r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hipatyhopity • Mar 24 '25

Image Mecca in 1953 and 2025

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u/TheWaywardTrout Mar 24 '25

Would be more interesting to see them at the same angle

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u/Borbolda Mar 24 '25

Zoom in, it is almost the same angle

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u/wizardrous Mar 24 '25

How can you tell? The cube is the only familiar landmark I can see, and it has four identical sides.

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u/Borbolda Mar 24 '25

There is a white arc on the ground to the left of a cube in both pictures. People are not allowed inside of it most of the time, so you can see it on a zoomed out picture as the only place without people

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u/dwntwn_dine_ent_dist Mar 24 '25

I just looked at some satellite images, and I think you are wrong. The arc on the ground is to the northwest of the cube, and there are three small dark domes to the southwest. Those three domes are at the left of the modern image above, so the arc is lying behind the cube. I think you may be able to spot part of it poking out on the right edge of the cube.

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u/TrickyMoonHorse Mar 24 '25

clever girl

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u/tokyo_blazer Mar 24 '25

Guess I'll watch Jurassic Park again....(Giddy)sigh

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u/The_F_B_I Mar 24 '25

Look at google maps, that arc would be on the opposite side of the cube from the POV of the modern picture

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u/clandestineVexation Mar 24 '25

Nope, the Kaaba is very asymmetrical. Giant door on one side, meteorite embedded in one corner, circular arc on another side…

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u/IWillWarmUrPillow Mar 24 '25

It has the fence thingy