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Physicist discovers fascinating detail about iconic WWII photo ["The Kiss" NY's Times Sq]
FoxNews ^ | 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 then—at 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 out—in response to a New York Times article detailing new evidence about the image—that 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!
1 posted on 07/10/2015 12:50:43 PM PDT by ETL
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VJDay1.jpg

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)


2 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/)
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To: ETL

I’m glad our tax money is going to such good use.


3 posted on 07/10/2015 12:52:30 PM PDT by Seruzawa (All those memories will be lost,in time, like tears in rain.)
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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.


4 posted on 07/10/2015 12:53:23 PM PDT by C19fan
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To: ETL

Why is this important, and how much taxpayer money was spent on this study?


5 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?)
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To: ETL

6 posted on 07/10/2015 12:54:04 PM PDT by rlmorel ("National success by the Democratic Party equals irretrievable ruin." Ulysses S. Grant.)
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To: Seruzawa

At least they didn’t conclude the sailor was sexually assaulting the nurse like they did last year.


7 posted on 07/10/2015 12:54:35 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: ETL

The Americans were a much better people than we are.


8 posted on 07/10/2015 12:56:24 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: ETL

why is either he or the other sailors in the picture out of uniform?


9 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)
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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.


10 posted on 07/10/2015 12:56:35 PM PDT by Raycpa
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To: ETL
Another angle from Florida:


11 posted on 07/10/2015 12:56:59 PM PDT by antidisestablishment (The last days of America will not resemble Rome, but Carthage.)
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To: rlmorel

Beat me!


12 posted on 07/10/2015 12:57:27 PM PDT by antidisestablishment (The last days of America will not resemble Rome, but Carthage.)
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To: ETL

Whew... I thought they were going to say the sailor was a tranny and the nurse was a dyke, or vice versa.


13 posted on 07/10/2015 12:57:57 PM PDT by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: ETL

I see this was at the corner of Happy and Healthy Streets.


14 posted on 07/10/2015 12:58:03 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Cowboy Bob
Why is this important

I wouldn't say it's important. Interesting, ok.

15 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/)
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To: rlmorel

Ahh, Sarasota. Drove past it last week.


16 posted on 07/10/2015 12:58:51 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: rlmorel

Navy can do!


17 posted on 07/10/2015 12:59:56 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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why is either he or the other sailors in the picture out of uniform?

Probably whites were optional, can't be sure.

18 posted on 07/10/2015 1:03:30 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America, a Rule of Mob nation)
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how much taxpayer money was spent on this study?

No idea.

"Physicist Donald Olson says it took four years to sort out"

19 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/)
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"...I'm here for KISS..?????..whoops wrong room"

20 posted on 07/10/2015 1:06:04 PM PDT by Doogle (( USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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