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Vapor Trails, Jordan, 1984
Photo: Close-up of plane and pilot
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Vapor trails stretch behind a Royal Jordanian Falcons plane during an air show over Jordan's Wadi Rum mountains. Formed in 1976, the Falcons have performed throughout the world and have earned a reputation for their precision and professionalism.

(Photo shot on assignment for, but not published in, "Jordan: Kingdom in the Middle," February 1984, National Geographic magazine)

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Photograph by Jodi Cobb

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