Great shots from an Afghan airfield

Neat effect of the rotors striking all the dust creating static electricity and sparks:
The Kopp-Etchells Effect

 

I have seen quite a lot of images and combat footage from Afghanistan, a lot of it is incredible it is just a shame about the reporters who so often talk utter rubbish. One of the funner ones was a chap who was standing near a US vehicle, the gunner was firing his .50 and suddenly the reporter started wailing and screaming 'I've been hit!' In actual fact it was simply a shell case which had bounced off his helmet, plonker. There was a great one yesterday, footage of some US soldiers (SF guys or possibly rangers I think, judging by some of their kit) during an attack; one of them with a very pleasant midwestern accent said the Taliban were engaging in a 'bit of douchebaggery' which I thought was both very apt and a very entertaining turn of phrase.

Anyhow, those pics are amazing, the 'fairydust' affect is amazing and the lighting is great, I wonder how long he had to sit and wait for that.

 

fantastic photos, thanks for showing the link......reqally enjoyed them

 

Great link, thanks for posting!

 

In that case, dust. I have seen it happen with water from rain as well. All that friction intensifies the static charge. Good post.

 

I'm curious as to the effects on the electrical and computer systems?