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Picture of the year (so far) - V-22 Osprey in Iraq

The US Marine Corps has just released this rare image of an MV-22 Osprey tiltrotor operating in Iraq - there are green rotor-tip lights, the Marines now tell me. (US Navy photo)

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Kevin:

Wow. Is there somewhere I can find a hi-res version of this?

the woracle:

Here's the link (I will add it to the post, too)

http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/080202-N-9643K-008.jpg

Hey, thanks for posting my photo! If anyone wants to know more about it just send me an email.

A couple things about this photo (I get lots of questions);

No, there was no photoshop work done on it... what you see is what I shot.

Camera: Sony R1
Exposure: 10 seconds on shutter priority mode

I had only a few minutes to get this shot and had no tripod with me so I propped the camera on the ground and set the shutter delay timer. I took a total of 14 shots before I had to get back on the Osprey for the flight to Fallujah. This was the only "perfect shot" I got out of the 14.

Cheers,
MCC(SW) Joe Kane
Fleet Combat Camera Pacific

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