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...fortresses, both from the sky and the ground, in snow and in bloom. There is formidable Chambord, which may have been planned by Leonardo da Vinci, and delicate Azay-le-Rideau, the creation of a banker who went too far when he mixed state money with his own. The aerial exposures suggest that some of the châteaux were designed for the eyes of god: the intricate geometry of the Renaissance gardens at Villandry can be fully appreciated only from aloft...
DIED. Bradford Washburn, 96, climber, cartographer and aerial photographer who in 1951 founded the all encompassing Museum of Science in Boston; in Lexington, Mass. Labeled "a roving genius of mind and mountains" by outdoor photographer Ansel Adams, Washburn mapped the Grand Canyon in the 1970s, using prisms and lasers to measure depth; and in 2000 he helped revise the height of Mount Everest, up to 29,035 ft., a 7-ft. correction...
...Pearl Harbor attack; in Savannah, Ga. On Dec. 7, 1941, the young reporter was awakened in his bungalow by the falling bombs. After confirming with sources over the phone, he filed this sentence, which the White House scooped by minutes in its official statement: "Flash--Pearl Harbor under aerial attack. Tremaine...
...Ethiopia try to occupy the capital, and humanitarian agencies have called for a ceasefire. But the U.S. has signaled its tacit support for the offensive, and while it is not providing overt military support, it has long trained Ethiopian troops and is likely to be passing them intelligence and aerial surveillance. Other Western and African nations - including the African Union - have either backed Ethiopia or kept silent. The reason? The fighting is about more than control of an obscure part of eastern Africa...
Swiss photographer Gerster has been taking aerial photos of some of the world's most spectacular archaeological sites for the last 50 years. This collection, edited by Charlotte Trümpler, director of the archaeology collection of the Folkwang Museum in Essen, Germany, shows off ancient ruined cities in breathtaking patchworks and the awe-inspiring architecture of religious sites from the temples of Abu Simbel in Egypt to Caesarea in Israel. In an age when anyone with a digital camera can pretend to be David Bailey, Gerster takes photos that demand a helicopter, no fear of heights and decades...