Air raid of Luftwaffe bombers to Moscow on the night of July 26, 1941.
Thin glowing track – work of the Soviet air defense, a thick white line – German parachute flares to illuminate the area for applying and adjusting air strikes (due to the large exposure when photographing tracks merged into a single line).
Pictured during Air raid is Moscow River, Kremlin Embankment Kremlin Vodovzvodnaya and Borovitskaya towers, the Big Stone Bridge.
Photography Location: Moscow
Time taken: 26 July 1941
Author: Margaret Bourke-White