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Physicist discovers fascinating detail about iconic WWII photo ["The Kiss" NY's Times Sq]
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| July 08, 2015
| Elizabeth Armstrong Moore
Posted on 07/10/2015 12:50:42 PM PDT by ETL
The party started early on VJ Day. Though the official announcement that World War II ended wasn't made until closer to 7pm on Aug. 14, 1945, a scientific assessment of the famous photo of the couple kissing in celebration, called "VJ Day in Times Square" and widely known as "The Kiss," reveals the duo actually locked lips before thenat 5:51pm Eastern, to be precise.
So reports a team of scientists that includes a physicist and astronomer in the August issue of Sky & Telescope magazine. While they can't say with certainty who the couple is, they've used clues in the photo, such as shadows and light angles, as well as vintage maps and aerial photos, to determine the precise time photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt captured one of the century's most iconic images.
Physicist Donald Olson says it took four years to sort out, a journey that started in 2010 when an astrophysicist friend and colleague pointed outin response to a New York Times article detailing new evidence about the imagethat a peculiar shadow was draping part of the Bond clock in the background, reports Wired.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: alfredeisenstaedt; donaldolson; edithshain; georgemendonsa; glennmcduffie; thekiss; vjday; vjdayintimessquare; worldwar2; ww2
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Wonder what they were doing by 7!
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:50:43 PM PDT
by
ETL
A slightly different angle of the couple kissing that was memorialized by photojournalist Alfred Eisenstaedt on Aug. 14, 1945. (Lt. Victor Jorgensen / US Navy photograph, National Archives)
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:51:00 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
I’m glad our tax money is going to such good use.
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:52:30 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
To: ETL
Did the nurse give affirmative consent to be kissed if not the sailor needs to be charged with sexual assault. That photo smacks of heteronormative patriarchy.
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:53:23 PM PDT
by
C19fan
To: ETL
Why is this important, and how much taxpayer money was spent on this study?
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:53:25 PM PDT
by
Cowboy Bob
(Isn't it funny that Socialists never want to share their own money?)
To: ETL
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:54:04 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
To: Seruzawa
At least they didn’t conclude the sailor was sexually assaulting the nurse like they did last year.
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:54:35 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: ETL
The Americans were a much better people than we are.
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:56:24 PM PDT
by
The Toll
To: ETL
why is either he or the other sailors in the picture out of uniform?
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:56:28 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Freedom isn't free, liberty isn't liberal and you'll never find anything Right on the Left)
To: ETL
People in street appear to be in celebration mode. It would be easy to understand that the celebration started before the official announcement.
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:56:35 PM PDT
by
Raycpa
To: ETL
Another angle from Florida:
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:56:59 PM PDT
by
antidisestablishment
(The last days of America will not resemble Rome, but Carthage.)
To: rlmorel
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:57:27 PM PDT
by
antidisestablishment
(The last days of America will not resemble Rome, but Carthage.)
To: ETL
Whew... I thought they were going to say the sailor was a tranny and the nurse was a dyke, or vice versa.
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:57:57 PM PDT
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Stormdog
(A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
To: ETL
I see this was at the corner of Happy and Healthy Streets.
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:58:03 PM PDT
by
Ken H
To: Cowboy Bob
Why is this importantI wouldn't say it's important. Interesting, ok.
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:58:07 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: rlmorel
Ahh, Sarasota. Drove past it last week.
To: rlmorel
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posted on
07/10/2015 12:59:56 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: muir_redwoods
why is either he or the other sailors in the picture out of uniform?Probably whites were optional, can't be sure.
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posted on
07/10/2015 1:03:30 PM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America, a Rule of Mob nation)
To: Cowboy Bob
how much taxpayer money was spent on this study?No idea.
"Physicist Donald Olson says it took four years to sort out"
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posted on
07/10/2015 1:05:14 PM PDT
by
ETL
(ALL (most?) of the Obama-commie connections at my FR Home page: http://www.freerepublic.com/~etl/)
To: ETL
"...I'm here for KISS..?????..whoops wrong room"
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posted on
07/10/2015 1:06:04 PM PDT
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Doogle
(( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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