Photos That Shook The World

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The first of 3 photos by Olivier Vandeginste, taken 10 km east of Hvolsvollur at a distance 25 km from the Eyjafjallajokull craters on April 18th, 2010. Lightning and motion-blurred ash appear in this 15-second exposure.

The second of 3 photos by Olivier Vandeginste, taken 25 km from the Eyjafjallajokull craters on April 18th, 2010. The ash plume is lit from within by multiple flashes of lightning in this 168 second exposure.

The third of 3 photos by Olivier Vandeginste, taken 10 km east of Hvolsvollur Iceland on April 18th, 2010. Lightning flashes and glowing lava illuminate parts of Eyjafjallajokull's massive ash plume in this 30-second exposure.

 

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Screenshot of the first HTML browser showing the first website, Tim Berners-Lee's CERN website

Bradford City FC Fire 1985

 

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Images of the Congolese people who hand their hands cut off by Belgian soldiers for not collecting enough rubber.

Prince Harry goes to a fancy dress as a Nazi in 2005.

Children taking shelter during the Battle of Britain (1940-41)

The night before the burial of her husband's body, Katherine Cathey refused to leave the casket, asking to sleep next to his body for the last time. The Marines made a bed for her, tucking in the sheets below the flag. Before she fell asleep, she opened her laptop computer and played songs that reminded her of "Cat," and one of the Marines asked if she wanted them to continue standing watch as she slept. "I think it would be kind of nice if you kept doing it," she said. "I think that's what he would have wanted."

Ukraine Air Show disaster back in 2002 where 78 people were killed when a jet fighter came down too low and ploughed into the crowd.

 

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Still standing in the rubble of a church in the war-blasted town of Dulag, a statue of the sacred heart appears to gaze in quiet sorrow on the destruction wrought by battle's fury seething over Leyte Island, Philippines, 1944.

A few of the thousands of wedding rings the Germans removed from their victims to salvage the gold. U.S. troops found rings, watches, precious stones, eyeglasses, and gold fillings, near Buchenwald concentration camp. Germany, May 5, 1945.

1963 Civil Rights March on Washington.

The only house that remained in the area after Hurricane Katrina.

 

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Cubans take back country from corrupt and puppet yank dictator....in response usa imposed a trade embargo on cuba which crippled the economy which is still active.

buddhist monk burns himself to death without moving a muscle

russians take berlin ending the war in europe

allied troops land in normandy

rocket that takes first human to space

soldier hangs onto a priest in his last moments

black women are mocked and rediculed when they were allowed in same schools as whites.

yogoslav fighter shows his defiance and shouts "death to fascism, freedom to the people" moments before being executed by the nazis.

 

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English football team gives Nazi salute 1938.

 

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Genghis Khan

Crusades

 

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This one deserves to be uped and if mods can make this a sticky it would be nice to have this around as we can post good pics as we find them.

 

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Food arriving for the Berlin when the soviets cut off ground access

19-year-old Hans Conrad Schumann, the first border guard to defect on August 15, 1961

Secret Police try to stop a woman escaping from the democratic paradise of the East

At 2 a.m. on Aug. 13, 1961, a low, barbed-wire barrier was strung between East and West Berlin, by the 15th the wall begins

at its height, a desolate prison wall

one of the iconic images of the 1980's and the death of communism. 80% of Poland joined the Union. this was the start of the fall of tyranny, started by one man in a shipyard

in 1983 Reagan delivers the 'evil empire speech'. although most in the west were embarrassed, in the east no one could believe a US President would say it and the struggle continues. The Kremlin was not impressed

Reagan and Gorbachev discuss the end of missiles in Europe. Meanwhile Reagan ramps up 'star wars' to spend the soviet military into oblivion knowing they would try to keep up. 2 russian words everyone know at the time glasnost and perestroika

what no one would have imagined, the wall falls...10 years ealier , you would have been considered insane.

 

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Killing of AWB in 1994
Key Themes
1. Bophuthatswana coup d'état of 1994
2.AWB


video of the incident
this should be viewed to get an insight into the incident
skip to 3:30 for the back story of the incident
skip to 4:40 to get the main incident
[YOUTUBE]PPvuAVO2-NI[/YOUTUBE]

 

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50 PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE LAST 50 YEARS

50 Pulitzer Prize-Winning Photographs From The Last 50 Years ~ Damn Cool Pictures

 

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Photo: India-Pakistan Border From Space

See the orange line? This is what the border between Pakistan and India, floodlit for surveillance purposes, looks like at night, from space.

The bundles of light in the photo, which was taken from north to south, are the following cities: Delhi (top center), Srinagar (left), Lahore (center, just below the border line), and Islamabad (bottom center.)

The picture, taken by the International Space Station's Expedition 28 crew, was shot on Aug. 21 and recently released.

Photo: India-Pakistan Border From Space - India Real Time - WSJ

 

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ISS Crew Captures Shuttle Atlantis Last Brilliant Trip Through the Atmosphere

 

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Photo: India-Pakistan Border From Space

See the orange line? This is what the border between Pakistan and India, floodlit for surveillance purposes, looks like at night, from space.

The bundles of light in the photo, which was taken from north to south, are the following cities: Delhi (top center), Srinagar (left), Lahore (center, just below the border line), and Islamabad (bottom center.)

The picture, taken by the International Space Station's Expedition 28 crew, was shot on Aug. 21 and recently released.

Photo: India-Pakistan Border From Space - India Real Time - WSJ

Are you serious? Looks like it may take a lot of power to light up the border!!!

 

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Are you serious? Looks like it may take a lot of power to light up the border!!!

Yes its real, Check this link.

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Apple's Steve Jobs photographed at dinner with Obama, tech leaders - latimes.com

 

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Danger, Kids Crossing: Ropey Route To School .
5:08pm UK, Friday January 20, 2012


Children in Indonesia have been filmed risking their lives by crossing a collapsed suspension bridge to get to school.

Three bridges in the district of Lebak have given way recently due to flooding.
When the 162m-long bridge that connected Ciwaru village to Sibagi village broke, school children were left with few alternatives for getting to lessons on time.
Muhammad Ikhwan, a 10-year-old student, said he felt forced to choose crossing the collapsed bridge rather than walking 5km.
"It's far if we don't use the bridge. Yes, it's about 5km to walk," he said.
The bridge was built in 2004 and is the only access that connects the two villages over the Ciberang river.
Residents have called for more action from the local government to repair the crossing.
Five days on since floods damaged the suspension bridge, there has been little improvement.
"We hope the government takes immediate action on this matter as this bridge is used for daily activities, especially school children as Ciwaru villages is far and this bridge is the nearest connection," Epi Suhaepi, a head of neighbouring village of Pasir Tanjung said.
He said that some parents were worried about the conditions and safety of their children.

Indonesia: Children Are Forced Risk Their Lives Crossing Collapsed Bridge To Get To Lessons | Strange News | Sky News

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