Smoke Angel or FSM? Not astronomy! (APOD 22 Aug 06)

[DeepSpace]

I too have been trying to figure out the ins and outs of the wonderful August 22, 2006 APOD. It really is a remarkable shot. And very pretty too. Has anyone looked at the EXIF data (copied below) from the original USAF image to see if there's info that would be of assistance?

ImageDescription - A C-17 Globemaster III, 14th Airlift Squadron, Charleston Air Force Base, S.C. releases flares
Make - NIKON CORPORATION
Model - NIKON D2X
Orientation - Top left
XResolution - 300.00
YResolution - 300.00
ResolutionUnit - Inch
Software - Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
DateTime - 2006:05:19 16:06:16
Artist - Russell E. Cooley IV, TSgt, USAF
WhitePoint - 0.31
PrimaryChromaticities - 0.64
YCbCrCoefficients - 0.30
YCbCrPositioning - Co-Sited
ExifOffset - 724
ExposureTime - 1/2500 seconds
FNumber - 4.00
ExposureProgram - Aperture priority
ISOSpeedRatings - 200
ExifVersion - 0221
DateTimeOriginal - 2006:05:16 09:53:27
DateTimeDigitized - 2006:05:16 09:53:27
ComponentsConfiguration - YCbCr
CompressedBitsPerPixel - 4 (bits/pixel)
ExposureBiasValue - 0.00
MaxApertureValue - F 2.83
MeteringMode - Multi-segment
LightSource - Cloudy weather
Flash - Not fired
FocalLength - 70.00 mm
UserComment -
SubsecTime - 0
SubsecTimeOriginal - 0
SubsecTimeDigitized - 0
FlashPixVersion - 0100
ColorSpace - Uncalibrated
ExifImageWidth - 3000
ExifImageHeight - 2076
InteroperabilityOffset - 1368
SensingMethod - One-chip color area sensor
FileSource - Other
SceneType - Other
CustomRendered - Normal process
ExposureMode - Auto
WhiteBalance - Manual
DigitalZoomRatio - 1 x
FocalLengthIn35mmFilm - 105 mm
SceneCaptureType - Standard
GainControl - None
Contrast - Normal
Saturation - Normal
Sharpness - Normal
SubjectDistanceRange - Unknown
GPS information: -
GPSVersionID - 2.2.0.0


And here's a photo sequence of flare salvos + wingtip vortices from two KC-130 Hercules aircraft, and a video clip showing the same thing (via http://chamorrobible.org/gpw/gpw-20051111.htm which also has links to the original, very large still images):

Video: http://www.archive.org/details/Herc_Salvo2 , http://www.archive.org/download/Herc_Sa ... Salvo2.mpg (3.9 MB)

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Howdy.

I couldn't help recognize the similarity of the Smoke Angel in this APOD image (http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap060822.html), to the icon of the Church of the Flying Spagetti Monster (FSM): http://www.venganza.org/.

How has no one else noticed this?



In his name,

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[craterchains]

I see the "moderators" is no better than a "moderator".

Norval

[makc]

I resurrected this old thread so you could take a look at this.

[craterchains]

so what?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!


or yah just making smoke screen?


FOCLMFAO