Amazing picture thread

[prawnograph]

Bruce the shark eats out

Deleted scene from the first Jaws movie



"While it's not known why it was cut, it is said either it was too graphic or that Spielberg didn't want to reveal the shark's full appearance until later in the film."

[jabir]

Car elevator in 1930s Chicago

[jabir]

Crowds waiting for the first McDonalds to open in the Soviet Union, 1990.

[jabir]

Titanic propellers, they had to be relayed to the site using 21-horse teams, way before the age of tractors, cranes, and trucks.

[jabir]

A postal truck promotes mail boxes in Washington, 1916.

[jabir]

Collective Resistance, 1940s style: Students protesting the "no pants to school" rule in Brooklyn, 1945.

[baldrick]

body painting

[taxexile]

looks like a buick.

[Klondyke]

Titanic propellers, they had to be relayed to the site using 21-horse teams, way before the age of tractors, cranes, and trucks.

1910: no tractors, cranes, and trucks ???

[Takeovers]

I like this graphic on population density.

[jabir]

Two lumberjacks take a break from felling a large tree in the Pacific Northwest, 1915.⁠


Anyone thought they work hard?

[jabir]

Stacks of lumber drying, Seattle 1919, helping to build the West.

[Klondyke]

^Impressive stack, co. 20 m height, i.e. some 15 ton/m2 pressure at the lowest levels...

[Ukan Kizmiaz]

I still can't figure out how to make these images big

[Airportwo]

^ I was going to say, double click to edit after inserting, but not working right now!
Big if I insert by URL, before had to double click on image?

[Luigi]

I still can't figure out how to make these images big

Click on the image in your post.

It opens big. Right click and copy the URL.

Paste into the image-box.

[Ukan Kizmiaz]

thx
I should have put an explanation too - London Tube map as seen from above.

[Takeovers]

The propulsion section of Spacex Starship on a test site, illuminated by spotlights. With a fog bank in the background where it casts a shadow.

[Chittychangchang]

Image copyrightANTHONY MORRIS (@ANTHONYMORRIS54)Image captionAnthony Morris took this photograph at RSPB Otmoor, OxfordshireImage copyrightMARCIA SORRELLImage captionThis photograph was taken by Marcia Sorrell at an RHS garden in Wisley, SurreyImage copyrightBRIAN FISHERImage captionBrian Fisher took this scenic photograph while walking near the Lake District village of Underbarrow in CumbriaImage copyrightJAQUELINE BARRETT-MCMILLAN (@GOTHICSPARKLE)Image captionThis photograph was taken by Jaqueline Barrett-McMillan at Port Meadow, OxfordImage copyrightLAURA DYER (@LAURADYERPHOTOS)Image captionLaura Dyer sent this photograph of North Pier in Blackpool, LancashireImage copyrightFRANK SAMETImage captionThis photograph was taken by Frank Samet near Stamford, LincolnshireImage copyrightELAINE CANNONImage captionElaine Cannon took this photograph at Spike Island in Cheshire

[Neverna]

Nice enough photos, Chitty, but in what way are they "amazing"?




Edit:
The link for Chitty's photos. England's Big Picture: 9 - 15 March - BBC News

[Luigi]

German bunker, Normandy.

[jabir]

Probably safer behind it than inside.

[TizMe]

I wonder how loud it would be. Probably like being inside a gigantic untuned bell.

[VocalNeal]

UK explained?

13 locals and two immigrants (who were all born there)

[Luigi]

I wonder how loud it would be. Probably like being inside a gigantic untuned bell.

I wonder of there was a drainage hole for the rivers of pee.