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Time Capsule Tales@timecaptales · Aug 12, 2024

A thread of how things have changed over time 1. 74-year difference near Svalbard, Norway, from 1928 to 2004

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A visual journey through time showing how landscapes, ancient monuments, and human settlements have transformed over decades to centuries. The thread includes glacier retreat, forest restoration successes, archaeological sites, natural disasters like Mount St. Helens, and dramatic urban development.

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    A thread of how things have changed over time 1. 74-year difference near Svalbard, Norway, from 1928 to 2004

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    2. The Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacán Temple, Mexico

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    3. Chichen Itza, 1896 to today

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    4. In 1994, photojournalist Sebastião Salgado returned to his home in Minas Gerais, Brazil, only to find the lush forests of his childhood reduced to barren land. His wife, Lélia, proposed replanting the forest, and over the next 20 years, they planted 2.7 million trees. This effort restored 1,500 acres of rainforest, reviving 293 plant species, 172 bird species, and 33 animal species, some near extinction.

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    5. Ziggurat of Ur

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    6. The Great Sphinx

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    7. Oxford

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    8. Mount St. Helens before & after the 1980 eruption

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    9. Tikal, Guatemala

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    10. Mount Rushmore

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    11. Macchu Pichu

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    12. Rio de Janeiro's reforestation

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    13. Ancient Greek Stadium of Magnesia

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    14. WWI trenches, then and now

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    15. The growth of Hong Kong, 1964-now

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    16. Stonehenge: 1877 & 2019