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I don't think it's a North/South thing, is it? I lived in Sterling, NY near Lake Ontario for many years. The brown recluse spiders were a problem there, with lots of stories about them, going back into the 1980's at least. I saw them a few times in sheds on my property. And the winters there are...

So, that was just the default image that it created with no specific instructions from me. Here are three variations from the following prompt: "old bog in the new jersey pine barrens with a creek in the foreground winding off into the distance on the left" Or maybe this? :D "old bog...

Looks a little like an overgrown orchard to me. As impressed as I am with the technology, this is pretty depressing. I'd think that was a real photo because (normally) there would be no reason to doubt it. Seems like those days are ending and now we need to be suspicious of everything we see and...

Here's a real Friendship panorama that I took in 2016 I chopped off everything but this section in the middle And with one click (literally), photoshop generated a new panorama. There are probably some obvious clues in a higher resolution version, but I would believe that this is a real photo.

How about the cranberry station.. as it never existed? Generated from my old photo

How about this picture of Brooksbrae? Only problem is, more than half of it is fake. I took the picture below back in 2004. I put it in the bottom right corner of an empty frame and photoshop generated the rest with a mouse click. This really bothers me; sooner than anybody expected, we...

Seems to me, if you can find a picture with a Google search, then it's probably been used to train an AI. Wouldn't be at all surprised if some elements of pictures from this site went into the mix here, but not used in ways we could directly point to as somebody's picture. But I was glad that it...

Definitely NOT one of those uses :D "The Jersey Devil, a black bear, a dire wolf and Bigfoot sitting at a rustic table playing poker under a full moon in the New Jersey Pine Barrens" LOTS of weird things about these creatures if you look closely. Doesn't seem to know what Bigfoot looks...

Will admit, have never tried using any of the generative AI tools that have recently become available. But I noticed they can now be accessed directly in Photoshop. So, just for fun.. "A nineteenth century topographic map of a secret location in the New Jersey Pine Barrens" (three variations)...

That is interesting. Here's my version of the tax parcels, rotated at 45%, similar to your map - apologies to you North-up fans! :D That little cemetery lot seems to have merged with lot 13 on your map. https://boydsmaps.com/#17.00/39.710754/-74.825388/darkstreets/45.00/0.40 The 24k legacy...

Stormy weather to the West, severe thunderstorm watch is in effect for Northern locations until 8:00 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 241 PM EDT WED JUL 17 2024 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 552 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 8 PM EDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NEW JERSEY THIS WATCH...

Always loved the smell of turpentine. For the most part, I think people use "mineral spirits" as a paint thinner now, don't they? Wandering around the pines, I like to grab a small group of pine needles from time to time and twist them to squeeze out a little juice, then take a big sniff. Never...

Looks like the severe weather risk is rising...

I don't think he was singing about New Jersey. ;)

Sun came out, so I went for a walk before it got any hotter - already quite a steam bath! Looks like 3 to 4 inches of rain in my wheelbarrow, which agrees with that map. The creek level is almost up to the banks again but no flooding in my lowlands, the ground was very thirsty! :) Radar doesn't...

https://forums.njpinebarrens.com/threads/batsto-flood.1155/

I remember it well! Had just moved from one of the old log cabins in Medford Lakes to a home on Atsion Road in Medford. I was lucky, no real damage beyond a wet carpet around the basement door where some water seeped in. But didn't have to go far to see the effects of the flood. I remember...

"The 136-foot structure, first built by Jersey Central Power and Light Company in 1944 for a sum of $360" That seems a little hard to believe, $360 in 1944 would only be $6500 today. Lots of steel in a tower, not to mention labor cost. :)

Bumping this thread (can't believe a whole year has passed) because I just learned something interesting. You know those ads about Smokey's 80th "birthday"? Turns out, my daughter's ad agency (FCB) made that ad - here's an article and a longer version of the video...