Afternoon in the GOG

Falstaff · Feb 17, 2010, 05:15 PM

BlueMak · Feb 17, 2010, 05:45 PM

For some reason, I feel uneasy looking at this.

IvanV · Feb 17, 2010, 05:50 PM

Oooh, great shot!

BlueMak, perhaps it's not so strange that you feel uneasy, there is a place with similar formations in my country and it's called Đavolja Varoš - Devil's Town. Here are some pictures of it.

Falstaff · Feb 18, 2010, 02:58 AM

its a spooky and magical place.

isaak · Feb 18, 2010, 08:57 AM

where exactly was this taken? I can't quite put my finger on the landscape of it...red sands(/rocks) of australia yet bushy hills of italy (looks like grape vine rows) in the background but at the same time it looks to me like what a fertile and dry desert would look like, although I just don't know where lol.

**temeteus82** · Feb 18, 2010, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Falstaff

its a spooky and magical place.

Does "spooky" live there

ET3D · Feb 18, 2010, 09:33 AM

Love it. I think the spooky part is the Corsair dream PC floating in the middle of the sky.

**temeteus82** · Feb 18, 2010, 09:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ET3D

Love it. I think the spooky part is the Corsair dream PC floating in the middle of the sky.

nah that's just a bug that Craig can't fix

Falstaff · Feb 18, 2010, 03:25 PM

The area is the Garden of the Gods.
People are actually buried here and there, some are ancient and some are quite new. Its a park, and a scientific site as well with the tourists, a place they can actually park and walk about on holiday. The whole area above and slightly below the park has the full native compliment of macro fauna.
You could see a mountain lion, bear, coyote, fox and deer, elk, etc.
not to mention, smaller mammals, birds of all types and especially raptors that prey on smaller birds. Because the area is nested between the front range proper and the Pikes Peak, it is surrounded by hills and valleys that capture mild snow and wind and rain events.
You can find everything to delight the senses there, and still enjoy a sense of peace.
The whole area is very very old, the rocks being primary Jurrassic and Triassic lithics with some Cretaceous sandstones that are interbedded and exposed like the surface of a properly decorated cake.
Much of where I live was the shoreline of a large inland sea millions of years ago, and and most notably in more recent history, a medicine site for indians and a holy place for different tribes.

Feb 17, 2010, 05:15 PM	#1
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	Afternoon in the GOG __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Feb 17, 2010, 05:45 PM	#2
BlueMak HH's Asteroids' Dominator Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Hellas->Macedonia->Thessaloniki Posts: 13,465 Rep Power: 349 System Specs	Re: Afternoon in the GOG For some reason, I feel uneasy looking at this. __________________ The people who are regarded as moral luminaries are those who forego ordinary pleasures themselves and find compensation in interfering with the pleasures of others(Bertrand Russell)"You go into Afghanistan, you got guys who slap women around for five years because they didn't wear a veil,You know, guys like that ain't got no manhood left anyway. So it's a hell of a lot of fun to shoot them." - Lt. Gen. James N. Mattis This is slavery, not to speak one's thought. [Euripides-The Phoenician Women (c.411-409 B.C.)] http://www.macedonia.info/FALLACIESANDFACTS.htm *Sic semper tyrannis.*

Feb 17, 2010, 05:50 PM	#3
IvanV HH Assassin Guild Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 5,914 Rep Power: 333 System Specs	Re: Afternoon in the GOG Oooh, great shot! BlueMak, perhaps it's not so strange that you feel uneasy, there is a place with similar formations in my country and it's called Đavolja Varoš - Devil's Town. Here are some pictures of it. __________________ If anyone has Portal 2 and hasn't played the co-op and wants to do me a favour, let me know (PM me or whatever).

Feb 18, 2010, 02:58 AM	Thread Starter #4
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	Re: Afternoon in the GOG its a spooky and magical place. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."

Feb 18, 2010, 08:57 AM	#5
isaak HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia Posts: 2,286 Rep Power: 112 System Specs	Re: Afternoon in the GOG where exactly was this taken? I can't quite put my finger on the landscape of it...red sands(/rocks) of australia yet bushy hills of italy (looks like grape vine rows) in the background but at the same time it looks to me like what a fertile and dry desert would look like, although I just don't know where lol. __________________ The first step... shall be to lose the way. - Galway Kinnell

Feb 18, 2010, 09:33 AM	#7
ET3D Hopeless Dreamer Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Dreamland, near the pool of infinite graphics cards Posts: 3,057 Rep Power: 105 System Specs	Re: Afternoon in the GOG Love it. I think the spooky part is the Corsair dream PC floating in the middle of the sky.

Feb 18, 2010, 03:25 PM	Thread Starter #9
Falstaff Old Codger Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USAFA Posts: 19,048 Rep Power: 207	Re: Afternoon in the GOG The area is the Garden of the Gods. People are actually buried here and there, some are ancient and some are quite new. Its a park, and a scientific site as well with the tourists, a place they can actually park and walk about on holiday. The whole area above and slightly below the park has the full native compliment of macro fauna. You could see a mountain lion, bear, coyote, fox and deer, elk, etc. not to mention, smaller mammals, birds of all types and especially raptors that prey on smaller birds. Because the area is nested between the front range proper and the Pikes Peak, it is surrounded by hills and valleys that capture mild snow and wind and rain events. You can find everything to delight the senses there, and still enjoy a sense of peace. The whole area is very very old, the rocks being primary Jurrassic and Triassic lithics with some Cretaceous sandstones that are interbedded and exposed like the surface of a properly decorated cake. Much of where I live was the shoreline of a large inland sea millions of years ago, and and most notably in more recent history, a medicine site for indians and a holy place for different tribes. __________________ "Inspiration is always a surprising visitor."