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Amateur Photographer Shoots Largest Ever True Color Photo of the Night Sky
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| Saturday, May 07, 2011
Posted on 05/07/2011 9:10:13 AM PDT by GonzoII
Amateur Photographer Shoots Largest Ever True Color Photo of the Night Sky
What you see above is the largest true-color photograph of the night sky ever created, shot by 28-year-old amateur astrophotographer Nick Risinger using six astronomical cameras. It’s not just the view of the sky from one location, but is instead a 360-panoramic view of the sky taken by trekking 60,000 miles across the western United States and South Africa starting in March 2010. The final image is composed of 37,000 separate photographs.Check out the massive zoomable high-definition version of the photo
here.
TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Astronomy; Science
KEYWORDS: photography; xplanets
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What a labor!
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:10:17 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
To: GonzoII
...using six astronomical cameras...In price or size?
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:11:44 AM PDT
by
FReepaholic
(Land of the free my @ss)
To: GonzoII
Wow! That’s just awesome!
I just wonder how long until our Solar System orbits through one of those dust clouds. That will be an interesting time.
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:13:07 AM PDT
by
KoRn
(Department of Homeland Security, Certified - "Right Wing Extremist")
To: GonzoII
Amazing. Thank you so much for posting.
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:13:51 AM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: GonzoII
To: GonzoII
"What is man, that Thou are mindful of him ?"
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:15:28 AM PDT
by
labette
( Humble student of Thinkology)
To: GonzoII
I knew there was a reason I logged on to FR instead of mowing the lawn.
Great pic.
Heaven wheels above you, displaying to you her eternal glories, and still your eyes are on the ground.
Dante Alighieri
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:15:49 AM PDT
by
ComputerGuy
(HM2/USN M/3/3 Marines RVN 66-67)
To: GonzoII
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:16:02 AM PDT
by
Red_Devil 232
(VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
To: GonzoII
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:18:01 AM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: JoeProBono
Better definition.
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:19:35 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
(Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea...Quare tristis es anima mea?)
To: GonzoII
This is one of the most stunning photographs ever made.
To: texmexis best
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:22:48 AM PDT
by
politicianslie
(Obama thinks you are a fool)
To: GonzoII
WOW that’s beautiful, I love the magenta colors!!!
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:22:56 AM PDT
by
MsLady
(Be the kind of woman that when you get up in the morning, the devil says, "Oh crap, she's UP !!")
To: SunkenCiv
I don't know if this a SunkenCiv ping but check out the pic!
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:24:32 AM PDT
by
GonzoII
(Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea...Quare tristis es anima mea?)
To: JoeProBono
AF-1 needs to be shopped in the photo somehow...
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:24:52 AM PDT
by
cmsgop
( I spent most of my childhood terrified that The Rhythm was going to get me.)
To: GonzoII
What a desktop background!!!
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:27:34 AM PDT
by
ez
("Abashed the devil stood and felt how awful goodness is." - Milton, Paradise Lost)
To: cmsgop
But they got his smile just right.
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:28:42 AM PDT
by
gusopol3
To: GonzoII
This is one of the most stunning photographs ever made.
To: ez
What a desktop background!!! Just made it mine :-)
To: GonzoII
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posted on
05/07/2011 9:34:14 AM PDT
by
dragnet2
(Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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