most powerful photos ever taken

[scotty123]

No jokes here. Can you explain this to me please.

German soldier frozen to death and placed in a humourous pose by Russian wags(not the footballing variety) during WW2

Yep, they used him as a sign post(true story)

Fuck me I'm still laughing at the Schumacher remark

Errr which way is he pointing?

 

[Blue Maverick]

That second photo of the car hanging off the bridge, the woman is vertical you can see her foot at the bottom, I seriously wonder how the hell she got in that position.

 

[-nibz-]

German soldier frozen to death and placed in a humourous pose by Russian wags(not the footballing variety) during WW2

Yep, they used him as a sign post(true story)

Fuck me I'm still laughing at the Schumacher remark

Errr which way is he pointing?

Down mate

He also failed auditions for the wizard of oz ; )

 

[PragueBlue]

Lots of disturbing yet powerful images. Not sure if this one has already been posted but it always gets to me:

And for obvious personal reasons this:

 

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Realistically Coloured Historical Photos <a class="postlink" href="http://indulgd.com/realistically-colorized-historical-photos/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://indulgd.com/realistically-colori ... al-photos/</a>



Operation: Crossroads Atomic Detonation

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(Thank you Steven Vaught, Western Michigan University) (Photo credit: Sanna Dullaway)




Nazi Minister of Propaganda Joseph Goebbels scowls at a Jewish photographer, 1933

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Thich Quang Duc’s self-immolation, 1963 (Photo credit: Sanna Dullaway)

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Louisville, Kentucky, 1937 (Photo credit: Sanna Dullaway)

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Hindenburg Disaster, 1937

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[1.618034]

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Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2014

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, H.Teplitz and M.Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech),
A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst(ASU), Z. Levay (STScI)

Explanation: Galaxies like colorful pieces of candy fill the Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2014. The dimmest galaxies are more than 10 billion times fainter than stars visible to the unaided eye and represent the Universe in the extreme past, a few 100 million years after the Big Bang. The image itself was made with the significant addition of ultraviolet data to the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, an update of Hubble's famous most distant gaze toward the southern constellation of Fornax. It now covers the entire range of wavelengths available to Hubble's cameras, from ultraviolet through visible to near-infrared. Ultraviolet data adds the crucial capability of studying star formation in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field galaxies between 5 and 10 billion light-years distant.

 

[Akai]

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German fan celebrating among side the French in the Champs-Élysées.

 

[Cellarite]

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German fan celebrating among side the French in the Champs-Élysées.

That looks ridiculously photoshopped.

 

[Akai]

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German fan celebrating among side the French in the Champs-Élysées.

That looks ridiculously photoshopped.

It's legit, I got the picture from a verified photojournalist (AFP) twitter account.

edit: <a class="postlink" href="https://twitter.com/Alex_Ogle" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://twitter.com/Alex_Ogle</a>

 

[Bodicoteblue]

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Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2014

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, H.Teplitz and M.Rafelski (IPAC/Caltech),
A. Koekemoer (STScI), R. Windhorst(ASU), Z. Levay (STScI)

Explanation: Galaxies like colorful pieces of candy fill the Hubble Ultra Deep Field 2014. The dimmest galaxies are more than 10 billion times fainter than stars visible to the unaided eye and represent the Universe in the extreme past, a few 100 million years after the Big Bang. The image itself was made with the significant addition of ultraviolet data to the Hubble Ultra Deep Field, an update of Hubble's famous most distant gaze toward the southern constellation of Fornax. It now covers the entire range of wavelengths available to Hubble's cameras, from ultraviolet through visible to near-infrared. Ultraviolet data adds the crucial capability of studying star formation in the Hubble Ultra Deep Field galaxies between 5 and 10 billion light-years distant.

My brain hurts!