Syt's Pictorial Collection of Stuff and Things (image heavy)

Started by Syt, June 07, 2015, 02:08:30 AM

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mongers

"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Duque de Bragança


mongers

Quote from: Duque de Bragança on April 21, 2025, 01:20:46 PMLe futur antérieur or future perfect in English  :P

It's still a pretty awesome future with those things, what's not to love about being locked into a small glass cockpit in front of a giant ramjet. And then having to land it at high speed on those tiny wheels.  :frog:
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

crazy canuck

I am fascinated by the choice of events covered in the this day in history notations at the top of those pages.


Valmy

I noticed how the Mexicans conquered American forces at the Alamo  :glare:
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

mongers

I asked for an image of an oak tree on the edge of a hill fort on the the Dorset downlands:






"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Valmy

Only one seems to have delivered the hill fort.

Though I guess the third one seems to have the tree on top of what might be a fort.
Quote"This is a Russian warship. I propose you lay down arms and surrender to avoid bloodshed & unnecessary victims. Otherwise, you'll be bombed."

Zmiinyi defenders: "Russian warship, go fuck yourself."

mongers

Quote from: Valmy on May 09, 2025, 11:05:46 PMOnly one seems to have delivered the hill fort.

Though I guess the third one seems to have the tree on top of what might be a fort.

Yes it would be interesting to engage in a full 'discussion' with it to tweek the images nearer to what one envisaged, but I wonder how real looking they'd ever get, currently these images are far too idyllic
"We have it in our power to begin the world over again"

Josquius

The second is clearly the lake district.... Windermere? Bassenthwaite?
There's a view from the bottom of one it's heavily cribbing from.
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