Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Afghanistan. Show all posts
Photo of the Day 502
Photograph by Jeremiah Ridgeway This Month in Photo of the Day: Your Photos Nuristan, Afghanistan, October 2006: Blast halo and round exiting mortar tube as U.S. forces engage nearby insurgents. Mortar systems provide much needed relief for convoys and patrols that come under attack from insurgents. —Caption by Jeremiah Ridgeway Photo of the Day 478
Photograph by Thomas J. Abercrombie Like drifting clouds, hilltops mirrored in a mirage appear to float behind a Land Rover. The illusion is created by heat waves shimmering in the 120-degree (49-degree-Celsius) temperatures of the Dasht-i-Margo—Afghanistan's so-called "Desert of Death." (Photo shot on assignment for "Afghanistan—Crossroad of Conquerors," September 1968, National Geographic magazine)
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
|
