Missourian Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I posted these astrophotos a couple years back in another thread, so here goes again.... Comet Halley, March 1986: Comet Hale-Bopp, March 1997: Comet Ikeya-Zhang, March 2002: Eclipse at sunset, May 2012: Venus transit at sunset, June 2012: Both events at sunset within a month.... What are the odds? Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Mud Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Very nice Missourian! I remember getting up in the small hours of the morning to see Halley's Comet back in '86. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Green flash over the Pacific: Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Very nice Missourian! I remember getting up in the small hours of the morning to see Halley's Comet back in '86. Thanks. Too bad it was the worst apparition in the 2000+ years of observation. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roanoker Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 On 3/3/2007, I knew there would be a total lunar eclipse where I lived at the time (Roanoke, VA), so I grabbed my Nikon D70 and drove up the mountain behind my house, at the entrance of a winery. Here is what it looked like before dark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roanoker Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 I propped my camera on a fence post and got this shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roanoker Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Later in the event. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted February 14, 2015 Share Posted February 14, 2015 Awesome once in a lifetime shots Missourian! ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted March 5, 2015 Share Posted March 5, 2015 March winds shake winter sleeping lilies to awaken them? Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 March winds shake winter sleeping lilies to awaken them? DSC_5461psz.jpg Wonderful interplay of leaves, water, and sky. Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 "Feng Shui" means "Wind and Water"... (If I had a sailboat, that would be her name.) "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Thought I updated this but....hmmm....Excellent astro photos and John those leaves are very nice! Best I can offer for the moment is one of the assasin type? bugs on the hood of my work vehicle. If he was just a bit bigger he would be an awesome hood element! Keep the pictures coming! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted March 6, 2015 Share Posted March 6, 2015 Hi, I didn't put here my pics of 1st of january ! Here are ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 I have fun with pictures. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Lovely photos everyone. I'm glad to see--much like a millipede--that this topic still has legs. Off on another coral reef survey mission now, this time in the Indian Ocean (Chagos Archipelago) and I'm hoping to some up with some pretty eye candy soon. I'll post anything I think worthy as the images present themselves. Love the variety of imagery on this thread. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Till I come up with something new, here are a couple of images from my last mission in Palau. After the coral reef survey work was done (89 dives over the course of a month) we got to do a pleasure dive (well, snorkel really) at the world famous Jellyfish Lake--google it if you haven't heard about this novelty of nature. We got to go swimming with 13 million (mostly) stingless jellyfish in a landlocked marine lake. Took over 370 photos in under an hour (yeah, I had fun) and here are a couple of images to give you a feel for this special place: Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted March 7, 2015 Share Posted March 7, 2015 Ken, just wonderful. It's been great to see this topic re-energized. In the past month or so it's gone from amazing views of the heavens to under the sea with beautiful stops between. I hope this just keeps on and on. It's a powerful addition to the general love of the natural world embraced by the Forum. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 (edited) Wow. All the images this month are terrific. Sure makes us appreciate the amazing world we live in. That mass of jellyfish is fabulous, Ken! What an amazing experience that must have been. I remember diving in a huge school of squid once, and it was wonderful being surrounded like that, but those jellyfish really floor me. Here's a photo of some comb-jellies I took a few years ago. Unfortunately the quality isn't as good as I would like. Mike Edited March 8, 2015 by Pagurus Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 "Here's a photo of some comb-jellies I took a few years ago. " Whoa! They're psychedelic! Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 8, 2015 Share Posted March 8, 2015 Nice photo--comb jellies (ctenophores) are a pain to photograph. They are so transparent that it is like taking a photo of a plastic bag in the water. With point-and-shoot cameras it is really difficult to focus on them much less make the picture pop with good lighting. One of the useful things is to get them backlighted. This can be done with a larger camera system if you have a moveable strobe that you can position to the side or behind the ctenophores. Still, on the best of days I take a bunch of photos and hope for the best. If I can dig up the photo I'll post one that looks kind of cool from one of my past missions. Unlike jellies, ctenophores don't have the nasty stinging cells (cnidoblasts) and so are less problematic to be around. They tend to be insanely fragile though so it takes care not to disturb them or they fall apart like an apparition made of smoke. They move though the water with tiny pulsating hairs (cilia) which form rows along the outside of the animal--and is the source of their common name: comb jelly. These fine cilia catch the light and can form really pretty diffraction patterns resulting in the rainbow coloration that can be seen if you zoom in on the photo above. Ah, here--I've found my images from New Caledonia. We came up from the end of a dive in rather murky plankton filled water (you can see the copious backscatter in the photos below) and found many ctenophores hanging just below the surface during our safety stop. I shot an insane number of photos with varying lighting angles to try to make these transparent ghostlike creatures visible. They are such a challenge that I often take the time to photograph them when I see them at the end of a dive. Cheers. -Ken P.S:. Note how eerily anthropomorphic the first image looks. If I remember the movie correctly, the aliens in the movie The Abyss were modeled after ctenophores (and other ocean critters)--James Cameron like doing that. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted March 15, 2015 Share Posted March 15, 2015 Spring. The red camellia was about 2 or 3 weeks later blooming this year. I guess because of the cold we had. Things have turned around now and the camellias are making up for their tardiness. This 10' red one is laden with scores of flowers and more buds yet to open. Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Nice photo--comb jellies (ctenophores) are a pain to photograph. They are so transparent that it is like taking a photo of a plastic bag in the water. With point-and-shoot cameras it is really difficult to focus on them much less make the picture pop with good lighting. One of the useful things is to get them backlighted. This can be done with a larger camera system if you have a moveable strobe that you can position to the side or behind the ctenophores. Still, on the best of days I take a bunch of photos and hope for the best. If I can dig up the photo I'll post one that looks kind of cool from one of my past missions. Unlike jellies, ctenophores don't have the nasty stinging cells (cnidoblasts) and so are less problematic to be around. They tend to be insanely fragile though so it takes care not to disturb them or they fall apart like an apparition made of smoke. They move though the water with tiny pulsating hairs (cilia) which form rows along the outside of the animal--and is the source of their common name: comb jelly. These fine cilia catch the light and can form really pretty diffraction patterns resulting in the rainbow coloration that can be seen if you zoom in on the photo above. Ah, here--I've found my images from New Caledonia. We came up from the end of a dive in rather murky plankton filled water (you can see the copious backscatter in the photos below) and found many ctenophores hanging just below the surface during our safety stop. I shot an insane number of photos with varying lighting angles to try to make these transparent ghostlike creatures visible. They are such a challenge that I often take the time to photograph them when I see them at the end of a dive. ctenophore.jpg ctenophore2.jpg Cheers. -Ken P.S:. Note how eerily anthropomorphic the first image looks. If I remember the movie correctly, the aliens in the movie The Abyss were modeled after ctenophores (and other ocean critters)--James Cameron like doing that. Dang Ken, I like those shots! neat critters....Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Spring. The red camellia was about 2 or 3 weeks later blooming this year. I guess because of the cold we had. Things have turned around now and the camellias are making up for their tardiness. This 10' red one is laden with scores of flowers and more buds yet to open. DSC_5536psz.jpg Hey John, nice photo. I miss camellias, although I dont miss them messing up our sidewalks....I still wish I had one!...Our Azaleas are already done down here....really warmed up quick...Spring is certainly here for us at least....Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snolly50 Posted March 21, 2015 Share Posted March 21, 2015 Hey John, nice photo. I miss camellias, although I dont miss them messing up our sidewalks....I still wish I had one!...Our Azaleas are already done down here....really warmed up quick...Spring is certainly here for us at least....Regards, Chris Hey Chris, my camellias are puny compared to the ones on our family property in upstate SC. Those are monsters in size. My Dad propagated them from cuttings 60 or so years ago and they populate the woods behind the family home.. Not a peep from the azaleas as yet, but Spring is here. I saw a butterfly yesterday. I hope you get some more great insect shots again this year. I want to see them. Best, John Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, also are remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so. - Douglas Adams, Last Chance to See Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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