The 45 Most Powerful Images of 2011

• oberhaus

  

  Fab1b;1004466 wrote:Look at her she is begging to be sprayed all over her face and hair

  
  Thats how I see it. Mouth wide open ready to take it all in.
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  For me, "most powerful" is the before and after shot of the tornado in Joplin, Missouri.
  
  
• FatHobbit

  

  Scarlet_Buckeye;1004476 wrote:For me, "most powerful" is the before and after shot of the tornado in Joplin, Missouri.
  
  

  That is a crazy pic, but it looks to me like they are not from the same spot. There is a road to the right in the before pic and driveway in the after. IMO it would be so much better if they were the same.
• DeyDurkie5

  

  FatHobbit;1004568 wrote:That is a crazy pic, but it looks to me like they are not from the same spot. There is a road to the right in the before pic and driveway in the after. IMO it would be so much better if they were the same.

  that is the same spot. ya moron
• Skyhook79

  

  DeyDurkie5;1004435 wrote:what, you didnt believe in it?!!?!

  Matthew 24:36-37:
  
  36 No one knows about that day or hour, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but only the Father.
  
  37 As it was in the days of Noah, so it will be at the coming of the Son of Man.
  
  
  Just for you DeyDurkie.:thumbup:
• Polar Bear 73

  Scarlet_Buckeye;1004476 wrote:For me, "most powerful" is the before and after shot of the tornado in Joplin, Missouri.
  
  

  Reminds me of Xenia, Ohio in April 1974. I stood and looked at a housing addition (I think it was called Arrowhead) that looked almost exactly like that "after" shot.
• Sonofanump

  
• Shane Falco

  No it isn't Look.... the street in the 2nd pic is not as wide and it has a "hill" in it. The curb where the man is standing isn't the same. It is still a powerfull pic of what happened but I don't think its the "same location" either.
• ernest_t_bass

  

  Shane Falco;1004916 wrote:No it isn't Look.... the street in the 2nd pic is not as wide and it has a "hill" in it. The curb where the man is standing isn't the same. It is still a powerfull pic of what happened but I don't think its the "same location" either.

  
  There's trees in the first one, and the second appears to be a field. Definitely not the same.
• GoPens

  

  ccrunner609;1003579 wrote:THose are pretty weak........alot of pepper spray. Those people shouldnt be immortalized for probably breaking the law. Amy Winehouse???? Really? 2 old lezbos?????
  
  Even the tsunami photos werent the best ones to capture that tragic moment.

  chicago510;1003592 wrote:CCrunner what photos do you propose instead? World track and field championships?

  He was hoping for Jerry Sandusky's locker room pictures.
• dwccrew

  

  For me, it is the picture of the casket of the dead soldier and his dog laying in front of the casket. Dog is heartbroken.
• dazedconfused

  

  the joplin pictures, while still powerful, would have been better if they used the same location. also, was there just a surplus of pepper spray around the world this year? crazy how many people needed to be sprayed
• OSH

  

  What about the images that are up for National Geographic's Photo of the Year?
  
  EDIT: May be a NSFW picture in there...