Eerie Photo

[mopaul]

U.S. Marine Capt. Christopher Toland, of Austin, Texas, who commands the 3rd Platoon from Lima Company of the 3rd Battalion, 25th Regiment from Ohio, sleeps with a copy of Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' on his chest during a lull in fighting in Parwana, near Haditha, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 5, 2005. A roadside bomb nearby killed 14 Marines, many from this platoon, and a civilian interpreter, in the deadliest roadside bombing suffered by American forces in the Iraq war. (AP Photo/Jacob Silberberg)

-------"heart of darkness is the book that 'apocolypse now' is based on.

[XanaDUer]

1. The horror!

Thr horror!

[Swamp Rat]

2. Whoa!

That could be me. :yoiks:

[benito]

3. theres grass and shade in that photo

and it doesn't look 125 degrees.

just saying

[Clark2008]

4. Iraq is not ALL desert.

There are shady spots and trees and grass.

I realize most of what we see are desert scenes, but, in Baghdad, in particular (which is where this photo was taken), there are many trees and shrubs.

[Botany]

5. Grass?

Something about this picture seems funny.

That looks like a cool season grass blue or fescue or rye
in Iraq?