The Don Englebreston Collection

High Oblique Aerial View over Hill Country toward a Distant Coastline, Photographed through an Aircraft Canopy, Southeast Asia, Vietnam War Era

High Oblique Aerial View over Hill Country toward a Distant Coastline, Photographed through an Aircraft Canopy, Southeast Asia, Vietnam War Era

Shot through a scratched cockpit canopy, this high oblique looks out over eroded green hills and river valleys toward a narrow coastal plain and the sea beyond. Two steep isolated knobs stand out sharply from the lowland, and sunlight streaking through the transparency records the conditions the photographer was working in. The combination of inland hills, cultivated plain, and a long beach fronting open water is characteristic of central Vietnam. Heavy tropical haze and low-resolution copying leave the scene soft; no specific location can be identified. Project: 219827