Gallery: Can You Spot the Snipers Hidden in These Photos?

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    Simon Menner
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    Sniper above the brownish rotten wood. Slightly to the right. Spotter behind him to the left.
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    Simon Menner
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    Simon Menner
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    Sniper on top of the two big boulders in the lower right corner. Muzzle is visible.
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    Simon Menner
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    Simon Menner
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  • Image may contain Field Grassland Outdoors Nature Rural Countryside Farm Meadow Pasture Tree Plant Ranch and Fir
    Simon Menner
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    Sniper slightly left of the center of the image in the grass.
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    Simon Menner
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    Simon Menner
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    There is a big boulder in the lower left corner. Sniper is straight up from there, where the color of the stones changes from light to dark.
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    Simon Menner
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  • Image may contain Ground Plant Tree Dirt Road Gravel Road Fir Abies and Conifer
    Simon Menner
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    Sniper behind the sapling in the left center of the image.
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    Simon Menner
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    Simon Menner
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    Sniper under the left side of the birch tree.
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    Simon Menner
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  • Image may contain Plant Tree Vegetation Tree Trunk Forest Land Outdoors Nature Woodland Grove and Ground
    Simon Menner
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    Snpier behind the piece of wood on the ground just next to the second tree to the right side in the center of the image.
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    Simon Menner
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    Simon Menner
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    Sniper under a moss cover. Left half of the image, behind a small tree with a bent trunk.
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    Simon Menner
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    Simon Menner
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    Sniper at the right edge of the left rock formation.
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    Simon Menner
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  • Image may contain Tree Plant Ground Vegetation Outdoors Nature Land Tree Trunk and Grass
    Simon Menner
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    Sniper under the twigs and branches on the left.
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    Simon Menner
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