Cool/thought provoking pics thread.

[Canuck Surfer]

16 hours ago, Ilunga said:

Napalm Girl

I applaud the way you told that story!  A more recent photo offers hope?    

 

  

Edited January 5, 2022 by Canuck Surfer

[Ghostsof1915]

 

[Rubik]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergey_Prokudin-Gorsky#Gallery

 

These are some of Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky's photos of early 20th century Russia (mostly 1909-1915), he was a pioneer in color photography. I think his photos are just absolutely stunning, and imo they bring the past so much closer to us that they are not just simply b/w. They don't really have any particular political or social message like some of the photos that have already been posted, but when I see these I just can't help but wonder what was it like back then.

 

These two are my favorites though:

 

 

 

Dagestani Sunni Muslim, 1904

 

 

Young Russian peasant women in a rural area along the Sheksna River near the small town of Kirillov, 1909

Edited January 4, 2022 by Rubik

[CBH1926]

That picture of Ronald McDonald is disturbing.

[Lil B From The Pack]

[CBH1926]

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Ron Haviv has captured some of the most haunting images.

First one was taken in Kosovo in 1999 and second one in Bijeljina 1992.

 

Edited January 5, 2022 by CBH1926

[bigbadcanucks]

Thought provoking and heartbreaking...the image of Alan Kurdi, the three year old Syrian boy washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.  Makes me cry every time I see it.  Can't bring myself to post image of it, but I'm sure everyone here has seen it.

 

 

[nuckin_futz]

Would you believe this is the airport in Singapore?

 

 

Mountains in Peru

 

Mans best friend

 

A fisherman

 

Dusk Over The Grand Canyon

 

The Darvas Crater in Turkmenistan.

 

50 years ago Soviet engineers lit this hole on fire expecting the natural gas to burn off within 3 days. It is still burning. It is now a famous tourist attraction known as "The Door to Hell".

[Gurn]

^ That burning pit shows up in a John Oliver episode, the one about the president of Turkmenistan.

That dude is crazy about horses, and just crazy.

[Ilunga]

4 hours ago, bigbadcanucks said:

Thought provoking and heartbreaking...the image of Alan Kurdi, the three year old Syrian boy washed up on the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.  Makes me cry every time I see it.  Can't bring myself to post image of it, but I'm sure everyone here has seen it.

 

 

I have posted it in a link in the thread I started about Oscar Camps,a man who rescues refugees stranded at sea.

 

 

[bigbadcanucks]

12 hours ago, Ilunga said:

I have posted it in a link in the thread I started about Oscar Camps,a man who rescues refugees stranded at sea.

 

 

 That was a great post you started @Ilunga.

[nuckin_futz]

John Lennon signing an autograph for his assassin hours before he was shot.

 

Tsunami Japan 2011

 

 

 

Lightning strikes over Australia

 

The Hindenburg Disaster, 1937

 

Muhammad Ali defends his title against Sonny Liston, 1965

 

Testing a bulletproof vest, 1923

(couldn't they just have put the vest around a watermelon?)

 

 

[4petesake]

I love pictures like this, specially when people recognize and comment on their memories.

 

 

[Ilunga]

On 1/5/2022 at 2:34 PM, nuckin_futz said:

Would you believe this is the airport in Singapore?

 

 

Mountains in Peru

 

Mans best friend

 

A fisherman

 

Dusk Over The Grand Canyon

 

The Darvas Crater in Turkmenistan.

 

50 years ago Soviet engineers lit this hole on fire expecting the natural gas to burn off within 3 days. It is still burning. It is now a famous tourist attraction known as "The Door to Hell".

 

The President of Turkmenistan wants to shut the door to hell.

 

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-01-09/turkmenistan-leader-wants-gates-of-hell-fire-put-out/100746276

 

[nuckin_futz]

This Is What Sunset Looks Like From Space

 

Rare Albino Peacock In Malaysia

414-Pound Gorilla On The Exam Table

 

Fake 3D-Printed Turtle Eggs With Gps Trackers Inside, Designed By Scientists To Help Catch Poachers

Golden Bridge in Vietnam

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Canuck Luck]

The below photo is extremely shocking. Viewer discretion is advised!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The actual leader of Canada! 

 

 

...as the title to this thread states "thought provoking" photos. I am not kidding when I say all Canadians should find this photo thought provoking and disturbing. 

