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The kneeling soldier's right boot sole and left knee press directly into compacted soil; his gloved hand closes around the rifle stock. The standing soldier's two boots meet the ground, and his hand closes the sling attached to the rifle resting against his shoulder. The five distinct foreground prints indent the same soil surface and merge continuously into the two churned lanes. The two churned lanes continue through the open southeastern corridor toward the horizon. Each thorn shrub emerges from a rooted base in the soil, with varied natural lean. The Waterberg plateau meets the left plain at a continuous terrestrial horizon. The standing soldier is about 1.75 m tall; the 14.5 km escape gap occupies most of the visible horizon and dwarfs both figures. It is 1904-08-12 dawn: German colonial khaki field tunics and trousers, leather belts, gaiters, boots and broad-brim felt hats, worn and dust-marked.; Reddish compacted soil, dry grass, thorn wood, sandstone, wool uniforms, leather equipment and blued steel rifles.; Period bolt-action Mauser rifles, leather slings and infantry field equipment.", "style_description": {"aesthetics": "sober discovery of a failed encirclement. 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