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    The image shows a desert landscape with a controlled detonation or explosion occurring in the mid-ground. A dark black smoke plume rises from what appears to be a designated blast area marked by scattered white debris or markers arranged in an elongated pattern. The scene suggests a military ordnance disposal, demolition exercise, or similar controlled explosive event in an arid environment.

    KIRKUK, IRAQ

    04.04.2009

    Photo by Sgt. Gustavo Olgiati 

    Joint Combat Camera Center Iraq

    A 120mm mortar shell airbursts, during a combined mortar training exercise with U.S. Soldiers from Gunfighter Platoon, Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 1st Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas, and Iraqi soldiers from 1st Battalion, 46th Brigade, 12 Infantry Division, on April 4, 2009, at the Saber Range, outside Mansurya village, Diyala province, Iraq.

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    Date Taken: 04.04.2009
    Date Posted: 04.10.2009 00:07
    Photo ID: 163823
    VIRIN: 090404-A-6851O-872
    Resolution: 3600x2400
    Size: 4.21 MB
    Location: KIRKUK, IQ
    Web Views: 205
    Downloads: 49

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