Category: Photographs

Chernobyl’s Deadly Elephant’s Foot

Posted on May 21, 2026May 19, 2026 by garethmyles

Discover the chilling history of Chernobyl’s Elephant’s Foot, a highly lethal mass of radioactive corium. Learn how it formed, its deadly radiation levels, and its status today.

The Collapse of the Weimar Mark

Posted on May 20, 2026May 17, 2026 by garethmyles

The image that depicted the collapse of the 1923 German Mark and led to wheelbarrow economics and the madness of “zero stroke.”

Jim Meads’ Masterpiece: The Story Behind the 1962 Photo of the Year

Posted on May 19, 2026May 17, 2026 by garethmyles

See the award-winning 1962 photo of an English Electric Lightning crashing, and learn how test pilot George Aird survived this miraculous low-altitude ejection.

Unsettling: The Nuclear Shadows of Hiroshima

Posted on May 18, 2026May 14, 2026 by garethmyles

The Nuclear Shadows of Hiroshima: The Haunting Imprints Left by the Atomic Bomb

The Last-Moment Ejection That Saved a Harrier Pilot’s Life

Posted on May 15, 2026May 10, 2026 by garethmyles

This dramatic photograph captures the split second a pilot ejects from a crashing McDonnell Douglas AV-8B Harrier II as the aircraft erupts into flames on the runway below

Death Drifted In With the Tide: The Story of U-118

Posted on May 14, 2026May 10, 2026 by garethmyles

When a German Submarine U-118 Washed Ashore in Britain

When the Bismarck Unleashed Hell

Posted on May 13, 2026May 10, 2026 by garethmyles

This famous wartime photograph captures the German battleship Bismarck opening fire during the Battle of the Denmark Strait on the morning of 24 May 1941

Fidel Castro lays a wreath at the Lincoln Memorial

Posted on May 12, 2026May 10, 2026 by garethmyles

Just months after leading the Cuban Revolution to victory, Fidel Castro made a highly publicised visit to the United States in April 1959.

When Fat Man Shook the World.

Posted on May 11, 2026May 10, 2026 by garethmyles

“Fat Man” was the codename for the plutonium atomic bomb dropped by the United States on Nagasaki, Japan, on 9 August 1945

When the Pasha Bulker Ran Aground

Posted on May 8, 2026May 10, 2026 by garethmyles

The Pasha Bulker ran aground on Nobbys Beach in Newcastle on 8 June 2007 during a severe storm after dragging anchor. All crew were rescued, and the ship was later refloated, becoming an iconic image of the event.