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D-day landings scenes in 1944 and now – interactive

102 points by kapkapkap 12y ago

NamTaf 12y ago
This is really, really cool. The ABC here does some interactive images like this [1] and I think I prefer their interface, but they're not usually high-res like this. This sort of interactive image thing is really cool and helps engage users with the content far more than just side-by-side images. edit: What always fascinates me about these sorts of pictures is the degree with which the old buildings are all still there. Coming from Australia, very little of our stuff tends to be 'old' and 200 years is just about the upper limit. It's just so foreign and abstract to me that it's always a little offputting and noticable. [1]: http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/hurricane-sandy-before-after-photos/ http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/hurricane-sandy-before-a...
- ajmurmann 12y ago
  Having grown up in Germany and now living in he US since many years gives me an interesting perspective on this. I am used to an environment that's filled with history like this. I remodeled a 300+ year old house! I find that everything being new in the US makes you feel like you can truly change the world and accomplish anything you want. Being in Europe where most buildings have been around since forever makes you feel small and I find it comforting in a way to have my life put into perspective like that. Iceland had a even stronger impact on me that way because it was so obvious that the land itself had recently (in geological terms) been created and can destroy whatever you do as a human or at least make it all insignificant. I found that calming
  - hga 12y ago
    "Iceland had a even stronger impact on me that way because it was so obvious that the land itself had recently (in geological terms) been created and can destroy whatever you do as a human or at least make it all insignificant." Yeah, I can envision that. America has something related, and related to your feeling about it that "you can truly change the world and accomplish anything you want". We're a land of natural disasters, but very very few of them are as severe and encompassing as the geological events in Iceland. So our disasters tend to invoke a response from the survivors to pick themselves up and rebuild. I had a "better" than front side seat to this starting in 2011: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Joplin_tornado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Joplin_tornado
dba7dba 12y ago
Really awesome photos. As a history buff, it's fascinating.
glhaynes 12y ago
I wish there were an option to change the speed of the crossfade. The 2.5 second crossfade is nice but it'd be fun to try it at about 0.25 seconds, too.
- crististm 12y ago
  you can use the mouse: click and drag left-right
xkiwi 12y ago
I wish there are more pictures like these available on internet. Anyone know where to look for?
- bhaumik 12y ago
  http://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn http://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn http://www.reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/ http://www.reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/ http://www.reddit.com/r/oldschoolcool http://www.reddit.com/r/oldschoolcool
- jnord 12y ago
  A few more can be found here with black-and-white overlays: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219584/Ghosts-war-Artist-superimposes-World-War-II-photographs-modern-pictures-street-scenes.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219584/Ghosts-war-A... http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-ghosts-of-world-war-iis http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-ghosts-of-worl... http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/images-world-war-devastation-overlaid-modern-photos-france/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/images-world-war-devasta... http://www.businessinsider.com.au/europe-overlay-photos-2014-4 http://www.businessinsider.com.au/europe-overlay-photos-2014... http://petapixel.com/2013/04/02/photos-of-modern-day-locations-blended-with-shots-of-major-historical-events/ http://petapixel.com/2013/04/02/photos-of-modern-day-locatio... http://www.pinterest.com/tlwillen/ghost-photos-world-war-2/ http://www.pinterest.com/tlwillen/ghost-photos-world-war-2/ http://www.pinterest.com/jarm69/now-and-then/ http://www.pinterest.com/jarm69/now-and-then/
- micampe 12y ago
  The technique is called rephotograpy, search for that and you'll find many more.
- xkiwi 12y ago
  thank you for the reply, this is very interest to know.
crisnoble 12y ago
In case you are frustrated by the fact that the images are taller than your browser, add this to your inspector stylesheet: img { max-height: 100vh; width: auto!important; }
dang 12y ago
Url changed from http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-s... to (what appears to be) the original source.
chrismcb 12y ago
I appreciate the new photos were taken at the same position and angle as the originals.
donmb 12y ago
Great work!
Argorak 12y ago
One detail I always look at are the repair of buildings. e.g. the church in the picture still bears the damage (by the different color of stone), but is otherwise in the same state. In Berlin, for example, a lot of the damage of the fights on the museum island visible or repair is very obvious. This post has 2 good examples: http://planet2.de/netzlog/?p=2093 http://planet2.de/netzlog/?p=2093 (Text is rather uninteresting)

