A newly released photo taken by a combat photographer in Afghanistan shows the last sight she saw — the moment the blast erupted that killed her and four other soldiers.

Spc. Hilda Clayton, 22, a visual information specialist assigned to the 55th Signal Company, was killed during a live-fire training exercise on July 2, 2013, in the Laghman province of Afghanistan.

Clayton and four Afghan National Army soldiers died when a mortar tube accidentally exploded during the training exercise, the Army said.

Clayton’s last photo — released this week by the Army — shows the moment the explosion occurred as a soldier stands in the midst of the fireball.

One of the soldiers killed was a photojournalist whom Clayton had been in training with.

“Not only did Clayton help document activities aimed at shaping and strengthening the partnership, but she also shared in the risk by participating in the effort,” the Military Review wrote.

“Clayton’s death symbolizes how female soldiers are increasingly exposed to hazardous situations in training and in combat on par with their male counterparts,” the Army said in a statement.