These pictures give me chills. What a great thread. As a political science major, it is fascinating to see the evolution (and devolution) of politics over the years.

darthfoley

United States8004 Posts

January 26 2012 21:57 GMT

#1343

On January 05 2012 10:03 Funguuuuu wrote:
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I've always loved this picture

same! it makes me sad in a strange way...

slytown

Korea (South)1411 Posts

January 26 2012 22:01 GMT

#1344

On February 13 2011 08:01 travis wrote:
vyyye is that dead birds?

Buffalo. Nearly wiped out by Americans in the 19th century in an effort to starve out the American Indians. The buffalo survived but had to endure massacres from Americans and Indians as well. Indians, before receiving horses from Europeans, used to drive herds of buffalo off of cliffs.

Pandain

United States12989 Posts

January 26 2012 22:22 GMT

#1345

On February 13 2011 07:13 Mecker wrote:
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Oh my god....

Akta

447 Posts

January 26 2012 22:43 GMT

#1346

On January 06 2012 15:10 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
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Made me think of

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Don't know if the photo says a whole lot for people with no previous knowledge, perhaps I'm too emotionally attached.

ticklishmusic

United States15977 Posts

January 26 2012 22:51 GMT

#1347

On January 27 2012 06:51 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
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Is this the 64MB one that NASA released today?

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I went backwards through the pages (up till 18) and didn't see this one.

It's an Afghan girl photographed in 1985 (left). She was revealed in 2002 to be Sharbat Gula. The right side picture is of her 17 years later. That's what 17 years of living in Afghanistan did to her.

Those eyes burn into your soul.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

January 30 2012 22:54 GMT

#1348

From left, Salvador Herrera, 40, from El Salvador, Jose Castillo, 58, from El Salvador and Gerasmo Perez, 63, from Mexico wait for work at a day laborer site in Los Angeles, California, on November 23, 2011.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

February 03 2012 01:44 GMT

#1349

Pandemona

Charlie Sheens House51493 Posts

February 07 2012 12:05 GMT

#1350

If you dont say AWWWWWW to this something wrong with you, VERY WRONG

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CyDe

United States1010 Posts

February 08 2012 15:31 GMT

#1351

So I want you to imagine Hiroshima. Now I want you to imagine Nagasaki. Now I want you to combine the two... and multiply them by 1,400.

This is what you will get:
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That mushroom cloud up there is stretching 64 kilometers into the atmosphere. That is well into the mesosphere, where meteors begin to encounter resistance. Oh and by the way, that picture was taken from 160 kilometers away.

the Tsar Bomba (literally, the King of All Bombs); the most powerful manmade device to this day.

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This is a picture of just the fireball, which measured an unbelievable EIGHT kilometers across. Eight.

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This is a comparison to other nuclear bombs, including Hiroshima:

The damage that this bomb can cause is absolutely astounding. With an equivalent TNT number of 50 megatons, it yields an output of 210 PETAjoules. Peta=1000tera=1000giga=1000mega=1000kila=1000 joules. 210 of 'em. The bomb, when tested, was seen and felt 1000 kilometers away from the test site. The seismic shockwave created by this was measurable the third time it went around the Earth (this is not giving it justice, considering it was detonated in the air, and so most of the force didn't make it into seismic waves).

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[url=http://planetizen.com/files/londonbombed.jpg]http://planetizen.com/files/londonbombed.jpg[/url]
This is what it would do to London.

Here is a YouTube video showing the preparation and detonation of the bomb.

Meta

United States6228 Posts

February 08 2012 15:59 GMT

#1352

London seems cool.

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Have you ever tried to take a picture like this? It's so much more difficult than you'd think.

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Props to this guy. I hope he lost it in a shark attack.

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This indigenous woman is resisting an eviction during a protest of sorts. Her and 200 other people from the "Landless Movement" were occupying private property in Brazil.

Sorry, these pictures might only be worth 100 words. But this thread needs to keep going, it's awesome.

Euronyme

Sweden3804 Posts

February 09 2012 16:18 GMT

#1353

On February 09 2012 00:59 Meta wrote:
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London seems cool.

Have you ever tried to take a picture like this? It's so much more difficult than you'd think.

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Props to this guy. I hope he lost it in a shark attack.

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I'm pretty sure the only way to take those pictures is by a high speed camera. That's not all that hard is it?

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

February 11 2012 22:54 GMT

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Gosi

Sweden9072 Posts

February 11 2012 23:00 GMT

#1355

On February 12 2012 07:54 {CC}StealthBlue wrote:
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Haha when I saw this thread bumped I knew it was gonna be with these pictures from reddit.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

February 12 2012 01:13 GMT

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killa_robot

Canada1884 Posts

February 12 2012 03:40 GMT

#1357

On January 02 2012 17:51 Rodimus Prime wrote:
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Pic basically showing that no child can be born as a Christian or a Muslim etc. So it's ridiculous for some parents to say - you are a Catholic child and your enemies are the Protestants, or you are a Sunni child and your enemies are the Shia.

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Babies are Agnostic not Atheist lol. Atheism is the rejection of religion and gods, Agnosticism is indifference/indecisiveness/unawareness of religion and gods.

valheru

Australia966 Posts

February 12 2012 03:59 GMT

#1358

On February 12 2012 12:40 killa_robot wrote:

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Babies are Agnostic not Atheist lol. Atheism is the rejection of religion and gods, Agnosticism is indifference/indecisiveness/unawareness of religion and gods.

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Arguable. Some hold that atheism is simply the lack of belief in a deity or divine system etc. Not the belief that they don't exist. Also some hold that agnosticism is the position that knowledge about the divine is unknowable and the whole argument is pointless since no answer can be obtained. Then again there are people who hold that atheism is the active disbelief in the divine and agnosticism is the neutral ground. But it is just arguing over semantics and dam annoying.
Suffice to say babies don't have an active belief that the divine does/doesn't exist so depending on who you speak to they could be either atheists or agnostics. But let's not derail the thread with religion.

Flamingo777

United States1190 Posts

February 12 2012 07:51 GMT

#1359

^Stop going off-topic, please.

Really enjoy this thread, but please refrain from turning it into a religious debate. Even if you suffix your statements with claims of not propogating the debate, you are doing so regardless.

[Agony]x90

United States853 Posts

February 12 2012 08:53 GMT

#1360

On February 12 2012 16:51 Flamingo777 wrote:
^Stop going off-topic, please.

Really enjoy this thread, but please refrain from turning it into a religious debate. Even if you suffix your statements with claims of not propogating the debate, you are doing so regardless.

Well it's one way to win a debate. I'll put in my point and declare that the discussion is at end before you can respond. :-p.