Tag: astrophotography
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Photographing Earth from the Cupola on the International Space Station
PetaPixel has an fantastic article covering how the ISS astronauts take snapshots of our little ball of rock. It’s a short read but the photos are outstanding. Photographing Earth from the Cupola on the International Space Station.
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Frogs and Moon
So I went out tonight to try and snap a decent shot of the super-moon. I started out with a low ISO of 200 and aperture of 11 on my Canon 75-300 mm zoom. I wasn’t really getting satisfactory results though – that lens is hard to focus. Shutter speeds of around 125 – 320…
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Thierry Legault – Partial solar eclipse and transit of the Space Station from Oman
Now this is just amazing. Astrophotography is one of my favorite things. Thierry Legault, a French engineer and photographer, managed to catch the ISS as it made it’s away in between the earth and Sun in January of 2011. The image is fantastic, almost sci-fi. Go to his homepage to see his other fine work,…
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Ft. Fisher, NC – Rocks and Sky
Here I stand,Once again,On my tiny speck of dust.Peering out of the blackness,Looking at the lights,With a heart full of wonder.And just for an instant,I perceive the Cosmos,And I blow the stars awayLike dandelion seeds.
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Chris VenHaus
Hi folks, sorry I haven’t posted anything here lately – the end of the school year brought me the toughest set of exams yet, but I somehow made my way through and now I am an honest to goodness official college graduate, with an AAS degree in Nuclear Technology. So now that school is over…
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Lunar Eclipse 2010
In December of 2010, most of North America was presented with the spectacle of a lunar eclipse. It started around 1:00 am, and lasted til around 3:30 am, so I didn’t last til the end, but I did get a few meager shots of it that turned out ok. It was extremely cold, and I…
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