People Are Sharing ‘Alternate Angles’ Of Iconic Events And Places In History, Here Are 30 Of The Best
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Close your eyes, and imagine the Statue of Liberty. You’ll probably picture its gigantic size, powerful posture, its intense face, the seven spikes of its crown, the way she’s holding a torch… Even if you’ve never seen it in real life, your mind most likely has a common image of it that most people have.
Thanks to the media, popular culture and instant access to virtually any information, we all have developed common perspectives of things, places and historical events. But what if we take a look at the Statue of Liberty from a completely different angle, let’s say, the very back of its head?
Well, one excellent corner of Reddit named “Alternate Angles” may have an answer or many answers to things we see at their face value. In fact, this relatively new online community created in 2019 is dedicated to showing a whole new viewpoint of “iconic events and places in history beyond the traditional well-known photos and videos.”
The result is fresh perspectives and never-before-seen angles that prove there’s so much more than what meets the eye! Plus, scroll down for the interview with the awesome moderator team behind the Alternate Angles subreddit.
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Aa Of The Sphinx - It Has A Tail!
Photo Of A Hiker Watching The Eruption Of Mt. St. Helens From Mt. Adams, About 37 Miles To The East.
Onlookers In Horror And Disbelief As They Watch The Twin Towers Collapse On 9/11
Wow... powerful photo.... so many people were doing this all over the world....clearly remember that morning...
These days, when there’s so much content being shared on Reddit, it’s becoming hard to stand out from the rest of the subreddits. But the Alternate Angles subreddit proves that the internet can be an incredible place where we can all learn something new every day and expand our horizons.
With 132k members, Alternate Angles has been sharing a bunch of very interesting pics that show various objects, places, and events from unusual angles. It comes as a breath of fresh air where the dedicated and professional moderator team stands at the core of it.
The David Statue Protected By Bricks During Ww2
Without googling, it was common to literally burn bridges during WW2 (to inhibit the advance of enemy troops). However, the Ponte Vecchio was deliberately not destroyed by the Germans.
Charles Ebbets Photographing “Lunch On A Skyscraper”, The Famous Picture Of Workers In NY Eating Their Lunch On A Hanging Steel Beam
Onlookers Reacting To The Explosion Of The Challenger Space Shuttle
“The origins are really quite simple,” the mod team told Bored Panda and continued: “A comment in another subreddit of famous pictures suggested that someone should create a sub of different views of famous pictures, which led to the creation of r/AlternateAngles by u/Murkon and another Redditor who decided to step down and is no longer a moderator.”
Most importantly, we asked the moderators to explain the very concept of Alternate Angles. They said that “it can be summed up by a rule: Limit all submissions to alternate views, or unique perspectives, of well-known locations, items, people, and events. An alternate angle of your kitchen does not qualify but Gordon Ramsay's kitchen does."
Having said that, the moderators added that determining what is "well known" is subjective. Hence, “the occasional post of an obviously non-well-known picture slips through, but we strive to keep with the original objective.”
Bob Ross Before His Perm + Beard
Neil Armstrong’s Family Watching His Launch To The Moon-1969
One small step for man. A giant leap for mankind. Funny how humans haven't been on the moon in almost 50 years.
The Statue Of Liberty At The 1878 Paris World Fair Before Being Fully Assembled And Shipped To The United States
Turns out that much harder posts to moderate are those that are fakes or photoshopped. For this reason, the team relies on "the fantastic and active user base to help out with those."
When asked to share some of their own personal Alternate Angles posts, the moderator team said they “could have spent hours culling through thousands and thousands of posts to pick out more.” However, they picked a couple ones for our readers to enjoy: the Lincoln Memorial before the reflecting pool, recording Leo the Lion (the MGM's iconic mascot), this alternate angle of one of the biggest tragedies in US history, and this rare view of the back panel of Mona Lisa.
Backside Of Tutankhamuns Mask
Prince William Giving “Middle Finger” After Prince Louis’ Birth
The Tank Man Photo From The Day Of The Tiananmen Square Massacre In 1989, Uncropped
Blimey, the Chinese government were not messing about with half measures that day. So many tanks!
In my opinion, this is even more powerful when uncropped because it shows the scale of the force they deployed. I never knew he actually stopped a whole column of tanks.
The other photo that’s just some random photo of day to day things - guy on a bike, someone walking to work - and you can just see in the background the tanks is pretty powerful too.
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Uncropped and you still can't see the end of the line-up of tanks. I hope that brave man had a safe and good life.
200,000 troops and more than 100 (!!) tanks converged on Tiananmen Square and opened fire. Soldiers used bayonets, clubs, and rifles loaded with expanding bullets.
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Did he make any difference though? I really do not know.
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Far more interesting is the photo from down the street showing him turning towards the tanks down the road. The balls he had to have the resolve to see and walk down the street towards the tank column
His name was W**g Weilin, a 19-year-old student. No one knows what happened to him but there is much speculation. The most popular and agreed upon theory is that he was executed. But will always be immortal for his bravery.
I never knew! I'm (was) only aware of the cropped version. Thank you for sharing this one!!!
I had no idea either. This photo needs to be much higher!
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The extent of the massacre is still unknown. The Chinese government stated that 200 civilians were killed; student leaders claim up to 3,400 deaths. In 2017, the United Kingdom released a secret diplomatic cable in which a U.K. diplomat relayed a leaked death count—of at least 10,000— from China’s main administrative body.
