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Situation Room Photo Shattering Flickr Records

It's already halfway to all-time record

By John Johnson,  Newser Staff

Posted May 4, 2011 1:43 PM CDT

(Newser) – The photo of President Obama and his national security team in the White House situation room during the Osama raid is well on its way to destroying all of Flickr's viewing records. TechCrunch has the details: It went up at 1pm EST May 2 and had 1.6 million views after its first 38 hours. No photo has gotten that many hits that quickly, according to Flickr. The most-viewed photo there—of Nohkalikai Falls, Cherraphunjee—has just under 3 million views, but it took five years to amass that amount.

President Obama and his national security team in the now-famous photo.
President Obama and his national security team in the now-famous photo.   (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)
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SilenceDogood
May 4, 2011 7:02 PM CDT
What fools, this is simply a photo op.
professortech
May 4, 2011 2:50 PM CDT
Seldom are we given glimpses of historic leaders during pivitol instants in history. The drama in the image is palatable.
genghisKhanifer
May 4, 2011 2:12 PM CDT
Well, if sites continue linking the other Flickr record breaker with the story of the situation room photo, it's likely that it will keep evenly ahead of this one due to the curiosity.

 
national security • President Obama • White House Situation Room

 
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