Cool pix!

"The King George V-class battleship HMS Duke of York departing Portland Harbour, south coast of England, 1946. Her sister ships HMS Anson and HMS Howe are in the harbour. [3000 x 1729]"

 

For scale, note the human standing at the near edge of the bomb crater.

 

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A P-40L used by the 461st Bomb Group as an assembly ship, 1944

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"On This Day in 1944 the greatest armada ever to leave Britain's shores delivered fire, fury and thousands of troops on to the beaches of Normandy. By the day’s end Hitler’s Atlantic Wall was punctured by the bravery, ingenuity and overwhelming firepower of Allied forces [2992x2231]."

 

"M4 Shermans tanks of Company A 741st Tank Battalion and other loaded in an Landing Craft Tank ready for the invasion of France at an English port, early June 1944."

 

The Devil you say!

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A Distorted Sunrise Eclipse
Image Credit & Copyright: Elias Chasiotis

Explanation: Yes, but have you ever seen a sunrise like this? Here, after initial cloudiness, the Sun appeared to rise in two pieces and during partial eclipse, causing the photographer to describe it as the most stunning sunrise of his life. The dark circle near the top of the atmospherically-reddened Sun is the Moon -- but so is the dark peak just below it. This is because along the way, the Earth's atmosphere had an inversion layer of unusually warm air which acted like a gigantic lens and created a second image. For a normal sunrise or sunset, this rare phenomenon of atmospheric optics is known as the Etruscan vase effect. The featured picture was captured in December 2019 from Al Wakrah, Qatar. Some observers in a narrow band of Earth to the east were able to see a full annular solar eclipse -- where the Moon appears completely surrounded by the background Sun in a ring of fire. The next solar eclipse, also an annular eclipse for well-placed observers, will occur later this week on June 10.
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"HMS Berwick of the Kent class as completed - the Royal Navy's first 10,000 ton cruisers [1984 x 762]."

 

"Pz.Bef.Wg.III Ausf.J with a full set of additional armour, including side armour."

 

"[2734x1804] The French battleship Jean Bart under trials, 1951."

 

"Aerial view of USS North Carolina, off the US east coast, 17 April 1942. [4,465x5,643]"

 

"Battleship USS Nevada at anchor at Lahaina Roads, Territory of Hawaii, pre-war. Note SOC Seagull scout aircraft on Nevada’s catapults.[1,100x726]"

 

"Aerial pic of the Regia Marina Condottieri class light cruiser Eugenio di Savoia while crossing the Panama Canal; the photo was taken by a USN plane on Feb 8th, 1939. (5920x4358)"

 

"A V-2 rocket being prepared for launch at Heidelager military training range. Blizna, Poland. June, 1944."

 

"U.S. Marines examine a Japanese suicide MXY-7 Ohka (cherry blossom) on Okinawa in 1945 The Allies called these kamikaze rockets "Baka", which is Japanese for fool."

(The "keep out" sign is on the other side from the GIs.)