This slideshow features information on extreme winter weather. Each slide explains a different record, from the most snowfall in a day (63 inches in Colorado in 1913!) to the largest snowflake ever seen (15 inches wide and 8 inches thick). I like this because, unlike many photo galleries, I actually came away from this one with some new (albeit trivial) knowledge. I certainly won’t be moving to Oymyakon, Siberia (the coldest inhabited village in the world) anytime soon. Kind of makes Albany in February seem mild.
These spectacular and emotional photos highlight the recent surge of violence between Iraqi Sunnis and Shiites. The pictures selected for this gallery are extremely proficient in portraying the chaos that has descended upon the Iraqi people. In covering the “reconstruction” of Iraq, the mainstream media has been reluctant about showing death and gore, but those elements are so prevalent in Iraq today that there is a certain necessity in showing this type of material.
This gallery features a wide range of people enjoying the various festivities of Mardi Gras and, in some cases, using the celebration as a forum in which to make a statement. Much of this year’s revelry has, ironically, been focused upon Hurricane Katrina and its catastrophic aftermath. This includes no shortage of criticism aimed at FEMA. The photographers did an excellent job of displaying more than what we see in the “Girls Gone Wild” commercials. Plus, no slideshow is complete without Willie Nelson.
Weather slideshow was exceptionally good.
Is this a new layout? I like it.
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Comment by prof washburn — March 24, 2006 @ 6:00 am