Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe.

Ack-Ack fire during a German air raid on Algiers; 1943.

Those are the light trails that result from long-exposure photography of gunfire. Ack-ack is shorthand for anti-aircraft.

Those are the light trails that result from long-exposure photography of gunfire. Ack-ack is shorthand for anti-aircraft.

 

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