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Photos That Shook The World (Contains graphic images, may cause distress)

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,752 ✭✭✭cyrusdvirus


    And my neighbour is married to his sister.

    I reember having a particular feeling of dread when i heard that an Irish Guards soldier had been killed.... have no idea why, but i just knew it was Lance Cpl Malone


  • Registered Users Posts: 10,799 ✭✭✭✭DrumSteve


    Wow, I went to that funeral!.

    Yeah I know the family well.

    Lovely people too.


  • Registered Users Posts: 206 ✭✭JonSnuuu


    <mod> I think the thread you've got on this is enough.


  • Registered Users Posts: 37 djdrobins


    Need to lighten the mood - It has taken me a few days of having to ge3t away from here, hug my wife and kids and then try to forget how terrible a species we are - then I remembered this perfect item:And yeah - it did start something wonderful!

    kylie-minogue-butt-bottom1.jpg


  • Registered Users Posts: 158 ✭✭billo.d86


    Liam Byrne wrote: »
    Sorry to spoil the party, but at least two of those are apparently the biggest cons in history, one completely out of context, one 100% faked.

    http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2QxNWY0N2ZkY2IxMWJhZGQ4MTU3ZjhlZjg3NTk0NzE=

    http://www.creationtips.com/bigfoot.html

    And that's not even including the "possible" moon landing as having a question mark.

    Here's another one that caused heartache and confusion (documentary on TV a few months back).

    The_Falling_Man.jpg
    I dont think the vietnam shooting was taken out of context.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,736 ✭✭✭ch750536


    coronal-mass-ejection-june-2011-1.jpg

    The NWS stated: “A dramatic eruption from an otherwise unimpressive NOAA Region 1226 earlier today is expected to cause G1 (minor) to G2 (moderate) levels of Geomagnetic Storm activity tomorrow, June 8, beginning around 1800 UTC with the passage of a fast CME.


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,941 ✭✭✭thebigbiffo


    ch750536 wrote: »

    The NWS stated: “A dramatic eruption from an otherwise unimpressive NOAA Region 1226 earlier today is expected to cause G1 (minor) to G2 (moderate) levels of Geomagnetic Storm activity tomorrow, June 8, beginning around 1800 UTC with the passage of a fast CME.

    :confused:

    will there be fire in the sky or summat?


  • Registered Users Posts: 8,659 ✭✭✭CrazyRabbit


    :confused:

    will there be fire in the sky or summat?

    Nope...satellites may have to be redirected so they don't go over the polar region though.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Da Shins Kelly


    What's the story behind this one??


    This is in reference to this photo early on in the thread of the Iraqi POW:

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    I remember seeing that photo somewhere else and reading that the child was in fact his own and he was freaking out and the photo was taken as the father was trying to comfort him. It's one of my favourite photographs of all time. I don't know why I love it so much, I think it's something to do with how it shows such tenderness in the midst of such inhumanity. We're constantly told how these people are so terrible and they're enemies of the West, etc., but here's a man just cradling his frightened child and having a very intimate and emotional moment with him, like any of the rest of us would do, yet he's in this very degrading outfit and behind barbed wire. It really shows up the falsehood that seems to be constantly put out there about how these people are so 'uncivilised' compared to the rest of us. Who's the uncivilised one here? It's a wonderfully perfect photograph, says so much.

    By the way, this is one of my favourite threads on Boards. :)


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    By the way, this is one of my favourite threads on Boards. :)

    My favourite Thread ever !..on the Interweb

    The one thread i always throw an eye on.

    It should make those Dark Lords (admins and mods) of boards.ie very proud .

    Its a cracking cracking read and is well maintained and weeded .

    sorry for going off-topic , but it needed to be said


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  • Registered Users Posts: 37 djdrobins


    Hurricane Catherina From the ISS

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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    Wasn't sure where to put this, feel free to move.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 1,005 ✭✭✭GalwayKiefer


    OutlawPete wrote: »
    Wasn't sure where to put this, feel free to move.

    Do you have a link to the story behind this? I like to read it, it's amazing how real they look and I wouldn't begin to imagine the change it made in that girl's life.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 17,689 ✭✭✭✭OutlawPete


    GalKiefer wrote: »
    Do you have a link to the story behind this? I like to read it, it's amazing how real they look and I wouldn't begin to imagine the change it made in that girl's life.
    CIA disguise expert helps Waterloo girl with new ear.

    WATERLOO -- This summer Madison Shock is hosting her first sunglasses party.

    To attend, everyone must bring the 5-year-old girl a pair of sunglasses. It may not seem like much to most little girls, but the brightly colored glasses are important to Shock.

    This will be the first summer she can actually wear them.

    Shock was born with microtia, a congenital malformation of the external and middle ear. Her right ear is fine, though her hearing is limited, but on the left side Shock was born with what her parents call a "little ear." The middle ear, which controls hearing, is underdeveloped, which means Shock is deaf on the left side. Madison was also born with first and second branchial arch syndrome, which causes the cheek and jaw bones on one side of the face to be smaller.

    "We had no idea about any of this when she was born," said Shock's mother, Candace.

    Doctors said the only way Madison could have an ear was a painful series of surgeries that required doctors to remove a piece of her rib bone to shape a new one. Then, she would be burned on her legs and that skin would be used on the new ear.

    Candace and Brian Shock were not taken with that idea at all. A little research cemented their resolution against the surgeries.
    "We figured if she wanted to do it when she was older then it would be her decision," Candace said.

    They were resigned to let Madison continue with life as she was. And she didn't seem to mind. Sure, kids asked questions, but Madison was quick to tell them that God just made her special. Usually, that was the end of the conversation.

    Madison was only a toddler when Candace first saw a segment on the Oprah Winfrey show about a former CIA disguise specialist who now designs custom prosthetics. Candace put the thought out of her mind until a few months later when she saw another program about the same specialist on The Learning Channel (TLC). At last there was a small glimmer of hope.

    At the time, Madison was too young to work with Robert Barron, who retired from the CIA in 1993.

    And even though Madison was "proud of her little ear," Candace and Brian both understood that there would likely come a time when other kids weren't so kind about the difference. Candace went on a personal mission to find Barron, who now owns Custom Prosthetic Designs in Ashburn, Va.
    "I did a Yahoo! search and came up with 15 Robert Barrons in that area. I called every one until I finally found him," Candace said.

    Barron wouldn't see Madison until she was 5 years old, so they waited.
    This March they began the process of getting Madison fitted for her new ear. They went back again earlier this month so Barron could fit the silicone prosthetic and hand paint it to match Madison's skin.

    Janice Little, Madison's grandmother, said the entire experience was emotional for everyone.

    "(Madison) looked at me and would ask why I was crying," Little said. "I had to explain it wasn't an unhappy cry, but a very happy one. It was unbelievable."

    The ear is not permanently affixed to Madison's head. It can be attached with secure adhesive that will withstand swimming or even rough play. And when she isn't wearing it, the ear is kept secure in a small plastic container.

    In a few years the Shocks will have to return to Barron's office so Madison can get a new prosthetic. Estimating for regular wear and tear, Candace said the ear would only last three to five years.

    The process is expensive. The Shocks estimate they spent about $10,000 on just the medical side of the process and another $5,000 for each additional replacement. Barron accepts cash only, not insurance. People can submit the cost to their insurance carriers for reimbursement.
    The Shocks say it is worth every penny.

    "I think it will help her tremendously with self-esteem and feeling good about herself," said Charlotte Shock, Madison's grandmother. "And he was so kind and caring and patient. After he was done and placed the ear on her head, he was as excited as the rest of us."

    Source


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 1,185 ✭✭✭Rubik.




  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,174 ✭✭✭RhubarbCrumble


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2005866/Hit-run-appeal-Driver-21-arrested-death-Owen-Wightman.html

    This is 12 year old Jack Wightman whose 6 year old brother Owen was killed by a hit and run driver. I think it's just the most heartbreaking photo.


  • Registered Users Posts: 3,943 ✭✭✭wonderfulname


    It is too, poor fella...

