June 11, 2007: Iridium flares over church

Undertoad · 06-11-2007, 01:54 PM

It's the Monday Neatorama collaboration image!

And what an image. This was the Earth Picture of the Day yesterday. And IotD has actually covered this phenomenon before.

The two diagonal flares you see are Iridium satellites, reflecting sunlight back to the Earth from their low orbit. Our previous IotD showed these same kinds of flares, but the reason this shot is so much more incredibly impressive is that the photographer actually calculated where and when to take the shot, anticipating the flares and how to shoot them against an interesting foreground.

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BeltNah · 06-11-2007, 05:12 PM

Looks cool, didn't know what to say but wanted to be first to post

Fa- · 06-11-2007, 07:25 PM

Very Pretty.

im allso quite impressed by the lighting on that spire

xoxoxoBruce · 06-11-2007, 07:28 PM

Welcome to the Cellar, Fa-.

That picture was incredibly difficult to calculate and capture. Great job.

wolf · 06-11-2007, 08:39 PM

The end is nigh.

Flint · 06-11-2007, 09:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by wolf

The end is nigh.

Is now the time to sell all my Beanie Babies?

wolf · 06-11-2007, 09:45 PM

I think that particular wave crested long ago, dude. You might consider using them as insulation in your end of the world bunker, though.

Flint · 06-11-2007, 10:08 PM

I think I'll use them as smallpox vectors against the post-apocalyptic raggamuffins.

richlevy · 06-11-2007, 11:44 PM

Let's see, if it's two shooting stars we'll need six wise men.

justush · 06-12-2007, 02:02 AM

Include me out.

06-11-2007, 01:54 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	June 11, 2007: Iridium flares over church It's the Monday Neatorama collaboration image! And what an image. This was the Earth Picture of the Day yesterday. And IotD has actually covered this phenomenon before. The two diagonal flares you see are Iridium satellites, reflecting sunlight back to the Earth from their low orbit. Our previous IotD showed these same kinds of flares, but the reason this shot is so much more incredibly impressive is that the photographer actually calculated where and when to take the shot, anticipating the flares and how to shoot them against an interesting foreground. Be sure to visit our friends at Neatorama for more neato stuff all the time!

06-11-2007, 07:28 PM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Welcome to the Cellar, Fa-. That picture was incredibly difficult to calculate and capture. Great job. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

06-11-2007, 08:39 PM	#5
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The end is nigh. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-11-2007, 09:45 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I think that particular wave crested long ago, dude. You might consider using them as insulation in your end of the world bunker, though. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

06-11-2007, 10:08 PM	#8
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I think I'll use them as smallpox vectors against the post-apocalyptic raggamuffins. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

06-11-2007, 05:12 PM	#2
BeltNah Regulator of Squalor Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 37	Looks cool, didn't know what to say but wanted to be first to post

06-11-2007, 07:25 PM	#3
Fa- Jotter of Notes Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 11	Very Pretty. im allso quite impressed by the lighting on that spire

06-11-2007, 11:44 PM	#9
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Let's see, if it's two shooting stars we'll need six wise men. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

06-12-2007, 02:02 AM	#10
justush Writer of Writings Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 14	Include me out.

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