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$This well-preserved Hellcat aircraft wreck stands out as one of the Solomon Islands' most easily reachable airplane wrecks. Resting upright and complete, it lies in a mere 9 meters of crystal-clear water. The Grumman F6F Hellcat, designed as a carrier-based fighter to supplant the earlier F4F Wildcat, rose to prominence as the Navy's dominant fighter in the latter stages of World War II, a status it never relinquished.\n\nRenowned for its robust and efficient carrier-based design, the Hellcat effectively countered the Mitsubishi A6M Zero, playing a pivotal role in securing air superiority over the Pacific. Its straightforward, highly effective design remained relatively unaltered throughout the war, with over 12,200 units produced in just over two years.\n\nThe wreck rests upon a bed of fragmented coral, surrounded by delicate branching coral formations, ensuring minimal silt disturbance and excellent underwater visibility. Undoubtedly, it ranks among the most easily accessible airplane wrecks in the Solomon Islands.$

Old, rusty whaling ships and processing facilities at a now abandoned whaling station in Grytviken -on the island of South Georgia.

The damaged remains of an aircraft lies in a South Pacific field

I took a photo of the current state (as of August 2023) of the Osaka Expo site from the summit of Mount Rokko in Kobe, Japan. The construction has been significantly delayed beyond the original schedule, which makes me worry if the Expo can be held as planned.

Sunken ship at Sakaiura Beach in the Ogasawara Islands

Shore of a freshwater lake polluted with plastic bottles and construction waste.

Taken along Astoria Riverwalk, a public park and hiking trail following the Columbia River and follows the historic path of the Astoria & Columbia River Railroad and traveling the length of Astoria's waterfront.

A scale model of the iconic B-17 Flying Fortress sitting on a scale model airfield. The B-17 was an American four-engined heavy bomber aircraft developed in the 1930s for the United States Army Air Corps and made by Boeing.

airliner cockpit at crash site (film set)

Banda Aceh, Indonesia - February 15, 2023 ; Plastic waste dumped into the ocean and scattered along Lampulo Beach

Remaining of cargo ship on ocean bottom, Maldives

$Image show dame to property, cars and freeways as the earthquake destroyed Northridge\n\nAt 4:30 am, on January 17, 1994, residents of the greater Los Angeles area were rudely awakened by the strong shaking of the Northridge earthquake. This was the first earthquake to strike directly under an urban area of the United States since the 1933 Long Beach earthquake.$

Destroyed Soviet Airplane in the Massawa Old Town, Eritrea

Diving in Jordan along the coastline south of Aqaba on a sunken C130 airplane wreck.

Exterior of airplane, wreckage from an airplane crash in Iceland on Solheimasandur black sand beach.

Ship breaking yard in Bangladesh Chittagong

Aerial view of the barge seen half above and half underwater on the Danube river.

An aerial view of collapsed houses in Hatay, Antakya, after the powerful twin earthquakes hit Kahramanmaras, Turkiye on February 20, 2023

Old remnant of a US Navy plane that crashed on a lava field in central Iceland

Preserved Mill and landscape in the Blueridge Mountains

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Douglas DC-3 - twin-engine propeller-driven transport aircraft, produced by Douglas Aircraft between 1936 and 1945, its speed and range revolutionized air transport - an evolution of the Douglas DC-2 allowing the comfortable, night-time transport of civilian passengers, the DC-3 quickly became an indispensable tool for the Allied armies during World War II. Addis Ababa Bole International Airport (IATA: ADD, ICAO: HAAB).

Long Beach, California, - Aerial view of the Port of Long Beach, California

Arthur Kill ship graveyard in New York City

Panoramic view of the port with moored vessels in the evening, Cape Town, Western Cape Province, South Africa.

Aerial photograph of fish farms and fishing villages at sea

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