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Amazing Dakar pix

WOW I love great photography!

Heres a few really awesome shots!

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pvduke;70836 said:
#12- Now THAT'S a seat-sucker.

It is a stunning photo, for sure, but it is turned a bit sideways. I saw video footage and it isn't quite as death-defying as it looks :)

Forget Nevada...I want to go ride the Atacama Desert!! :applause:



WoodsChick
 
WoodsChick;70851 said:
It is a stunning photo, for sure, but it is turned a bit sideways. I saw video footage and it isn't quite as death-defying as it looks :)

Forget Nevada...I want to go ride the Atacama Desert!! :applause:



WoodsChick

It looks pretty steep regardless of orientation to me :eek:

From the comments:
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I'm live in Antofagasta and I can say that the picture Nro 12 is so close to the reallity...maybe have a little efect....but here we have a amazing places to ride....even more hard.
 
It's interesting to me that we get to see even more of the planet through this race.

Safer for the racers too.

Aint the same as the Morocon desert though and man, some of the orrigianl course was simply mind blowing georgaphy.

Where's Ekim Yak- he should be all over this thread!
 
Coffee;70852 said:
It looks pretty steep regardless of orientation to me :eek:

From the comments:
135

I'm live in Antofagasta and I can say that the picture Nro 12 is so close to the reallity...maybe have a little efect....but here we have a amazing places to ride....even more hard.

Motosportz;70868 said:
It is rotated quite a bit, see the heli int he top of the pic?


This is a little closer to what I saw on video footage...
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Maybe that's what the Antofogasta native meant when he said "...close to the reality...maybe have a little efect (sic)..."

Still incredibly scary and beautiful! I'd be hosting a brick factory in my riding pants, for sure, if I had to ride down and then up that on a bike:)




WoodsChick
 
:notworthy: Now those pictures do justice to this race ! :cool:
Unlike the Versus TV coverage which is the worst Coverage in the history of forever :thumbsdown:

:cheers: Excellent find, thanks for sharing Kelly :applause:
I’m surprised they didn’t have a picture of Robby Gordon clearing the start podium in flight with his Hummer…

:thumbsup:
 
pvduke;70853 said:
It's interesting to me that we get to see even more of the planet through this race.

Safer for the racers too.

Aint the same as the Morocon desert though and man, some of the orrigianl course was simply mind blowing georgaphy.

Where's Ekim Yak- he should be all over this thread![/QUOTE]

Just a guess, but I'm thinking he's bumming big-time that he's not there.

This race coverage is exposing an incredibly beautiful part of the world, for sure. I've always known Chile would be somewhere I'd want to go, but now I'm thinking it could be somewhere I might really end up going some day. Easier to get to than Morocco, for sure. Shoot, I could ride there :)


DesertChick
(just trying it on for size :D)
 
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