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Photos That Shook The World (Contains graphic images, may cause distress)
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Reminds me of the video of the Iranian protester that was shot by a sniper. Its chilling to think that in any situation snipers would begin arbitrarily killing civilians.
Link to the video (WARNING! Its gruesome): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfrfEtW2aT4
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Flyin Irishman wrote: »Reminds me of the video of the Iranian protester that was shot by a sniper. Its chilling to think that in any situation snipers would begin arbitrarily killing civilians.
Link to the video (WARNING! Its gruesome): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfrfEtW2aT4
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Absolutely love the first picture. Such a shame they are being hunted to extinction.
http://www.thomaspeschak.com/kayak-great-white-sharks-/When this photograph was first published in Africa Geographic, BBC Wildlife and later in Paris Match and the Daily Mail (London) it resulted in a flurry of e-mails, phone calls and letters from around the world asking if the image was a fake. The image became the most talked about of shark photograph ever.
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The photograph is real, no photoshop, no digital manipulation, no nothing, in fact it was shot on slide film Fuji Provia 100 using a Nikon F5 Camera and 17-35 mm lens. For those conspiracy fans who still doubt its authenticity please read how I took the photograph.
To capture this image I tied myself to the tower of the research boat Lamnidae and leaned into the void, precariously hanging over the ocean while waiting patiently for a white shark to come along. I wanted to shot a photograph that would tell the story of our research efforts to track white sharks using kayaks. When the first shark of the day came across our sea kayak it dove to the seabed and inspected it from below. I quickly trained my camera on the dark shadow which slowly transformed from diffuse shape into the sleek outline of a large great white. When the shark’s dorsal fin broke the surface I thought I had the shot, but hesitated a fraction of a second and was rewarded with marine biologist Trey Snow in the kayak turning around to look behind him. I pressed the shutter and the rest was history. Throughout the day I shot many more images, most showing the kayak following the shark, but all lacked the power of that first image of the great white tracking the kayak.
Kayaking with Great White Sharks
In 2003 my friend and white shark biologist Michael Scholl discovered large numbers of great white sharks in extremely shallow water near the southernmost tip of South Africa. We initiated a research project but all of our initial attempts were thwarted because the sharks were repelled or attracted to the boats engine’s electrical fields, disrupting their natural behaviour.
I have been sea kayaking for quite a number of years, frequently using it as a photographic platform and could not think of a better, less unobtrusive vessel from which to track white sharks from. Granted the first few attempts were a little nerve-wracking, even though we had observed the sharks reaction to an empty kayak numerous times. It is hard to describe what goes through ones mind when sitting in a yellow plastic sea kayak and a 4.5 m + great white shark is heading your way.
White sharks, despite their bad reputation are much more cautious and inquisitive in nature than aggressive and unpredictable. At no time did any shark show any agression towards our little yum yum yellow craft.
We believe that white sharks come inshore in such great numbers to socially interact with others of their species, perhaps even to mate or give birth to their young. We have observed sharks following behind or swimming tight circles around one another. To observe and document great white sharks mating or giving birth is the holy grail of shark research and photography, but it is also a extremely difficult and perhaps an even almost impossible task.0 -
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100 years in world history
1911-2011 in 10 minutes
http://www.snotr.com/video/8627/100_Years_in_10_Minutes
I just get a page of text when I open that.
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I just get a page of text when I open that.
Shame, looks interesting.
Its an amazing watch.
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This is one of the first images of graphene. Graphene is an amazing material, and has the potential to transform electronics and material science in general. It is the worlds first 2D material, being only one atom thick - described as the material of superlatives. It is strong enough to be handled despite it being so thin and visible to the naked eye.
It has other interesting mechanical and electrical properties - this really could change the way we live.0 -
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I'm not sure of who this man is nor do I have a link to its source.. It didn't shake the world but certainly gave me a lump in my throat..
http://i.imgur.com/6ZewW.jpg
When I went to Iraq, I gave writing a 'death letter' about a half second's thought, and decided not to.
Five years later, for the Afghan trip, I gave it serious consideration.
