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Post by Hunny on Apr 2, 2024 18:05:02 GMT
TODAY'S OFFERING..SpaceX's Falcon rocket passes in front of full moon as fire spews from its engines.
A rocket transiting the moon is a rare sight. Capturing a good photo takes rare skill.
Pascal Fouquet, Florida photographer, captured such a shot and won the Sony World Photography Award 2024.
Fouquet captured his Falcon Heavy photo just before the new year, when SpaceX launched the U S Space Force X-37B spaceplane, on the USSF-52 mission.
The uncrewed X-37B spacecraft lifted off atop Falcon Heavy from NASA's Kennedy Space Center, Florida on Dec. 28.
Fouquet realized the upcoming opportunity to try and nail that shot less than 48 hours before the launch took place. "Scouting for an ideal location proved challenging, given the limited spots available for capturing the shot.
I settled on an unconventional choice—an open field behind a hospice 14 miles away from the launch pad," he said.
The trick, Fouquet said, was to expose the camera to capture the details of the moon, not the rocket. Shot with a Nikon D850, Fouquet set his shutter speed to just 1/1600 of a second, capturing the split second moment Falcon Heavy passed in front of the moon.
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Post by Big Lin on Apr 2, 2024 21:54:28 GMT
Wonderful - I love stuff like this!
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Post by Hunny on May 1, 2024 13:37:39 GMT
Journey To The Edge of The Universe...
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