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Here are a few shots of a B-24 doing reconnaissance over Bernburg, Germany...

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:shock: Nothing like being on the ground to see it for yourself :lol:

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Very cool!

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Wow, those are great! Had the Germans capitulated in this area when the mission was flown? There are some very interesting aircraft and parts of aircraft in some of those pics.

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Hey- thet missed tha one a/c in that revetment. Make them go back and get it!

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Neat!

I've always thought it was interesting the way the shadow of an aircraft always seems to be surrounded by a sort of halo. I thought maybe it was an optical illusion, but it seems to show up pretty well in the photos.

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It's caused by sun diffusion off the glass and reflection off chrome (or natural metal) surfaces of the aircraft. As you note in the B-24 pictures, the "halo" concentrates around the nose, where the sun is diffusing through the various windows. If you go outside on a sunny day and hold a chromed object out, its shadow will show the same effect.
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Steve Nelson wrote:
Neat!

I've always thought it was interesting the way the shadow of an aircraft always seems to be surrounded by a sort of halo. I thought maybe it was an optical illusion, but it seems to show up pretty well in the photos.

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There is an interesting halo effect when looking at the shadow of the aircraft you are in passing along the ground...an effect that is not there when you see the shadow of a different aircraft.

Don't know why that is, though.
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There is an interesting halo effect when looking at the shadow of the aircraft you are in passing along the ground...an effect that is not there when you see the shadow of a different aircraft.


That's what I was referring too..like you say, I've never seen the effect unless I was flying in the aircraft casting the shadow.

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Is that a Ju188 in the 4th photo?

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It doesn't appear to have the extended wingtips of the 188. Judging by the camouflage scheme, I'd say it's a Ju-88C or Ju-88G nightfighter (hard to tell which without the tail.) Same with the wing seen in the final photo.

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I'd say the aircraft in the center of the 4th photo is quite likely a Ju-188.

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Wow, those photos rule! 8)
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Don't know much more on the photos - when they were taken, etc... but here are a few close-ups.

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The top picture of the "close-ups" shows a Ju-88G and FW-190 Mistel (piggyback) on the right.

The bottom pic shows a Ju-188, minus engines.

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