[303rd-Talk] High resolution BDA image

[Guy Schlegel]

Bill,
I get a "Server Not Found" mesg. when I click on the link you provided???
Guy

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Jones" <wejones at megalink.net>
To: <303rd-talk at 303rdBG.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2007 1:44 PM
Subject: [303rd-Talk] High resolution BDA image


>   I'm sure most of you have seen images of those bomb damage photos taken
> during the bomb runs.  Even those of you who have some of these photos, 
> may
> not be aware of just how much detail is visible in them.  I have jpg 
> images of
> a few of these photos on my web page, and the 303rdbg.com web page also 
> has
> some of these images, but these are all relatively low resolution images 
> that
> don't do the originals justice.
>   I recently had a request from an organization in Germany, that was
> preparing a display showing how the town of Kitzingen has been rebuilt and
> developed since WWII.  I had a photo on my web page showing Kitzingen, but 
> it
> was relatively low resolution, so they asked if I could send them a higher
> resolution scan.  I hadn't done this in the past, since these files are 
> very
> large, and I'm connected to the internet via dialup.  However I recently 
> found
> that a nearby library had high speed internet, so I drove over there, and
> uploaded a high resolution image while sitting in the parking lot in my 
> car.
>   So anyway, for anyone interested, the image is at:
>
> http://wejones.ftdata.com/kitz1200.jpg
>
> It's been scanned at 1200 dpi, and shows amazing detail.  I've done some
> higher resolution scans of small areas of the photo, and this is pretty 
> close
> to the maximum detail possible from the photos, but not quite.  The photo 
> was
> from the Feb 23 1945 mission.
>
> Note, this is a 32MB file, so it would take a LONG time to download if you
> only have a dialup, but should download in a few minutes if you have a 
> high
> speed connection.  It took me 10 minutes to upload at the library.
>
>
> Bill Jones         N3JLQ
> Sweden Maine
> wejones at megalink.net
> http://www.megalink.net/~wejones
>
>
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