Author Topic: Facinating Pictures and the art of nature (Read 22227 times)

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #25 on:** March 01, 2012, 06:14:11 PM »

The Voyager 1 space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977 to study the outer solar system and eventually interstellar space. Operating for 34 years, 5 months and 25 days as of today (1 March 2012), the spacecraft receives routine commands and transmits data back to the Deep Space Network. It is the first probe to leave the solar system and is the farthest man-made object from Earth. Taken 3.7 billion miles out in 1990 as Voyager passed the orbital boundaries of our Solar System.

Markcb750 · « **Reply #26 on:** March 01, 2012, 06:36:18 PM »

A partial eclipse makes the devils horns.

Need I say NMP?

Stev-o · « **Reply #27 on:** March 01, 2012, 06:55:26 PM »

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #28 on:** March 01, 2012, 07:44:12 PM »

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #29 on:** March 01, 2012, 10:39:01 PM »

Wish I could claim this as my own.

faux fiddy · « **Reply #30 on:** March 01, 2012, 11:52:06 PM »

That's got to be photoshopped (?)!

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #31 on:** March 02, 2012, 09:56:26 PM »

Quote from: fiddy of industry on March 01, 2012, 11:52:06 PM

That's got to be photoshopped (?)!

I looked at it on Photoshop down to the pixel level and can't find obvious fakery. The reflected stars at that level are distorted from their opposites as you would expect in a reflection. My thought on the kayak is it is sitting onshore, maybe elevated a bit on a rock or ledge hanging over the water. No way could you hold a camera steady in a boat on the water. You need a tripod to take this. I am guessing the exposure would have to be under a minute. Anything longer and the stars start to trail or if tracking, the background starts to blur. If it is a fake it's a good one. My version of Photoshop is at least 8 years old and the newer versions can do stuff mine can't even attempt.

Markcb750 · « **Reply #32 on:** March 05, 2012, 07:30:37 PM »

The south Pacific volcano Tinakula, over 2000 km northeast of Australia:

Markcb750 · « **Reply #33 on:** March 08, 2012, 03:03:19 AM »

lightning, it's striking!

Markcb750 · « **Reply #34 on:** March 09, 2012, 03:36:22 PM »

Really nice high resolution of the moon

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #35 on:** March 09, 2012, 05:20:58 PM »

Earthrise taken in 1968 from Apollo 8, first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon. To me one of the most important and influential photos in history.

Stev-o · « **Reply #36 on:** March 09, 2012, 06:44:35 PM »

That is awesome.

FrankenFrankenstuff · « **Reply #37 on:** March 10, 2012, 10:58:25 AM »

My dad was a student at M.I.T. when the space program was underway. He worked on the original flight simulator computer and claims to be the first one to have "crashed landed" on the moon. In his office there is a plaque thanking him for his participation in the space program.

FYI - JFK was going to put NASA at Kendall Square in Boston, they cleared 25 acres...then he died and Johnson moved the whole operation to Texas. "Boston, we have a problem"

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #38 on:** March 11, 2012, 01:39:18 PM »

Sand dunes in the Noachis Terra region of Mars.

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #39 on:** March 11, 2012, 01:44:18 PM »

Quote from: FrankenFrankenstuff on March 10, 2012, 10:58:25 AM

My dad was a student at M.I.T. when the space program was underway. He worked on the original flight simulator computer and claims to be the first one to have "crashed landed" on the moon. In his office there is a plaque thanking him for his participation in the space program.

Bet he could work a mean Slide Rule.

Greggo · « **Reply #40 on:** March 11, 2012, 01:53:12 PM »

I'd love to see a scale on that Mars picture! Gotta wonder how much distance that pic covers...beautiful pic!

BeSeeingYou · « **Reply #41 on:** March 11, 2012, 02:39:26 PM »

Quote from: Greggo on March 11, 2012, 01:53:12 PM

I'd love to see a scale on that Mars picture! Gotta wonder how much distance that pic covers...beautiful pic!

It was about 1 kilometer across. You can download a high res copy here.

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/spaceimages/details.php?id=PIA15283

Stev-o · « **Reply #42 on:** March 11, 2012, 03:55:06 PM »

trueblue · « **Reply #43 on:** March 12, 2012, 03:16:55 AM »

Here are some photos I took on Lady Elliot Island, they are looking over the lagoon at sunrise.

Markcb750 · « **Reply #44 on:** March 14, 2012, 03:29:31 AM »

I often look at my screen saver flipping thru the 4754 photos I have organized in 147 folders collected from APOD, Space.com, Sky and telescope, plus many others, and wonder why?

Now I know!

Look out babe thread!

TwoTired · « **Reply #45 on:** March 14, 2012, 01:17:31 PM »

Here's some entertainment...

What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?

lordmoonpie · « **Reply #46 on:** March 14, 2012, 03:37:15 PM »

My own picture from a helicopter above a lake off the Colorado river just after a thunderstorm...

Markcb750 · « **Reply #47 on:** March 16, 2012, 06:56:06 PM »

Anak Krakatau growing from the remains of Krakatoa!

LesterPiglet · « **Reply #48 on:** March 16, 2012, 08:35:36 PM »

This amazes me.

Murmuration (Official Video) by Sophie Windsor Clive & Liberty Smith

simon#42 · « **Reply #49 on:** March 17, 2012, 02:18:15 AM »

and me

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