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December 29th, 2009, 15:20
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/500x_whats_this_top_image.jpg (http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/4/2009/12/whats_this_top_image.jpg)It's been a great year in pictures—some more identifiable than others. Here is a retrospective of 2009's best mystery shots. Care to take another guess?
Each image links back to the original post containing the answer.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wis2009_1_02.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5344157/what-is-this) Hint: Once you find out what it is everything makes sense. Don't over think it.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_2.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5341612/what-is-this) Doc Brown's flux capacitor? A blinged-out religious relic from the future? A Tron 2.0 prop?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_3.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5334038/what-is-this/gallery/)Jellyfish attacking an undersea monster? That would be cool, but the reality is much simpler, and more beautiful.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_4.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5333398/what-is-this)Ready for some mystery? The answer is...
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_5.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5325069/what-is-this)The engine room of the next Enterprise? A glimpse at the heart of some new particle accelerator? The lens of a new US military laser?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_6.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5321932/what-is-this)While it may look a bit like Galactica's CIC it's probably older than you are.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_7_01.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5306196/what-is-this)It looks like a gigantic bird hunting device but it will actually let you become one with nature rather than destroy it.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_8.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5303005/what-is-this)Some kind of circuit board close up? No. A nuclear power plant's control panel full of gauges and labels? No, that's not it either.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_9.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5302249/what-is-this)No, that's not the moon...
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_10.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5276222/what-is-this)A shot from the Iron Man sequel? A costume from a 22nd-century staging of Swan Lake ? My new back tat?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_11.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5347119/what-is-this)They aren't shiny radio dishes or deadly antimatter arrays in Area 51.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_12.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5348927/what-is-this)A huge version of Darth Vader's light saber? Close, but not quite close enough.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit_2009_13.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5361691/what-is-this)Is this a cosmic dover over the skies of California? Maybe the aliens are telling us to chill out. Or perhaps the Holy Ghost went to grab some In-n-Out.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_14.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5357784/what-is-this)Is this the entrence to Jason Chen's secret lair where the Gizmodo magic happens? Maybe a place to lock up anyone with the swine flu? What on Earth requires a HAL 9000 to keep guard?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_15.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5403646/what-is-this)At first glance I thought this was a NASA image of some sort, maybe a solar flare. I even wondered if I could get a high-res version in turn into a poster. Then I found out what it actually is.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_16.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5389740/what-is-this)Tattoo under a powerful microscope? One near some feminine naughty bits? No.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_17.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5431698/what-is-this)This is a tricky one. What's the QR Code on that flag our little Android friend is waving?
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5xoUVcZfz2sJn-Bspko7ZqnPlCQ/0/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5xoUVcZfz2sJn-Bspko7ZqnPlCQ/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5xoUVcZfz2sJn-Bspko7ZqnPlCQ/1/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5xoUVcZfz2sJn-Bspko7ZqnPlCQ/1/da)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/7EjTW5bN9NI
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Each image links back to the original post containing the answer.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wis2009_1_02.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5344157/what-is-this) Hint: Once you find out what it is everything makes sense. Don't over think it.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_2.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5341612/what-is-this) Doc Brown's flux capacitor? A blinged-out religious relic from the future? A Tron 2.0 prop?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_3.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5334038/what-is-this/gallery/)Jellyfish attacking an undersea monster? That would be cool, but the reality is much simpler, and more beautiful.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_4.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5333398/what-is-this)Ready for some mystery? The answer is...
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_5.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5325069/what-is-this)The engine room of the next Enterprise? A glimpse at the heart of some new particle accelerator? The lens of a new US military laser?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_6.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5321932/what-is-this)While it may look a bit like Galactica's CIC it's probably older than you are.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_7_01.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5306196/what-is-this)It looks like a gigantic bird hunting device but it will actually let you become one with nature rather than destroy it.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_8.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5303005/what-is-this)Some kind of circuit board close up? No. A nuclear power plant's control panel full of gauges and labels? No, that's not it either.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_9.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5302249/what-is-this)No, that's not the moon...
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_10.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5276222/what-is-this)A shot from the Iron Man sequel? A costume from a 22nd-century staging of Swan Lake ? My new back tat?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_11.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5347119/what-is-this)They aren't shiny radio dishes or deadly antimatter arrays in Area 51.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_12.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5348927/what-is-this)A huge version of Darth Vader's light saber? Close, but not quite close enough.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit_2009_13.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5361691/what-is-this)Is this a cosmic dover over the skies of California? Maybe the aliens are telling us to chill out. Or perhaps the Holy Ghost went to grab some In-n-Out.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_14.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5357784/what-is-this)Is this the entrence to Jason Chen's secret lair where the Gizmodo magic happens? Maybe a place to lock up anyone with the swine flu? What on Earth requires a HAL 9000 to keep guard?
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_15.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5403646/what-is-this)At first glance I thought this was a NASA image of some sort, maybe a solar flare. I even wondered if I could get a high-res version in turn into a poster. Then I found out what it actually is.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_16.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5389740/what-is-this)Tattoo under a powerful microscope? One near some feminine naughty bits? No.
http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/gizmodo/2009/12/wit2009_17.jpg (http://gizmodo.com/5431698/what-is-this)This is a tricky one. What's the QR Code on that flag our little Android friend is waving?
http://ads.pheedo.com/img.phdo?p=1 (http://ads.pheedo.com/click.phdo?p=1)http://a.rfihub.com/eus.gif?eui=2226http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5xoUVcZfz2sJn-Bspko7ZqnPlCQ/0/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5xoUVcZfz2sJn-Bspko7ZqnPlCQ/0/da)
http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5xoUVcZfz2sJn-Bspko7ZqnPlCQ/1/di</img> (http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/5xoUVcZfz2sJn-Bspko7ZqnPlCQ/1/da)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:H0mrP-F8Qgo) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?d=yIl2AUoC8zA</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:yIl2AUoC8zA) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:D7DqB2pKExk</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:D7DqB2pKExk) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?i=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:V_sGLiPBpWU</img> (http://feeds.gawker.com/~ff/gizmodo/full?a=7EjTW5bN9NI:5Q0cQ95nmCk:V_sGLiPBpWU)
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/gizmodo/full/~4/7EjTW5bN9NI
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