Thursday, November 15

Beach - sand = cool plane picture

Here's a really cool thing: This is a photo taken by a kite-suspended camera above a newly discovered World War II fighter plane submerged on a beach off the Welsh coast. The two people standing aside it are historical aircraft specialists. This American P-38 aircraft had made an emergency landing in 1942 after it ran out of gas, and was buried under water and sand for 65 years. It was revealed by beach erosion in July. Experts hope to recover the plane for a British military museum.
The interesting thing here is that it was revealed by beach erosion. No doubt some doofus will say that that occurrence is a coincidence of nature, but I see it as another consequence of global warming. Beach erosion, my friends, is not a good thing, no matter how much important history is revealed. Do they see the ultimate tragedy behind the events leading up to this discovery?
All the same though, that is really cool looking.

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