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Normandy Battlefield

Normandy Battlefield

On a brilliant and blustery fall day, we braced ourselves against the chilly winds to walk the D-Day battlefields (Normandy, FR), the lush green hilltop meadow ...
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On a brilliant and blustery fall day, we braced ourselves against the chilly winds to walk the D-Day battlefields (Normandy, FR), the lush green hilltop meadow masking the underground enemy stronghold but not quite camouflaging the barbed-wire concrete fortifications, a vivid, stirring contrast of the visually appealing and appalling.
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Aperture 11/1 ISO 200 Shutter 1/400 Focal Length 18/1

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Jun, 2019

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