Ghostly photography flashes back to World War-torn Europe

Overview

Sergey Larenkov's photography provides a haunting look into our past. Using computational rephotography (never fear, it's explained here by Wired Magazine) he juxtaposes modern European streetscapes with photography of the exact same location, just taken 65 years earlier during World War II.

For more images visit Larenkov's site, and if you'd like to try it yourself check out Historypin.

Soviet soldiers wander past 2010-plated cars at the Imperial Palace Hoffburg in Vienna.

Russian Red Army Marshall Georgy Zhukov on the steps of the Reichstag in Berlin.

Echoes of the blockade in St. Petersburg (then Leningrad).

Infantry units march through the centre of Vienna.

Soviet soldiers march through Berlin.

[Via Sergey Larenkov and Core 77]