Thread of before & after photos 🧵
1. In Brazil, this couple planted 2 million trees in 20 years, restoring 1,500 acres of rainforest and reviving 172 bird species, 33 mammals, 15 reptiles, and 293 plants. The world should know them: meet Sebastiao Salgado and Lélia Wanick.
1. In Brazil, this couple planted 2 million trees in 20 years, restoring 1,500 acres of rainforest and reviving 172 bird species, 33 mammals, 15 reptiles, and 293 plants. The world should know them: meet Sebastiao Salgado and Lélia Wanick.
2. A lighthouse in Michigan, before and after an ice storm
3. Frauenkirche, Dresden, Germany
Dresden's iconic Baroque masterpiece, destroyed by Allied bombings in 1945, was faithfully reconstructed using original bricks that had remained in ruins since the war.
Dresden's iconic Baroque masterpiece, destroyed by Allied bombings in 1945, was faithfully reconstructed using original bricks that had remained in ruins since the war.
4. Chichen Itza in 1892 and today
5. Neue Elbbrücke Bridge
The original design, completed in 1887, included two stunning Gothic gateways. It was demolished in 1959 to make way for an additional lane.
The original design, completed in 1887, included two stunning Gothic gateways. It was demolished in 1959 to make way for an additional lane.
6. Before its excavation, the majestic Pyramid of the Sun in Teotihuacan looked like a regular hill.
A lithograph from 1870 compared to a modern photo.
A lithograph from 1870 compared to a modern photo.
7. A before-and-after look at the excavation of the Ancient Greek Stadium of Magnesia, located in today's Turkey.
8. Bike ride before and after the Berlin Wall
9. The Lincoln Memorial before and after the construction of the reflecting pool
10. A couple at Woodstock: captured 48 hours after they first met, and the same couple 50 years later, still happily together.
“We had known each other for less than 2 days when that picture was taken.” - Judy and Jerry Griffin
“We had known each other for less than 2 days when that picture was taken.” - Judy and Jerry Griffin
11. Oxford in 1810 and 2022.
Some places stay the same.
Some places stay the same.
12. Piccadilly Circus, London, 1949 - 2021
13. Old London Bridge vs London Bridge now
The current bridge, opened in 1973, replaced a 19th-century stone-arched bridge that had been built after the demolition of a marvelous medieval stone bridge dating back to 1176-1209.
The current bridge, opened in 1973, replaced a 19th-century stone-arched bridge that had been built after the demolition of a marvelous medieval stone bridge dating back to 1176-1209.
14. Best friends since WW2
15. Machu Picchu, before and after the Bingham excavation
“The stone work and the presence of these splendid edifices led me to believe that Machu Picchu might be the most important ruin discovered in South America since the days of the Spanish conquest.” - H. Bingham, 1913
“The stone work and the presence of these splendid edifices led me to believe that Machu Picchu might be the most important ruin discovered in South America since the days of the Spanish conquest.” - H. Bingham, 1913
16. Tokyo after WW2
17. Best friends forever
18. Hong Kong in 1964 and today
19. In 1964, Ringo Starr photographed some high school students who had skipped class to see the Beatles on their first U.S. tour.
Fifty years later, they recreated the photo.
Fifty years later, they recreated the photo.
20. WWI trenches back then and today
21. Another example of reforestation in Rio de Janeiro
22. Penn Station in New York City
23. Before and after the restoration of a 2,200-year-old theater in the ancient city of Laodicea, a previously little-known archaeological site in western Denizli, Turkey.
24. Washington Square Arch in NYC, 1997 vs 2020
25. In 1990 a child posed with his pilot father in an airplane.
Father and son 30 years later.
Father and son 30 years later.
26. The Roman Forum in all its glory and today
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27. The Big Oak, Georgia (1895/2020)
28. The Arch of Ctesiphon as it may have appeared in 600 AD versus how it looks now in modern-day Iraq.
29. Visitors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art admiring the same painting in 1910 and 2019.
30. Town square in Uelzen, Germany, during the Battle of the Rhine (April 1945) and in 2021.
30. Town square in Uelzen, Germany, during the Battle of the Rhine (April 1945) and in 2021.
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