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They're definitely moving. In the first picture, they're standing next to the lamp post near the tree (you can see the branches on the left). Also note the no

They're definitely moving. In the first picture, they're standing next to the lamp post near the tree (you can see the branches on the left). Also note the no stopping sign facing inwards. In the last picture, they've moved further away from the finish line to the next lamp post - you can see the first lamp post and tree in the background. Also note the no stopping sign on the second lamp post is facing the road. Less obviously, you can see the Slovakia flag, third to the left of the lamp post in the first picture. Harder to make out in the second picture, but it's clearly a white/blue/red tricolor.

anigbrowl 13y ago
I guess we mean different things by 'moving'. They certainly moved from where they were in the first picture, which shows a fairly thinly populated area. My impression is that they hadn't yet chosen their vantage point, perhaps having just arrived. But in the later pictures, they appear to be standing still and watching the runners with everyone else. When I say they don't seem to be moving, I mean they don't appear to be moving relative to the crowd around them, eg departing the area. I'm guessing they're not significant because while they first drew attention for both carrying heavy-looking bags (a black backpack and a blue duffel), that may be a subconscious bias towards the fact that there were two explosions. On the other hand, the two explosions were separated by a city block; so unless one or both of them were spotted a similar distance away from the start point, the fact of the two big bags is probably just coincidence. So many people were taking photos and video that by the time the investigation is done, I imagine there'll be a patchy but contiguous animation of people's movements through the area, at which point it'll be far easier to spot dichotomies in behavior between race viewers and the criminal(s) that carried out the bombing.
- j4_james 13y ago
  Fair enough. I agree that they haven't moved between pictures 2 and 3. But I thought the point was that they were out of range by then, so there would be no need to go any further. Although I must admit that explanation seems highly unlikely.

anigbrowl 13y ago

I guess we mean different things by 'moving'. They certainly moved from where they were in the first picture, which shows a fairly thinly populated area. My impression is that they hadn't yet chosen their vantage point, perhaps having just arrived. But in the later pictures, they appear to be standing still and watching the runners with everyone else. When I say they don't seem to be moving, I mean they don't appear to be moving relative to the crowd around them, eg departing the area. I'm guessing they're not significant because while they first drew attention for both carrying heavy-looking bags (a black backpack and a blue duffel), that may be a subconscious bias towards the fact that there were two explosions. On the other hand, the two explosions were separated by a city block; so unless one or both of them were spotted a similar distance away from the start point, the fact of the two big bags is probably just coincidence. So many people were taking photos and video that by the time the investigation is done, I imagine there'll be a patchy but contiguous animation of people's movements through the area, at which point it'll be far easier to spot dichotomies in behavior between race viewers and the criminal(s) that carried out the bombing.

j4_james 13y ago
Fair enough. I agree that they haven't moved between pictures 2 and 3. But I thought the point was that they were out of range by then, so there would be no need to go any further. Although I must admit that explanation seems highly unlikely.