What Is This?

Is this an image of some horrible irradiated wasteland? Maybe this is what happens when Lindsay Lohan wades into the ocean at night? No, it’s actually a celebration, not cause for a full-body acid wash.

Actually, that’s not entirely off base. It’s a long-exposure image of a celebration of Corpus Christi, a Catholic holiday where everyone dresses up like a devil and dances around. Here, celebrants in Brazil are carrying candles past a citadel in Brasilia. It’s a bit of a pity, though: I was just warming up my McConaughey Reign of Fire impersonation. [Eraldo Peres/AP, InFocus]

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    Nodeity

    Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 10:11 AM

    Absolutely brilliant shot….

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    olearymo

    Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 10:52 PM

    Wow, my money was on something under an electron microscope

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    Reed_Richards

    Monday, June 27, 2011 at 11:34 AM

    That was an easy one for me. Being brazilian I instantly recognised the cathedral. It’s an absolutely stunning shot.

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