I probably will be writing one or two for the next jaunt. Though probably not very personal, I think I'll write emails and give the encrypted file to one person, and the password to another, with instructions to merge in case of death.Wars and people are fcuking stupid...
Wars are best prevented. That's not to say that they're all pointless.
(The first time I made the media, so world-shaking for me!)
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That image of the road already repaired and reopened is amazing.
Terrible tragedy but the Japanese are such intelligent strong willed people .
If you have a bit of determination and money, construction isn't that hard. The problem is that usually processes and bureaucracy get in the way.
A couple years ago a tanker truck round here overturned and caught fire in the MacArthur Maze. Collapsing with the heat, one bridge collapsed onto another bridge.
It's not as if the State has spare bridges lying around in storage, and it's one of the most important freeway intersections in California. To heck with process and bureaucracy.
Twenty-six days later, the intersection was back in full operation.
Time lapse video: http://www.earthcam.net/cams2/data/videos/caltrans2.wmv
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stunning thread folks.. keep up the good work!
ive yet to have seen these so apologies if already posted before.Nilsson’s photographic explorations of the unborn child’s life in the womb were revealed to the world first in 1965 as the cover-story for the April 30, 1965 edition of LIFE magazine, entitled "The Drama of Life before Birth." But his photographs made their chief debut in that same year in a book called, "A Child is Born."
The stunning images published in 1965 have now been remastered with the help of the latest photographic technology and "A Child is Born" has been republished in a fifth and final edition.
2 Sperm make contact with an egg cell.
Eight weeks. The rapidly-growing embryo is well protected in the foetal sac.
16 weeks.
26 weeks.
36 weeks. The child will see the world in 4 weeks.0 -
Just 45 years ago, 16 states deemed marriages between two people of different races illegal.
But in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the case of Richard Perry Loving, who was white, and his wife, Mildred Loving, of African American and Native American descent.
The case changed history - and was captured on film by LIFE photographer Grey Villet, whose black-and-white photographs are now set to go on display at the International Center of Photography.
Twenty images show the tenderness and family support enjoyed by Mildred and Richard and their three children, Peggy, Sidney and Donald.
The children, unaware of the struggles their parents face, are captured by Villet as blissfully happy as they play in the fields near their Virginia home or share secrets with their parents on the couch.
Their parents, caught sharing a kiss on their front porch, appear more worry-stricken.
And it is no wonder - eight years prior, the pair had married in the District of Columbia to evade the Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which banned any white person marrying any non-white person.0 -
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Now you see her ...The White House watching the attack on bin Laden as it happens.
... now you don't
Hasidic Newspaper Defends it's Decision to Wipe Hilary Clinton Out Of Famous Photo0 -
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LittleBook wrote: »Now you see her ...
... now you don't
Hasidic Newspaper Defends it's Decision to Wipe Hilary Clinton Out Of Famous Photo
From the link:This is, evidently, editorial policy at the paper--Di Tzeitung never runs photos of women, because such images could be "sexually suggestive."
The most shocking thing about this is that someone considers Hilary Clinton sexually suggestive. *shudders*0 -
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A girl in isolation for radiation screening looks at her dog through a window in Nihonmatsu, Japan on March 14.
Facebook played an extremely important role in the uprisings throughout the Middle East.
A woman rebel fighter supporter fires an AK-47 rifle as she reacts to the news of the withdrawal of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's forces from Benghazi on March 190 -
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A Libyan rebel is pictured with Gadhafi's golden gun.
US gay service members march in a gay pride parade for the first time ever.
A distressed bride attempts suicide in China after her fiance abruptly called off their marriage. Still in her wedding gown, she tried to kill herself by jumping out of a window of a seventh floor building. Right as she jumped, a man managed to catch and save her.
This photos come from: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/8Ufmsf/www.buzzfeed.com/h2/suad/mjs538/the-most-powerful-photos-of-2011/
I took out a few that I liked, the last one upsets me, an attempted suicide in a wedding dress.0 -
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Trouble erupts in the Egyptian city of Port Said during a football match between al-Masry and al-Ahly.
