A picture taken of the exact moment this boy hears for the first time. I remember reading that what he heard was a symphony or something along those lines. Love this picture.

StyLeD

United States2965 Posts

February 13 2011 03:45 GMT

#123

On February 13 2011 12:26 CaucasianAsian wrote:

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i agree on the story, but for those who don't know what it is. It is a father helping his olympian son get to the finish line.

Out of all the sad pictures with no happy endings in this thread, this bittersweet picture really stands out to me. I hope other people read this too.

Starfox

Austria699 Posts

February 13 2011 03:46 GMT

#124

On February 13 2011 09:00 Eogris wrote:
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Hatsu

United Kingdom474 Posts

February 13 2011 03:50 GMT

#125

Capa's famous picture of the fallen soldier from the Spanish Civil War.

Hidden_MotiveS

Canada2562 Posts

February 13 2011 03:56 GMT

#126

On February 13 2011 11:02 fearus wrote:
Chinese University students lining up infront of the library in winter to study because of the library's heating.

The line still spans another x3 folds back.

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I don't believe that lining up for a library in China thing for a second. Call me racist, but I was born in China and raised in the west. Why would a library ever have a line? Does it not have enough space? Then the students would know that and not waste precious study time waiting unless they had to: eg something was left out like that their tests would take place in that library.

If they were really that devoted to studying, they'd be studying with a ski mask and gloves outside while waiting for the library instead of standing around.

The vitruvian man was painted by Leonardo Da Vinci. It hangs in my basement and every time I see this painting and stare at it I just get inspired.

Da Vinci believed that people could reach the corners of the physical and the metaphysical world. That's what the hands reaching the square and circle represent. Not only that, this is a self portrait of the most intelligent man to ever exist in human history. I like how he methodically plans out how to draw himself with those lines everywhere.

Half

United States2554 Posts

February 13 2011 04:01 GMT

#127

-edit- nvm

tianGO

Argentina591 Posts

February 13 2011 04:04 GMT

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setzer

United States3284 Posts

February 13 2011 04:10 GMT

#129

Migrant Mother, during the Great Depression:
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End of a dictator:
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Boxing's greatest photo:
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FishFuzz99

United States152 Posts

February 13 2011 04:16 GMT

#130

Surprised this isn't in here yet.

Gao Xi

Hong Kong5178 Posts

February 13 2011 04:20 GMT

#131

On February 13 2011 13:16 FishFuzz99 wrote:

Surprised this isn't in here yet.

Well i posted something like that earlier.

splcer

United States166 Posts

February 13 2011 04:20 GMT

#132

Bactrian

Australia176 Posts

February 13 2011 04:24 GMT

#133

All these are original colour photographs. No, the dates aren't wrong. They were made by taking a series of photos through different filters and then overlaying them with another set of filters. All taken by this guy.

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Leo Tolstoy, 1908

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Russian peasants 1909

Alim Khan, last Emir of Bukhara and (allegedly) direct descendant of Genghis Khan. 1911.

More here

Golden Ghost

Netherlands1041 Posts

February 13 2011 04:26 GMT

#134

I was really touched/impressed by most pictures in this thread.
Here are a few of the pictures that have a big impact on me:

2 pictures of James Dean from his role in Rebel without a cause. It offers a social commentary on the moral decay of American youth, critique parental style, and explores the differences and conflicts between generations in the 1950's. The movie and especially James Dean pierces your soul. He died in a car crash 1 month before the release of the movie.

The epitome of the 60's captured in this picture from the movie Easy rider. Easy Rider explores the societal landscape, issues, and tensions in the United States during the 1960s, such as the rise and fall of the hippie movement. I always feel sad and empty after watching this movie.

The last person crossing the border from East to West Berlin. He was guarding the border at the spot where the last piece of the Berlin wall would be erected only minutes later.

And the fall of the wall in 1989. I remember it very well watching television when it happened. It's something that will always stay with me.

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The ISS. Our jumping board to a new and hopefully bright future. That we may never forget to aspire the highest and continue to set new goals and to reach for the stars.

To end my post a piece of artwork from Grzegorz Kmin titled Messiah.
It really pierces my soul everytime I look at it and can be found on his page on http://www.epilogue.net.
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Tiax;mous

669 Posts

February 13 2011 04:30 GMT

#135

On February 13 2011 11:59 On_Slaught wrote:
A lot of the pictures in this thread need explanations to give context.

In this picture, do you see that small dot around the mid-left of the picture, between the thicker rings and the outer one? That is Earth as seen from Saturn.

I always loved that picture , here is a little edited version and the reason why I love it so much ;

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<3 Cassini

also another one , this time from Mars surface ;

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jester-

Canada547 Posts

February 13 2011 04:38 GMT

#136

On February 13 2011 12:46 Starfox wrote:

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3aq3trkyOA

Agh, video had me bawling like mad. Cool story, the dad is a real superman.

Energies

Australia3225 Posts

February 13 2011 04:39 GMT

#137

Despite the brutality the totalitarian government of Iran used in the aftermath of the rigged presidential election (2009-2010) in murdering, injuring and imprisoning the defenseless people of Iran and harshly cracking down on the Green Movement, the Foreign Ministry of Islamic Republic urged the Egyptian government not to use violence against their people and “concede” to their demands.

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