From: The northeast portion of the 30th star Insane since: Mar 2001
posted 02-09-2004 04:32
Dark. Be open minded about it.. some bits from dictionary.com-
Lacking or having very little light: a dark corner.
Lacking brightness: a dark day.
Reflecting only a small fraction of incident light.
Of a shade tending toward black in comparison with other shades. Used of a color.
Having a complexion that is not fair; swarthy.
Served without milk or cream: dark coffee.
Characterized by gloom; dismal: took a dark view of the consequences.
Sullen or threatening: a dark scowl.
Difficult to understand; obscure: stories that are large in scope and dark in substance.
Concealed or secret; mysterious: ?the dark mysteries of Africa and the fabled wonders of the East? (W. Bruce Lincoln).
Lacking enlightenment, knowledge, or culture: a dark age in the history of education.
Exhibiting or stemming from evil characteristics or forces; sinister: ?churned up dark undercurrents of ethnic and religious hostility? (Peter Maas).
Being or characterized by morbid or grimly satiric humor.
A few guidelines:
1. Photo needs to go along with the subject in some way.
2. Use thumbnails for photos with any dimension larger than 450 px or over 40 kb.
3. Post as many as you want.
4. At the end of the week the person who chose the topic will pick someone to choose the next topic. This isn't a "winner," just someone who gets to suggest the next topic.
5. No critiques (unless requested) this is just to share our photos.
6. Sigs allowed as long as they're sinister.
Ok now this one needs some introduction. Remember all those wild fires in Southern California last year? Well, I took this photo, believe it or not, at 10AM in the morning on a cloudless day! The smoke was this thick floating over the Southland. We had ashes fallling like snow all over the place and the smell of smoke was extreme. So this was a very dark day.
If I wasn't feeling wayyy too tired to look for some hosting space, I'd link up my very poor picture of the empire state building during the several-hour blackout a few months ago.. Ah well, I'm sure you all can imagine it