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by Trode
Fri Jan 16, 2009 3:56 am
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: Swan of Avon (APOD 2009 January 15)
Replies: 21
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Re: Swan of Avon: Solargraph (APOD 2009 January 15)

:?: I love this image but I am forced to conclude this must be a painting or hybrid. I think a 6 month exposure of any speed film would be completely overexposed and wiped out by light bouncing around inside the "Canmera" no mater how black the surfaces .The cloud ? tree? on the right woul...
by Trode
Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:59 pm
Forum: The Bridge: Discuss an Astronomy Picture of the Day
Topic: APOD: Unusual Light Pillars Over Latvia (2009 Jan 12)
Replies: 176
Views: 191233

Re: Unusual Light Pillars Over Latvia (2009 January 12)

This is one "cool" image . As one above has mentioned I to imediatly thought of Lightning "sprites" though there is little of that phenonama to apply here . I do agree with the above suggestion comparing the beam spread to "spotlight spread" pattern of stage lights . Th...