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Donkey dies in failed Gaza terror attack
Hanan Greenberg
Published: 25.05.10, 13:40
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31. Is the illustrated photograph a fake?
David Guy ,   Rehovot, Israel   (05.26.10)
BTW Is it possible to capture a sharp picture of a mortar being fired with a normal camera (see AFP photograph accompanying article http://tinyurl.com/25ok4gy)? A 60mm M2 mortar has a muzzle velocity 439 fps (~ 134 mps) That means that at 1/1000th sec (fast even in bright sunlight) it travels more than 5 inches (~13 cm) while the shutter is open. That's too fast to see more than a streak, if at all. If the motor drive camera is shooting at 3 frames a second there is a good chance it would miss the shell entirely. So even catching a blurred beyond recognition mortar shell with a normal camera is unlikely. I smell Photoshop!
32. #25 - and the Arab invasion in 1948 was...
William ,   Israel   (05.26.10)
because they were bringing pies to welcome Israel to the neighborhood but got misunderstood? Ynet might not be right-wing, but you'll have no supporters for such blatant lies here. Haaretz on the other hand....
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