Random pictures of the day

[mross34]

Rachel Papo took pictures of Israeli Army ladies.

I spent a month in Israel last summer. Some of those soldiers were smokeshows.

 

[OCBuckWife]

I spent a month in Israel last summer. Some of those soldiers were smokeshows.

I am unfamiliar with the term "smokeshow."

 

[mross34]

I am unfamiliar with the term "smokeshow."

Ridiculously hot.

 

[OCBuckWife]

Ridiculously hot.

Gotcha. And yes.

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

 

[jwinslow]

Photography: Teens Capture Amazing Shots 20 Miles from Earth's Surface With a Balloon

Using a $77 Nikon Coolpix and a $60 latex balloon filled with helium, a team of teenage students captured these remarkable shots from 20 miles above the Earth's surface.

Radio-synced to Google Earth, the team tracked the package as it soared 885 feet per minute into the sky, taking shots on a periodic timer. The balloon eventually failed around 100,000 before the system parachuted to the ground.

(We paraphrased. If you read the entire account over on the students' page, you'll appreciate details like the team running out of laptop batteries to track the experiment and knocking on neighborhood doors for access power. It's basically got all of the good-hearted excitement of a Disney movie, but it might be topped by these cuter teddy bear astronauts.)

The students were able to recover the package that landed about 6 miles from the launch site., but it was only after they tentatively extracted the SD card sitting safely inside that they discovered the fantastic fruits of their labor.

 

[jwinslow]

The quick lens of U.S. Navy sonar technician Ronald Dejarnett was able to capture this Air Force F-22 going supersonic over the Gulf of Alaska as the pilot did his best Top Gun flyby impression.

If you tilt your head to the left it looks like an angry Jellyfish with a neat hat.

 

[Best Buckeye]

 

[daddyphatsacs]

 

[OCBuckWife]

 

[Ttown]

Could you?

 

[jwinslow]

Is there a bigger mismatch out there than little children vs. surly mutton? Seriously. They're like the Washington Generals on sheepback. Look, kids. Hang it up. You just aren't going to ride that mutton.


His Worst Scars Will Be Psychological, Of Course

 

[Jake]

 

[Jake]

 

[VprHis]

Something I witnessed at a wedding this past weekend.... not my photo, but you get the gist.