Weird Scenes Inside the Goldmine

nevver: Let’s watch the sun set on Mars together

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 22:01:02 +0100

nevver:

Let’s watch the sun set on Mars together

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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 18:01:11 +0100

nevver: Helveticat

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:01:10 +0100

nevver:

Helveticat

collectivehistory: Piccadilly Circus, London, 1960’s.

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 10:00:53 +0100

collectivehistory:

Piccadilly Circus, London, 1960’s.

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Tue, 23 Apr 2013 06:00:20 +0100

theswinginsixties: Renie costume sketch for Kim Novak in ‘The...

Tue, 23 Apr 2013 02:01:00 +0100

theswinginsixties:

Renie costume sketch for Kim Novak in ‘The Legend of Lylah Clare’, 1968.

derelictmetropolis: (by el crater)

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 22:01:08 +0100

derelictmetropolis:

(by el crater)

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 18:01:16 +0100

sarajea: Polaroid Pixels VI (Crabapple) Photographs re-imagined...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 14:00:45 +0100

sarajea:

Polaroid Pixels VI (Crabapple)

Photographs re-imagined as watercolor paintings. A late summer project.

This image is available in my shop.

nevver: Covers From The US Space Program

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:00:18 +0100

nevver:

Covers From The US Space Program

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Mon, 22 Apr 2013 06:00:48 +0100

demons: Men of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 02:01:22 +0100

demons:

Men of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines

warinvietnam: Rotor blade of a CH-47 hit by mortar round while...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 22:01:13 +0100

warinvietnam:

Rotor blade of a CH-47 hit by mortar round while on ground at An Khe Airfield, ca. 1967

Photography: Life Magazine

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 18:01:10 +0100

Photography: Life Magazine

chieu-hoi: Above: B-52 strike crater, scan from one of...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 14:00:58 +0100

chieu-hoi:

Above: B-52 strike crater, scan from one of Charlie’s prints that lacks a negative.

Below: B-52 strikes seen from the air, negative scan.

Everyone has heard the term “carpet bombing.” Many of us heard the term thrown around in the 80’s and 90’s during various conflicts the United States was involved in.

But it’s hard to imagine what carpet bombing actually is. The above image is the result of carpet bombing.

Charlie recalls that, at times when his unit was in the field, they would receive word that B-52s were incoming, to bomb a section of land. The unit was ordered to remain—at the very least—two thousand yards from the strike zone. According to Charlie, they wouldn’t even see the planes or the bombs, but suddenly, the ground would rumble and the clouds from explosions would fill the horizon. The earth shook and the deafening blasts resonated through the air.

The goal of carpet bombing was to decimate the Viet Cong positions and tunnel networks. Clearly, when viewed from the air, the technique worked. Charlie has images of pock-marked landscapes, with many of the strike craters filled with water, forming small ponds that to this day dot the Vietnam landscape.

Charlie’s photos are, as he said, “of the life side of the war, not the death side of it.” Still, it is hard to see photos like these and not think about the horrific way that these extremely powerful weapons were used, in an almost careless or random fashion. The effects of these and other terrible weapons used during the Vietnam War last until this day.

warinvietnam: Viet Cong prisoners in Camp Radcliff, Sept ‘66

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:00:32 +0100

warinvietnam:

Viet Cong prisoners in Camp Radcliff, Sept ‘66

warinvietnam: HUE, SOUTH VIETNAM: A member of the U.S. 9th...

Sun, 21 Apr 2013 10:00:32 +0100

warinvietnam:

HUE, SOUTH VIETNAM: A member of the U.S. 9th Cavalry takes no chances while on patrol in the Hue area. There could be a Viet Cong guerrilla in the haystack. Just in case, he uses his bayonet.

UPI PHOTO BY STEVE VAN METER 3/24/66

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Sun, 21 Apr 2013 06:00:31 +0100

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Sun, 21 Apr 2013 02:00:59 +0100

vietnamwarera: Medevac

Sat, 20 Apr 2013 22:00:54 +0100

vietnamwarera:

Medevac