I once read a book devoted to train wrecks deliberately arranged for the enjoyment of spectators. This was around 1993, when I was using them as a metaphor for the crash of 21 fragments of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 into Jupiter. Here's an example, with optional soundtrack.
Very interesting-- I would like to have seen one-- but the safety margins were not always as wide as one would like. One spectacular photo was snapped by a photographer who lost his eye in the next moment.
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Date: 2009-03-04 07:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-05 01:54 am (UTC)Very interesting-- I would like to have seen one-- but the safety margins were not always as wide as one would like. One spectacular photo was snapped by a photographer who lost his eye in the next moment.
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Date: 2009-03-05 02:10 am (UTC)