What's the history behind this pic?

[Turbinator]

Is this just someone's photography project, or was this an actual joke?

 

[ky]

For some reason there is no image.

 

[agentgonzo]

Best... thread... ever...

 

[Turbinator]

Seriously? I see the image just fine. Let me find another one.

20 seconds later.....

Here it is:

 

[jangofett287]

trying to load the image I run face first into a DNS Lookup error. so, yea.

 

[Turbinator]

On the second link as well?

 

[ky]

Second link works for me :shrug:

 

[Pyromaniac605]

They are both fine for me.

Sorry, but I have no idea about whether the picture is a project of some kind or a joke, somebody around here should know...

 

[_Designer_]

[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika[/ame]

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She was the first animal to orbit space and die in space...

 

[MaverickSawyer]

I knew that was familiar... It's Ark's avatar!

 

[_Designer_]

BINGO!

 

[Eli13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laika

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She was the first animal to orbit space and die in space...

We are very aware of that. (It's a space forum, you know.) The thread questions the history of the photograph. Whether it was a joke, or staged for a photography project.

 

[mojoey]

We are very aware of that. (It's a space forum, you know.) The thread questions the history of the photograph. Whether it was a joke, or staged for a photography project.

it is?? whoa......

No, i think its a nice photshop project that turned out pretty well

 

[Ark]

That picture looks familiar, I know I've seen it somewhere...

 

[MaverickSawyer]

That picture looks familiar, I know I've seen it somewhere...

:rofl:
ya think?

 

[agentgonzo]

We are very aware of that. (It's a space forum, you know.) The thread questions the history of the photograph. Whether it was a joke, or staged for a photography project.

I assume that someone got the photo of Laika from somewhere, then photoshopped/cut it out and made a 'lost dog' photo like you get stuck up on telegraph poles as a bit of a joke. Is this photograph significant in any way? I'm not sure why you're after the history of it.

 

[Pyromaniac605]

That picture looks familiar, I know I've seen it somewhere...

Same here, but I can't quite put my finger on it... :hmm: