The Earth as you’ve never seen it (probably) before. 🧵
1. Indus River from Leh, India 🇮🇳
2. This is a 360° camera view from the top of Mount Everest.
3. Kīlauea, one of the most active volcanoes on Earth, is famous for its lava flowing directly into the ocean, creating dramatic steam plumes and expanding Hawaii’s coastline.
1. A 9th Century Monolithic Sandstone Shiva Linga was unearthed in Vietnam’s Cham Temple Complex.
2. Drainage system of Indus Valley civilisation at Lothal Gujarat, India. This drainage system and pipes date back to 2500BC.
3. The Swedish warship Vasa sank in 1628 less than a mile into its maiden voyage and was recovered from the sea floor after 333 years almost completely intact.
It is now housed at the Vasa Museum in Stockholm and is considered the world's best-preserved 17th-century ship.
Some of the Heart-Breaking Moments captured on camera.🧵
A Thread Not for the soft-hearted ⚠️
1. 1993 photo of a starving Sudanese child stalked by a vulture, taken by Kevin Carter. Carter won the 1994 Pulitzer for this image but died by suicide. In his suicide note, he wrote, "I am haunted by the vivid memories. of starving or wounded children...
2. A father stares at the hand and foot of his five-year-old daughter severed as a punishment for failing to make the daily rubber quota, Belgian Congo, 1904.
2. The most deserved belt in history was given to Bridget Walker the little boy who saved his little sister from a German shepherd dog. He had 90 stitches all over his body, but saved his three-year-old sister from certain death. And had said "If anyone has to die, it would be me, I am the big brother" ❤️ 👉 The World Boxing Council 94 94 (WBC) has recognized him as a full time world champion. He has the official WBC historical record, for being the best fighter in the world for a day. Respect 🫡
3. This child was a cancer patient, and his last wish was to fight Triple H.🥺