MetaFilter posts tagged with pretty

Pretty Colors

Scientist — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 21:15:22 -0800

A gallery of gorgeous thin-section photos of meteorites.

Not pictured: Bastion Booger.

mightygodking — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:48:50 -0800

In response to WWE.com posting a not-really-that-accurate list of the 50 Most Beautiful People In WWE History (warning: awful slideshow), Brandon Stroud of Withleather assembled an all-star cast of beauty/wrestling experts, including Grantland.com's David Shoemaker, Clark Duke of Hot Tub Time Machine and professional Batmanologist Chris Sims, and with science has composed a a more accurate response list.

Photographer Stefano Bonazzi's nude series, Smoke

Brandon Blatcher — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 07:20:15 -0800

Photographer Stefano Bonazzi's series Smoke, where nude subjects vanish into the air.

What in the blue blazes is that?

loquacious — Thu, 12 May 2011 20:52:54 -0800

A string of electrical transformers exploding in Fort Worth, TX. From the YouTube description: This is the aftermath of a pretty brutal thunderstorm in Fort Worth Texas on May 10, 2011. It was taken from my balcony on the 34th floor of a building in Fort Worth. Though I thought we were at war or was terrorism, it was a massive series of power transformers blowing. As I took it with my 70-200 2.8L IS lens, it is farther away than it looks. (it is 5 miles away) That is why there are not explosion sounds. This was a very well documented event. I was on my balcony to take lightning pictures (Yes, not smart) and this started happening in front of me. I turned my camera (Canon 5d MkII) to video mode and let it roll. I have been reading the comments. I would like to answer some questions. It is not fake. It is not doctored. (you are giving my video skills too much credit, thanks.) As you can see by all the other lights, it is not taken with an IR setup or something. It is simple a video of an expensive weather disaster. The explosions are along a 4 mile path. They look closer together because this was 5 miles away zoomed in. If this was fake, I would have put in some good explosion sounds, not birds. (I probably could handle that technically.) This IS NOT FAKE IN ANY MANNER. It is not a function of lens flair, though I do believe the rain made the illumination more visible than it would have been. What this video does not show well is that the clouds above were illuminated with it all. I am prepared to have a lab analyze this video for authenticity. Believe me. What you are looking at is a video camera set up on my tripod on my balcony. Period. No colors added, not special effects, no sounds. I do not even know how to adjust a video for brightness or contrast. (I am a photo guy, not a video guy.) Anybody doubting the facts only needs to check the news sources or the power company. (Encore Electric) for verification. Luckily, hundreds of people watched it all. I have video of lots of emergency vehicle arriving to deal with the resultant fires. Also, this is actually just 1 of 5 videos I took. I will post the others when I get time. I am not sure this is even the best video I have. Too easy to verify it all. For all of you that complimented my video, and believe it is what is seems to be, thank you. NOT FAKE. 100% Real. Stand by for my other videos. I am not saying doubters do not have a right to doubt. Just that they are wrong. BTW, I did get my wife to reduce the file size of my video radically before I could squeeze it on to YOUTUBE without an error. (on her Mac i-video) My camera takes multi gig clips. It can only take videos for 4 minutes at a time before it overheats. (See Canon web site.)

Seoul tears down an urban freeway and the city can breathe again

aniola — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 09:55:57 -0800

Seoul tears down an urban freeway and life goes on

Smart Pretty and Awkward

jouir — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:00:22 -0800

Smart Pretty and Awkward is a daily blog in which Molly Ford shares advice on how to be smarter, prettier, and (less) awkward.

Bzzzz....Zzzzzz...

Cat Pie Hurts — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 15:17:17 -0800

Sleeping insects covered in morning dew

Badabing

MrMustard — Thu, 21 May 2009 05:42:08 -0800

Draw to the music. I have no idea what this is about, but it's kind of pretty. (Music starts instantly once main page loads.)

Rune Guneriussen

homunculus — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:55:19 -0800

Rune Guneriussen takes photographs of inanimate objects in unlikely environments. [Via]

Phyta

juv3nal — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:19:18 -0800

Phyta. Downloadable (windows, linux) interactive thing. (via PlayThisThing) I hesitate to call it a game because you can't really lose and it just loops on the last level forever as far as I can tell. But boy is it pretty. Bonus linkage: the next installment of shift is out. (previously)

Lyrical visuals

Pronoiac — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 14:52:08 -0800

Solar, with lyrics. A very pretty, surprisingly wordy video. (via)

Astronomy Pictures

homunculus — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:34:33 -0800

Bad Astronomy's Top Ten Astronomy Pictures of 2007.

EarthKam

thirteenkiller — Tue, 24 Oct 2006 09:05:24 -0800

ISS EarthKam. Loads and loads of stunningly beautiful pictures of Earth. I recommend the search by feature feature.

Neeto Pictures.

delmoi — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 18:57:58 -0800

Aerial Photography — Interiors — Air Conditioners of Philadelphia — Spaces and other beautiful and, the word I would use would be formal Photography on file magazine. A flash interface, but not too annoying.