Edited January 10, 2022 by Canuck Luck

[bishopshodan]

27 minutes ago, Canuck Luck said:

The below photo is extremely shocking. Viewer discretion is advised!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The actual leader of Canada! 

 

 

...as the title to this thread states "thought provoking" photos. I am not kidding when I say all Canadians should find this photo thought provoking and disturbing. 

Oh, why did you have to do that to this great thread?

 

I have opinions with cultural appropriation but not in line with the majority. Maybe because I am absolutely covered in tattoos. Many of them are from different cultures. I have learned that according to some I shouldn't have gotten..Kanji, Sanskrit, First Nations, Christian, Buddhist, Celtic ( oh, I think i'm allowed that one),  Tahitian, Maori... mixed with  bunch of other images and iconography that I have found attractive.

 

So, at the end of the day. I feel if you are showing respect to the culture I don't see an issue. Not unlike the host of the party from your pic, JT's friend that didn't have an issue with his attire. I guess we are all learning and that was a different time. Suppose that it was nice for him to apologise. 

 

 

Edited January 10, 2022 by bishopshodan

[Canuck Luck]

12 minutes ago, bishopshodan said:

Oh, why did you have to do that to this great thread?

 

I have opinions with cultural appropriation but not in line with the majority. Maybe because I am absolutely covered in tattoos. Many of them are from different cultures. I have learned that according to some I shouldn't have gotten..Kanji, Sanskrit, First Nations, Christian, Buddhist, Celtic ( oh, I think i'm allowed that one),  Tahitian, Maori... mixed with  bunch of other images and iconography that I have found attractive.

 

So, at the end of the day. I feel if you are showing respect to the culture I don't see an issue. Not unlike the host of the party from your pic, JT's friend that didn't have an issue with his attire. I guess we are all learning and that was a different time. Suppose that it was nice for him to apologise. 

 

 

You are correct. I should not have gone there in this cool thread and I won't again.

 

How about this then...

 

 

This is a snip of a video and is not an actual photo. This is one of the three videos released by the pentagon about UFOs operating all around the US Navy fighter jets. The UFOs have been around for decades (probably much longer). Tons of revelations have come out in the last ten years with many high level officials in both private companies and governments (including the US government) admitting UFOs are real, that they operate with physics humans don't yet understand, and that (they claim) we don't know what they are.

 

I am shocked that more people don't discuss this on a daily basis. 

 

US Navy pilot Commander Fravor is an extremely intelligent pilot who presents as being honest and believable. He saw a 40 foot "tic tac" shaped UFO hover over the ocean and then disappear in the blink of an eye.

 

The next few years will be interesting as world governments must admit to their citizens UFOs are real. Very exciting times lol.

 

 

[bishopshodan]

6 minutes ago, Canuck Luck said:

You are correct. I should not have gone there in this cool thread and I won't again.

 

How about this then...

 

 

This is a snip of a video and is not an actual photo. This is one of the three videos released by the pentagon about UFOs operating all around the US Navy fighter jets. The UFOs have been around for decades (probably much longer). Tons of revelations have come out in the last ten years with many high level officials in both private companies and governments (including the US government) admitting UFOs are real, that they operate with physics humans don't yet understand, and that (they claim) we don't know what they are.

 

I am shocked that more people don't discuss this on a daily basis. 

 

US Navy pilot Commander Fravor is an extremely intelligent pilot who presents as being honest and believable. He saw a 40 foot "tic tac" shaped UFO hover over the ocean and then disappear in the blink of an eye.

 

The next few years will be interesting as world governments must admit to their citizens UFOs are real. Very exciting times lol.

 

 

Now, on this. You've got a friend in me.

 

Pentagon is like....'We got UFO's here'....people are like....'Ok, Whateves'

 

It's very strange that more dont talk about this,

[BoKnows]

On 1/3/2022 at 9:38 PM, nuckin_futz said:

The Graves of a Catholic woman and her Protestant husband, Holland, 1888

 

A firefighter gives water to a koala during the devastating Black Saturday bushfires in Victoria, Australia, in 2009

 

Young man just found out his brother was killed

 

Inside an Auschwitz gas chamber

 

Zanjeer the dog saved thousands of lives during Mumbai serial blasts in March 1993 by detecting more than 3,329 kgs of the explosive RDX, 600 detonators, 249 hand grenades and 6406 rounds of live ammunition. He was buried with full honors in 2000

 

First morning after Sweden changed from driving on the left side to driving on the right, 1967

 

 

 

 

That photo of the gas chamber is truly terrifying.