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Amateur Photographer Shoots Largest Ever True Color Photo of the Night Sky
cracktwo.com ^ | 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

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Saturday, May 07, 2011



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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To: dragnet2

Thank you for the info. Maybe somewhen I’ll be able to get into it.

In the meantime, please keep posting your pics.

I love them. They are an inspiration.


61 posted on 05/07/2011 1:18:26 PM PDT by bigheadfred (Beat me, Bite me...Make Me Write Bad Checks)
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To: MsLady

What I find amazing is that the image isn’t magnified. If our eyes were sensitive enough to light we could see the same thing.


62 posted on 05/07/2011 1:34:54 PM PDT by Moonman62 (If gullible, uneducated and uncivilized people didn't exist, politicians would create them.)
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To: GonzoII

Fantastic.

When you put in mind the vast distances between stars, it is mind blowing.

God is so great.


63 posted on 05/07/2011 7:04:30 PM PDT by Tolkien (Grace is the Essence of the Gospel; Gratitude is the Essence of Ethics.)
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To: VairyAngel
"WOW that is amazing. I love how the picture is interactive.."

If you go "full screen" it's even more amazing.

64 posted on 05/07/2011 9:13:19 PM PDT by GonzoII (Quia tu es, Deus, fortitudo mea...Quare tristis es anima mea?)
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To: GonzoII

Actually, it’s an abstract painting by Andres Serrano. Still love it?


65 posted on 05/07/2011 9:16:27 PM PDT by Revolting cat! (Let us prey!)
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To: ComputerGuy

>> I knew there was a reason I logged on to FR instead of mowing the lawn.

LOL


66 posted on 05/07/2011 9:18:28 PM PDT by Gene Eric (*** Jesus ***)
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