Things to see before you die.

[Gothmog]

Kelp forest.

http://www.goldenstateimages.com/kelp.htm

http://www.deepseaimages.com/dsilibrary/showgallery.php?cat=500&ppuser=3

It's another world entirely.

Edit: Actually redwood forest too.

 

[El_Machinae]

Wouldn't some shrooms and an aquarium suffice?

 

[Gothmog]

Heh, that's good too but not the same.

 

[Sidhe]

I WANT TO SEE PICS OF THESE THINGS!!!!

Come on! I'm far too lazy to check it out myself, so if you think it's that bloody good we should all go and see it as well at least have the decency to spend 60 seconds googling for an image to link to!!

Keep your hair on, heres one from my list.

 

[Captain Carnage]

I went to Stonehenge 2 days ago

 

[cgannon64]

The only thing I really have a strong urge to see is the night sky without light pollution.

(It might be hard for some of you non-urbanites to understand how bad the sky has gotten in cities...)

 

[Sidhe]

It looks something like this. You can see it like this in the UK but you have to be up pretty tall hills or mountains. Notice you can see the nebulae with the naked eye.

 

[El_Machinae]

The only thing I really have a strong urge to see is the night sky without light pollution.

(It might be hard for some of you non-urbanites to understand how bad the sky has gotten in cities...)

I went camping last summer, and the difference is amazing. As the fire dies down, you can spend more time looking up. Binoculars really strike home how amazing it is.

In fact, my two favorite things are mountains and stars. I really should do more camping.

 

[HannibalBarka]

I must be a bit confused. I recently saw a travel show that was touring a spot in Libya that was of Carthaginian origin. There were spectactular ruins by the sea and some fairly well preserved buildings and temples that made the roman forum and pompeii look weak in comparison. I wonder which city it was?

You must be talking about Leptis Magna or Sabratha, both in Libya near Tripoli, and you're right they are among the best punic and roman ruins.
Carthage itself is just a small suburb of Tunis, Tunisia's capital. There are some punic ruins, but most ruins are roman.

 

[HannibalBarka]

Emmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, let see:
1. Pharaonic Egypt
2. Grand Canyon
3. India
4. Central Asia (Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, well all the xxxxstans)+Mongolia. I have always been fascinated by this region

Oh and among the things I have already seen, I recommend:
1. Paris and Versailles, there are just tons of things to see there
2. Manhattan sky line, it is just awsome
3. Australian outback, a great feeling of being in "osmose" with the elements

 

[Gothmog]

Night Sky without polution is wonderful.

I have pretty dark sky's at my house, I can see the Milky Way clearly (when the moon isn''t too bright).

The only naked eye nebula that is really evident is the one in Orion (M42).

I also have a pretty nice telescope (9.5 inch SCT) and another thing everyone should see is Saturn and Jupiter through a scope.

Pictures are nice, but your first view of saturn through a scope is always a WoW moment.

 

[El_Machinae]

It's more than a dot if you use a telescope?

 

[cgannon64]

Pictures are nice, but your first view of saturn through a scope is always a WoW moment.

How well can you see it? (Where do you live, by the way?)

I realized, I should have written my statement differently: I want to see the Milky Way. At the moment, I can hardly beleive that's possible.

 

[Richard Cribb]

I WANT TO SEE PICS OF THESE THINGS!!!!

Come on! I'm far too lazy to check it out myself, so if you think it's that bloody good we should all go and see it as well at least have the decency to spend 60 seconds googling for an image to link to!!

Which is why I gave you 9 pics and 4 links...

 

[anarres]

Hey guys, I'm mighty impressed by all the pics now!

luc - you just got caught up in the general reprimand.

 

[Sidhe]

I also have a pretty nice telescope (9.5 inch SCT) and another thing everyone should see is Saturn and Jupiter through a scope.

Pictures are nice, but your first view of saturn through a scope is always a WoW moment.

I got to see Saturns rings through a telescope from my back garden, could just make them out, it was pretty amazing.

 

[Gothmog]

El_Machinae wrote:

It's more than a dot if you use a telescope?

Heh, you really need to see it to believe it. You Must Do It! I Command You!

In my scope I can make out the rings and even the divisions in the rings, as well as color gradients on the surface of the planet.

In Jupiter I can see color bands too, and make out the eye if it is in view.

I can also see many moons of both.

@cg - I live in northern New Mexico a couple miles from Santa Fe (in the county) and there's a ridgeline between my house and town. The lots here are 2.5 acres, many are empty, and there are no street lights.

I can see the Milky Way very clearly much like the picture Sidhe posted, except his is taken somewhat near dawn. You really can't miss it on a good night, people sometimes take it for whispy high clouds the first time they see it.

When you look towards the Milky Way with a scope you see the individual stars. The sky is just thick with them. That's another amazing thing. The Milky Way is stars in our Galaxy.

I've also seen other Galaxies through my scope.

This is one of my hobbies and a great thing about it is showing people Saturn or the orion nebula for the first time. It's an experience that shouldn't be missed. WOW

 

[Eran of Arcadia]

I'm not sure how likely it is, but I want to see Mars...

I've seen Mars. Do you mean from closer than from Earth?

Living in the United States, and never having gone any further than Toronto, I have never seen a man-made structure older than 300 years old. I must see all of this ancient stuff. Niagara Falls gets old after you see it for the tenth time or so, and I have lived mostly in "unspectacular" places with no major natural wonders. Oh well.

 

[Richard Cribb]

luc - you just got caught up in the general reprimand.

No problem, it is not a new experience.
I just thought that you might have overlooked my post, it is not like I am the most popular writer around here..

 

[anarres]

You mean you're not the most popular with right-wing nutjobs.

Not a bad claim to (lack of) fame.