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When you need tanks to shoot at your own people, and still not realising that YOU are the problem and not them.. every dictatorship in this world.. Powerhungry control freaks .. I hope there is a special hell for dictators.
I remember that. Was 17 at the time, and could hardly not believe the pictures on the news.
I still can't believe the guy in the lead tank didn't just simply radio the rest of the tanks to go around him.
He kept moving in front of the lead tank every time it tried t go around.
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There is a lesson here that our politicians haven't learned. The demonstrations across China at that time were fueled by anger over government corruption. The Central Committee took some steps afterwards to eliminate some of the corruption.
Sure they did ... in response to something they claim never happened? Seriously Orwellian.
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I hope he escaped and is living a good life somewhere, but he probably didn't. I remember watching this on what was the new thing - 24 hour news coverage on CNN and it was live. And sort of feeling like I was about to see these tanks smash him down. Thank God that didnt happen.
Funnily enough, Some people remember this guy in the photo being killed in this situation, others remember him being successful and eventually being arrested and taken away.
Lynn Morello, those who talk about his fate don't know. Those who know don't talk about it.
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I remember that day too... China has still not said if he's dead or alive -- the Chinese do not do 'protest' well... and it's usually permanent. Such a horrible way to live
One man standing against communism and became the symbol of freedom and defiance,
It says something about the humanity of the tank driver. He still cares enough about the humanity of the person in front of him to not simply roll over him, which, if he’d been more psychotic, I guess, he could have easily done!
Think about it. Stopping just one tank is likely tough enough. One person stopped so many with one goal. Some peace. I remember this happening and still to this day, this man is still the idol of so many. And yet he is very humble.
China: All I see is a guy with his shopping on a day where nothing happened.
Don't know why you're getting downvoted. Except you forgot, China: just taking our tanks out for a walk no they don't need to be on a lead, nothing to see
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Paul McCartney: Okay guys, who took my shoes? Lennon: *sniggers*. Harrison: Wha? I’m smoking a joint, exactly what are we doing here? Ringo: Yay, they let me sing a couple of songs!
A More Depressing View Of The Taj Mahal
Been there. The Taj Mahal is beautiful, but it is right next to a plastic, effluent filled river.
Queen Filming The Iconic Bohemian Rhapsody Music Video In 1975
Different View Of The Pyramids
Lincoln Memorial Before The Reflecting Pool
Sydney Opera House From Top
I Have A Dream
The Leaning Tower Of Pisa Is Empty On The Inside
The Nevermind Baby Getting Out Of The Pool
Lady Liberty
On the one hand, it is an amazing photo. On the other hand, the compulsive in me is bothered that the platform/enclosure wasn't constructed with top/bottom symmetry when it is so nearly geometrically satisfying.
Star Wars Episode Iv Opening Crawl
North Korean Founder Kim-Il Sung Had A Baseball Sized Tumor On The Back Of His Head. North Korean Propaganda Officials Had All Photos Taken Of Him From The Left Side. This Is One Of The Few Candid Photos Of The Tumor
Wow! That was huge! Wikipedia says it was a calcium deposit tumor and his death was from a heart attack.
Tiananmen Square Before The Infamous Picture, The Guy Is In The Top Left, 1989
Behind The Price Is Right Wheel
Alternate Angle Of The Phantom Menace
Not The Typical View Of The Tiananmen Square Protests...
The Position Of The Camera Man Who Took The Picture Of The Dallas Shooter
Soldiers At A Port In England Waiting To Leave For Normandy On D Day
Note: this post originally had 43 images. It’s been shortened to the top 30 images based on user votes.
Every image that I was alive for brought back the emotions I felt at the time. Some missing ones not mentioned here but that also sprang to mind, not as photos as they were happening but as news reports quickly afterwards: Chernoble, Boxing Day Tsunami, Columbia, Wako. Why is it mostly the bad ones we remember? Why not the Berlin Wall? End of apartheid or the fall of the USSR? The Good Friday Agreement? The closing of the Ozone hole?
I think this photo fits here https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJ85QZnQGH1SwdjJGI54SW1DzE-CtfEkntw2OAdZz3Fd0012DTvpP1nXM&s=10
Those were fantastic photos. Amazing what a different view can show!!
These are awesome!!! Not your average photos. Cudos to the photographer
Flashback from a time when bp was all about this stuff.Nowadays it is mostly woke bs.But i guess people rather want to see "social issues" than things that we all can admire without dividing people
Everything has a time and place. If you're a marginalized person, you have no choice but to see unjust "social issues", as that is their reality.
Load More Replies... Every image that I was alive for brought back the emotions I felt at the time. Some missing ones not mentioned here but that also sprang to mind, not as photos as they were happening but as news reports quickly afterwards: Chernoble, Boxing Day Tsunami, Columbia, Wako. Why is it mostly the bad ones we remember? Why not the Berlin Wall? End of apartheid or the fall of the USSR? The Good Friday Agreement? The closing of the Ozone hole?
I think this photo fits here https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJ85QZnQGH1SwdjJGI54SW1DzE-CtfEkntw2OAdZz3Fd0012DTvpP1nXM&s=10
Those were fantastic photos. Amazing what a different view can show!!
These are awesome!!! Not your average photos. Cudos to the photographer
Flashback from a time when bp was all about this stuff.Nowadays it is mostly woke bs.But i guess people rather want to see "social issues" than things that we all can admire without dividing people
Everything has a time and place. If you're a marginalized person, you have no choice but to see unjust "social issues", as that is their reality.
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