Comments on: The coolest photo you'll see of that "derecho" storm hitting NYC today

By: dahellisdat

dahellisdat — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 16:22:00 +0000

This immediately made me think of the sky Ghostbusters

By: tubacat

tubacat — Mon, 30 Jul 2012 07:48:00 +0000

Pretty good, although this derecho means “straight”, not “right”…

By: Rich Keller

Rich Keller — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 02:55:00 +0000

Do they have izquierdo storms south of the equator?

By: Andy Schiller

Andy Schiller — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 00:53:00 +0000

Welcome to every other weekend in Kansas City, MO ever. Jeeezus. Panic much? We actually get the terrible after effects of it all where we are.
http://i.imgur.com/yem0z.jpg

By: BonzoDog1

BonzoDog1 — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 16:08:00 +0000

As more and more people see this kind of apocalyptic image with their own eyes, while also experiencing week-long power outages afterward, maybe the propaganda assault waged by the fossil fuel industry and their Republican mouthpieces will lose its punch.
Reality will always trump the artificial reality of the lies of public relations.

By: RKTR ♫soundcloud.com/rktr

RKTR ♫soundcloud.com/rktr — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 14:07:00 +0000

It looks like what I’d imagine Christian Bale’s brain feels like all the time.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:42:00 +0000

Very cool photo. I love watching storms like these roll-in.

That was part of a long string of storms that stretched from the NE straight down into Texas. My daughter was stranded in DFW last night because her flight into DFW from OKC was delayed long enough for her to miss the last connecting flight to Indianapolis. American Airlines provided cots in the terminal for her and a few other stranded flyers to sleep on until this morning, when they will finally be able to get out of there. Very frustrating day for her.

By: snagglepuss

snagglepuss — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 11:41:00 +0000

Wow. If ever there was a “If You Saw That In A Movie, You Wouldn’t Believe It” shot….

By: Phil Fot

Phil Fot — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:38:00 +0000

Has anyone read Peter Hamilton’s or “Night’s Dawn” trilogy? He describes massively powerful storms (called “Armada Storms”) that eventually lead Earth’s cities being domed to protect them from destruction. The storms are caused by the massive influx of atmospheric heat from the population’s power consumption. Not so because of greenhouse gases, but waste heat from devices.

The derecho storms description sound like baby armada storms. What an interesting future you will all have.

By: bcsizemo

bcsizemo — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:15:00 +0000

I’ll take Sigourney Weaver in a power loader over a red dress any day.

By: Abel Undercity

Abel Undercity — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:00:00 +0000

I might be, but only if you’re Sigourney Weaver in a red dress.

By: Hanglyman

Hanglyman — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 04:46:00 +0000

Very pretty/ominous, and I’d love a print. $100 seems awfully high, though, especially considering the extra cost of a frame on top of that.

By: Cyran0

Cyran0 — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:36:00 +0000

Oh, right.
Why didn’t I think of that?

Thanks, Elissa!

By: ryuthrowsstuff

ryuthrowsstuff — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 03:20:00 +0000

Basically pointing out that the photo hardly represents what the human eye sees looking at Manhattan from the same angle. Cameras cannot pick up nearly the range of info the human eye can. With a given camera/film stock, the dynamic range of various qualities, “latitude” in contrast, base color pick-up, and which particular settings are used all change how a photo differs from reality. So that photo doesn’t actually match what some guy (ie me) looking out his Brooklyn window is seeing hovering over Manhattan. So the poster seems to be pondering weather things have been fiddled with (HDR filters and photo stitching) or if its a wonderful coincidence of the camera.

By: Jason Baker

Jason Baker — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:46:00 +0000

Are you the gatekeeper?

By: MachineElf

MachineElf — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:32:00 +0000

Gozer the Traveler. He will come in one of the pre-chosen forms.

By: Elissa R

Elissa R — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:25:00 +0000

You can see the photo on his Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/RyanBrenizerPhotography

By: Derek C. F. Pegritz

Derek C. F. Pegritz — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:25:00 +0000

Holy CRAP–I keep expecting a giant disc-shaped starship to slowly emerge from it and start hammering the city with googlewatt lasers!

By: Cyran0

Cyran0 — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:08:00 +0000

I’m trying to view the full picture, but the link seems to be dead.

I would love to know what lens that is! (Although, I doubt the price falls within my comfort zone.)

Also, check it out: Purple Rain really exists! ;P

(87C Wratten)

By: DrWatson

DrWatson — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:05:00 +0000

LOLWUT?

By: fuzzyfuzzyfungus

fuzzyfuzzyfungus — Fri, 27 Jul 2012 01:55:00 +0000

Impressive, most impressive.

(That said, given that a significant amount of the drama of the piece is in the contrast and dynamic range, both areas where eyeball meat sensors and silicon sensors differ rather notably, I have to wonder how one would best measure ‘realness’. It certainly doesn’t have that zOMG-HDR-TO-11!!! look that heavily photoshopped HDR experiments do; but verisimilitude in contrast seems trickier to measure than verisimilitude in content.)