I did a little urban explorer in Dee-troit:

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Abandoned Michigan Central Railroad Station...

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She'll be coming around the mountain........

^^^Did they blow the whistle for you? Classic picture you have there.

As seen on my way to the beach this morning.

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Thanks. Yes, as a mater of fact. And, they stopped and picked us up. Nine stinky back packers who had been hiking the Continental Divide trail for nine days. We had to ride in the open air vestibules between cars so as not to offend the regular tourists.

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^^^Fantastic! I've got model train cars just like those yellow cars in your picture.

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My oldest brother's birthday is on the 12th and I bought a birthday card for him today. I was looking for a photo tonight to include with the card and found this one I took of him and my Mom back in '05 when we were visiting the cemetery in Virginia where our Dad is buried.

My brother is very sentimental and I know this pic will mean a lot to him. The card is from Hallmark from their Superman/DC Comics series. He is a super hero to me and needs to know it.

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Doing a little relatively inexpensive traveling and learning about geography the fun way.
Using Microsoft FSX Accelerator, MegaSceneryEarth addons (made from real photos), TrackIR 5, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, and clunky CH pedals.
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My camera doesn't do the screenshots justice. Original FSX textures are on the right and MSE V.2 on left.
There is no comparison except for the under-autogened major cities and other misc areas where MSE forgot a bit of extra QC. Simply beautiful.
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A junkyard near SanDiego.
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Ahh, Hermosa. We used to hang out at 22 st all day long during the summer checking things out. Good times and great memories. Thanks for the pic

Dave, are the stars as visible to the naked eye (or through binocs) when you're out there, or does it require that 15-30 second exposure to show them that well?

I've been told that when you get a long ways away from civilization in places like rural Montana, the skies look like that at night and you can clearly see the MW. I gots ta see that someday.

sharknado!

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That looks like a group that could get into some trouble! :p

A long exposure in a good digital camera will show more stars than you see with your eye, but when you get way out in the middle of no where and you let your eyes get used to the dark, you do see the milky way and an amazing amount of stars.

Light pollution from a city REALLY kills what you see. And it's not even really just if you are right in the light. The dust and humidity and haze in the air above a city usually means that the light covers the whole area like a blanket.

I didn't take this, but it's an example of the same shot in the same place during normal light and during a huge power outage.

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"Before and during the 2003 Northeast blackout, a massive power outage that affected 55 million people. Photo by of Todd Carlson"

Again, not my photo, but a picture that shows the light pollution of Buenos Aires from 60 miles away from the city.
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"The dome of yellowish light is light pollution from the big city of Buenos Aires about 100km to the East. Taken at the Mercedes Observatory, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Credit: Luis Argerich"

Here, you can see what you're up against.

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^^^ What he said...

While we were able to see the Milky Way from our location and a lot of stars once our eyes adjusted, the camera sensor picks up even more.

That said, it's amazing to even see the Milky Way as bright as it was, and as "close" to Los Angeles as we were.

today
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sadly no plane 6. :(

^^ nice pics, Island!


I'm building a playground using recycled stuff and natural materials.....never painted tires before but they are turning out pretty cool. Using rattle can Rustoleum H2 paint, which is supposed to adhere better on rubber.....


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