- Erratic flight path of a private jet coming from over the horizon, whose pilot forgot to don an oxygen mask. - nhr
- Anti-aircraft missile fired by an exasperated photographer who had gone into the wilderness to take pictures of an unspoiled night sky, away from the cities’ light pollution. - nhr
- the thruster controls going up in flames perhaps? - marhawkman
- amazing height - Absolute Imperfection
- Lunar - jeany777
- Constellation Auriga - [Ananabanana]
Light Painting
This is a fun one to decode....
with surprising splashes of color going a half-mile up
(and no Photoshop as always)
I envisioned the "Shoot the Moon" perspective during the day and suggested it to the WIRED photographer. We had our tripod legs enmeshed, and I hope they got something similar.
Photo explanation below; it was my high-power rocket suffering a fairly catastrophic failure. (camera settings, propellant details)
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Trajan K (59 months ago | reply)
tesla's death ray.
peter's 4 [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
lights will guide you...looks exciting!
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Beth Crawford 65 (59 months ago | reply)
WOW! Cool!
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Josh Thompson (59 months ago | reply)
Cool....
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sooner_bred1 (59 months ago | reply)
love this shot. great capture.
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jurvetson (59 months ago | reply)
heh... Night shots allow for wonderful a time-lapse of rocketry events... I launched a modified version of my night rocket...
This BSD Diab-Glo “survived” a lawn dart into the playa last year, and now with a new nose cone, avionics bay, and extra spotlights to light up the parachute, it has a total of 24 multicolor LEDs blinking in manic patterns....
This time, the Aerotech Green Mojave propellant burned brightly, lighting up the playa and the neighboring launch rails, but it also burned through the center of the forward closure (melting aluminum) and torched the electronics of the bottom section... and even burnt right through the "fire-proof" kevlar that was holding the top and bottom half of the rocket together. So the two sections separate mid-way and both are unstable. The motor without nose goes into a corkscrew and then fades to darkness. The nose cone, luckily, is still connected to the HCX flight computer which operates like a charm and detects apogee and pops the chute as programmed (there is a fire-block between the bottom and top half, so the upper half is in perfect shape and will be reused). Near apogee, there is some white smearing as the parachute deploys with spotlights illuminating it.
Then the nosecone and avionics bay drift back to the playa (to the left) at a fairly constant speed, so the blinking light pattern makes a spiral candycane in the sky.
P.S. Moments earlier, we saw the ISS streaking overhead like an orbiting bright asteroid.
Dyrk.Wyst (59 months ago | reply)
quite cool.
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ArtsySF © ~ Marjie (59 months ago | reply)
FAVED! WOW.... eye-catching!
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PG73 (59 months ago | reply)
Very cool shot, well done
Ramones Karaoke (59 months ago | reply)
So is that really nice rocket buggered now?
MathieuLF (59 months ago | reply)
Wow !
emuu!!! (59 months ago | reply)
Wow!!
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Vox Sciurorum (59 months ago | reply)
It reminds me of a picture I saw of an antitank round with a shaped charge. When it finds itself over a tank it detonates and sends a death ray down.
Pete.r (59 months ago | reply)
WOW!
patisfaction ~ censored [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
yaay
gr8 green FX u rocketeer!
pfflyerpf (59 months ago | reply)
its great love the technique :()
AGrinberg (59 months ago | reply)
Fantastic. Thanks for the "decode".
tdub303 (59 months ago | reply)
Hi, I'm an admin for a group called light junkies (contest on now), and we'd love to have this added to the group!
wavejim (59 months ago | reply)
BSD Diablo. One of my first larger rockets. We flew many times at the "farm" with Scott, original owner of BSD Rocketry. Love this rocket with G64-4. Awesome low light shot by the way!
rdavidschwartz (59 months ago | reply)
You always have the coolest of the cool shots Steve!
the incredible how (intermitten.t) (59 months ago | reply)
what a fabulous performance! such colour.
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TheAlieness GiselaGiardino²³ (59 months ago | reply)
crazy!!!!
hkkbs (59 months ago | reply)
Wow! Great shot!
parziganes (59 months ago | reply)
A+++ Grade Photo
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A+++ Grade Photo
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A+++ Grade Photo
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A+++ Grade Photo
rr_rocketman (59 months ago | reply)
A+++ Grade Photo
What is the spiral shape line from the ground (left side) to the rocket?
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A+++ Grade Photo
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A+++ Grade Photo
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Kazufumi Nitta (59 months ago | reply)
great shot!
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Great capture
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Mark Griffith (59 months ago | reply)
So wow
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wow
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WOW!!!!
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flipkeat (59 months ago | reply)
WOWx10 lol cool shot!! I'm happy to have seen it ;) thanks
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Kelly Sereda (59 months ago | reply)
Cool idea, turned out great.
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BamaWester (59 months ago | reply)
Very, very cool shot. Nicely done.
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tariqkrim (59 months ago | reply)
really nice mic
abraham finees [deleted] (59 months ago | reply)
wow what a shot
Victor1 (59 months ago | reply)
Is THIS the one? Totally killer how you're blending photography and rocketry in a co-mingling of complexity.
social_advances (59 months ago | reply)
fantastic!!
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halabi.amjad (59 months ago | reply)
so crazy and amazing job!!!!!!!!!!!!!wow
That 70's Dude (59 months ago | reply)
Wow! this is incredible . .
Bradley Butler (58 months ago | reply)
Hell, That looks very Cool !