How a Combat Photographer Named a Phenomenon to Honor Soldiers

How a Combat Photographer Named a Phenomenon to Honor Soldiers
ФОТО: petapixel.com

While embedded with troops in Afghanistan in the late 2000s, war photographer and writer Michael Yon captured numerous photos of the sparkling halo that can appear when a helicopter’s rotors hit sand and dust.

Upon finding that the particular phenomenon didn’t have a name, Yon gave it one that honors two fallen soldiers: the Kopp-Etchells […].

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2016-9-30 21:08