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Started by: webdesign on August 30, 2008

These are the most striking photographs ever snapped. What are your top 5? ( Edited by webdesign )  

Top 5 Most Amazing Photos Ever Taken
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Buddhist Monks burning themselves alive

A man sits impassively in the central market square, he has set himself on fire performing a ritual suicide in protest against governmental anti-Buddhist policies. Crowds gathered to protest in Hue after the South Vietnamese government prohibited Buddhists from carrying flags on Buddha's birthday. Government troops opened fire to disperse the dissidents, killing nine people, Diems government blamed the incident on the Vietcong and never admitted responsibility. The Buddhist leadership quickly organized demonstrations that eventually led to seven monks burning themselves to death.
http://www.vietnampix.com/fire1.htm

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Aurora Borealis

This is just about the coolest visual ever seen.
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/weather/aurora/

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great topic!! i love photos!

Posted 4 weeks ago

Awesome. now please visit http://www.tibetanphotoproject.com

Posted 2 months ago

very nice topic, good work

Posted 2 months ago

When it comes to amazing photographs, I think snaps of nature are the best. From a breath-taking view from the top of a mountain or tornado touching down, it doesn't get much cooler than nature at work.

Don't get me wrong, there's some pretty powerful pictures up there, especially the Saigon police Chief murdering the "suspected" Vietcong, but I just have a thing for storms and things like that.

Posted 10 months ago

Gotta check out boston.com...

Posted 1 year ago

Definitely ... but imagine if National Geographic presented those photos on its website like Boston.com's "Big Picture" --http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/ -- now, that(!) would be shizzle to the ..................!!!

Posted 1 year ago

Indeed man. Wild amazing shizzle.

Posted 1 year ago

Those are great images! It sure would be fun to spend a month in National Geographic's photo archives, just looking at them!

Posted 1 year ago

I will not post all of these but rather a link. These are all AMAZING.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/10/photogalleries/best-microscope-photos/index.html

Posted 1 year ago

thanks :)

Posted 1 year ago

Good topic.

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