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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Ha! Actually it's a picture of a learning experience. It's because of that experience that for all the total solars I've been to since then I've made sure of having hard ground under my feet (and tripod). patrick On 24 Jun 2013, at 00:24, Joe Bauman wrote:
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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