New York Times Magazine really decided to swing for the fence with this cover:
This week’s cover only took 62 strips of paper, a 20-person crew and a helicopter. http://t.co/3sK59AoT3e pic.twitter.com/yaNeg7aV8X
— NYT Magazine (@NYTmag) April 23, 2015
What you see on the @nytmag cover is real. @JRart photographs the pasting from the sky. http://t.co/6wXRpcn20u pic.twitter.com/5Hxzf3ks54
— NYT Magazine (@NYTmag) April 23, 2015
Some were impressed:
Talk about going the extra mile. Awesome NYT cover! https://t.co/3hlVyuWYzR
— Erik Scott Jacobsen (@erikscottjacob) April 23, 2015
High fives all round for this. Epic. https://t.co/1EWv0XQrda
— Robin Howie (@robinhowie) April 23, 2015
Talk about going the extra mile. Awesome NYT cover! https://t.co/3hlVyuWYzR
— Erik Scott Jacobsen (@erikscottjacob) April 23, 2015
But others, considering the proximity to Earth Day along with available software these days, didn’t quite get it:
Have they never heard of photoshop? https://t.co/dcjmIkLQIq
— Kenneth Monahan (@Foudroyant) April 23, 2015
@NYTmag PhotoShop crashed?
— nikhil tom benjamin (@nikhilbenjamin) April 23, 2015
@NYTmag I bet there's an article about saving trees in it….
— Jena Bellissimo (@Jay_Kay_Vee) April 23, 2015
@NYTmag @nytimes photoshop would gave taken 5 minutes and a 12 year old to do it. Nyt mag: overkill
— dgsquare (@dgsquare2) April 23, 2015
@NYTmag @nytimes happy day after Earth day
— Matt Perez (@nolocomotive) April 23, 2015
In their defense though, a few dozen huge strips of paper and a helicopter flight pales in comparison to how Obama celebrated Earth Day.
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