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eMan117 t1_jd8b8z7 wrote

Nice try OP, that's clearly the land where the dinosaurs live in DBZ. Can't fool me

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DunebillyDave t1_jd8bccu wrote

Wow! That is amazing! I wouldn't want to live there, but, Sweet Lord that is a fantastic vision!

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Freduccini t1_jd8ch5a wrote

Great place for a Walmart and 100 acre parking lot tbh

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SanKa1337 t1_jd8dwqs wrote

I ve been to thailand but only saw a fracture of it. That country has so much to offer. Amazing nature, awesome people, incredible food. Only humidity, cant get used to that

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Gandoku t1_jd8f636 wrote

I was looking up how these rock formations were formed and found:

> The cliffs were once part of an ancient coral reef that covered most of Southeast Asia during the time when the earth’s oceans were hundreds of feet higher than they are today. Millions of years passed and cliffs remained standing, towering like magnificent rock giants.

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onysa t1_jd8fwny wrote

this is just minecraft with shaders

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damn_jexy t1_jd8gby1 wrote

I'm from Thailand but still haven't been there 😭

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uMunthu t1_jd8i23a wrote

A magical place. When I went there I immediately noticed the amazing smell that hangs in the air. It gave the feeling of arriving in some sort of paradise.

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rick-james-biatch t1_jd8ltyy wrote

Awesome photo! I lived near here for about 4 years (in a town called Khao Lak - but the entire region is called Phang-Nga). We used to go here fairly regularly, it's such a cool landscape but we never saw it from above like this. Thanks for sharing!

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ID-10T_Error t1_jd8n5ic wrote

i wonder if one of those mountains are for sale

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scoreboy69 t1_jd8vke5 wrote

Little known fact, they learn English from Police Academy movies.

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I-g_n-i_s t1_jd8wtx3 wrote

Looks like another planet ngl. Completely out of this world

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yungtorchicgoon t1_jd8yacp wrote

just imagine how many strip malls and parking lots we could fit in there.

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stranot t1_jd9080i wrote

something about this picture looks so surreal.. maybe it's the angle, but it just feels like you shouldn't be able to see that far due to the curvature of the earth

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Andryburd t1_jd91ujl wrote

How tf was this posted on earth porn its beautiful 🔥🔥🔥

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Tokeitawa t1_jd91v4q wrote

What fucking alternate universe you live OP? Like damn.

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The1Bonesaw t1_jd926cf wrote

I thought the title said "Surprise"... I kept looking and thinking, "where?"

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barttaylor t1_jd94av4 wrote

"Sunrise Earth" was the greatest television show of all time and I will die on that hill. At sunrise.

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sixstringtrash t1_jd96tmw wrote

Thought that was Minecraft at first. I need to take a break.

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pgpathat t1_jd9b6c8 wrote

I love how the river is like “i know a shortcut”

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hedphuqz t1_jd9ekb8 wrote

I was here a few years ago. It's absolutely as breathtaking as you would imagine ☺️

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mellanor t1_jd9g1d5 wrote

It's not complete without Kong

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Moonrak3r t1_jd9gwbk wrote

Replying to SuccessfullyLoggedIn (#2,304,671)

I spent a few months there awhile back and really loved it. It’s beautiful. The food is delicious. Everything is inexpensive.

I’ve traveled a lot, and many places check those same boxes, but something that stood out to me is that Thai people are generally extremely friendly and down to earth. They seem to welcome foreigners and the chance to get to know new people, enjoy practicing English with visitors, have patience with you when you attempt to speak Thai to them, show you their culture, etc. I assume that Buddhism being the prominent spiritual mindset there has a big influence on that.

If you do end up going, and end up making friends with Thai folks, don’t try to pay for their meals. One of the most awkward moments I can remember from my time there was trying to pick up a dinner bill. It’s culturally important for them to feed their guests… I tried to grab the bill and pay as a gesture of appreciation for them welcoming me in, and every single Thai person almost jumped out of their seat to stop me from paying.

Anyway: awesome place, I highly recommend it.

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CheesyMoose t1_jd9h171 wrote

Looks great, needs a 6 lane highway down the middle

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FitEmergency8946 t1_jd9lh7m wrote

Another beautiful example of truly how wonderful and magnificent is the beauty of our living planet. I'd hoped to travel the world and see places like this with my own eyes, but I can't seem to qualify myself financially to perform the act in person. So I rely on photographers such as yourself to bring and provide such captivating visions through a camera, so that I can visit these places vicariously through your wonderful skills of photographing them and sharing them to common folk like me who can appreciate your Art capturing Our creators work...., absolutely Beautiful... O. Brown III

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minor_details t1_jd9mtwx wrote

Replying to Moonrak3r (#2,308,103)

I've always wanted to go to Thailand and this has really helped cement that idea for me- I'm paycheck to paycheck right now but I have a passport, duo lingo, and an appreciation of buddhism, so someday I hope to save up enough to travel there. it looks beautiful but the way you describe the people is just lovely.

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Toadsted t1_jd9qkef wrote

I have the same thing on my windows login screen every now and then.

