The great ‘Monster Prominence’ of Feb. 24, 2011. Vid.
2 Notes. Permalink. Wed, Mar 2nd 2011, 11:46 PM (∞). Available in higher resolution.
2 Notes. Permalink. Wed, Mar 2nd 2011, 11:46 PM (∞). Available in higher resolution.
The shuttle Endeavour is silhouetted against the light of an orbital sunset in this picture, taken from the International Space Station before a Feb. 9 docking.
6 Notes. Permalink. Tue, Dec 21st 2010, 4:11 PM (∞). Available in higher resolution.
2400x1500 section from a full crop. Nikon D3S, ISO 200, 1/750, f/8, 14mm focal length.
Nikon gear currently kept aboard the ISS includes:
- 1 Nikon D3S
- 8 Nikon D2XS (modified per NASA requirements and used for recording extravehicular activities)
- 36 Nikkor lenses (including three teleconverters)
- 7 SB-800 Speedlights
- 4 D2XS eyepieces (yepieces made exclusively for NASA that enable image framing through a space helmet
More photos and info at robgalbraith.com.
2 Notes. Permalink. Fri, Jul 9th 2010, 12:11 PM (∞). Available in higher resolution.
This movie is a crop of a time lapse movie done 14th April 2010 in Lauca national park, Chile. It shows a meteor and its persistent train pattern evolution. Bright meteors like the one captured on this movie leave a train of glowing ionized atoms in the high atmosphere that might glow for several seconds. The train is then spread by the high altitude winds. Images here were taken every 15 seconds and are shown at a speed of 5 frames per second on this time lapse movie, this train therefore last several minutes, but the high altitude and clear atmosphere at which the images were taken (5000 meters/ 16500 feet above sea level) have certainly helped to make the phenomenon visible longer than usual.
— Stéphane Guisard, astrosurf.com, youtube
6 Notes. Permalink. Wed, May 26th 2010, 10:49 AM (∞).
