50 photos "before and after" that you can look at endlessly

Two photos, one incredible story. "Before" and "after", between which there is a whole gap-or a long way. Such photo comparisons at the same time make you think about yourself, your life, the world around us and much more – that's why they are so interesting to consider.

Woman before and 19 months after she stopped using drugs

The Viking axe in the form in which it was found, and after restoration

The hilt of a 300-year-old sword before and after cleaning

Self-portraits drawn before and after a month-long drawing training course

Classic Datsun 240z sports car before and after restoration

A woman before drinking alcohol and after - at the moment when she experienced an "Alcohol Flush" (Alcohol Flush). Alcohol Flush reaction – redness when taking alcohol, the result of a congenital intolerance to alcohol

Windows of a multi-story "high-rise" before and after Hurricane Laura. Lake Charles, Louisiana

Houston, Texas, before and after Hurricane Harvey

Cake before and after baking

Oven before and after deep cleaning

Abraham Lincoln May 20, 1860 (10 months before the inauguration) and February 5, 1865 (a couple of months before the end of the Civil War)

The wall of the building before and after the stunning painting in the style of trompe l'oeil (trompe l'oeil, " deception»)

X-ray of the back before and after spinal alignment surgery due to scoliosis

The cat before and after being told that this chair is not for her

And the deaf dog before and after the owner showed signs: "Good dog»

Hiroshima shortly after the atomic bomb explosion and 75 years later

Bald eagle whose beak was shot off by a poacher, before and after prosthetic beak

The night sky, as we usually see it, and it is the same, if you remove the light pollution. The images show the night sky before and after the Northeast Blackout, a power grid accident in the United States and Canada that occurred in 2003.

Wooden chair before and after the skilled work of a wood carver

People killing time waiting for public transport-early 1900s and now

Crew Dragon Endeavour spacecraft before departure to the ISS and after return

A man before and after going out in the sun wearing contact lenses that adapt to the light conditions

Women's hair before and after visiting a hair salon

Braces for the first installation and after eight months of use

Basil before and after watering

The Swedish city of Söderhamn in 1920 and a hundred years later

A scene from the 2011 film Rise of the Planet of the Apes before and after the addition of digital visual effects

Painting of the XIX century before and after the restoration

O. J. Simpson's book "If I Did It" before and after the bankruptcy court transferred the rights to the book to the Goldman family. In the book, O. J. Simpson outlined what he called a "hypothetical" description of how he could have killed Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman.

The Goldmans added the words "Confessions of a Murderer" to the title and placed the letter "F" inside the "I" in the word IF ("If") to make the title of the book more like "I did it".

Uelzen, Germany, in 1944 and now

Disney animators then (in the late 50s, working on "Sleeping Beauty") and now (2010, working on " Rapunzel»)

The mansion before and after it was abandoned

Abandoned mansion before and after restoration

Adorable puppy buddies then and now

A person's room during and after a depressive period

The Roman Forum a couple of thousand years ago and now

A man before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall

Mother and son make portraits on a copy machine-then and now

London Underground about a hundred years ago and now

Dallas, Dealey Plaza in Texas, then (during the assassination of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963) and now (October 23, 2013)

A racetrack in Charlotte, North Carolina, in the 70s or 80s and today

Brooklyn, New York, in 1916 and now

A cat before and a year after it was picked up on the street

Cat after bathing-before and after drying

A man before and after donating his hair to wigs for cancer-stricken children

Photo of the Andromeda Galaxy before and after processing

Manila Skyline before and after quarantine

Rio de Janeiro 140 years ago and now

The road during World War II and today

And the building before and after it was cleaned with a high pressure washer