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Old 11-27-09, 03:31 PM
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http://izismile.com/2009/11/24/empty...s_25_pics.html
 
Old 11-27-09, 03:36 PM
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that's preeeetty eerie...
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Old 11-27-09, 03:46 PM
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that's an awesome collection! grew up in So cal. find alot of those spots hard to believe with out at least one or two cars! Very cool
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Old 11-27-09, 05:17 PM
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There has to be a lot of PS in there, because there is no way in anytime would there not be a single car on the freeway
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Old 11-27-09, 05:19 PM
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This is obviously computer generated imho. One of the pics still had 3 parked cars in them. they should have removed them
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Old 11-27-09, 06:22 PM
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Yeah, there's no explanation other than PS.

This is what it will look like in 2 years if California can't come up with some decent fiscal policies.

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Old 11-27-09, 08:08 PM
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Yeah if you read the link, it says it took 4 years to complete...
 
Old 11-27-09, 08:14 PM
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its pretty cool pics...drove around thanksgiving and nobody was on the road...felt like only few remainin after 2012 movie haha
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Old 11-27-09, 08:22 PM
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you just wanted us to see the sponsor video links at the bottom before the comments.
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Old 11-27-09, 08:43 PM
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Vaginal deliveries are awesome!!!
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Old 11-27-09, 09:27 PM
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Could be real.
There is a real picture of the scramble crosswalk in Shibuya (where they shot the tokyo drift scene in the city) with no one or car in it.
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Old 11-27-09, 11:55 PM
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Creepy. They remind me of those movies where the city is completely empty due to an outbreak of monsters or something. I wonder how the photographer achieved it?
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Old 11-28-09, 12:17 AM
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this is time lapse photography.

overlay enough pictures, photoshop out the people and cars, and you'll have empty roads.
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Old 11-28-09, 01:25 AM
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Originally Posted by lims407
its pretty cool pics...drove around thanksgiving and nobody was on the road...felt like only few remainin after 2012 movie haha
yeah I know. I was on the way back to Phoenix from LA on the afternoon of Thanksgiving and there were no cars on the 10. I was just cruising at a comfy 100-110 mph. The car is amazing now with the Michelin tires and a stock exhaust. My wife even said it felt like we were just floating.
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no matter how he did it the pics are pretty cool. I remember about 5 years ago I was working at Target and we had a hurricane that came close enough to cause some crazy conditions. Well the store was kept open so I had to haul my *** to work at 8 in the morning fighting 60 mph gusts. I was in my little fox body mustang and going down one of the main roads that leads into the city there were no cars out at all except me so I decided to cut some donuts in the middle of the 4 lane road which any other time would be impossible. Also on that trip missed a falling stoplight by about 3 feet. It was a rush!
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