The world is changing so fast that we cannot remember the wonderful things of the past, and photos allow us to condense the past bits and pieces into slices of frozen time...
And when we take them out and compare them with the present , you will realize how shocking the power of time is!
The area near the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, 2001 vs now, the same place can only be vaguely recognized by the road...
A fallen giant sequoia tree in Yosemite National Park, United States, photo taken in World War II Period, it fell down around 1700. Although more than three hundred years have passed, it still has not decayed.
The stepwell at Manikesvara Temple in India, similar to the Moon Well that inspired Monument Valley, was mostly submerged under water more than a hundred years ago.
The most prosperous place in the world - Manhattan, New York , 1851 VS 2022, as if it has changed from a two-dimensional city to a three-dimensional city...
Times Square, New York, 1912 vs 2022, that time seemed busier than now, But now, at a glance, they are all advertisements...
Minamisanriku Town, Japan, after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami in 2011, the devastated look vs. the look after reconstruction.
Haarlemmerdijk Street in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1971 vs 2020, it is indeed the kingdom of bicycles, there is no longer a car on the street!
Boston, USA , after the "Big Dig" project, all viaducts disappeared and were moved underground, replaced by green belts, 1900s vs now.
The Seattle Hotel in 1900 is now a shipwreck garage, with old tunnels and old buildings underneath the above-ground buildings.
Elio Callistio Square in Rome, a modern residential area mixed with an inconspicuous ancient Roman ruins. Elio Callistio means the devil's chair, a tomb of Hadrian's dynasty. More than a hundred years ago, this place was still a wilderness...this is There is irrefutable proof that Rome was not built in a day!
experienced the Normandy landing and is the best-preserved tank landing ship. It was decommissioned after the war and converted into a car ferry. It is still working in New York today.
Peter the Great's Summer Palace , during the Defense of Leningrad, Hitler threatened to hold a New Year's victory celebration here. The angered loving father ordered and ruthlessly blew up the palace, which was as gorgeous as Versailles The palace was restored after the war.
Juno Beach, Normandy. On the day of the Normandy landing in 1944, a crashed American plane lay on the beach. Now the beach is full of tourists wearing bikinis...
In 1945, the Allied forces were passing through the German town of Oberdore La, lying on the ground was an American soldier who had just been killed by a sniper. He was only 19 years old.
The Nazi Reich Party Congress Information Center in Nuremberg, Germany, stands at the place where Hitler once gave a speech to his fans... Everywhere under your feet, major historical events may have happened...
Paris's landmark building - Moulin Rouge , 1900 vs 2016, this historic bar opened in 1899 and has experienced five generations of operators. It puts on stunning and crazy song and dance shows every night, attracting audiences from all over the world.
A hutong in the center of Beijing. The comparison between 1986 and now, after being coated with cement, is hard to describe... and in that era, traditional Chinese characters could still be seen on the street.
Nanjing Ming Xiaoling Shinto, at the beginning of the last century vs now, it has a mysterious and heavy atmosphere when there are no trees, but with trees it becomes a tourist attraction...
Badaling Great Wall , 1907 vs now, a must-see when visiting Beijing now This place, more than a hundred years ago, had a lot of weeds growing there, making it look very desolate.
West Lake Broken Bridge . In the late Qing Dynasty, there was a gate on the bridge. It was said that it was set up to close West Lake when Qianlong came.
The history of Baochu Pagoda in Hangzhou can be traced back to the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. The photo on the left is still as it was before the reconstruction of the Republic of China. There are large areas of peeling off the tower body, and weeds grow over the pagoda, which is a scene of aging.
The more famous Leifeng Pagoda , which is also the symbol of West Lake, was rebuilt at the beginning of this century. Its actual history is only 20 years, and it looks much newer. The old tower on the left is also dilapidated. Collapsed in 1924.
London's Baker Street Underground Station, one of the earliest subway stations in the world, has been almost 160 years old, except for the replacement of modern electrical equipment.
The same place, the same person, the same smile, the house in the background is still the same, but almost a lifetime apart...
We can't stop time, but we can record that moment with photos, and after a hundred years, that moment will become history.
We are busy with work and life, and we inadvertently ignore the changes around us. Use a camera to record the things that are important to you. Maybe one day it will be gone. At least we still have photos to remember you!
Record the beautiful moments around you!
