Final moments on film: A selfie with a walrus, testing a homemade parachute and going face-to-face with a tiger... terrifying true stories behind tragic photographs

Every day, millions of people commemorate important moments in their lives with pictures. Parachute test Hundreds watched on as Franz Reichelt's parachute malfunctioned and failed to open, causing him to drop 187 feet to his death in a flurry of fabric On an icy February day in 1912, Austrian-born inventor Franz Reichelt was famously pictured atop the Eiffel Tower in Paris in his homemade parachute suit. The flight was the height of luxury with the entire cabin first class with a menu to match that included a Champagne breakfast The final image of what is believed to be the plane at the moment of impact - the fluid on the window is speculated to have been fuel Passengers were pictured enjoying beverages and looking out of the windows The wreckage of an Air New Zealand DC-10 lies on the side of Mount Erebus in the Antarctic, Nov. 30, 1979 An iceberg lies in the Ross Sea with Mount Erebus in the background near McMurdo Station Fuselage of the DC-10 that crashed in 1979 into Mount Erebus, Antarctica He unknowingly circled volcano Mount Erebus twice on descent, narrowly missing hitting the mountain as he attempted to avoid gathering clouds. But the 22-year-old, who is said to have been under the influence of alcohol, climbed into the white tiger enclosure Tiger-fanatic Maqsood went to New Delhi Zoo in September 2014 to admire his favourite animal. Once he had jumped into the enclosure, the tiger grabbed Maqsood by the neck as terrified onlookers began throwing sticks and stones at the animal to try to save him The tiger is pictured above standing on top of Maqsood Officials are pictured at the edge of the enclosure after Maqsood was killed Zoo officials said that security had tried to keep the man away from the tiger enclosure.