New York Times (VTS) Visual Thinking Strategy 4.7.2025; P.6 by Visual Communications - Tumwater High School

viscom — 2025-04-06 22:24:08 UTC

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At first glance I see ...

viscom — 2025-04-06 22:24:08 UTC

I think ...

viscom — 2025-04-06 22:24:08 UTC

After looking deeper I noticed...

viscom — 2025-04-06 22:24:08 UTC

joshuawade26 — 2025-04-07 17:18:38 UTC

the first thing I saw was the row of people.

joshuawade26 — 2025-04-07 17:21:41 UTC

after looking at it in more detail I see that the people are trying to stop a construction vehicle from falling of the edge.

joshuawade26 — 2025-04-07 17:24:02 UTC

it looks like they were doing a project on a hill and the vehicle started to fall. from the background it looks like its in the middle east.

sierraketchum25 — 2025-04-07 17:37:30 UTC

I saw people pulling a machine

sierraketchum25 — 2025-04-07 17:38:01 UTC

the machine is some sort of construction equipment

sierraketchum25 — 2025-04-07 17:38:29 UTC

people are working together to pull a machine out of a ditch.

tires

moriahkeenan28 — 2025-04-07 20:15:44 UTC

first thing I saw were the big red tires

hiramwilder28 — 2025-04-07 20:16:19 UTC

first i saw the skid loader

hiramwilder28 — 2025-04-07 20:16:52 UTC

I saw the people pulling it

the skid loader fell off the side of the mountain and they are holding it up

hiramwilder28 — 2025-04-07 20:17:14 UTC

People

ericjohnston26 — 2025-04-07 20:19:19 UTC

People pulling an excavator

Military

moriahkeenan28 — 2025-04-07 20:19:23 UTC

The next thing i noticed was the military pants I know there military becuase of the camo

ainsleycoakley24 — 2025-04-07 20:19:33 UTC

The bobcat logo

ainsleycoakley24 — 2025-04-07 20:19:46 UTC

how many people were in the picture

Flag

ericjohnston26 — 2025-04-07 20:19:50 UTC

There is an American flag meaning that it might be some sort of U.S. territory

kalebhenderso28 — 2025-04-07 20:19:51 UTC

i saw the bobcat tractor

paytoneygabroa28 — 2025-04-07 20:19:52 UTC

I see people pulling a Bobcat tractor

At first glance i saw people pulling a car

peytonsavage28 — 2025-04-07 20:20:11 UTC

kalebhenderso28 — 2025-04-07 20:20:12 UTC

they have on the military-ish pants and boots (some people)

tractor

zacharyhusted28 — 2025-04-07 20:20:19 UTC

Fixing Problem

ericjohnston26 — 2025-04-07 20:20:22 UTC

People are pulling up an excavator that fell

paytoneygabroa28 — 2025-04-07 20:20:22 UTC

the American flag in the background

not tractor

zacharyhusted28 — 2025-04-07 20:20:37 UTC

isaactaylor25 — 2025-04-07 20:20:43 UTC

I see a lot of men pulling on ropes

When i looked deeper i noticed they are all wearing matching pants

peytonsavage28 — 2025-04-07 20:20:56 UTC

peeple pulling thing over hill

zacharyhusted28 — 2025-04-07 20:21:13 UTC

Pulling something

moriahkeenan28 — 2025-04-07 20:21:17 UTC

I think the military men are pulling a tractor or something that is falling off the side of the hill or cliff

i think there car fell in a ditch and there working to get it out

peytonsavage28 — 2025-04-07 20:21:24 UTC

isaactaylor25 — 2025-04-07 20:21:25 UTC

The men are trying to pick up a construction vehicle that has fallen over.

ainsleycoakley24 — 2025-04-07 20:21:28 UTC

I think they are trying to prevent the vehicle from going over the ledge that you can see in the back, seemed like they were prepared for it too.

a bunch of guys pulling somethign up a hill

arianagarcia2028 — 2025-04-07 20:21:33 UTC

The men pulling

2025-04-07 20:21:38 UTC

paytoneygabroa28 — 2025-04-07 20:21:55 UTC

people are pulling the bobcat tractor that was falling down the hill

All of the other stuff at the end of the clith/hill thing

2025-04-07 20:22:12 UTC

all of the other objects on the hill, looks like a base of some sort

arianagarcia2028 — 2025-04-07 20:22:15 UTC

kalebhenderso28 — 2025-04-07 20:22:26 UTC

it looks like they are trying to make a bridge and the bobcat tractor seems to have slipped over the edge and they are trying to save it

first see

kartergearhart28 — 2025-04-07 20:22:45 UTC

people pulling a tractor

people try to pull somethings from falling.

kimmuhour25 — 2025-04-07 20:23:03 UTC

I think they are building something and also they lost one of there building machines

2025-04-07 20:23:12 UTC

isaactaylor25 — 2025-04-07 20:23:14 UTC

I think that this is a US military base in Afghanistan, and while they were constructing the base, the vehicle fell over, so they are all working together to pick it up.

i think they dropped something down the hill during the process of moving stuff on to their base

arianagarcia2028 — 2025-04-07 20:23:47 UTC

flag

kartergearhart28 — 2025-04-07 20:24:34 UTC

I see the American flag

The flag in the background

kimmuhour25 — 2025-04-07 20:24:43 UTC

The military try to pull something from falling.

kimmuhour25 — 2025-04-07 20:25:19 UTC

military

kartergearhart28 — 2025-04-07 20:31:08 UTC

people pulling an excavator up a hill infrount of a military base.

leximagnusso26 — 2025-04-07 20:31:32 UTC

I see people pulling a machine

leximagnusso26 — 2025-04-07 20:31:49 UTC

I notice that most of the men are in army suits

leximagnusso26 — 2025-04-07 20:34:59 UTC

I think that these men are in the military and either training or trying to stop a machine from falling of the mountain

The first thing I saw was the people

sophiaison28 — 2025-04-08 20:18:53 UTC

I first missed the uniform the people were wearing.

sophiaison28 — 2025-04-08 20:20:18 UTC

I think its people in the military at some sort of mountain pulling up a tractor.

sophiaison28 — 2025-04-08 20:21:08 UTC

at first glance I see the men pulling up the truck off of the clif.

erinrichards25 — 2025-04-08 20:23:22 UTC

I missed the things and camp in the background.

erinrichards25 — 2025-04-08 20:24:07 UTC

I think the people are in training for the army and are pulling the machine up the cliff from falling off

erinrichards25 — 2025-04-08 20:25:28 UTC

ashlynmullins25 — 2025-04-08 20:26:18 UTC

at first i noticed the military men

ashlynmullins25 — 2025-04-08 20:26:32 UTC

the american flag in the background

ashlynmullins25 — 2025-04-08 20:27:21 UTC

i think they are helping out another country maybe in a war or something and their vehicle fell off the cliff and they need to rely on it.

paytongreenber28 — 2025-04-08 20:34:03 UTC

people pulling on ropes

paytongreenber28 — 2025-04-08 20:35:09 UTC

i noticed the rope the people were pulling on is attached to a machine for construction

paytongreenber28 — 2025-04-08 20:36:11 UTC

the people are pulling a machine out of a ditch or drop off, possibly on a construction site