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Related: About this forumAll Hallows Eve - Spooky Trick or Treat House 3 of 3, Plus an Easter Egg
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Look closely and see if you can spot the Easter Egg, something featured prominently in House 1 of 3, shown below. And below that is a closeup of what is not so obvious in todays photo.
(An Easter egg is a message, image, or feature hidden in software, a video game, a film, a photo, or anotherusually electronicmedium. The term used in this manner was coined around 1979 by Steve Wright, the then-Director of Software Development in the Atari Consumer Division, to describe a hidden message in the Atari video game Adventure, in reference to an Easter egg hunt.)
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Easter Egg

These photos feature The Morgantown Power Station, Maryland. In 1971, literally the first photos taken after returning stateside from the DMZ. I was intrigued by the massive scale of this station so drove around looking for interesting scenes with it being the focal point.
All my spooky shots are best viewed full screen
To make that happen, we have a full screen slideshow that really is much better than the 1024 links. I have included some before spookification versions for a few of the photos to show how they were originally presented. Hope you enjoy!
https://jamesdevore.smugmug.com/SPECIAL-SLIDESHOW-SPOOKY/n-v5HhJG
George McGovern
(9,901 posts)HAB911
(10,054 posts)George McGovern
(9,901 posts)HAB911
(10,054 posts)I enlarged the smokestacks for visibility, barely visible in the top photo. Most people don't seem them through the trees!
HAB911
(10,054 posts)I didn't explain what an Easter Egg is!
An Easter egg is a message, image, or feature hidden in software, a video game, a film, a photo, or anotherusually electronicmedium. The term used in this manner was coined around 1979 by Steve Wright, the then-Director of Software Development in the Atari Consumer Division, to describe a hidden message in the Atari video game Adventure, in reference to an Easter egg hunt.
CaliforniaPeggy
(155,558 posts)My eyes are just not up to it, I guess.
HAB911
(10,054 posts)An Easter egg is a message, image, or feature hidden in software, a video game, a film, a photo, or anotherusually electronicmedium.
I was referencing the smokestacks that can barely be seen in the first photo. I may have misapplied the term, my bad.
The term used in this manner was coined around 1979 by Steve Wright, the then-Director of Software Development in the Atari Consumer Division, to describe a hidden message in the Atari video game Adventure, in reference to an Easter egg hunt.
CaliforniaPeggy
(155,558 posts)I'm sure you used the term correctly; however, I was unaware of it!
No worries!