Good Morning, Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 03/08/2018 at 09:15 • Filed to: good morning oppo

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Looks like I picked the wrong week to stop sniffing glue.

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vondon302 > ttyymmnn 03/08/2018 at 09:21

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That pic is fantastic!

OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 03/08/2018 at 09:25

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I’ve been going to APOD for like 10 years now. I love that site.

ttyymmnn > OPPOsaurus WRX 03/08/2018 at 09:26

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Me too. I’ve got a folder of daily links, and that is in it, along with NASA and NASA History .

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 03/08/2018 at 09:29

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I’ve been watching a ton of DeepSkyVideos lately. Between the sizes, distances, masses and energies involved in astronomy it is just flat out mind blowing.

https://www.youtube.com/user/DeepSkyVideos

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 03/08/2018 at 09:29

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This picture doesn’t even look like it was taken on earth.

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn 03/08/2018 at 09:32

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OPPOsaurus WRX > ttyymmnn 03/08/2018 at 09:34

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WTF man, I have stuff I was supposed to do today....

ttyymmnn > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/08/2018 at 09:37

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I’m pretty sure there is a lot of photographic trickeration going on here—long exposure, filter, layered image. It’s still cool, though.

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > ttyymmnn 03/08/2018 at 09:43

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They did say that they edited it. So yeah I assume they did a lot of work.

user314 > Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap 03/08/2018 at 09:55

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Instagram filters have become more and more powerful.

Long-Voyager > ttyymmnn 03/08/2018 at 10:22

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That’s an amazing pic.

Chariotoflove > ttyymmnn 03/08/2018 at 10:23

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I keep looking for a plane out of Bangor to come through that rift.

That is awesome.

pip bip - choose Corrour > ttyymmnn 03/09/2018 at 09:36

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awesome pic.