That’s no moon…
Almost looks like the Sphere in that movie Sphere.
Or the giant ball bearing in Ball Bearing.
Something something Spaceballs.
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
We made better materials to reflect the sun stuff at some point. The chrome does look dank AF though
This looks like such a non-human design that I would have mistaken it for a UFO if I found it in space.
You may want to sit down, because I’m about to rock your world.
Aliens!
I want to believe!
With context my first thought was a still from a movie about capturing a UFO
‘Sphere’ and ‘Navigator’ come to mind…
we are the ufo aliens
That’s my secret, Cap. I’m always aliens.
As an origami fan I would be very interested to see how they managed to fold this thing up.
Where’s the photographer in the reflection?
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 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.
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
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.
This looks like an HDRI sphere render. :D
But where’s the giant hand holding it and the bearded Dutchman?
Photographer is hiding in plain sight. Really. I have no idea how they did this.
I think they’re on the end of the catwalk right above the small building in the corner, which would make sense since they’d have to appear in the middle of the sphere unless the image is cropped. Hard to be sure with this resolution, but I’d bet those few lighter pixels are the person holding the camera.
“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.”
I haven’t watched Phantasm in a while
Reminds me of the tear drop scouts in the 3 body problem series
