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Category: Sports
July 3, 2008
Jumping Shark
A photographer happened to take this series of photos just as a shark was leaping from the water behind a surfer.
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Taken Aug 18, 2006. Published June 2008
M.C. Escher Golf
A surreal effect of impossible geometry may have been caused by the use of a telephoto lens to take this picture.
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Feb 16, 1994
Fire on Ice
Harding and Kerrigan were seen skating together on this
Newsday
cover, but the scene never occurred in real life.
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1981
Yeah Eckerd
The news photographer staged the scene by having a fan write the phrase "Yeah Eckerd" on the soles of his feet.
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