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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.

 

February 26, 2014 | Categories: History, Military History, Modern Warfare, Nightmares of World War II, Photography, The Drama Of It All, The Politics of Cultural Destruction, Weird, World War Two | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment