here's a picture of me many years ago
and here's a picture of me now sometimes
it's kind of cool to do these
side-by-side comparisons alright enough
of me though I have found the best
examples are before-and-after pictures
including people cities and just about
everything in between I'm Danny Burke
I'm really excited for this this is the
top 10 insane before-and-after pictures
starting up a number 10 now we have
Downtown Dubai Dubai is a city that
sprang out of the desert like the oil
that paid for it you guys might think
that some places have changed quickly
around you but they have nothing on this
city in the United Arab Emirates
I could choose many pictures to show you
guys how quickly things have changed
there but this might be my favorite the
top picture is what Downtown Dubai look
like in 2006 and the bottom is how it
looked just nine years later in 2015
it's been built so quickly that I'm
still not quite convinced it's not just
the cardboard movie set they have to go
and see it for myself alright next up at
number 9 now we have zombie boy known to
his family as brick Genest zombie boy
was known around the world as being the
guy who tattooed himself head to toe in
a full-body skeleton piece complete with
brains sticking out of the top and
muscles clinging to the bones now this
is a before and after image of him but
it's not how you think it is the one of
him with no tattoos is actually the
after he simply had a tattoos covered up
with makeup by professionals if you
enjoyed this I highly recommend you go
and watch the full video it's only about
3 minutes long and it is amazing ok but
right now we have Charla Nash this woman
was visiting her friend in 2009 when the
friends pet gym started to maul her the
200 pound chimp called Travis was a
fully grown male about six times
stronger than a healin police arrived on
scene and shot him dead save in
Charlie's life but not her face Travis
had ripped it apart leaving her
unrecognizable since then she has had a
number of operations regaining her sense
of smell ability to eat along the way
however she is still blind this
before-and-after image is astounding and
a stark reminder of the power of some
animals communit number 7 now we have
Jim wolf this United States Army veteran
was struggling with homelessness and
alcoholism when he volunteered for a
called transformation the channel called
robber blitz creative uploaded a video
showing a time-lapse of the
transformation and in the end the
before-and-after picture says it all Jim
was given help to get himself back on
his feet including treatment for his
alcohol addiction and the following year
he was living on his own paying his way
and was an entirely new man next up at
number six now we have New York in 2009
National Geographic published an article
showing a view of the Big Apple
like nobody had seen before using
advanced computer reconstruction they
presented a picture of New York in 2009
and one of it in 1609 four hundred years
before the year that explorer Henry
Hudson would have first laid eyes on it
the coastline is as it would have been
even the trees and plants have been
accurately reiterated in that place some
people find this picture amazing but
others say it's a sad reminder of humans
just paving over nature what do you guys
think out of the five now we have Barack
Obama at the start of 2017 President
Obama officially stepped down from his
position someone had the bright idea of
comparing how he looked at the start
with how he looked at the end this was
the results on the left is Obama just
after winning the election about to take
up the presidential roll in January 2009
on the right is him eight years later
obviously being leader of the United
States or any country is a stressful job
and a lot of people said you can see
that in the after picture on the other
hand though eight years can be a long
time and maybe Obama just aged what are
you guys think coming out the before now
we have Lucia Pitts Hollis this woman
went viral a few years ago for her
incredible makeup skills with little
more than a brush and some paint she can
transform herself into just about any
celebrity you could imagine again I'm
not very good at choosing the best one
so right now you're seeing a selection
of her work she's so good that a lot of
people think it must have been edited
but Lucia will often show the makeup
process step by step to prove that she's
not a fake it's a little bit scary how
well you can mimic someone's face with
just makeup maybe I am Lucia wearing
Danny Burke makeup who knows next up at
number three now we have 50 cent in 2016
rapper 50 cent shared a picture of him
preparing for a role in the movie things
for
the parts where he plays a high school
footballer diagnosed with cancer now as
you can see from this side-by-side
comparison he looks like an entirely
different human being usually he sits at
about 214 pounds with muscles but for
this film role he dropped down to 160
borderline dangerous for a man of his
height now say what you want about the
movie you have to admire this kind of
dedication I just think it's crazy how
different people can look depending on
their weight makes up at number two now
we have special effects
I really couldn't choose my favorite for
this so I'm going to look them all into
one special effects have gotten so good
over the years in the movies sometimes
the only clue that what you're seeing
isn't real is the context you obviously
know that Dragons aren't real and Game
of Thrones and yet seeing this shot of
before special effects is incredible the
same goes with Pirates of the Caribbean
Life of Pi Planet of the Apes or
guardians of the galaxy there are
thousands of before-and-after images for
special effects and I could honestly
look through them all day and finally at
number one now we have the smartphone I
feel like every time I talk about a
smartphone in a top-ten video I have to
remind you guys about how common smart
phones are these days but it's pointless
because you guys already know they are
everywhere however until very recently
in human history it wasn't that way a
great example of this are the images of
people visiting a st. Peter's Basilica
this one is from 2005 and the second one
is from 2013 almost every single person
there is capturing the event with a
smartphone or tablet these pictures were
taken just eight years apart but they
really show how fast technology is
moving and how much phones have taken
over a day to day lives well here's an
image of me at the start of the video
and here's one of me now want incredible
difference time is scary now though I
want to know what you want to see on the
channel next my name is Danny Burke
thank you for watching and I'll see you
all in the next video
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