I have an idea for a new thread...

[Caerus]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1007/lightning_kotsiopoulos.jpg

 

Thats not for real is it, if so it could be up-lightning

[DaLoCo]

Wow TNT...those are some great images...love the lightning, and the plane too

[TNT1]

Thats not for real is it, if so it could be up-lightning

 

This is a photo sequence of 42 stacked shots, caught in Olympic Stadium, Athens during a severe thunderstorm. It only took me aproximatelly 30 minutes to capture 51 lightnings.

Nine shots were destroyed because of the excess brightness. See also the waterdrops from the drain pipe. They seem 'still' as they instlantly illuminated from the lightnings.

The answer to the crucial question: No... The big one didn't hit me on the head! It stroke a few hundred feet in front of me..

 

Canon EOS 550D, 28/6/2010 1:16 - 1:48, Shutter Speed 3.2 sec x 42 shots, Aperture Value 4.0, ISO 100, Lens Canon EF 15mm f/2.8, Focal Length 15.0 mm

 

http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/atmospheric/20100628Thunders.htm

 

And here's an animation of the individual pics being overlayed:

http://www.greeksky.gr/files/photos/animations/20100628ThundersVideo.htm

Edited June 3, 2011 by TNT1

[TNT1]

Wow TNT...those are some great images...love the lightning, and the plane too

 

APOD!

[Tankman]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1007/greenmachine_nasa.jpg

 

Are these the new Kulula planes?

[Caerus]

This is a photo sequence of 42 stacked shots, caught in Olympic Stadium, Athens during a severe thunderstorm. It only took me aproximatelly 30 minutes to capture 51 lightnings.

Nine shots were destroyed because of the excess brightness. See also the waterdrops from the drain pipe. They seem 'still' as they instlantly illuminated from the lightnings.

The answer to the crucial question: No... The big one didn't hit me on the head! It stroke a few hundred feet in front of me..

 

Canon EOS 550D, 28/6/2010 1:16 - 1:48, Shutter Speed 3.2 sec x 42 shots, Aperture Value 4.0, ISO 100, Lens Canon EF 15mm f/2.8, Focal Length 15.0 mm

 

http://www.greeksky....628Thunders.htm

 

And here's an animation of the individual pics being overlayed:

http://www.greeksky....undersVideo.htm

 

 

If it did it would explain a lot . Have you seen Up - Lightning in action?

[nathrix]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1007/greenmachine_nasa.jpg

 

About time Kulula upgrade their planes...

[TNT1]

Are these the new Kulula planes?

 

Lockheed/NASA Supersonic Green Machine. NASA originally scheduled them to be operational by 2030.

[TNT1]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1007/BeltOfVenusPan_ward600h.jpg Edited June 3, 2011 by TNT1

[Caerus]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1007/BeltOfVenusPan_ward600h.jpg

 

Uluru ? Did you manage to climb it, cause they have stopped people doing that now

[TNT1]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1007/TSERapaNui_blanchard900h.jpg

[Wyatt Earp]

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/image/1007/TSERapaNui_blanchard900h.jpg

That is a few hours of exposure probably with a filter as well.

[TNT1]

That is a few hours of exposure probably with a filter as well.

 

50 consecutive exposures. Dunno the time-frame or lenses used.

[Tankman]

Lockheed/NASA Supersonic Green Machine. NASA originally scheduled them to be operational by 2030.

 

Kulula should definitely get some of these and then partner with Visa/Mastercard (whoever does these adds)

 

Drive from Pretoria to OR Thambo - 1h49min

Finding Parking - 27min

Baggage check-in queue - 18min

Flight from JHB to CPT - 38seconds

 

The look on your face at 14G's - Priceless!

Edited June 3, 2011 by Tankman

[Slowbee]

but i dont see the pilots window - how does he know where to steer ?

[deanbean]

Take the lane....