Sunday, 16 March 2008 22:30 (eighteen years ago)

three weeks pass...

89. Brunch Buffets

― gr8080, Sunday, 6 April 2008 19:51 (eighteen years ago)

90. Snowfalls

― Jibe, Sunday, 6 April 2008 20:01 (eighteen years ago)

91. leaves

― gabbneb, Sunday, 6 April 2008 20:19 (eighteen years ago)

92, Anything macro like this...
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2292/1601790293_f85b402dda.jpg
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2234/1616303738_d9fadec370.jpg

― not_goodwin, Sunday, 6 April 2008 20:26 (eighteen years ago)

what is number 76? that isn't pizza is it? is that, like, norwegian pizza or something?

― scott seward, Sunday, 6 April 2008 22:25 (eighteen years ago)

ismael klata otm re waterfalls.

― or something, Sunday, 6 April 2008 22:33 (eighteen years ago)

burj dubai also.

― or something, Sunday, 6 April 2008 22:39 (eighteen years ago)

I'm pretty sure that the pizzas in #76 are Japanese. I've had pizzas with corn, mayonnaise, mochi, and all kinds of seafood over there. Takes a bit of getting used to.

93. Airport reunions, especially if little kids are involved.

― j-rock, Monday, 7 April 2008 00:51 (eighteen years ago)

94. Sailboats

― gabbneb, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:27 (eighteen years ago)

95. that funky-ass tunnel in o'hare airport

― gr8080, Monday, 7 April 2008 01:47 (eighteen years ago)

22. Lasers

otm

― gabbneb, Monday, 7 April 2008 02:36 (eighteen years ago)

96. Breakdance competitions.

― mehlt, Monday, 7 April 2008 02:58 (eighteen years ago)

97. Slide projections

― gabbneb, Monday, 7 April 2008 15:21 (eighteen years ago)

snow falling otm, once spent like an hour (ok, I may have been a little... altered) lying on my bed next to a window looking up at the snowflakes rushing down/towards me in the glow of a streetlight, like some space travel scene... was reminded of that walking home last night

98. reflections from glitterballs/glitter lamps
99. TIGERS and other big cats (the more spots/stripes the better)

― a passing spacecadet, Monday, 7 April 2008 15:33 (eighteen years ago)

100. 2-strip technicolor movies
101. flappers

― Pashmina, Monday, 7 April 2008 15:33 (eighteen years ago)

102. things that go in circles

― gabbneb, Monday, 7 April 2008 20:44 (eighteen years ago)

(no meta)

― gabbneb, Monday, 7 April 2008 20:45 (eighteen years ago)

one month passes...

103. fireworks

― gabbneb, Thursday, 8 May 2008 17:53 (eighteen years ago)

104. campfire

― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 8 May 2008 18:10 (eighteen years ago)

105. cracked earth

― gabbneb, Thursday, 8 May 2008 18:16 (eighteen years ago)

106. Bears hunting for fish

― Elvis Telecom, Thursday, 8 May 2008 19:01 (eighteen years ago)

107. CUDDLEFISH

― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 8 May 2008 19:06 (eighteen years ago)

108. Cuttlefish

― Granny Dainger, Thursday, 8 May 2008 19:07 (eighteen years ago)


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