What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
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What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
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#3This feels like a ghost of the internet of the 1990s.
This writeup deserves its own website, something with minimal CSS, where you'll discover a bunch of family snapshots and party photos if you click around.
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#4Why on earth doesn't the top answer have more upvotes. Impressive research, with full background, alternative pictures and an original picture of the panzer falling into the river.
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#5Modern remix: https://www.google.com/search?q=tank+in+river+ukraine
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#6Why on earth doesn't the top answer have more upvotes. Impressive research, with full background, alternative pictures and an original picture of the panzer falling into the river .
While this didn't get much attention on History Stack Exchange, see ConeOfArc's YouTube video (which has 963k views as of today): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaRO_dTqO1E
See also ConeOfArc's video from a month later, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RO58B6LcTfM (1M views). The video above is about the initial search and problem, this video is after many Internet strangers worked together to solve it.
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#7Why on earth doesn't the top answer have more upvotes. Impressive research, with full background, alternative pictures and an original picture of the panzer falling into the river .
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Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#9> The photo was taken about coordinates 50.29092467073664, 4.893099128823844 near modern Wallonia, Belgium on the Meuse River.
Great writeup, but I did have a little chuckle reading "it was taken about near here", followed by coordinates precise enough to identify a single atom. https://xkcd.com/2170/
Re: What is the origin of the lake tank image that has become a meme? (2021)
#10That's a meme? I've never seen that photo before in my life and I'm pretty aware of most memes.