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Apple iPad 32GB wi-fi, a.k.a. Love.

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This is a case of 1 photographer photographing a 2nd photographer. The following photos were taken by Hans van de Vorst from the Netherlands at the Grand Canyon, Arizona . The descriptions are his own. The identity of the photographer in the photos is unknown.
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I was simply stunned seeing this guy standing on this solitary rock at the Grand Canyon . The canyon's depth is 900 meters(3000ft) here. The rock on the right is next to the canyon and is safe.
Watching this guy wearing flipflop sandals, with camera and tripod, I asked myself 3 questions:

1. How did he get onto that rock?
2. Why not take that sunset picture from the rock to the right, which is perfectly safe?
3. How will he get back?

After the sun set behind the canyon's horizon, he packed his things (having only one free hand) and prepared himself for the jump. This all took about 2 minutes. At that point he had the full attention of the crowd of tourists.


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He's now at the point of no return.
He jumped in his flipflops.



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Now you can see that the safe rock is higher so he had to land lower, which was quite steep, and tried to use his one free hand to grab the rock.


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Look carefully at the photographer. He has a camera, a tripod and also a plastic bag, all on his shoulder or in his left hand. Only his right hand is available to grab the rock and the weight of his stuff is a problem. He lands low. Both his right hand and right foot are slipping. At that very moment, I take this shot. He then pushes his body against the rock, waits for a few seconds, throws his stuff up on the flat rock, climbs up and walks away, presumably to a bathroom to change his shorts. I nearly had to change mine....... and I was just watching!

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Phantom Cigarettes FTW! Thanks Vivek Raval, Ayush Saran!

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Inception

via @ashumittal

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Nikon 50mm f/1.4G AF-S

aka LOVE.

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Evelyn Mchale by Robert Wiles

On May Day, just after leaving her fiancé, 23-year-old Evelyn McHale wrote a note. 'He is much better off without me ... I wouldn't make a good wife for anybody,' ... Then she crossed it out. She went to the observation platform of the Empire State Building. Through the mist she gazed at the street, 86 floors below. Then she jumped. In her desperate determination she leaped clear of the setbacks and hit a United Nations limousine parked at the curb. Across the street photography student Robert Wiles heard an explosive crash. Just four minutes after Evelyn McHale's death Wiles got this picture of death's violence and its composure.

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Yeah, that's a 50mm 1.4, a 90mm 2.8, 10-20mm 4-5.6 ultra wide-angle and the massive 50-500mm 4-6.3.

HELL YEAH!! Thanks Devdas!

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This happens to *everyone*.

Pbsinternet

via Pearls Before Swine on Comics.com

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Gotta love the Doghouse Diaries!

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Sign

via ffffound

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via comics.com

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via phdcomics.com found via ferreira.posterous.com

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via @addisonkowalski found via @skaw

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Congrats, Sachin Tendulkar, on the first ever ODI double-century. You are A LEGEND.

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Just give it a minute to pick up.

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Roses are red, but there are also pink, white and yellow varieties

Violets aren't blue, they're violet, hence the name

I've got OCD

And my poetry skills are also lacking.

via reddit.com

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I can watch this over and over again.

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This is both hilarious and sad. But more hilarious.

via Andrew Wilkinson

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