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Miscellaneous Scenes
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationGove Co., KansasDateMarch 2, 1994EquipmentThis image was made with a 24mm lens. First, the shutter was opened and the foreground arch was focused on and rendered with an orange filtered flash @ f/16, then, I walked through the arch to the left and rendered the inside edge of it with a magenta-filtered flash, then shifted the focus to infinity, opened up the lens to f/2.8, and walked 30 paces to the west and rendered the mid-ground rocks with a blue-filtered flash. Ths shutter was never closed during the 10 minute exposure.DescriptionAs you can see, the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, left quite an impression on me! |
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PhotographerDoug ZubenelLocationSpring Hill, Kansas, USADateJan. 1997EquipmentThis is a 2 minute exposure with a 35mm lens. First, the granite globe was focused on and rendered at f/16 with flash @ 1/250th sec., then focus shift to infinity for the 2 minute guided exposure. Fuji Velvia 50 film.DescriptionHere you see Venus at maximum brilliancy beyond a moon- washed graveyard. You can see a reflection of the slightly-trailed moon on the globe, as well as a hot spot from the flash. |
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PhotographerDouglas SpaldingLocationNear Butler, MODate10/22/06 6PM CentralEquipmentNikon D50 with telephoto lens set at about 100 millimeters. I used auto exposure, and I didn't have my tripod so I set my camera on top of my car for stability.DescriptionI had gone out to the Astronomy Society of Kansas City's dark sky site near Butler, Missouri, for a night of astronomy when I saw this beautiful sky with a 2 day old Moon (1 day, 23 hours). |
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PhotographerMark HodgesLocationRoanoke, VADate11/02/2006, 6:36pmEquipmentCanon 20D digital SLR camera, 18mm lens at f/4 ISO 1600. 30 second exposure.DescriptionA magnitude -8 Iridium flare, 6:30pm 11/02/2006 |
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PhotographerTunç TezelLocationUludag, near Bursa, TurkeyDateOctober 21, 2006EquipmentCanon EOS300D digital SLR camera at ISO1600, 10-22 mm zoom lens at 10 mm, f/3.5.DescriptionThis is the "sky-full-of-bullets" image of the meteor shower as seen near Kirazli village. I made this composite image using 18 pictures containing 18 Orionids, one more possible Orionid and a sporadic meteor. |
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PhotographerJohn StetsonLocationPortland, MaineDateOct. 7, 2006 at 5:45 AMEquipment4-inch refractor,digital SLRDescriptionWhile watching the Harvest Moon set, its reflected image appeared on a clam flat in Portland's Back Bay. Two men were digging clams ... harvesting under a Harvest Moon. |
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PhotographerP-M HedénLocationVallentuna, SwedenDateFebruary, 2006Equipment20mm objective, Practika SLR camera. Recorded on Kodak 100VS film.DescriptionGoing home after work I saw this fantastic Solar halo. I hurried home to get my camera and managed to photograph it exactly when a condensation trail from an airplane went through it. |
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PhotographerMila ZinkovaLocationSan Francisco, CADateAugust 2006 2 p.m.EquipmentCanon XT digital camera with an 8 millimeter fisheye lensDescriptionBeautiful huge solar coronae that was produced by the fog trying to escape the North Tower of Golden Gate Bridge. |
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PhotographerTom FlemingLocationGrand Prairie, TXDateAug 20,2006 6:59 CDTEquipmentThe exposure was 1/400th sec @ f/6 ISO 400. No filters used. Scope was Dobsonian mounted and unguided.DescriptionDallas - Ft Worth is in the middle of a powerful heat wave which has afforded the natural filtering. Just 20 minutes after sunrise the sun was out of the haze and its heat could be felt. |
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PhotographerTill Credner and Sven KholeLocationAustriaDateAugust 29, 2003DescriptionMars seen among thunderheads |
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