Lucas Sayre submitted this amazing photo where you can see humanly shaped Statue of Liberty. Originaly titled “Human Statue of Liberty”, this image was taken at Camp Dodge in Iowa and used eighteen thousand men. I collected bunch more and added them to the set. Luke also asked all of as a question. Here it is: “During the WWI years, Arthur S. Mole and John D. Thomas made some incredible human pictures by using thousands of sailors or soldiers in uniform to create images. After looking at the photo, which purports to involve over 18,000 soldiers, I can’t tell if it’s fake or real. If it is real, it seems to me that there would have to be more soldiers to make up the statute as it goes up and away from the perspective of the camera, in order to maintain the shape of the statue of liberty. Maybe your readers can decipher how it was done.”
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wow, this is crazy, it looks real to me I just dont believe it is
I dont think its fake. but you never no, they did fake the moon landing. so its hard to say whats real and whats not.
This is soo cool
on some of the pictures it looks fake, cuz the people get really small.
but its a cool affect if its real
oh, and 1st comment!!!
awesome.
Very impressive.
COOLIO!!! First Comment?
It’s true. Visit http://www.snopes.com/photos/patriotic/liberty.asp.
thats amazing.awesome site
woohoo first comment
wowww :O
18.000?! Unbelievable! I’d say, it’s less than 18.000. But the created images are amazing, indeed!
dam that must have taken them ages! luks awesome
nice :D mayB was hard 2 make :D niiujtruuurhbtd qp k sorry that was my li’l bro :)
that is so cool! yeah, you would need more people as you got further away.
This is amazing…I wonder if he paid people to stand there for hours or if they just volenteered? It must of taken a lot of work and time to complete this.
Surely these are fakes. Cool but fake…
Those are pretty amazing. The scale on the images is huge, and if they are real, the time to get everyone organized to take the shot must have been rather long. Awesome find!
nice, i have seen it done with cheese too
Amazing! We made something like that in my school. We made that because near us there was a terrorist attack.
lol, its good to see that American soldiers were helping us Brits the best they could in World War Two =D
But in answer to that question.. yes, alot more soldiers would be needed at the back of the picture for the perspective… hence the 18000 needed (you’re able to count the front row, cant even spot heads at the back)
I saw the first one from an e-mail. It said that WWII soilders formed the statue before going into battle.
the ninth one looks fake
i pose a challenge to you socially challenged with a lot of time on your hands.
COUNT THEM!?
The photographs of the men that fought for our country was very spirited. Thank you for shareing.
Yes, it’s authentic, Kathy. I’m from an era where people actually got together and did things like this. Impressive, isn’t it?
Re: Human Statue of Liberty
FACTS: Base to Shoulder: 150 feet Right Arm: 340 feet Widest part of arm holding torch: 12 1/2 feet Right thumb: 35 feet Thickest part of body: 29 feet Left hand length: 30 feet Face: 60 feet Nose: 21 feet Longest spike of head piece: 70 feet Torch and flame combined: 980 feet Number of men in flame of torch: 12,000 Number of men in torch: 2,800 Number of men in right arm: 1,200 Number of men in body, head and balance of figure only: 2,000 Total men: 18,000
it must be real, I can see elvis in the torch !!
anonymous of coarse it is real. i even figured that out
The team that took these pics spent days marking out the image on the ground, so the troops could get in position quickly; they’d make the necessary adjustments in a hour or two, and take the picture.
One reason the pics may appear odd, is how much you are looking down on the troops at the bottom of the picture, yet the horizon is nice and horizontal at the top of the picture. That doesn’t happen with a normal camera. A view camera was used for these. By shifting and tilting the lens relative to the focal plane, this perspective is achieved.
many many people
cool. ;)