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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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#1
Aa Of The Sphinx - It Has A Tail!
Sum Guy 4 years ago
Still cool... now look at the far distance and you'll see cairo and how these pictures are always looking away from the chaos that is cairo. just go to google street view and find the pyramids, then turn around... you'll be dissapointed
Jeanie Roundy 4 years ago
From this view, Cairo is so close !! How far away is it?
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Lanie 4 years ago
You can't be serious. You will never get a second chance.
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Andy Acceber 4 years ago
It looks like hundreds of years of tourists have made it remarkably smooth.
Cat Noir 4 years ago
I remember looking at the tail and feeling immensely satisfied. I can't explain it. Seeing the Sphinx close up was amazing. So mysterious. But the tail. I could not stop looking at it. Beautiful creature.
Prilsy 4 years ago
I'm feeling like that right now. Somehow this makes me so happy.
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Susan Widomski 4 years ago
So much about it we don't know. Parts added after original sculpture created.
Strawberry Person 4 years ago
I always knew it had a tail but the thought of it having a tail scared me
Amanda Reicha 4 years ago
I like watching documentaries and watching/reading about ancient history. I don't think I've ever seen or read something that didn't have a picture without the tail (multiple pictures an one included the tail or multiple video images had an image of the tail).
Lanie 4 years ago
No, that's just what it looks like in the photos. It's one of those optical illusions.
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Lanie 4 years ago
Wha...? I can't- (and you are the 2nd person here that claims the same thing!)
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Candace Fitzpatrick 4 years ago
And it’s still in pretty great condition since it’s been under sand for all those years. Considering it was built around 2500BC, the tail and paws were uncovered only in the very late 1800s.
Joeshar 4 years ago (edited)
Wow, it's one of icons of the world and only few people know this detail
Lanie 4 years ago
I will be the optimistic one. I hope it's the other way around. Only few people don't know that "detail". :)
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Sar-kei Scyence 4 years ago
It has the body of a lion, why wouldn’t it have a tail? Also in the time it was it was constructed it faced the constellation Leo.
Purple Panda Rae'n 4 years ago
I knew it! The Sphinx HAS to have a tail. It wouldn't make sense any other way!
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Photo Of A Hiker Watching The Eruption Of Mt. St. Helens From Mt. Adams, About 37 Miles To The East.
#3
Onlookers In Horror And Disbelief As They Watch The Twin Towers Collapse On 9/11
Monty Is Fiennes 4 years ago
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.
#4
The David Statue Protected By Bricks During Ww2
Steve Barnett 4 years ago
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.
#5
Charles Ebbets Photographing “Lunch On A Skyscraper”, The Famous Picture Of Workers In NY Eating Their Lunch On A Hanging Steel Beam
#6
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.”
#7
Bob Ross Before His Perm + Beard
#8
Neil Armstrong’s Family Watching His Launch To The Moon-1969
Michelle M 4 years ago
One small step for man. A giant leap for mankind. Funny how humans haven't been on the moon in almost 50 years.
#9
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.
#10
Backside Of Tutankhamuns Mask
#11
Prince William Giving “Middle Finger” After Prince Louis’ Birth
#12
The Tank Man Photo From The Day Of The Tiananmen Square Massacre In 1989, Uncropped
#13
The Beatles Lining Up For The Abbey Road Album Cover Photo
Steve Barnett 4 years ago (edited)
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!
#14
A More Depressing View Of The Taj Mahal
Steve Barnett 4 years ago (edited)
Been there. The Taj Mahal is beautiful, but it is right next to a plastic, effluent filled river.
#15
Queen Filming The Iconic Bohemian Rhapsody Music Video In 1975
#16
Different View Of The Pyramids
#17
Lincoln Memorial Before The Reflecting Pool
#18
Sydney Opera House From Top
#19
I Have A Dream
#20
The Leaning Tower Of Pisa Is Empty On The Inside
#21
The Nevermind Baby Getting Out Of The Pool
#22
Lady Liberty
Marno Cameron 4 years ago
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.
#23
Star Wars Episode Iv Opening Crawl
#24
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
Marno Cameron 4 years ago
Wow! That was huge! Wikipedia says it was a calcium deposit tumor and his death was from a heart attack.
#25
Tiananmen Square Before The Infamous Picture, The Guy Is In The Top Left, 1989
#26
Behind The Price Is Right Wheel
#27
Alternate Angle Of The Phantom Menace
#28
Not The Typical View Of The Tiananmen Square Protests...
#29
The Position Of The Camera Man Who Took The Picture Of The Dallas Shooter
#30
Soldiers At A Port In England Waiting To Leave For Normandy On D Day
#31
The Set Of Seinfeld
#32
Mount Rushmore
#33
The Beatles Rooftop Concert 1969
Russian Otaku 4 years ago
I'm sure there was the random guy yelling stfu XD depending when they were doing this
#34
The Back Panel Of The Mona Lisa
#35
Muhammad Ali Standing Over Sonny Liston
#36
The Back Of The Iconic “Welcome To Fabulous Las Vegas” Sign
#37
The Back Of The Rosetta Stone
Brandy Grote 4 years ago
I was there. Such an amazing hunk of stone. It changed our knowledge of ancient languages.
#38
Aa Of The Capstone Of The Washington Monument
#39
Michael Richards As Kramer Preparing To Make An Entrance
M O'Connell 4 years ago
I wonder if there was actually a latch on that door, or if it just had a magnet holding it closed, some of his entrances carried a lot of inertia.
#40
The Oscars Selfie
#41
George W Bush, Reading To Students At A Tampa Elementary School, Moments Before Learning About The Second Plane Hitting The WTC On 9/11
Bonnie Bush 4 years ago
*Sarasota elementary school, at least an hour from Tampa. It was my old school.
#42
White House During 1950 Truman Renovations
lara 4 years ago
First they went in and removed everything. Then they removed the floors, walls, ceilings and stored them. Then they gutted it to the outside walls. Then they totally rebuilt it. It had been "refurbished" twice before. The first time was in the 1800's and they did a piss poor job. The second time was in the late 1800's. When the were installing something they discovered the the inside walls were rotting the entire building was unsafe. So Truman moved to Blair House and the building was "torn down" except for the outside walls and rebuilt.
#43
The Man Before He Was On The Moon
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Frances M 4 years ago
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?
Alladinsane 4 years ago
I think this photo fits here https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJ85QZnQGH1SwdjJGI54SW1DzE-CtfEkntw2OAdZz3Fd0012DTvpP1nXM&s=10
Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago
Those were fantastic photos. Amazing what a different view can show!!
Carman Davis 4 years ago
These are awesome!!! Not your average photos. Cudos to the photographer
Gabby M 4 years ago
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... Frances M 4 years ago
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?
Alladinsane 4 years ago
I think this photo fits here https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJ85QZnQGH1SwdjJGI54SW1DzE-CtfEkntw2OAdZz3Fd0012DTvpP1nXM&s=10
Dorothy Cloud 3 years ago
Those were fantastic photos. Amazing what a different view can show!!
Carman Davis 4 years ago
These are awesome!!! Not your average photos. Cudos to the photographer
Gabby M 4 years ago
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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