    I'd thank your post but it doesn't feel right.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,449 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    The Trinity Test
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    Three weeks before Hiroshima, this test was the first ever detonation of an Atomic Bomb. This photo marks the beginning of the Atomic Age.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinity_%28nuclear_test%29


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    711px-Gavrilo_Princip_captured_in_Sarajevo_1914.jpg

    Gavrillo Princip (second from right) being arrested moments after assasinating Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in Sarajevo. The trigger that lauched the first world war and by extension the russian revolution, the second world war and the cold war.

    He died in prison aged 23 in 1918. Its not recorded what his thoughts were as he saw the war unfold before him


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,832 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    To be fair WW1 was going to break out eventually and the assassination of Ferdinand was not the single reason on why it started.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,650 ✭✭✭sensibleken


    NufcNavan wrote: »
    To be fair WW1 was going to break out eventually and the assassination of Ferdinand was not the single reason on why it started.

    it was however the trigger


  • Registered Users Posts: 313 ✭✭auditek923


    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2005866/Hit-run-appeal-Driver-21-arrested-death-Owen-Wightman.html

    This is 12 year old Jack Wightman whose 6 year old brother Owen was killed by a hit and run driver. I think it's just the most heartbreaking photo.
    god that would bring a tear to anyones eye. god love them all


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


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    GIGN (French Gendarmerie) storm the hijacked Air France flight 8969. The hijackers had intended to fly the plane into the Eifell tower.

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    Think this is the co-pilot escaping admist a raging gun battle from withing the cockpit. He broke his elbow and fractured his leg.

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  • Registered Users Posts: 3,486 ✭✭✭Killinator


    keith16 wrote: »
    If I remember the documentary properly, I think the 2nd photo is the moment when one of the terrorists shot at one of the officers and blew the officers gun clear out of his hand, hence the sparks.

    Could be wrong though,
    That whole story is amazing, least of all the seize of control of the aircraft from the terrorists.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 19,986 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    Have read the past ten pages, no way am I looking at the video for those Ukrainians monsters

    Didn't see this in the past ten pages so apologies if posted before

    Roy Whiting, killer of Sarah Payne.
    Pretty normal looking man
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    to this
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    Got a bit of a jump when I saw that, couldn't believe it was the same man


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 10,117 ✭✭✭✭Leiva


    mikemac wrote: »
    Have read the past ten pages, no way am I looking at the video for those Ukrainians monsters

    Didn't see this in the past ten pages so apologies if posted before

    Roy Whiting, killer of Sarah Payne.
    Pretty normal looking man.

    Got a bit of a jump when I saw that, couldn't believe it was the same man

    I remember a documentary about that monster and Sarah Paynes mother said that the on going anguish is that her Sarahs last image was probably of that monsters face .

    Prison is too good for some bastards.


  • Registered Users Posts: 7,449 ✭✭✭Blisterman


    muybridge.jpg
    Set of photos by Eadweard Muybridge. To prove a bet that all four hooves of a horse are off the ground at one time during a gallop, he set up a series of cameras taking sequential pictures and in the process invented film!


  • Registered Users Posts: 2,832 ✭✭✭NufcNavan


    Korean_peninsula_at_night.jpg

    A satellite night time image of the Korean peninsula, noting the differences between the Communist-ruled North and the capitalist South. The dot of light in North Korea is the capital Pyongyang.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 8,061 ✭✭✭keith16


    Killinator wrote: »
    If I remember the documentary properly, I think the 2nd photo is the moment when one of the terrorists shot at one of the officers and blew the officers gun clear out of his hand, hence the sparks.

    Could be wrong though,
    That whole story is amazing, least of all the seize of control of the aircraft from the terrorists.

    That's right, the officer fell the whole way back down the stairs taking two of his own men with him!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,494 ✭✭✭citizen_p


    Killinator wrote: »
    If I remember the documentary properly, I think the 2nd photo is the moment when one of the terrorists shot at one of the officers and blew the officers gun clear out of his hand, hence the sparks.

    correct
    all caght on camera!
    the issue your refering to occurs at 1:58


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