WW1 Aerial Balloon Photos 1916-1918

I’ve been using ComfyUI to enhance photos from a set of over 300 aerial balloon photographs taken by the U.S. Army’s 14th Photo Section during World War I. These images are part of a bigger archive that shows everything from ruined towns to giant trenches carved across the countryside, all captured from balloons tethered high above the Western Front. What I love about these shots is how they’re basically a window into a time when aerial photography was just getting off the ground....

February 20, 2025 · 1 min · 146 words · P.W.