Supporters of al-Masry enter the field of play and begin a surge towards the al-Ahly supporters. Some of the al-Ahly players are attacked.
al-Ahly players run for cover from the pitch invaders.
Police and security are slow to react to the events unfolding.
A blood stained seat shows some of the aftermath of the clashes.
A body as removed from the stadium. 73 people are killed.
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CNN
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****ing disgrace:mad:Russia and China vetoed on Saturday an Arab- and Western-backed resolution at the U.N. Security Council calling for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down over his bloody crackdown on a popular uprising.
The setback in diplomatic efforts to defuse the revolt peacefully came after world leaders and Syrian opposition activists accused Assad’s forces of killing hundreds of people in a bombardment of the city of Homs, the bloodiest night in 11 months of upheaval in the pivotal Arab country.
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I know this has been posted before, but I feel we need to keep reminding ourselves of the tragedy than can be caused by stupid lazy human error.
Lepping's Lane End, Hillsborough Stadium, 15 April 1989.
Supporters tend to the wounded on the field at Hillsborough, April 15, 1989.
Tributes to the 96 dead on the pitch at Anfield, Liverpool.
And of course, the dirty rag that reported false stories about the 96 dead fans and the other Liverpool FC fans the very next day. Never in my life, will I ever buy that RAG that they try to call a newspaper.
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Meant to post this yesterday to commemorate the 54th Anniversary...
23 players, supporters, crew and journalists died when the third attempted take off of British European Airways Flight 609 resulted in the plane crashing back to the slush covered runway.
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And the 50th anniversary commemoration versus Manchester City - February 2008.
Those who died were:
Captain Kenneth "Ken" Rayment, co-pilot (survived the crash but suffered multiple injuries and died in hospital three weeks later as a result of brain damage)
Tom Cable, cabin steward
Manchester United players- Geoff Bent
- Roger Byrne
- Eddie Colman
- Duncan Edwards (survived the crash, but died in hospital 15 days later)
- Mark Jones
- David Pegg
- Tommy Taylor
- Liam "Billy" Whelan
Manchester United Staff
- Walter Crickmer, club secretary
- Tom Curry, trainer
- Bert Whalley, chief coach
Journalists
- Alf Clarke, Manchester Evening Chronicle
- Donny Davies, Manchester Guardian
- George Follows, Daily Herald
- Tom Jackson, Manchester Evening News
- Archie Ledbrooke, Daily Mirror
- Henry Rose, Daily Express
- Frank Swift, News of the World (also former England and Manchester City goalkeeper; died on his way to hospital)
- Eric Thompson, Daily Mail
Bela Miklos, travel agent
and Willie Satinoff, supporter, racecourse owner and close friend of Matt Busby.
R.I.P.
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We'll never die, we'll never die,
We'll never die, we'll never die,
We'll keep the Red Flag flying high,
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I can't remember if this has been posted before. It's one of my favourite pics. It was a gathering of scientists to discuss the emerging Quantum Theory (Where, famously, Einstein is supposed to have said "God does not play dice!")
I mean, look at that group: Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, Wolfgang Pauli, Erwin Schrödinger. SEVENTEEN of them won or had already won Nobel prizes at the time (Marie Curie, of course won two).
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Not to mention Louis de Broglie(waves) and Hendrik Lorentz(transformation) and Arthur Compton(effect) and William Lawrence Bragg(defraction) and Peter Debye(Length) and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson(cloud chamber).TheIrishGrover wrote: »I mean, look at that group: Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Niels Bohr, Max Planck, Werner Heisenberg, Paul Dirac, Wolfgang Pauli, Erwin Schrödinger.
Auguste Piccard (better known for the bathyscaphe)
Others whose work I recognise better than their names
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Capt'n Midnight wrote: »Not to mention Louis de Broglie(waves) and Hendrik Lorentz(transformation) and Arthur Compton(effect) and William Lawrence Bragg(defraction) and Peter Debye(Length) and Charles Thomson Rees Wilson(cloud chamber).
