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John's Diner with John's Chevelle, 2007 John Baeder, oil on canvas, 30×48 inches. Photorealism is a genre of art that encompasses painting, drawing and other graphic media, in which an artist studies a photograph and then attempts to reproduce the image as realistically as possible in another medium.
One plutonium implosion-type bomb was detonated over the fleet, while the other one was detonated underwater. In secrecy, the Soviet government was working on building its own atomic weapons. During the war, Soviet efforts had been limited by a lack of uranium, but new supplies discovered in Eastern Europe provided a steady supply while the ...
Several national governments and two international organizations have created lists of organizations that they designate as terrorist. [1] The following list of designated terrorist groups lists groups designated as terrorist by current and former national governments, and inter-governmental organizations.
A cow with antlers atop a power line pole. Wikipedia contains other images and articles that are similarly sizzling or udderly amoosing.. Of the over six million articles in the English Wikipedia there are some articles that Wikipedians have identified as being somewhat unusual.
Before the widespread adoption of xerographic copiers, photo-direct copies produced by machines such as Kodak's Verifax (based on a 1947 patent) were used. A primary obstacle associated with the pre-xerographic copying technologies was the high cost of supplies: a Verifax print required supplies costing US$0.15 in 1969, while a Xerox print ...
A group of Italian aspiring young pilots construct a glider and then volunteer for service in the Spanish Civil War 1941 Spain Because i saw you cry: Porque te vi llorar: Juan de Orduña: Drama. 1941 Spain The Cruiser Baleares: El crucero Baleares: Enrique del Campo War. Spanish cruiser Baleares, Battle of Cape Palos (1938) 1941 Spain The ...
In response to the new independence of Spanish colonies in Latin America in 1821, the United States, in implicit cooperation with Great Britain, established the Monroe Doctrine in 1823. [16] This policy declared opposition to European interference in the Americas and left a lasting imprint on the psyche of later American leaders. The failure of ...
A traffic collision in Japan, 2007 The aftermath of an accident involving a jackknifing truck, Mozambique, Africa. A traffic collision, also known as a motor vehicle collision, or car crash, occurs when a vehicle collides with another vehicle, pedestrian, animal, road debris, or other moving or stationary obstruction, such as a tree, pole or building.