it's difficult to avoid references to those ominous scenes in coppola's masterpiece when dealing with sand, sea and whirling blades (though the chopper sequences in 'black hawk down' were damn impressive too). shot this from the cockpit of my bicycle yesterday with the door off.
note: 'china beach' is simply used as a title here, not to be confused with its true namesake in vietnam.
'china beach' • qingdao, china
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