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25-03-2010, 06:43 PM
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| | | Amateur Photographs The Earth
Anyone see this story on today's national news?
Not quite astronomy, but considerably cheaper than NASA  National News - ITV News
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25-03-2010, 07:11 PM
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Isn't that brilliant.
I really like the idea of a clearly talented, but not massively financed, character pulling off something like this.
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Incredible! Amazing what you can do fi you set your mind to it.
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It's pretty cold 35km up, isn't it? Wonder how he kept the batteries warm enough to work?
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25-03-2010, 11:39 PM
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Evening all,
I agree - absolutely briliiant. What a result it got too!
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26-03-2010, 07:48 AM
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One article I read said that NASA have been in touch to see how he does it, if true what a feather in his cap |
26-03-2010, 07:54 AM
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I thought it was amazing, and brilliant that he's going to try to get kids interested and involved. |
26-03-2010, 08:38 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Andy Warne  | Thanks for the link - excellent results 
Just a thought - spotted the vertical streak artefact of the sun's image in flight so a CCD sensor and not CMOS sensor, in camera. Presumably pics taken via an interval-timer
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How inspirational is that - wonderful! | | | |
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