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NEW YORK | How AP photographed George H.W. Bush lying in state

NEW YORK — It’s a striking perspective of a powerful moment: the arrival of the flag-draped casket of former President George H.W. Bush in the U.S. Capitol Rotunda, surrounded by family members and dignitaries, captured from a dizzying height near the top of the dome.

The shot was made possible by a guywire, antennae, collaboration with the Architect of the Capitol and months of negotiations…