Ashlinn, did you see that book that Thames & Hudson (Phaidon?) did not so long ago, called Heaven and Earth? Wonderful, magical, staggering images of things either to small or too large to be seen by the naked eye... That, it seems to me, is where scientists find God.

Emma

Emma, no, I haven't seen that book. How I miss being able to walk into a bookshop and browse!

They did a big hardback which made a great wedding present, but more recently a rather pleasing fat small paperback for a tenner, I think, and the pics still came out very well. Are you out of the reach of Amazon?

Emma

Emma

I'm afraid God is often found in the faces of starving African children.

JB

I'd go the image of Neil Armstrong on the moon, as I think space travel and knowledge was one of the biggest advancements if the 20th century, and it symbolises mankind's curiosity and ingenuity. And for my image for 500 years from now, it would be the image if the twin towers falling, as I think Sep 11th has changed the world so significantly, and will continue to do so.

L

I instantly thought of Neil Armstrong and see I am not alone. My eldest son has just started high school and he had to back his history book with images from an important historical event. He chose a great picture of young kids boarding a train to be evacuated in WWII and one of Winston Churchill.

Can't think of one for 500 years hence. Perhaps David Bowie in Ziggy garb.

Favourite 20th Century sports shots are Cassius Clay standing over Sonny Liston and Bobby Moore being carried by his team-mates, holding the World cup.

Space travel definitely. We’re not living on the moon, as was predicted at the time, but the technological advances it spawned have been tremendous.

Strictly speaking, 9/11 doesn’t qualify because it was in the 21st century but it is an image of the escalating terrorist situation at the end of the 20th.

Shay, I'm impressed by your son!

Dee