Radley Balko links to an incredible Flickr set of images where modern-day scenes are overlapped with older photographs to give a seamless impression of different moments in time. Some have a great ghostly quality:
While others give a startling look at just how quickly landscapes change, as in this shot of Dubai:
A round-up of some of the best images is here, or you can go through the entire Flickr set here. Makes me want to bust out the camera and some old family photos.
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Margaret Cabaniss is the former managing editor of Crisis Magazine. She joined Crisis in 2002 after graduating from the University of the South with a degree in English Literature and currently lives in Baltimore, Maryland. She now blogs at SlowMama.com.
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