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Navy Ship with Dazzle Camouflage, England, WWI

A ship with dazzle camouflage at the Alexandra Dock, Hull, England, during the First World War. Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle or dazzle painting, was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a prior claim by the zoologist John Graham Kerr, it consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colors, interrupting and intersecting each other. Unlike some other forms of camouflage, dazzle works not by offering concealment but by making it difficult to estimate a target's range, speed and heading.
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Navy Ship with Dazzle Camouflage, England, WWI
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A ship with dazzle camouflage at the Alexandra Dock, Hull, England, during the First World War. Dazzle camouflage, also known as razzle dazzle or dazzle painting, was a family of ship camouflage used extensively in World War I and to a lesser extent in World War II and afterwards. Credited to artist Norman Wilkinson, though with a prior claim by the zoologist John Graham Kerr, it consisted of complex patterns of geometric shapes in contrasting colors, interrupting and intersecting each other. Unlike some other forms of camouflage, dazzle works not by offering concealment but by making it difficult to estimate a target's range, speed and heading.
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4016 x 2340 px | 26.9 MB
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34.0 x 19.8 cm | 13.4 x 7.8 in (300 dpi)
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