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Subject: [Leica] Sun Dog?/Glory
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:07:25 +0100
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Great shot - mysterious enough for Bermuda Triangle fans :-)  - I only 
ever once saw a sundog from the air. Years ago while flying over Holland 
to the UK, a fascinating circular rainbow.

Thanks for posting
Douglas

Steve Barbour wrote:
>
> On Mar 11, 2009, at 3:58 PM, Howard Ritter wrote:
>
>> Thanks for posting, Alan. This is a wonderful image, a mystic 
>> convergence of the technological and the natural, the military and 
>> the serene.
>>
>> No trouble telling just where in the P-38's fuselage the camera is 
>> located!
>> It looks like the picture was made near high noon in a tropical 
>> clime, with the sun smack overhead.
>>
>> This is worthy of memorialization in the US Air Force Museum or the 
>> Smithsonian Museum of Flight. You might consider contacting them.
>
>
> I agree with every word,
>
> Steve
>
>
>>
>> --howard
>>
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2009, at 12:03 PM, Alan Magayne-Roshak wrote:
>>> Speaking of glories, I grew up with this picture from my father's 
>>> WWII collection:
>>> (he was a 5th AAF photo-recon lab man in New Guinea)
>>>
>>> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/DadPix/P-38_Glory.jpg.html>
>>>  
>>>
>>>
>>> Alan
>>>
>>> Alan Magayne-Roshak, Senior Photographer
>>> UPAA POY 1978
>>> University Information Technology Services
>>> University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Alan+Magayne-Roshak/
>>>
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In reply to: Message from amr3 at uwm.edu (Alan Magayne-Roshak) ([Leica] Sun Dog?/Glory)
Message from hlritter at bex.net (Howard Ritter) ([Leica] Sun Dog?/Glory)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Sun Dog?/Glory)