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could it be one of these?

https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/27185/f-35s-most-sinis...

Does this image [1] from that article purport to depict landing gear down... with afterburners?

1 = https://the-drive.imgix.net/https%3A%2F%2Fs3-us-west-2.amazo...

What's wrong with that? That's how you'd typically take off from a carrier. For example: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afterburner#/media/File:FA18_o...

As long as you don't exceed the max speed for the gear, no problem.

Let's just say that at that attitude and height, it's an unusual configuration.

They're also posing for a picture.

Along the lines of `groby_b's comment - the elevation and orientation didn't make me think of a carrier takeoff. Rather, at a quick glance this looked like a photoshop. Although there is something about the F22's and F35's coatings that often make me think they look photoshopped.

Those coatings are designed to absorb radar, and as a side effect absorb visual frequencies “differently” than “normal” objects we’re used to seeing.

Taken to the next level, anything coated with something like Vantablack [1] “looks phtotoshopped” based on our previous visual experiences with everyday materials.

[1] https://www.bmwblog.com/2019/08/27/bmw-vbx6-vantablack-the-w...

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