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04-Jul-2020 Tim Betts

B-2 Spirit Capitol Hill flyover

This B-2 Spirit stealth strategic heavy bomber also flew over Capitol Hill after the flyover on the Mall for the Fourth of July. Tim managed to capture several of the aircraft, but I found this one the most interesting – or perhaps ominous – looking.

I also saw the plane that serves as Air Force One when the president is onboard flying low over the neighborhood but wasn’t prepared to get a photograph. I’m the only one who saw it, and our neighbor (an investigative journalist) asked if I was sure it was Air Force One. I said it was a Boeing 747 flying incredibly low, and if it was any other plane in the severely restricted airspace of Washington, D.C., it would have been shot out of the sky. He agreed that I was right.

Best to view in "Original" because other versions resized by Pbase are decidedly unsharp.

Competing blooms, posted earlier:

Nikon D850 ,Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 80-400mm f/4.5-5.6G ED VR
1/1000s f/8.0 at 400.0mm iso200 hide exif
Full EXIF Info
Date/Time04-Jul-2020 18:45:42
MakeNikon
ModelNIKON D850
Flash UsedNo
Focal Length400 mm
Exposure Time1/1000 sec
Aperturef/8
ISO Equivalent200
Exposure Bias-0.33
White Balance0
Metering Modematrix (5)
JPEG Quality (7)
Exposure Programaperture priority (3)
Focus Distance

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Carl Carbone02-Jul-2021 16:25
What UFOs are made of! Cool capture.
Dan Greenberg03-Jan-2021 01:13
Definitely ominous. It would be great to get to see them fly over. Tell Tim he did well. ~BV~
carol j. phipps11-Oct-2020 14:51
Looks otherworldly.
Don21-Sep-2020 22:01
Far more than the sunset, this is seriously eerie.
MarcViskens16-Sep-2020 18:09
nice shot Helen
victorswan04-Sep-2020 04:02
Excellent capture of this stealth aircraft, nice to see at a air show, you make a nice close-up of BV
Tom LeRoy08-Jul-2020 11:13
The B-2 is such a cool and stealthy aircraft. A fine shot of it. V
Julie Oldfield08-Jul-2020 00:43
The but was a typo 🙂
Julie Oldfield08-Jul-2020 00:42
That looks very ominous but. It looks almost alien. Excellent capture. V
Raymond07-Jul-2020 22:19
So impressive
Dennis Hoyne07-Jul-2020 19:36
A neat shot of this stealthy craft!
Nick Paoni07-Jul-2020 18:14
An amazing aircraft. Glad it's one of ours.
Fong Lam07-Jul-2020 17:25
Great shot of this impressive Stealth, the world's most expensive plane....V
John Reynolds LRPS07-Jul-2020 17:13
They do look ominous. Never seen one myself. V.
Apostolos Tikopoulos07-Jul-2020 17:10
Excellent capture of this stealth aircraft. v.
Hank Vander Velde07-Jul-2020 16:50
That's one mysterious-looking aircraft Tim.
François Fauchard07-Jul-2020 16:40
This plane reminds me of star wars. Excellent capture.
Long Bach Nguyen07-Jul-2020 16:39
great shot
Zoltán Balogh07-Jul-2020 16:33
Excellent capture of the B-2 Spirit, Tim! V
Industrial Heritage07-Jul-2020 16:00
Love that shape.
Milan Vogrin07-Jul-2020 15:58
Wow! Great shot of this impressive plane. V!
Nestor Derkach07-Jul-2020 15:02
Nice stop action Stealth aircraft photograph excellent viewing detail.
Amazing aircraft.
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bill friedlander07-Jul-2020 14:48
Looks like a sci-fi aircraft. Great shot of it. V
Isabel Cutler07-Jul-2020 14:25
Exciting and no doubt difficult capture! We live in the flight path for the Asheville Airport and I find it fascinating to see the variety of planes that pass through. It's been incredibly quiet lately.
Tom Munson07-Jul-2020 13:50
Great shot, Helen. That is an impressive plane.
hayl07-Jul-2020 13:50
I agree ominous looking indeed.