aerial photograph
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Origin of aerial photograph
First recorded in 1895–1900
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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
An annotated aerial photograph highlighted classrooms on two upper floors of the building, which the IDF said were the “locations of the terrorists”.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2024
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
Diefenbaker acknowledged the bunker’s purpose after the aerial photograph appeared and vowed that he would never visit it and would stay home with his wife if the bombers and missiles came.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 29, 2023
It was flattened out like an aerial photograph.
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
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