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A nighttime view of the Pentagon showing smoke rising from the building after the September 11, 2001 attacks

Made by: Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Houlihan, U.S. Navy
Date: 2001-09-11
Held by: U.S. Department of Defense (U.S. Navy photo), via Wikimedia Commons
Catalog number: DoD VIRIN 010911-N-PU293-077
Rights: Public domain: work of a U.S. military service member taken as part of official duties (17 U.S.C. 105).
Credit line: U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Robert Houlihan, September 11, 2001. DoD 010911-N-PU293-077.
Catalog record: commons.wikimedia.org

Description

Night photograph of the Pentagon lit by fires, with smoke rising across the sky and the Capitol dome visible in the distance behind it.