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Scattering bits of the Playa... Always fun!

Spot the deliberate mistake.

A perfect launch of my Telstar Logistics / LOC Precision V2.0 with the biggest motor possible, an L730 imported from Cesaroni, a Canadian aerospace & defense company. Their unique thermoplastic propellant burns cleanly, showing multiple shock diamonds.

In the foreground is a videocam on tripod for scale. Black Rock is in the distance. Best viewed large.

But this beautiful flight proved to be a swan song….

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Alex Merenkov photography says:

wow neat! ive never seen anything like this before thanks for sharing it on flickr this is really neat the whole smoke trail from the lift off way cool!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

RottieLover♥ says:

That kicks a$$!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Todd Huffman says:

Oh no! The V2 comes to an end!

But what did you expect? Build a missile, and it wants to go out with a bang. The import thing is that you got good pictures.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Todd Huffman says:

Oh also, did the video camera catch the end? (Sorry, I am a havoc voyeur)
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

thepretenda says:

awesomo!!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

The Rocketeer says:

My favorite rocket design...
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

nhr says:

Tod Huffman wrote:
> what did you expect? Build a missile, and it wants to go out with a bang.

Yup. (shakes head)

Men... They start tinkering with rocketry, and the next thing you know, they're launching "Vergeltungswaffe Zwei" lookalikes following ballistic terminal trajectories and carrying a [hygroscopic] explosive payload... ;-0
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

wavejim says:

Is there video available from the camera/ video device in the picture? How close was it placed?
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

I am trying to track down the video... If I can get it, I will post it. I especially want to hear the sound again...

(the running camera may even capture the sound of reentry... =)
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

enigmaticdec says:

awesome capture
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

CHAUSS513 says:

Your life is far more interesting than mine
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Omsel says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Cartel * ( B/Y/G ) - Blue or Yellow or Green ( No Red ), and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

War Eagle 36 says:

Very cool. I was into model rocketry as a child.
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

Beefus says:

WOW! What an exciting moment!
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

FoxPhoto says:

Cool!

>>>seen on 1-2-3 group
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

nels1 says:

don't know if you've seen this video of a rocket filmed in slow motion steve, but thought you might find it interesting...
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

I had not seen that... thanks nels1
Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )

zaal40 says:

The Canada Medal (post one, award three)
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

nels1 says:

pleasure...'tis the beauty of the interweb:)
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

cabbit says:

Hey Steve,

Thanks for licensing your photo using a Creative Commons license!

Your photo has been used for a satirical goldengod blog entry about making your photography career take off.

Thanks again,

-Andrew Ferguson
Posted 27 months ago. ( permalink )

bk1bennett says:

Very good.
Posted 26 months ago. ( permalink )

levercusec says:

A+++ Grade Photo
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

©Pacifist says:

A+++ Grade Photo
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Iza Palubicka says:

Woow... U've caught cool moment... ! :D

Your photo is “A” Class
Seen in “A” Class group
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

joshme17 says:

I love that one! I think it might be better without the tripod though. Still a great shot.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

kcfemme says:

Great shot!

This photo is among the Most Interesting.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

thanks y'all

joshme17: from a lot of rocket shots in the desert, I find that without some foreground element, it's really hard to make out the scale.... Is it an Estes rocket or a scale V2?

Sparkle_fish: regarding you note, I am curious. Deliberate... like, its point ing too low... and would be cool with a wide-angle pan shot?

I checked the original size, and I mainly see a silhouette... But the playa chunks look dramatic!
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

thatstickerguy says:

Awesome

A+++ Grade Photo
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

sparkfish says:

Sparkle_fish: regarding you note, I am curious. Deliberate... like, its point ing too low... and would be cool with a wide-angle pan shot?

Ooops, sorry, to me it looked as though the camera on the tripod was pointing away from the action, I guess I was wrong. Would have been funny though, please delete the note.

Still a damned fine action shot, bags of movement & energy.
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

neodelphi says:

great it reminds me of german V2 rockets back in world war 2
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

Dyche says:

(Hi, I've chosen your photo for the competition of the week at Scientist Photographers group, you can follow the scoring in the discussion section of our group! Good Luck!)
Posted 25 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

"Our main goal for a long time [developing the V2] was to make it more dangerous to be in the target area than to be part of the test crew."
– Wernher von Braun

Flying them, you start to see what he means...
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

justfordream says:

and no. 5!

A+++ Grade Photo

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Seen in a discussion of A+++ Photo (Post 1 give A+++ logo to 3 pics)-1/day-Read Rules. (?)
Posted 21 months ago. ( permalink )

Niall Oswald says:

ProXX classic can be a bit underwhelming in the smaller motors, but the 54/75/98s are really nice. Great shot.
Posted 18 months ago. ( permalink )

Vivek Vibes [deleted] says:

dude! that's a sweet shot!
Posted 9 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Just got a cool link from my friends at Sea Launch:

ROC had a “mass V-2 launch… many a V-2 had met their untimely end here."

www.v2curse.org

The video page is pretty sweet (start from the bottom for the best ones...)
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

jurvetson says:

Oooh, and then there are always larger projects.... with a similar outcomes.... and with an automobile as the payload! Crazy Brits...
Posted 8 months ago. ( permalink )

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