<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Buttle&#039;s World]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[clgood]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://buttle.wordpress.com/author/buttle/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[What&#8217;s going on in&nbsp;Afghanistan?]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>As was the case with Iraq a couple of years ago, if you really want to know you ignore the Government-Run Media and read the dispatches from Michael Yon. In <a href="http://www.michaelyon-online.com/common-scenes-common-thoughts.htm" target="_blank">this one</a> he gets images of a helicopter stirring up its own electrical storm &#8211; something I&#8217;ve never seen before.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.michaelyon-online.com/common-scenes-common-thoughts.htm"><img class="alignnone" title="Landing Helicopter Storm" src="https://i1.wp.com/www.michaelyon-online.com/images/stories/commonsenses/IMG_2451accC-730.jpg" alt="" width="730" height="443" /></a></p>
<p>The slow shutter speed makes the moving chopper vanish, but reveals the static discharges.</p>
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