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Title: The ten weirdest places on Earth.
Post by: Clive on March 14, 2010, 14:57: These photos are awesome - assuming they are genuine!

LINK (http://www.smashinglists.com/10-most-alien-and-weird-places-on-earth/)
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Post by: Rik on March 14, 2010, 15:41: Some, at least, are genuine, Clive.
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Post by: sam on March 14, 2010, 16:35: cool.. increases my urge to want to go to Antarctica.
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Post by: Rik on March 14, 2010, 16:37: Do they have observatories there, Sam, or would this be purely social?
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Post by: Simon on March 14, 2010, 17:21: Some great pics there, Clive.
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Post by: sam on March 14, 2010, 18:12: Quote from: Rik on March 14, 2010, 16:37
Do they have observatories there, Sam, or would this be purely social?

social.. but indeed there are quite a few down there..
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Post by: Rik on March 14, 2010, 18:17: Does the cold present special problems, other than to the astronomers?
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Post by: Camstop on March 14, 2010, 18:21: I liked the look of Mount Roraima the best though i do prefer modern construction like the Millau Viaduct (http://www.siteselection.com/ssinsider/snapshot/sf050103.htm), Burj al Arab (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burj_Al_Arab), Taipei 101 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taipei_101) or The Oresund Bridge/Tunnel (http://www.guzer.com/pictures/bridge.php) between Sweden and Denmark.

I think modern day construction is underrated.
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Post by: Rik on March 14, 2010, 18:27: A lot of it is very elegant, Cammy, made possible by the new materials available to architects and engineers.
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Post by: Simon on March 14, 2010, 18:30: That link of the Millau Viaduct says something about "on Schedule, within Budget". Can someone tell me what the English equivalent of that is, as we obviously don't know the terminology? ;D I'd love to go in the Oresund Bridge/Tunnel! 8-)
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Post by: Rik on March 14, 2010, 18:40: Quote from: Simon on March 14, 2010, 18:30
Can someone tell me what the English equivalent of that is, as we obviously don't know the terminology?

Sod off, we're on a break? ;D
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Post by: Simon on March 14, 2010, 19:13: :lol2:
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Post by: sam on March 14, 2010, 19:14: Quote from: Rik on March 14, 2010, 18:17
Does the cold present special problems, other than to the astronomers?

apart from motors freezing the colder the better for telescopes. Keeps the system temp lower and thus less interference.
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Post by: Clive on March 14, 2010, 19:49: And there is no, repeat no light pollution at all! Not much good if you want to study the stars in the Plough. ;D
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Post by: sam on March 14, 2010, 20:27: or the galactic plane.
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Post by: Clive on March 14, 2010, 22:36: :haha:
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Post by: Rik on March 15, 2010, 09:22: Quote from: sam on March 14, 2010, 19:14
Keeps the system temp lower and thus less interference.

Just like men and women really. ;)
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Post by: sam on March 15, 2010, 14:23: indeed.