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Victory over ...who?
Victory over ...who?
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Camera: Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Baghdad, Iraq
Date: Jan 17, 2010
Galleries: Urban, History
Date Uploaded: Jan 17, 2010

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 This is another not-so-good-for-dpchallenge photo, but nonetheless I think this is a good photo worth sharing. This was taken at 560mm via a 400mm and 1.4x extender.

The mosque in the front is just a mosque. The building under construction in the distance is the 'Victory Over America Palace' that Saddam Hussein built after the 1991 Gulf War. Saddam told the Iraqi people that they won, and so he built a palace to glorify his victory. The palace's construction was never completed. In 2003 the US bombed it prior to the US invasion.

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 01/26/2010 02:30:20 PM
Great colors. The background is like a mirage.
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