102 points by kapkapkap 12y ago

This is really, really cool. The ABC here does some interactive images like this [1] and I think I prefer their interface, but they're not usually high-res like this. This sort of interactive image thing is really cool and helps engage users with the content far more than just side-by-side images. edit: What always fascinates me about these sorts of pictures is the degree with which the old buildings are all still there. Coming from Australia, very little of our stuff tends to be 'old' and 200 years is just about the upper limit. It's just so foreign and abstract to me that it's always a little offputting and noticable. [1]: http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/hurricane-sandy-before-after-photos/ http://www.abc.net.au/news/specials/hurricane-sandy-before-a...

ajmurmann 12y ago
Having grown up in Germany and now living in he US since many years gives me an interesting perspective on this. I am used to an environment that's filled with history like this. I remodeled a 300+ year old house! I find that everything being new in the US makes you feel like you can truly change the world and accomplish anything you want. Being in Europe where most buildings have been around since forever makes you feel small and I find it comforting in a way to have my life put into perspective like that. Iceland had a even stronger impact on me that way because it was so obvious that the land itself had recently (in geological terms) been created and can destroy whatever you do as a human or at least make it all insignificant. I found that calming
- hga 12y ago
  "Iceland had a even stronger impact on me that way because it was so obvious that the land itself had recently (in geological terms) been created and can destroy whatever you do as a human or at least make it all insignificant." Yeah, I can envision that. America has something related, and related to your feeling about it that "you can truly change the world and accomplish anything you want". We're a land of natural disasters, but very very few of them are as severe and encompassing as the geological events in Iceland. So our disasters tend to invoke a response from the survivors to pick themselves up and rebuild. I had a "better" than front side seat to this starting in 2011: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Joplin_tornado https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Joplin_tornado

dba7dba 12y ago

Really awesome photos. As a history buff, it's fascinating.

glhaynes 12y ago

I wish there were an option to change the speed of the crossfade. The 2.5 second crossfade is nice but it'd be fun to try it at about 0.25 seconds, too.

crististm 12y ago
you can use the mouse: click and drag left-right

xkiwi 12y ago

I wish there are more pictures like these available on internet. Anyone know where to look for?

bhaumik 12y ago
http://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn http://www.reddit.com/r/HistoryPorn http://www.reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/ http://www.reddit.com/r/TheWayWeWere/ http://www.reddit.com/r/oldschoolcool http://www.reddit.com/r/oldschoolcool
jnord 12y ago
A few more can be found here with black-and-white overlays: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219584/Ghosts-war-Artist-superimposes-World-War-II-photographs-modern-pictures-street-scenes.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219584/Ghosts-war-A... http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-ghosts-of-world-war-iis http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/the-ghosts-of-worl... http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/images-world-war-devastation-overlaid-modern-photos-france/ http://www.pbs.org/newshour/updates/images-world-war-devasta... http://www.businessinsider.com.au/europe-overlay-photos-2014-4 http://www.businessinsider.com.au/europe-overlay-photos-2014... http://petapixel.com/2013/04/02/photos-of-modern-day-locations-blended-with-shots-of-major-historical-events/ http://petapixel.com/2013/04/02/photos-of-modern-day-locatio... http://www.pinterest.com/tlwillen/ghost-photos-world-war-2/ http://www.pinterest.com/tlwillen/ghost-photos-world-war-2/ http://www.pinterest.com/jarm69/now-and-then/ http://www.pinterest.com/jarm69/now-and-then/
micampe 12y ago
The technique is called rephotograpy, search for that and you'll find many more.
xkiwi 12y ago
thank you for the reply, this is very interest to know.

crisnoble 12y ago

In case you are frustrated by the fact that the images are taller than your browser, add this to your inspector stylesheet: img { max-height: 100vh; width: auto!important; }

dang 12y ago

Url changed from http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-slider-master/index.html?ww2-dday http://interactive.guim.co.uk/embed/2014/apr/image-opacity-s... to (what appears to be) the original source.

chrismcb 12y ago

I appreciate the new photos were taken at the same position and angle as the originals.

donmb 12y ago

Great work!

Argorak 12y ago

One detail I always look at are the repair of buildings. e.g. the church in the picture still bears the damage (by the different color of stone), but is otherwise in the same state. In Berlin, for example, a lot of the damage of the fights on the museum island visible or repair is very obvious. This post has 2 good examples: http://planet2.de/netzlog/?p=2093 http://planet2.de/netzlog/?p=2093 (Text is rather uninteresting)