Each of these colorations of the same print contains an illustration of a phoenix,
the mythological, almost immortal firebird known to have been reborn of the ashes from which it burned.
Each Three Dimensional image embedded within these prints represents
a different traditional mechanism of American warfare.
The goal of these stereograms was to combine 3D modeling, stereoscopic principles
and digital printing technologies to comment on the sometimes surreal serenity of daily american life
that is all too often underscored by our military presence in wars around the world.
The ornate phoenix also evokes the rise and fall of human societies,
as in Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451. Hopefully, as in the book,
humankind will remember the mistakes of its past,
celebrate culture and exalt collective conscience over individual importance.
below is the hidden Abrams Tank that appears in the above print:
The M1 Abrams Tank (shown below in context courtesy of the Department of Defense)
is the principal combat tank of the United States Army and the United States Marine Corps,
with three main versions being deployed starting in 1980: the M1, M1A1, and M1A2.
It is named after General Creighton Abrams, former Army Chief of Staff and commander
of the Army's US 37th Armor Regiment. The M1 Abrams replaced the M60 Patton in US service.
No Abrams tank has ever been destroyed as a result of fire from an enemy tank,
though a number have been disabled in ambushes employing short-range antitank rockets
like the Russian RPG-7. Also, during the Operation Desert Storm four Abrams were disabled
in a friendly fire incident by Hellfire missiles fired from AH-64 Apache attack helicopters.
The main armament of the M1A1 and M1A2 is the M256 120 mm smoothbore gun,
designed by Rheinmetall AG of Germany and manufactured under license in the US
by General Dynamics Land Systems Division in their plant in Lima, Ohio. It fires
depleted uranium armor-piercing, fin-stabilized, discarding-sabot long-rod penetrator
rounds and high explosive anti-tank (HEAT) shaped charge rounds such as the M830,
the latest version of which incorporates a sophisticated multi-mode electronic sensing fuse
which allows it to be used effectively against both armored vehicles and personnel,
or even (at least in theory) low-flying aircraft.
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