Image:Passchendaele aerial view.jpg

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Description
English: Aerial view of the village of Passchendaele (north is to the right of the photo) before and after the Third Battle of Ypres, 1917.
Source

Imperial War Museum catalogue number Q 42918A
Date

1917
Author

Unknown
Permission
(Reusing this image)
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Camera location

50°54′1″N, 3°1′16″E

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Vertical resolution 72 dpi
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File change date and time 15:22, 7 April 2005
Color space 65535