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241023-O-UQ901-8527

A crewmember of a CH-47 Chinook helicopter belonging to the Connecticut National Guard's 169th Aviation Regiment watches the Bambi bucket as the helicopter prepares to capture water from a local lake to dump on a brushfire burning on Lamentation Mountain in Berlin, Connecticut Oct. 23, 2024. This was the first time since 1995 that Connecticut National Guard aviation units conducted an aerial firefighting mission in state.

PHOTO BY: Timothy Koster
VIRIN: 241023-O-UQ901-8527.JPG
FULL SIZE: 1.18 MB
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CAMERA

NIKON Z 6

LENS

NIKKOR Z 70-200mm f/2.8 VR S

APERTURE

13

SHUTTERSPEED

1/160

ISO

200

IMAGE IS PUBLIC DOMAIN

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