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DescriptionGiant Oarfish.jpg |
English: This photograph was alleged to show U.S. servicemen in Laos during the Vietnam War with a captured Mekong Dragon, Phaya Naga, Mekong Naga, or enormously overgrown eel. It was widely circulated in Laos ([1]). The photograph was actually taken in 1996 and shows a giant oarfish (Regalecus glesne) found on the shore of the Pacific Ocean near San Diego, California. This extremely rare specimen was 23 ft (7.0 m) long and weighed 300 lb (140 kg). The original photograph can be seen on page 20 of the April 1997 issue of All Hands.
Français : Cette photographie montre prétendument des militaires américains se trouvant au Laos pendant la guerre du Vietnam avec un Dragon du Mékong qu'ils auraient capturé, ou un Naga du Mékong, ou une anguille de taille gigantesque. Cette image a largement circulé au Laos ([2]). En fait, c'est une photographie prise en 1996 qui montre un exemplaire de grande taille de Régalec (Regalecus glesne) trouvé sur le rivage de l'océan Pacifique, près de San Diego, en Californie. Ce spécimen extrêmement rare était de 23 pi (7,0 m) de long et pesait 300 lb (140 kg). La photographie originale se trouve à la p. 20 du numéro d'avril 1997 d'All Hands, une revue de la Marine américaine. ([3])
Norsk bokmål: Dette fotografiet viser angivelig tjenestemenn fra USA i Laos under Vietnamkrigen, med en fanget «Mekong-drage» (Phaya Naga) eller enormt forvokst ål. Bildet er viden spredt i Laos ([4]). I virkeligheten er bildet tatt i 1996 og viser en sildekonge (Regalecus glesne) som ble funnet på kysten av Stillehavet i nærheten av San Diego, California. Denne ekstremt sjeldne eksemplaret var 23 fot (7,0 m) lang og veide 300 lb (140 kg). Det originale fotografiet kan sees på side 20 i All Hands, aprilutgaven fra 1997. |
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Source | https://media.defense.gov/2019/Apr/10/2002112778/-1/-1/1/AH199704.pdf |
Author | Wm. Leo Smith |
Object location | 32° 40′ 12″ N, 117° 10′ 01.2″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 32.670000; -117.167000 |
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current | 18:23, 7 January 2013 | 1,716 × 609 (292 KB) | Grolltech (talk | contribs) | better seam; white balance | |
18:01, 7 January 2013 | 1,716 × 609 (252 KB) | Grolltech (talk | contribs) | full resolution, downloaded from army magazine PDF; stitched two halves back together | ||
15:11, 28 January 2010 | 894 × 318 (47 KB) | Haplochromis (talk | contribs) | color | ||
17:00, 18 August 2005 | 450 × 194 (25 KB) | Roscoe x (talk | contribs) | from english wikipedia, Image:Mekongnaga.jpg, Photograph of US servicemen in Laos during the Vietnam War with a captured Mekong Dragon, Phaya Naga, Mekong Naga or enormously overgrown eel. This photo was copied from the Mekong Commission web site, and is |
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