i think it is exceptionally dodgy perspective.camera has managed to really flatten the image.
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arrangedletters,
Sun 10 May 2009, 11:15,
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Hang on...Notice how the deck behind is very clearly defined, yet the sea is blurred from the jet wash? Looks like the aircraft is actually behind the ship. Photoshopped?
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Colonel Boris "...a desperate Buzzfeed imitation...",
Sun 10 May 2009, 11:22,
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