28 of history's most fascinating photos. The Statue of Liberty surrounded by scaffolding as workers complete the final stages in Paris. Circa 1885. An Royal Air Force pilot getting a haircut during a break between missions, Britain, 1942 Bob Marley on the beach with Miss World 1976 Cindy Breakspeare, mother of Damien Marley. Ethnomusicologist Frances Densmore recording the music of a Blackfoot chief onto a phonograph, 1916. A napalm attack near U.S. troops on patrol in South Vietnam, circa 1966. Fritz, a television celebrity bulldog, is shaved by a Californian barber. A female Lebanese fighter, 1982. Woodstock – The Opening Ceremony.
Chester E. Beautiful color image of the German Focke-Wulf Fw 190A-5 fighters, of Fighter Squadron JG54, during flight, 1943. Attorney at law, Mohandas Gandhi, 1893. In the aftermath of the D-Day invasion, two boys watch from a hilltop as American soldiers drive through the town of St. Benjamin, the last Tasmanian Tiger, at Beaumaris Zoo, 1933. Corporal Luther E. Charlie Chaplin without makeup. Change of Command Ceremony. Visiting 10 of the Most Interesting Abandoned Places on Earth. Travelers looking for a getaway from the normal getaway should skip the sandy beaches to walk amid silent relics in Namibia, Chernobyl or an abandoned California gold mining town. These empty places may look like Scooby Doo set pieces, but they hold important clues to bigger mysteries about both the past and the future; the creep of urban decay and the necessity of memorializing tragedy.
Sometimes history lives alone. We bring you 10 modern ghost cities where you can choose your own adventure, exploring what once was and what could have been. Hashima Island, Japan After spending a little less than a century as a bustling coal mining facility, Hashima Island became known as "Ghost Island" when demand for petroleum outstripped demand for coal in the 1960's and the 5,000 Mitsubishi-employed islanders began a mass exodus. Hashima Island was officially re-opened for tourists in April 2009. 1 of 10 Photos. The Incan Trail to Machu Picchu - Slide Show. Photo editor online / free image editing direct in your browser - Pixlr.com.
Coolest Pix Of 2011 Week 23. It was another week filled with triumph, disaster, hurt and joy. If you want to know the story behind the image we suggest you read the description. Which images are your favorites? 1 A man performs for tourists by jumping from the top of a rebuilt bridge in the old town of the southern Bosnian city of Mostar, 140 km (87 miles) south of Sarajevo, June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Nikola Solic 2 Shaquille O'Neal laughs while telling a story during his announcement of his retirement from the National Basketball Association (NBA) at a news conference at his home in Windermere, Florida June 3, 2011. REUTERS/Scott Audette 3 An archaeologist cleans the tusk of a prehistoric animal at Miraflores neighborhood in Tegucigalpa June 3, 2011. 4 The Iranian women's national soccer team pray after withdrawing from their qualifying match against Jordan for the 2012 London Olympic Games in Amman June 3, 2011. 9 Former U.S. 31 Pope Benedict XVI holds his cross as he leads a solemn mass in Zagreb June 5, 2011.
Photos. Captured: Great Depression Photos: America in Color 1939-1943. Posted Jul 26, 2010 Share This Gallery inShare324 These images, by photographers of the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information, are some of the only color photographs taken of the effects of the Depression on America’s rural and small town populations. The photographs and captions are the property of the Library of Congress and were included in a 2006 exhibit Bound for Glory: America in Color.
Faro and Doris Caudill, homesteaders. Pie Town, New Mexico, October 1940. Reproduction from color slide. Photo by Russell Lee. Connecticut town on the sea. Farm auction. Children gathering potatoes on a large farm. Trucks outside of a starch factory. Headlines posted in street-corner window of newspaper office (Brockton Enterprise). Children in the tenement district. Going to town on Saturday afternoon.
Chopping cotton on rented land near White Plains. Barker at the grounds at the state fair. Backstage at the "girlie" show at the state fair. At the Vermont state fair. House. Ubersuper ~ Stuff I Like. Stuck In Customs HDR Photography. Still Looking For Paradise? Maldives - justpaste.it. Double chain of twenty-six atolls… The Republic of Maldives, or simply the Maldives, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean.
It consists of approximately 1,190 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, along the north-south direction, spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometers, making this one of the most disparate countries in the world. The atolls are composed of live coral reefs and sand bars, situated atop a submarine ridge 960 kilometers long that rises abruptly from the depths of the Indian Ocean and runs from north to south. Crystal clear waters, beautiful white sand beaches, swaying palm trees and fabulous dive sites – that’s why the Maldives, is known for being one of the best tropical holiday destinations in the world. ...and no need to climb ;) With an average ground level of 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) above sea level, it is the lowest country on the planet.
Summer never ends ... Crystal clear waters and azure blue lagoons... Resorts in the Maldives. If Fire Were Water. The Frame: Images of spring. From a deadly heat wave in India to huge spring flower garden in Japan to a busy spring tornado season in the southern U.S., here's a look at spring weather around the world. (19 images) Follow The Frame on Twitter at sacbee_theframe A fast-moving thundershower rolled over uptown Charlotte, N.C., on Saturday, May 2, producing lightning strikes and intense rain.
Charlotte Observer / Gary O'Brien A cyclist and a car make their way during a windy dusty day near a village of Kuhty, 63 miles south of Minsk, May 1. Moss phlox flowers are seen in full bloom in Hitsujiyama Park on May 2, 2009 in Chichibu, Saitama, Japan. Children play in a fountain on the South Bank during a spell of fine weather in London on May 2. A young girl navigates her way around Hampton Court maze in the spring sunshine on May 2, in London, England. A Palestinian rides his camel in the haze next to Nebi Musa Mosque, not seen, near the West Bank town of Jericho, Monday, May 4.
50 Strange Buildings of the World. 50 Strange Buildings of the World 1. The Crooked House (Sopot, Poland) Construction of the building started in in January 2003 and in December 2003 it was finished. House architecture is based on Jan Marcin Szancer (famous Polish drawer and child books illustrator) and Per Dahlberg (Swedish painter living in Sopot) pictures and paintings. Image via: brocha 2. The Hundertwasser house "Waldspirale" ("Forest Spiral") was built in Darmstadt between 1998 and 2000. The structure with 105 apartments wraps around a landscaped courtyard with a running stream.
Image via: Kikos Dad 3. Image via: manuelfloresv 4. Image via: Mélisande* 5. The Longaberger Basket Company building in Newark, Ohio might just be a strangest office building in the world. Image via: addicted Eyes 6. This project, located in the heart of Kansas City, represents one of the pioneer projects behind the revitalization of downtown. The people of Kansas City were asked to help pick highly influential books that represent Kansas City. 7. The Big Picture. Photography Served :: Gallery. XaXor.com. e6542bcccf_75247609_o2.jpg (JPEG Image, 1920x1080 pixels) - Scaled (54%)