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9.12.2007

Photos for your consideration

From ThinkorThwim.com:

During World War II the Army Corps of Engineers needed to hide the Lockheed Burbank Aircraft Plant to protect it from a Japanese air attack. They covered it with camouflage netting and trompe l’oeil to make it look like a rural subdivision from the air. Man, the shit they think up!

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6 comments:

  1. Isn't it? Love it!!!

    I get a newsletter every day from one of the local TV stations and it always has a distracting link included. This was today's.

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  2. I have seen the word of Army Corps of Engineers...man these guys are good....Greatttt.

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  3. That is awesome, American engenuity at its finest.

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  4. That is really cool! It reminds me of what President Bush has tried to do with democracy. But we've all had a peek underneath, haven't we?

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