Semovente M40 75/18 in Tunisia

[Kuno]

@ Colin;

1) Please note that only the color-pic is in the archive of "Getty Images". The b/w pic has a complete different source and the overlay has been made by somebody in the "other forum" but has nothing to with "Getty Images"

2) The German expressions in the description of the picture have a simple reason: Since my mother-language is German, I have switched to "German" on the "Getty Images"-site. This shall not lead to the conclusion that the photographer was German as well.

3) Your question, how German vehicles could come accross an abandoned Italian vehicle or how the US-correspondent comes in the position to take pictures of such vehicles confuses me. Would like to ask, if you are aware about the Desert Campaign or in particular about the sequences and the movement in Tunisia in late 1942 and early 1943?

4) Please note that in most of the areas the (European) winter is the time where the country is really green.

5) I cannot judge, if Journalists are idiots or not. Presume that the percentage is about similar to the idiots amongst other professions.

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Can we conclude that we do not really come closer to solve the "miracle"? The only possiblity would be that somebody has to go to that particular place and identify the actual situation...

[Keith Webb]

I could be wrong, but to my eye the photograph looks very much like WW2 colour.

The shallow depth of field is typical of the very slow emulsions of the period - colour reversal film was around 12 ASA at the time which was incredibly slow meaning the lens was wide open.

It also has the classic 'look' in terms of the colour dynamics. I know this can be emulated in modern digital manipulation, but it fits well with the period pics.

The clincher for me is it would have been rather unlikely for the camouflage colours to have remained fresh with more than 60 years exposure to the sun's damaging UV light.

[Treadhead]

Originally Posted by Kuno

@ Colin;

4) Please note that in most of the areas the (European) winter is the time where the country is really green.

Do flowers bloom during winter in Europe?

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Can we conclude that we do not really come closer to solve the "miracle"? The only possiblity would be that somebody has to go to that particular place and identify the actual situation...

Miracle? I don't see any miracles, unless you count flowers blooming in winter as a "miracle"

[Kuno]

@ Colin;

I can truly confirm that most of the flowers do not bloom in winter in Europe.

What I wanted to say -but probably my English is not good enough- that during the winter (Europe was mentioned since "our" winter is in a different time than in the southern hemisphere where for example you are living ;-)) in North Africa a lot of flowers are bloming.

Sorry that I was not clear for you.