Photographing these planes was amazing, but walking amongst the giant metal parts of these bombers beneath the moonlight was even more incredible. I would love to experience that moment over and over again...
Photo: "In This Life"
B-52 bomber glistening beneath the moonlight in a California desert.
Photo: "Boeing B-52"
Boeing B-52 aircrafts
Sometimes the world makes you feel so small...
Photo: "119"
Night, full moon. Canon 5D Mark III + 17 TS-E. 5 minutes. ISO 160. f/11.
Tail section of a B-52 bomber used by General Electric in the 1960's to test their TF-39 engine.
Photo: "B-52E"
Night, full moon. 7minutes @ ISO 160, f/11. Canon 5D Mark III + 17mm TS-E
This B-52E aircraft was used by General Electric in the 1960's to test their TF-39 engine and was disposed of in the desert after the tests.
Fast forward nearly 30 years later to 1991 when the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) was signed and 350 nuclear bombers were being destroyed as part of the agreement. The Russians saw this bomber on aerial footage and soon after, the US destroyed the aircraft by placing explosives in the fuselage.