# 2008:  A year in pictures

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 28, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-a-year-in-pictures/479002 "2008-12-28T23:03:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\
**Post date:** [December 28, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2008-a-year-in-pictures/479002/1 "2008-12-28T23:03:06Z")

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[As per Boston.com, anyway.](http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/12/the_year_2008_in_photographs_p.html)

Some of these are jaw-droppingly gorgeous, some of these are tragic, and some of these require an extra click because of the subject matter.

There are three different sets of 40 pictures each. What strikes me is how some of these pictures were taken in the first place!