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USS Iowa (BB-61) fires a full broadside of nine 16"/50 and six 5"/38 guns during a target exercise near Vieques Island, Puerto Rico ( 21° N 65° W). Note concussion effects on the water surface, and 16-inch gun barrels in varying degrees of recoil.
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Image is moderately encyclopedic, but suffers numerous issues: entire picture is out of focus, burnt highlights throughout the explosions and waves, image has very strong contast (compare shadows to highlights on the deck), the edges of the explosions show strange artefacts (either film grain or compression artefacts), etc. This image, apparently taken on the same occasion, shows the boat in far more detail (although it does have its own issues, addressed its own FPC), and its not as if the image is unrepeatable (the US Navy carries out firing practice fairly often, so other images must exist). Laïka 19:06, 18 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]
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Laïka

keep Great image, wont get any more b/c of decommissioned iowas. i didn't even see the "grain" in the picture. Kept MER-C 04:47, 24 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]