June 14, 2010: 20 Years

Look around your yard, your neighborhood, your town/city.
What has changed in the last 20 years?
Probably quite a bit, businesses and buildings have come and gone.
Almost a sure bet there are less trees, and more buildings/traffic/noise.

But it's also a pretty good bet, the changes you see are not as extreme as Shanghai.




To see changes that extreme, you'd probably have to look in the mirror.

sHANGHAI HAS BEEN sHANGHAID!

Wow, the difference is like day and night!

Smartass.

I thought maybe this bldg was a survivor, but I've already changed my mind. Looks like every single bldg has been replaced. Kinda sad, really.

I bet that's not even the same water in the river.

There are many of the same buildings. The two pictures are from different vantages so in the second the buildings are much smaller so you might not recognize some of them.

Note these..
Also a whole wall of new taller buildings are amost completely obscuring any older buildings that were in the old picture closer to the shore.

Well nevermind then.

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Originally Posted by SPUCK Note these.. Also a whole wall of new taller buildings are amost completely obscuring any older buildings that were in the old picture closer to the shore.

I don't know what's funnier:

the "Upright Vacuum" Bldg.

or

the "I ♥ SHIT" sign.

Am I missing something? the comparison shots do not appear in the OP -just the night shot with the added "labels"?

@Monster: Nope, it's odd, but there's no day shot to compare with the night pic, in the OP.

Maybe the day pic looked at the Vacuum Bldg., and laughed so hard it fell right off the forum?

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Originally Posted by monster Am I missing something? the comparison shots do not appear in the OP -just the night shot with the added "labels"?

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Originally Posted by Adak @Monster: Nope, it's odd, but there's no day shot to compare with the night pic, in the OP. Maybe the day pic looked at the Vacuum Bldg., and laughed so hard it fell right off the forum?

ah. That's happened before with something I posted.

I noticed another difference too. See if you can spot it.

This comparison came immediately to mind:
http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=2...ight=hiroshima

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Originally Posted by dmg1969 I noticed another difference too. See if you can spot it. Looks exactly the same to me.

That's not an upright vacuum, that's a bottle opener!

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Originally Posted by Sundae Girl That's not an upright vacuum, that's a bottle opener!

Yes, the system (of hosting Cellar images) was really only ever intended for I's of the D so I didn't harden it against that sort of thing.

He said "harden".

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Originally Posted by Spexxvet He said "harden".

Another difference

Wow. What a change.

Another difference is in the sky itself. You can seen a much more distant horizon in the older picture. It could just be the weather or time of day, but it's just as likely it's pollution.

And I was also going to provide an image showing more links between to two shots but I'm not allowed to post images yet. But to get a good idea of the difference in perspective, look at the clock tower at the very right in the old picture. You'll notice it is a little left of center in the newer picture.

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Originally Posted by loondawg Wow. What a change. Another difference is in the sky itself. You can seen a much more distant horizon in the older picture. It could just be the weather or time of day, but it's just as likely it's pollution.