Published in Discover Magazine 2007
Used by NASA to promote the SOFIA Program in 2009
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McNaught Comet over Big Swamp South Australia.
Discovered by Australian Robert McNaught in August 2006.
Canon 5D
2007:01:22 21:42:10
24-105mm @ 24mm
30 sec, f/4
Mode: Manual
Metering: Evaluative
ISO: 800
AF mode: Manual Focus
Drive: Single frame shooting
Self-timer: 10 secs
White balance: Daylight
Flash: Off
File size: 10.8MB
Image size: 4368 x 2912
Color space: AdobeRGB
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: 3
Contrast: Normal
Sharpness level: 3
Tone: Normal
Custom Functions:
CFn 2: Long exposure noise reduction: On
RAW converted in Breeze Browser Pro.
Why 24mm focal length?
Photographed the week before with a 100 - 400mm and missed most of the
tail.
Wanted to give the comet a sense of scale/size by going wide and
including the two trees (living and dead) and the swamp.
Watch out for a future copy of Discover Magazine (USA) with this photo as it Masthead Image, Horizons 9th Edition in 2009 and the Kodak Bill Board in Times Square New York :)
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__Tristan__ 19 months ago | reply
Dramatic! A great comet show...
Marco de Waal 18 months ago | reply
Nice picture! Excellent!
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mahamantra1 17 months ago | reply
Simply wonderful
Suresh Eswaran 17 months ago | reply
Awsome capture !!
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les.butcher 14 months ago | reply
Definitely got the WOW factor.
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Tetley T 11 months ago | reply
Great shot!
jim denny 9 months ago | reply
I made this one a favorite long ago. Such a beautiful, beautiful shot. I never tire of looking at it. Thanks so much for sharing it on Flickr.
atish. 8 months ago | reply
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Amazing! Nice day!
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Matt Floreen 2 months ago | reply
Amazing!
Collin S. Photography 2 months ago | reply
Oh my god, what a truly awesome sight... This is an amazing shot.
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