Location

Fourth of July
St. Louis, Missouri
Photograph by Tom Atwood

This photo is unusual not only because planes appear to be attacking the Gateway Arch, but also because it seems to have been taken by someone hovering above the middle of the Mississippi River with a camera. In fact, it was shot from the middle of the Eads Bridge during an air show on July 4. From that point of view the planes flew directly above, and sometimes directly at, the people on the bridge. Shutter: 1/640; Aperture: f/7.1; ISO: 200; Focal length: 18 mm