As an origami fan I would be very interested to see how they managed to fold this thing up.
we are the ufo aliens
That’s my secret, Cap. I’m always aliens.
I don’t know what it is about the 1960s but I love the vibe of the technology. planes, cars, spaceships tended to have that chrome/bare metal look. i love it
Flight of the Navigator vibes
I don’t leak navigator, you leak.
Where’s the photographer in the reflection?
The center line of lights in the reflection is higher than the location on the wall, which leads me to believe that the photographer is just above vertical center. You’re the nature of photographing a sphere horizontally they would have to be exactly centered.
I think there’s somewhere around here
If my understanding of physics is correct, they’d have to be slap bang in the centre of the reflected image (assuming a perfect sphere), so somewhere on the framework of the corner of the building.
I think standing near the red things in the middle of the reflection. Look at the size of the forklift in the reflection for reference.
i noticed that in the OP too and it confused me a bit. then i noticed the dark corner bottom left, which is probably a bit of the wall of the dark room the picture was taken out of. that’s why the photographer isn’t in the reflection.
This looks like an HDRI sphere render. :D
Reminds me of the tear drop scouts in the 3 body problem series
“Have you tried everything?”
“Everything, sir, it’s completely impregnable.”
“We must get inside. For all we know, something may be living or perhaps even dying inside this”
“It appears to be seamless–no way in, no way out.”
But where’s the giant hand holding it and the bearded Dutchman?
That’s no moon…
Almost looks like the Sphere in that movie Sphere.
Or the giant ball bearing in Ball Bearing.
Something something Spaceballs.
That’s a giant Christmas globe my guy
Getting Flight of the Navigator vibes.
Compliance!
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Just like in that movie, Sphere, with Dustin Hoffman.
You know its reflective surface? Well, uh…
I hate to be the one non-scientist that picks this up, guys…
…What worries me is that it’s reflecting everything but us.
i noticed that in the OP too and it confused me a bit. then i noticed the dark corner bottom left, which is probably a bit of the wall of the dark room the picture was taken out of. that’s why the photographer isn’t in the reflection.
Just look at the center of the sphere. You see distant scaffolding and walkways. The camera could be a small one set up there.
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I read the book! Michael Crichton. Same guy who wrote Jurassic park
I really like the book - I think it’s one of his best. Subtle ‘unreliable narrator’ mind-fuck from beginning to end, nicely written and characterised. The film of it is an abomination, though.
I’ve not read the book yet but I’ve seen the movie and it’s enjoyable by itself, maybe not a great adaptation, but still it was not terrible
