Oh sure, Patrick, it's an eclipse ... It's obviously a curled-up Slinky with a bright light shining on one side! ------------------------------ On Sun, Jun 23, 2013 11:50 PM MDT Patrick Wiggins wrote:
On 23 Jun 2013, at 21:46, Brent Watson wrote:
You would not recognize star trails taken from MY cockpit. Hand flying is not all that steady.
As evidenced by this shot of the 1979 total solar eclipse as I flew over Idaho, one hand controlling the plane and the other holding the camera:
http://users.wirelessbeehive.com/~paw/temp/79eclipse.jpg
Grins,
patrick
On Jun 23, 2013, at 10:20 AM, jcarman6@q.com wrote:
On third thought, a star trail picture from your cockpit might be rather interesting - well, at least unique. We'd certainly find out how good a pilot you REALLY are. (hehehe)
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