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08-14-2014, 03:30 PM | #1 | |
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August 14th, 2014: Comet Swift-Tuttle.
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08-14-2014, 09:19 PM | #2 |
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How do we know that wasn't flashlight on a Quadcopter?
And some of those pixels look suspicious. Supposed to be 1 to 3 AM but it's daylight. Seriously Sir, you found a good one, that's cool. And it's not just a lucky snapshot, so nobody can grouse he was just in the right spot at the right time. He put a lot of work into that and the results are quite spectacular.
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08-15-2014, 05:19 AM | #3 |
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300 shots. Must've tired out his finger.
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08-15-2014, 05:31 AM | #4 |
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Much of the UK has had cloudless nights recently and of course we've had the 'Super Moon' as well.
I know next to nothing about photography, so that is supposition on my part, but it's as good a theory as I can come up with.
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08-15-2014, 07:52 AM | #5 |
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Look at the length of the star trails near the horizon. That's a loooong exposure. At least 15 minutes, maybe 30. How did he get 300 long exposure shots between 1-3am?
Maybe just the one long exposure shot of the comet/stars, and stack the others?
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08-15-2014, 08:14 AM | #6 |
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The comet part was a much shorter exposure, or it would be making a long curved trail too, parallel with the star trails. Comets are basically fixed points in the sky like stars, not to be confused with meteors, which are fast.
Edit: And those star trails look about 3 hours long to me. |
08-15-2014, 10:07 AM | #7 |
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I got all excited, until I found out that Swift-Tuttle came through in 1992 and has a 133 year orbit. That's an old pic
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During the time the shutter is open, incoming light is accumulating. So a long exposure or a bunch of short ones will add up to bright as day.
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There's several more excellent photos here: Daily Mail
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08-15-2014, 12:42 PM | #10 |
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Ah, a news reporter who doesn't know the difference between a comet and a meteor. Probably an english major.
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08-15-2014, 04:49 PM | #12 |
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nice picture xoB. I find the shadow of the bridge interesting. I don't think I'd be able to see that otherwise.
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08-15-2014, 07:16 PM | #13 |
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Is that not a meteor from the Swift-Tuttle Comet?
A time lapse photograph showing the circumpolar star tracks with a brief, bright meteorite, perhaps a fire-ball, passing through. And the "shadow of the bridge" in the neat picture of the switchbacks. Uh, where exactly is it? |
08-15-2014, 07:20 PM | #14 |
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Only know it was tagged Norway, but there can't be that many road configurations like that.
After looking at the Norway map a little while, I'd like to retract that statement.
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08-16-2014, 11:31 AM | #15 |
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Oops.
I didn't mean where the picture was taken, but where in the picture is a "shadow of a bridge." |
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