This is the loneliest funeral march I’ve ever seen. This photo from
November 5 was taken during a NASA mission called Operation IceBridge,
the goal of which is to survey polar ice. But it also captured the
aircraft carrier
USS Constellation (CV-64), a Kitty Hawk-class supercarrier being towed by comparatively tiny tugboats.
The Constellation is destined for demolition after 41 years of
commissioned service and 11 years of retirement. The huge Navy vessel
will be scrapped at Brownsville, Texas, after towed around Cape Horn on
her final voyage. [
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center]
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