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May 15^th, 2012 at 5:46pm

The night sky on May 5 was animated by the once-a-year cosmic event of the perigee moon. Popularly known as the "Supermoon", the moon appears much larger above us when the elliptical orbit brings it within 221,802 miles to Earth, the closest point. The effect is magnified during a full moon, when we see our nearest celestial neighbour appear roughly 20 percent brighter and 15 percent larger.

The moon shines behind the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro on May 6, 2012.

Lanterns released by Buddhist worshippers fly as the full moon shines in the background during a procession commemorating Waisak, which marks the birth, death and enlightenment of Buddha at the 9th century Borobudur temple in Magelang, Indonesia

A full moon shines behind the minaret of Mohamed Ali Mosque in Cairo on May 5, 2012

The full moon rises behind a mosque in Amman on May 5, 2012.

Tourists look at the moon rising over the ancient temple of Poseidon at Cape Sounion, Greece on May 5, 2012

The moon appears behind the Mare shanty town complex in Rio de Janeiro on May 6, 2012.

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Ex Dame Pansi Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 24168	Re: Interesting Images Reply #1 - May 15^th, 2012 at 5:53pm Beautiful photography.
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Reply #2 - May 16^th, 2012 at 1:23pm

May 2012. A Syrian rebel rode a bicycle in Syria’s Homs province. The violence around the country is eroding a peace plan that many U.N. observers see as the last hope to calm the 14-month-old crisis

May 2012. Israeli policemen detained a Palestinian boy in the east Jerusalem Arab neighborhood of Issawiya, during protests to mark Nakba Day, which commemorates the exodus after Israel’s independence in 1948.

May 2012. Swimmer Xavi Torres of Spain carried his orthopedic legs after a training session in Palma de Mallorca . He currently owns four world swimming records in different categories

A Homless boy sleeping inside a train , Jakarta, Indonesia

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metal_j Full Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 141	Re: Interesting Images Reply #3 - May 17^th, 2012 at 7:59pm A vendor jumps from the top of one overcrowded train to another as thousands of Bangladeshi Muslims try to return home after attending the three-day Islamic congregation on the banks of the River Turag in Tongi, outside the Bangladeshi capital Dhaka, on Jan. 23 2011.
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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Take the plan, spin it sideways Posts: 7057 Gender:	Re: Interesting Images Reply #4 - May 17^th, 2012 at 8:09pm Hi. Great photographs. Where did you get the one with the Palestinian boy?
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Avram Horowitz Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3153 Australia Gender:	Re: Interesting Images Reply #5 - May 17^th, 2012 at 8:19pm Annie Anthrax wrote on May 17^th, 2012 at 8:09pm: Hi. Great photographs. Where did you get the one with the Palestinian boy? This is for your propaganda collection Annie?
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Annie Anthrax Gold Member Offline Take the plan, spin it sideways Posts: 7057 Gender:	Re: Interesting Images Reply #6 - May 17^th, 2012 at 8:24pm No, Avram. I'd like to read the story. I'd like to understand why it takes 4 big strong policemen in riot gear to detain a little boy.
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Reply #7 - May 17^th, 2012 at 9:24pm

Hi Annie Anthrax , I'm glad you like the images ...sometimes a single image can tell a story more than the written word , granted that those images are far and few in-between...but... nevertheless it's very possible.
As for the image of the Palestinian boy, I took it from a news paper article ... I'm sorry to say that I did not keep the page.
I spend a lot of my free time scouring through magazines and newspapers not so much for its article but for its images .

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freediver Gold Member Online www.ozpolitic.com Posts: 48971 At my desk.	Re: Interesting Images Reply #8 - May 17^th, 2012 at 9:27pm That photo is a great analogy for the power struggles in the middle east.
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Avram Horowitz Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3153 Australia Gender:	Re: Interesting Images Reply #9 - May 17^th, 2012 at 9:48pm freediver wrote on May 17^th, 2012 at 9:27pm: That photo is a great analogy for the power struggles in the middle east. Yes that they send their youths to cause the trouble.
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metal_j Full Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 141	Re: Interesting Images Reply #10 - May 18^th, 2012 at 9:09pm Thousands of armored US military vehicles sit in huge lots at Camp Victory, a giant sprawling military base on the edge of Baghdad airport, on June 24, 2010 as American troops sort through the mass of hardware and supplies that must either be taken home, sent to Afghanistan, or destroy.
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Reply #11 - May 18^th, 2012 at 9:29pm

Gilad Shalit ( גלעד שליט , born 28 August 1986) is an Israeli soldier of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) who was captured inside Israel by Hamas militants in a cross-border raid via underground tunnels near the Israeli border with Gaza on 25 June 2006.

The Hamas militants held him for over five years, until his release on 18 October 2011 as part of a prisoner exchange deal.

During his captivity, Hamas turned down requests from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to be allowed to visit Shalit claiming that any such visit could betray Shalit's location. However, multiple human rights organizations criticize this stance, claiming that the conditions of Shalit's confinement were contrary to international humanitarian law.

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Avram Horowitz Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 3153 Australia Gender:	Re: Interesting Images Reply #12 - May 18^th, 2012 at 9:32pm Prime Minister Netanyahu welcomes home freed IDF Soldier Gilad Shalit after securing his release from Hamas Terrorists.
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adelcrow Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20133 everywhere Gender:	Re: Interesting Images Reply #13 - May 18^th, 2012 at 9:35pm Its good to see he wasn't tortured and murdered like the many Palestinian and Lebanese children kidnapped and incarcerated in Israeli gaols.
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adelcrow Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 20133 everywhere Gender:	Re: Interesting Images Reply #14 - May 18^th, 2012 at 9:36pm
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