Re the first of the two fotos posted above: what's that whitish arc in the top of your drawn yellow circle? Does it appear in the actual metal or is it just a reflection? Interesting how it seems to follow the arc of the corner of the window flashing. Something or probably nothing?
Was just wondering that myself (about 'whitish arc') - and it's very important. If that is virgin image from 2-2-V-1 then it could be another tell-tale signature item that might just thumbprint it to the Electra; if real but not from having been on the ship, hell of a coincidence.
Otherwise... ah, is it part of the original image - or a product of the reproduction effort somehow? Curiosity...
And the answer is... it is a virgin highlight - see image Ric posted previously (which was inverted for use above, so look at
bottom left appropriate corner to see it here (my stupid Mac SW keeps rotating it various ways... ghost of Jobs I guess)) -
Now question is, is that just 'light' in Ric's photo, or does the artifact bear what might actually be a contour-following impression from you-know-what? It appears awfully close to the window aperture radius in form, if it's actually a distortion in the metal. Ric, can you examine that detail to see why it highlighted so in the picture? My guess is there may be a little distortion in the metal from being pressed against a previously underlying feature (like a certain window coaming?).