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ammo1 ammo2 ammo3 ammo4 ammo5Colourful sweeties, filled with a variety of deaths.

From AMMO – a photo series of 900 pieces of dissected ammunition ‘shot’ by photographer Sabine Pearlman in a WW2 bunker in Switzerland. Sez she:

I was originally intrigued by the ambiguous nature of the subject matter. The cross-sections reveal a hidden complexity and beauty of form, which stands in vast contrast to the destructive purpose of the object. It is a representation of the evil and the beautiful, a reflection of the human condition.

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Boat-Breaks-in-Two-01-e1371655369888-634x337Boat-Breaks-in-Two-05-634x420Boat-Breaks-in-Two-02-634x420 Boat-Breaks-in-Two-04-634x420 Boat-Breaks-in-Two-03-634x422On Monday, after just five years in service, the container ship MOL Comfort met its maker off the Yemen coast when – loaded with cargo – it split in two as its bow and stern dropped down into troughs either side of a large wave.

All 26 crew survived and were safely transported from the two halves which – bizarrely – remain afloat, awaiting tugs to drag them to shore.

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