10 photographs that shook the world in 2011
Rails, crumpled as a result of displacement of the earth's crust, were photographed in Christchurch, New Zealand, the day after a magnitude 6.3 points zemletryasenieya, February 23, 2011.The forest was destroyed by fire around the water tower in Bastrop, Texas. The fire destroyed over 600 houses and about 45 square kilometers of forests. September 7, 2011
Freddy Nock Swiss balancing on a rope cable car, which is the highest mountain in Germany, the Zugspitze (2962 m), near the resort "in Garmisch-Partenkirchen" in southern Bavaria, August 20, 2011. Nock passed by 995-foot rope to break the world record previously set by him.
A man from the tribe of cattle-breeding cow urine washes Mundari in the village near Terekeka, Central Equatoria, Sudan, January 19, 2011. During the January referendum, the people of Southern Sudan voted for independence from the North.
Once cured, the oak has been photographed in the light of the full moon on the southern tip of Lake Salton Sea near Nilenda, California, January 20, 2011.
Metal melted during a forest fire near the destroyed house in the Gaines Bend near Strona, Texas, April 26, 2011. A forest fire has destroyed an area more than 167 homes.
Icebergs, covered with the ashes of the volcano Grimsvotn, in the lagoon at the base of the glacier icebergs Vatnayekyudl, Iceland.
Imprint in the form of an owl in the window at home, July 12, 2011. The home team came back from vacation and saw the imprint on the window of his home in Kendal in the north-west of England.
Corey Mcintosh removes the cornfield of his uncle in the lower reaches of the Missouri River west of Loveland, Iowa, October 25, 2011.