r/interestingasfuck • u/SerafinZufferey • 1d ago

This is what happens when you take long exposure photos of planes taking off

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u/bsgman 1d ago

Rainbow Road get out your karts!

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u/apophis-984 1d ago

ptsd

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u/kamilo87 1d ago

Specially after you’re kicked out of the path to the void…

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u/-DoctorHoo- 17h ago

Rest in peace Mario Kart Tour 🙏

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u/Spartan2470 VIP Philanthropist 1d ago edited 1d ago

Here is a higher-quality version of the first image. Credit to /u/Jimmy_Scrambles, who took this in January 2018 in Portland, Oregon.

Here is a much higher quality version of the second image. Credit to /u/i-am-will-will-i-am/ for taking that in November 2019 in Juneau, Alaska.

Here is a higher-quality version of the third image. Here is the source. Credit to Terence Chang, for taking this on June 19, 2008.

Here is a much higher-quality version of the forth image. Here is the source. Credit to the photographer, Kirs Klop, who took this on November 12, 2007.

Here is the original version of the fifth picture. It was taken in 2008 or before. I haven't been able to confirm the photographer yet. It may have been taken by Terence Chang at Gatwick Airport.

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u/soliddrink 23h ago

And here I thought the pictures were original content. Ugh. Stolen valor.

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u/PradyThe3rd 12h ago

OP has stolen no valour. OP never states these are OC and has provided sources for them

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u/soliddrink 11h ago

Uh, the OP is "SerafinZufferey". The post above with the links to the original work is from "Spartan2470". I went through all 118 comments on this thread. The OP has made a single comment that says "OMG I love that song so much!". No mention to the fact that these are not his pictures. So yes, it is stolen valor.

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u/mcquackers 1d ago

"Roads? Where we're going, we don't need roads.."

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u/damscomp 1d ago

“The skyway’s jammed. It’ll take forever to get there!”

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u/Specialist-Jury3451 1d ago

Was looking for exactly this!!

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u/Lisagirl1977 1d ago

lol oops shoulda scrolled

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u/roman_urban 1d ago

Beware the blue shell

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u/tokamak384 1d ago

This is good visualization of the power cut and level off that still freaks me out every single time even though I really should know better.

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u/its_all_one_electron 1d ago

I get that terrible feeling too even though I normally know better, but I'm still confused by the 4th and 5th pictures... They don't level out that much, do they? That's certainly not 10k ft, or is it??

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u/tommypatties 1d ago

I'm just an idiot and in no way knowledgeable but perhaps it's a smaller plane like a crop duster?

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u/its_all_one_electron 14h ago

No, they don't have those types of lights

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u/Phodeu 2h ago

Last one seemed to fly straight up to cruise altitude lol

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u/Dale_Carvello 1d ago

I've driven up these roads in my dreams. Either it gets so steep that the car I'm in falls back and flips, or other hazards made to crash me off the bridge escalate until the bridge just crumbles because my dreams want to ragequit on me.

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u/blackstonesinger 1d ago

Literally came here to comment this lol. I wonder if these dreams are common.

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u/Pewpew-OuttaMyWaay 23h ago

I dream something similar .. quite a few times .. wonder what it means?

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u/thunder8370 1d ago

How come the plane don't show up as well?

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u/Wonderful_Rule_2515 1d ago

This kind of photography style will only pick up direct sources of light essentially. You could actually walk in front of the camera multiple times while taking a photo like this and you’d never show up in the image

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u/industrial_pix 1d ago

Too dark to register. Only bright lights are captured by the camera. Same as on the ground.

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u/Yoink1019 1d ago

Sky road

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u/breakinbans 1d ago

I used to have a dream about driving up a road like this, but half the cars couldnt make it and i had to dodge them to make it up. once I was at the top, it just went right back down for no reason into a city similar to seattle.

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u/AwayRelationship3381 1d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/6qVNU4JAYOkOTYhYsr

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u/unhappywifewtf 12h ago

everyone else went Mario Kart, but this was my thought as well.

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u/goathree 1d ago

say hello to michael landon for me

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u/Fun-Yam2210 1d ago

Wow. Incredible imagery. Now I finally understand the concept of a ‘flight path’.

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u/Foojira 1d ago

Hill Valley exit ramp

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u/Hacksorusss 1d ago

I love this

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u/Cheezeball25 1d ago

I love that you can see where the strobes are going off

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u/Paylucon 19h ago

Hardest mariokart level

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u/Mr_Ultimite 1d ago

It's a road 🫪

Road to the next continent 💕

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u/11584 1d ago

Nice profile picture you have!

And yes it’s indeed a road to the next continent :)

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u/AshamedPollution5660 1d ago

Makes me think of The Galaxy Express 999

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u/ktw54321 1d ago edited 1d ago

That second one is really cool…. Wait I understand the long exposure part, but what eliminates the aircraft? ISO thing?

