Amazing picture thread

[jabir]

The last known Tasmanian Tiger, now extinct. (1933)

[Neverna]

Amazing: causing great surprise or wonder; astonishing.

[Latindancer]

^^ There have been sightings by people who swear they have seen them still in the wild.

[jabir]

The Wain Stones, aka Kissing Rocks, Bleaklow, Derbyshire, England.

[Neverna]

^ Amusing? Yes perhaps. Amazing? Not in a million light jabirs.

[Luigi]

Argentinosaurus leg.



Go easy on me Nev

[jabir]

A train engine being transported over the Rio Grande River in New Mexico, 1930.

[jabir]

Getting a tattoo in 1942.

[jabir]

The musicians who continued to play as the Titanic sank in 1912.

[jabir]

Times Square, less than 150 years ago (1875)

[Cujo]

Times Square, less than 150 years ago (1875)

Love those historical pics.

[Neverna]

I think jabir should start a new thread for historic photos. The Historic Photo Thread.

[jabir]

History does tend to own 'amazing' qualities, 50 years from now they might be posting pics of a quaint iphone, or F36.

[Neverna]

Quaint isn't the same as amazing.

[Cujo]

Quaint isn't the same as amazing.

Agreed

[jabir]

"Devils Road“ in the Lofoten Islands, Norway.

The photographer writes: "Driving these roads literally feels like driving towards the end of the world."

[jabir]

World's smallest computer scaled against a grain of rice

[jabir]

Pink Floyd, 1973

[jabir]

If you were ever at the corner of Peoria and Harrison in 1958 Chicago, and were looking for the Cracker Jack factory, it wouldn't be hard to find!

[jabir]

Enzo Ferrari in his first race as a professional driver for C.M.N. (Costruzioni Meccaniche Nazionali) in the Parma-Poggio di Berceto hillclimb, 1919. He finished in 4th place, and never looked back.

[AntRobertson]

New species of extinct parrot found in NZ. If Polly wanted a cracker then you better believe he damn well getting a cracker!

[jabir]

Human foetus acquired from an old medical collection, unknown history, presumed to be a miscarriage.

[Saint Willy]

New species of extinct parrot found in NZ. If Polly wanted a cracker then you better believe he damn well getting a cracker!

Aherm,





Where's the picture, this being an amazing picture fred and all?

[jabir]

Why turtles cannot leave their shell.

[jabir]

Lake Retba in Senegal, almost as salty as the Dead Sea, and completely pink because of bacteria in the water that thrives on the salt.