The 45 Most Powerful Images Of 2011

[timh]

Definitely some powerful images. I used the Phoenix Haboob as my desktop since that is just about how I remember it. I drove straight into it after a 12 hours on the road returning from a Colorado trip. It was a very erie feeling.

 

[Applejack]

In my opinion the one that does not fit with the rest is image no. 4 (the situation room photo) It was admittedly (by the head of the CIA) staged, and knowing that, it's difficult to be impressed by something phony.
But the rest were pretty powerful.

 

[Touring4x4]

This one was included in the Aussie version.
From the Queensland floods earlier this year.

January 11: Army helicopters were called in to evacuate residents of Forest Hill, west of Brisbane, where raging water rose more than a metre in 45 minutes in devastating floods. This iconic picture of baby Montana captured a moment of hope.