Caption | Two B-17 Flying Fortresses' vapor trails light up the night sky over Eastern Europe, circa 1945 ww2dbase | |||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army Air Forces via Wikimedia Commons | |||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
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2. Anonymous says:
29 Apr 2019 12:55:23 PM
I would like to use this photo for an exhibit about the Norden Bombsight at the Norwalk Historical Society Museum. Do you have the image in higher resolution? AND how should it be credited?
29 Apr 2019 12:55:23 PM
I would like to use this photo for an exhibit about the Norden Bombsight at the Norwalk Historical Society Museum. Do you have the image in higher resolution? AND how should it be credited?
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21 Feb 2011 06:25:43 PM
THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY:
What are those swirls around the props?
Each tip of the propeller blade creates
a vortex, moisture in the air condenses
leaving ice crystals. This also happens
in hot humid air.