Roger Clark
12-23-2011, 06:39 PM
For all you lucky southern hemisphere folks, comet Lovejoy (discovered in early December by Australian amateur astronomer Terry Lovejoy) survived an amazing close pass by the sun on December 15 and is now an amazing spectacle in the morning sky before sunrise. So if you are getting up early for some bird photography, check out the eastern sky and bring moderate to wide angle lenses and tripod for some 30 second or so images. And if you haven;t planned on getting up early, consider changing your plans.:S3:
Some links:
From the ISS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoZIwtgEqKY&feature=channel_video_title
From Australian photographer Colin Legg, near Perth: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=105827&d=1324
Wish I was in South Africa or Australia, or New Zealand, or ....
For the rest of us in the northern hemisphere, all we can do is hope for the next one, or get on a plane fast.
Roger
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Some links:
From the ISS: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoZIwtgEqKY&feature=channel_video_title
From Australian photographer Colin Legg, near Perth: http://www.iceinspace.com.au/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=105827&d=1324
Wish I was in South Africa or Australia, or New Zealand, or ....
For the rest of us in the northern hemisphere, all we can do is hope for the next one, or get on a plane fast.
Roger
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