aerial photograph
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of aerial photograph
First recorded in 1895–1900
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He was sitting in front of an aerial photograph of dry land projected onto a big screen at the OS headquarters in the port city of Southampton, southern England.
From Barron's ● Aug. 12, 2026
Looking down into the atrium outside his office, you see a large carpet woven to look like an aerial photograph of bomb-ravaged Berlin at the end of World War II.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 12, 2026
The short stretch of track and the depot buildings are visible in a 1948 aerial photograph and are described in archive interviews with locals Mattie Fairnington and Maurice Hardy who were teenagers during the war.
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2025
An aerial photograph of the vessel before it sank, released by Greek authorities, showed people crammed on the deck.
From Washington Times ● Jun. 15, 2023
He stared at him as if he were studying the shadows of an aerial photograph.
From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy
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