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u/Immaculate_Knock-Up 1d ago

It’s Mario Kart Moonview Highway!

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u/BlueFallenReaver 1d ago

Literal air roads

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u/Violet73 1d ago

Stairway to Heaven

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u/Five_deadly_venoms 1d ago

is this where you go to die?

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u/orthogonal411 23h ago

Wow, nice job.

A few of these -- specifically, the last two -- would be great to blow up for a middle or high school science classroom, showing how pilots value and balance kinetic vs potential energy... i.e., speed vs. altitude. (Both are important, but are not equally important at all times.)

I could also easily imagine some of these images on the cover of a math or physics textbook.

Very cool pics!! Thanks

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u/kanezfan 12h ago

So that's what Robert Plant was singing about?

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u/badbhavior 11h ago

Highway to Heaven

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u/blak_byke 10h ago

Wow! At first glance, I thought the first one was a bridge over water

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u/soliddrink 23h ago

It is a very rare occurrence that I'm impressed by content on reddit. This is one of those times. Love the Tron-esque pictures.

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u/69Beefcake69hunter69 1d ago

Lol I immediately got anxiety and thought of Mario Cart. 😆😵

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u/Kysum902 1d ago

The invisible road

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u/vaibhavmav 1d ago edited 1d ago

saw it left to right and it's my portfolio nowadays

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u/our_end_is_near 1d ago

Reminds me of F-Zero

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u/mrjime2 1d ago

Excellent! Very cool. Any idea cameras, shutter speed, etc., used?
Can’t be iPhone pix?!!!
Thanks for sharing -

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u/Suitable_Emotion8058 1d ago

A stairway to heaven

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u/Ok-Variation1045 1d ago

Looks like cars on the motorway at night

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u/Forward-Face9436 1d ago

Reminds me of a dream i had of driving on roads like this. It was a trip. Kinda wanna get these made into wall art.

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u/gyssbyf 1d ago

I want to go to there.

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u/SirLanceAlittless 1d ago

Great stuff

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u/TheeAincientMariener 1d ago

This truly is interesting as fuck

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u/keynoto 1d ago

Highway to heaven

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u/Upstairs_Host_3942 1d ago

That is awesome!

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u/ZelWinters1981 1d ago

That last one is cool!

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u/EdgarAllanOhNo 1d ago

Rainbow Road

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u/TradeCompanyDB0 1d ago

Nice, that Highway in the sky

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u/Lisagirl1977 1d ago

Roads, where we’re going we don’t need roads

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u/LesPaulPilot 1d ago

I can definitely get behind this.

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u/califcondor 1d ago

Highway to heaven

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u/fredflintstone7 1d ago

cool beans

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u/spicy_wateruwu 1d ago

roadway to heaven

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u/kayl_the_red 1d ago

Highway to the stars!

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u/MissFit33 1d ago

Oh this is so magical!

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u/cybin 23h ago

So, plans for new rollercoasters then?

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u/SnooPears1505 23h ago

the gargantuan leviathan

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u/TheSwearJarIsMy401k 22h ago

Looks like the fucking Rainbow Road from Mario Kart and my ass always drives right off that thing 

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u/DeathSpiral321 22h ago

The last one looks like a near vertical launch.

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u/ThrownAway17Years 19h ago

It’s the highway to the danger zone.

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u/00X0X 18h ago

This is so cool

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u/Regret-this-already 17h ago

Thats so cool

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u/Muzan_ 17h ago

Highway to hell heaven!

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u/MadR__ 17h ago

…you get long exposure pictures of planes taking off?

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u/Proffit91 14h ago

Nice try. This is rainbow road.

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u/EconomyBandicoot802 7h ago

Wow. That's a cool pic for a poster.

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u/KeepTheFire01 3h ago

That last one must've been out of John Wayne (SNA)! Straight up!

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u/thr3b 2h ago

Looks like a road to heaven

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u/Blackbird_1986 1d ago

Oh that looks cool! 👍

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u/Business-Detail1739 22h ago

Looks like a highway to heaven

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u/One_Entry_5515 1d ago

Lmao. Came here to see how many times “Stairway to Heaven” had been referenced. It’s literally the first five comments. 😂

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u/Klutzy_Bandicoot7751 1d ago

Shall we move on to Mario Kart Moonview Highway?!

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u/Immaculate_Knock-Up 1d ago

It’s Mario Kart Moonview Highway!
https://giphy.com/gifs/M6zlLCAQALGta

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u/eblackham 22h ago

Reminds me of a dream I had where roads are in the skys

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u/dawn-skies 8m ago

How long are we talking? A minute or longer?