Auguste Piccard (better known for the bathyscaphe)
Others whose work I recognise better than their names include Max Born and Ralph H. Fowler and Théophile de Donder
Yeah, I'd only heard of Compton and Bragg (Sounds like an 80's cop show) before other than the others of course and had forgotten about Piccard being a physicist. As you said, these days he's mainly knows for his bathyscaphe (Or for Star Trek)
I'm telling ya, THAT'S an egghead panel. CJ can go and sh*te!0 -
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31 Years ago today ....
In Memory of
Michael Barrett, Raheny, Dublin 5.
Richard Bennett, Coolock, Dublin 5
Carol Bissett, Ringsend, Dublin 4.
James Buckley, Donnycarney, Dublin 5.
Paula Byrne, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Caroline Carey, Coolock, Dublin 5.
John Colgan, Swords, Co. Dublin.
Jacqueline Croker, Killmore West, Dublin 5.
Liam Dunne, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Michael Farrell, Coolock, Dublin 5.
David Flood, Beaumount, Dublin 5.
Thelma Frazer, Sandymount, Dublin 4.
Michael French, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Josephine Glenn, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Michael Griffiths, Killmore, Dublin 5.
Robert Hillock, Twinbrook, Belfast.
Brian Hobbs, Whitehall, Dublin 9.
Eugene Hogan, Artane, Dublin 5.
Murtagh Kavanagh, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Martina Keegan, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Mary Keegan, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Robert Kelly, Raheny, Dublin 5.
Mary Kennedy, Killbarrack, Dublin 5.
Mary Kenny, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Margaret Kiernan, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Sandra Lawless, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Francis Lawlor, Finglas, Dublin 11.
Maureen Lawlor, Finglas, Dublin 11.
Paula Lewis, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Eamon Loughman, Beaumont, Dublin 9.
George McDermott Raheny, Dublin 5.
Marcella McDermott, Raheny, Dublin 5.
William McDermott, Raheny, Dublin 5.
Julie McDonnell, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Teresa McDonnell, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Gerard McGrath, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Caroline McHugh, Artane, Dublin 5.
Donna Mahon, Raheny, Dublin 5.
Helena Mangan, Coolock,
James Millar, Twinbrook, Belfast.
Susan Morgan, Derry.
David Morton, Artane, Dublin 5.
Kathleen Muldoon Kells, Co. Meath.
George O'Conner, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Brendan O'Meara Coolock, Dublin 5.
John Stout, Coolock, Dublin 5.
Margaret Thornton, Dublin 8.
Paul Wade, Artane, Dublin 5.
and not forgeting the 215 injured...
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Not sure if posted already but I came across this image over the weekend on the Airsoft forum.
The night before the burial of her husband 2nd Lt. James Cathey of the United States Marine Corps, killed in Iraq, 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 him, 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".
Iraq and Afghanistan are the first major wars of the 21st century and to see the media portray it is interesting but most importantly, it easily encapsulates how modern wars affect the people at home. Nothing earth shaking but a deeply poignant image in my opinion.0 -
Going to add one of my own to this excellent thread.
The memorial stone is pasted into this photo.
Its a Pte. Michael McNeela who was killed when on duty with UNIFIL in a village most of you here won't have heard of - 'Haddatha' in South Lebanon.
Pte.McNeela was an Irish soldier serving with the 64th Inf Battalion.
Of note in the photo is he was killed one month to the day this photo was taken.
May Pte.McNeela and all his comrades who have been killed in action in the service of peace rest in peace.0 -
When i read about the the lady who slept beside her husbands coffin it reminded of a similar story of a dog that wouldn't leave the coffin of his fallen master - both who worked as U.S Navy seals .
Dog Won’t Leave Fallen Navy SEAL’s Side
August 23, 2011
Petty Officer Jon T. Tumilson was laid to rest Friday in Rockford, Iowa, where an estimated 1,500 mourners came to pay respects for the fallen Navy SEAL, including his dog Hawkeye. In fact, Hakeye’s loyalty to his owner at the funeral was visible, creating a heart-wrenching image as he laid down by the casket of his owner during the entire service:0 -
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