Cool Pictures 14: no , it wasn't me who painted Mona Lisa

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art by Jester Pepito
 
Today's Cool Pictures are brought to you by Mischievous Cats (okay the first looks more shocked than mischievous):

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This cat reminds me so much of Maddy when she was a kitten. :love: Not because of anything bath-related, but there were other reasons.



When your Christmas tree needs a bit of extra protection:

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The ship is called Icon of the Seas. It is the new standard for those who love crowded cruising. I am waiting for one of those to capsize so we can have a new movie.
 
Birdjaguar said:
The ship is called Icon of the Seas. It is the new standard for those who love crowded cruising. I am waiting for one of those to capsize so we can have a new movie.
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Crowded? It only carries a measly 7000 passengers (I think)!

I've seen a few cruise videos about this one. People seem to either love it or hate it. Ben & David's YT channel had a few episodes about their time aboard, and one of the things they focused on was whether it was actually worth the $$$$, or $$$$$ in the case of the people who went for the really swanky suites.
 
Gorges are pretty

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The petition by Oregon asks for the Owyhee Canyonlands to be safeguarded as a national monument like its better-known cousin, the Grand Canyon.

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Size isn’t everything when it comes to canyons and Kazakhstan’s Charyn Canyon is proof of that. Thought to be about 5m years old, the striking red, pink, and orange colours are due to interactions between atmospheric conditions and the sedimentary red sandstone.

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The Ilhara Valley in Turkey’s Cappadocia region is also a canyon famous not for its size or depth, but for the settlements and churches built into the volcanic rock face by Byzantine monks, who are thought to have first settled there in the seventh century.

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Fish River canyon in Namibia is Africa’s largest and one of the largest in the world. Formation of the canyon is thought to have started about 350m years ago.

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Around 10 times shallower than the world’s biggest, the UK’s own ‘Grand Canyon’ – Cheddar Gorge in Somerset – is probably more famous for the cheese that shares its name.
 
one would still find the way there once on the ground but web searches will be easier with l H L ara . That's a dotless i there .
 
Birdjaguar said:
The ship is called Icon of the Seas. It is the new standard for those who love crowded cruising. I am waiting for one of those to capsize so we can have a new movie.
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I have to admit I'm fascinated by such kind of "floating city", if only on an engineering level. It's sci-fi stuff and I think I'd really like to go on such a thing at least once, just for the awe.
 
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Akka said:
I have to admit I'm fascinated by such kind of "floating city", if only on an engineering level. It's sci-fi stuff and I think I'd really like to go on such a thing at least once, just for the awe.
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It's a pricey experience, according to the videos I've seen.

I was watching one of the cruise channels earlier today, and just shake my head at how easy some people are to please regarding the "entertainment" on these ships. So much of it is just trivia games or some cheap version of American game shows (changed just enough to not get tagged for IP infringement), and what passes for 'theatre' shows.

Honestly, I've worked on theatre shows ranging from dinner theatre and musicals, to Shakespeare. Whatever they have on those ships just isn't what I'd call theatre.


On the flip side, there was one that combined a themed dining experience with live actors, and the whole thing was set up to give the passengers an immersive experience as though they were on a train, rather than on a cruise ship. So it was like dinner theatre except you're actually part of it. The price was expensive, but it looked like fun, and they had multiple themes that ranged from the Wild West to the Orient Express.


And then I watched one where the video channel host got to go to Antarctica... I am so jealous. He got to see penguins, get right close to them, in their natural habitat - Gentoos, Chinstraps... :love:

That trip cost him a mere $42,000 (USD, I'd guess, which would be even more in CAD).
 
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Fast-forward to modern times:

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I wonder how many time zones she's standing in simultaneously.
 
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