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c/til · by JohnDClay@sh.itjust.works · 1y

TIL about this picture of horseshoe curve taken at midnight with 6500 flashbulbs

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/94/A423%2C_Horseshoe_Curve%2C_Altoona%2C_Pennsylvania%2C_USA%2C_1954_centennial_image_in_railroad_museum.jpg?20170131232748

For the 100th anniversary in 1954, Sylvania set this picture up with thousands of flash bulbs.

https://www.trainorders.com/discussion/read.php?2,698857,nodelay=1

Apparently the fireworks were added in post.

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Shadow@lemmy.ca · 28 pts · 1y

For anyone as confused as me: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horseshoe_Curve_(Pennsylvania)

aramis87@fedia.io · 5 pts · 1y

You can see the original photo: open here, then search for horseshoe.

FlyingSquid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y

I would hope those fireworks were added in post considering where they are.

Etterra@discuss.online · 2 pts · 1y

Is it just me or does it look like a Minecraft build?