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_slackjaw_ t1_jd9x9mz wrote

op, do you know how many people are typically in this area at once?

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Jexx4PF t1_jda1o16 wrote

Imagine riding jet skis through here.

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oddible t1_jda8ceh wrote

Is this near Panyee Island?

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edmcgoh t1_jdabxmm wrote

this place looks heavenly

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Stupidstuff1001 t1_jdad19p wrote

Literally left thailand less than 48 hours ago and already want to go back.

The people, the scenery, the night life. It’s just amazing.

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dblecros t1_jdaimcf wrote

I went to the village on stilts about 15 years ago. Absolutely amazing experience, though I got some evil eye from a young man wearing an Osama Bin Laden t-shirt…

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face-face-face t1_jdao758 wrote

Sunrise is a pure magical moment most of us miss everyday. Thanks for this capture.

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auxaperture t1_jdaqjfz wrote

Hey, I can see my house! No joke, I am currently writing this comment from a house in that photo. Gorgeous place!

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Gandoku t1_jdaqkai wrote

Replying to Musk-Order66 (#2,311,425)

I think not exactly? But I'm not sure. This website explains it pretty well imo: https://www.paddleasia.com/karst-topography.htm

I'm not a geologist or anything but summarizing some of the info, Coral Polyps deposited the lime that turned into limestone ~100 million years ago. Halfway down that page is a photo of how the bottoms are more narrow than the tops on some formations as the sea levels went down and carved them out

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dontstopbelievingman t1_jdarkbb wrote

Replying to Moonrak3r (#2,308,103)

This is how I felt as well.

I just came back recently, and I have been to a couple of places in South East Asia (Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore) but out of all of them I felt Thailand had the kindest people. Not to say that the other countries did not have kind people, but the consistency was there in Thailand.

So would definitely go again.

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JimJohnes t1_jdavgk5 wrote

Replying to Musk-Order66 (#2,311,425)

It's not only coral reef, it was bottom of an ocean so it's everything that had calcium- and silica-based skeletal structure, including plankton and mollusks. All limestone and chalk is made of fossils, just not in intact state.

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Elgin-Franklin t1_jdb18we wrote

Replying to Musk-Order66 (#2,311,425)

The whole thing isn't a single fossil, but it is made of fossilised corals, shells, and carbonate minerals that are deposited in between them as mud.

If you can get yourself to any limestone outcrop near you there's a good chance you'll find fossils in them

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mgmw2424 t1_jdb3wez wrote

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing

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tiga4life22 t1_jdbh6pd wrote

Best memory driving from Phuket to here on a motorbike with my kids. Blast of a day and amazing views

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Champioli t1_jdbukq4 wrote

I was in this exact location 2 days ago. Very cool

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Makkinje t1_jdbw8dl wrote

When you just leave nature the fuck alone

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Parkershere t1_jdca8ty wrote

Some parts of the world should never be civilized...

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Cannabat t1_jdceivb wrote

Replying to rick-james-biatch (#2,309,660)

Cool!

No diving for me - ruptured eardrum from being stupid freediving - but my partner has done a liveaboard or two with Sea Dragon.

We’ve also stopped by a number of times on the way to ranong/mu ko surin/ko phayam. Love the andaman side :)

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BertholtKnecht t1_jdcgxgo wrote

Looks awesome. I wonder if these riversides are natural though, they look so hard and tall

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rick-james-biatch t1_jdcjzfz wrote

Replying to Cannabat (#2,316,054)

Freediving is awesome, but yeah, I tend to hurt my ears way more often freediving than with tanks.

Sea Dragon is a cool shop. Both my neighbors worked there. I was at BigBlue for most of my time there, but got recruited by Wicked for my last season.

Yes, the Andaman side has a lot to offer. Khao Sok rainforest was right in our backyard. I was seasonal, but I had some friends stay year-round, and just surfed through the rainy season.

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rick-james-biatch t1_jdcp692 wrote

Replying to xpatmatt (#2,311,149)

Its def a lot less touristy than Phuket. There is a surf shop in Bang Niang - which is one 'town' north of Khao Lak. I think the surf starts picking up about this time of year (April-ish). There is an expat scene, but it's mostly divers. Most know each other from working together. There used to be a bar called the Happy Snapper where most could be found, but I believe it's closed down now. Not sure where the new expat hangout is, but it shouldn't be hard to find.

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leave1me1alone t1_jdhfcrl wrote

Its an amongus! GETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEADGETOUTOFMYHEAD

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rick-james-biatch t1_jduhklk wrote

Replying to Cannabat (#2,384,546)

I left in 2011.

I'd just turned 40, realized I'd planned to go to Thailand for 1 year and had already stayed for 8. Also realized I had no savings and if I did diving for another decade, I'd still be broke and my body would likely give out at some point. Was mulling all that over, and then my wife and I just decided over lunch one day that it was time to do something new, and that was that. We were gone two month later.

Covid hit that country hard financially. I have a lot of friends still there. Most live paycheck to paycheck, and when the divers stopped coming, it hurt. They're a tight community tho, and they helped each other out a lot. Most of the dive shops let staff sleep in the empty rooms, and everyone pitched in for food.

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