https://scienceblogs.com/ en https://scienceblogs.com/photosynthesis/2009/05/20/blinky-bling-bliss <span>Blinky Bling Bliss</span> <div class="field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field--item"><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/3548200596/" title="blinky bling bling bliss by jurvetson, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3335/3548200596_c21b4bb4c6.jpg" width="500" height="482" alt="blinky bling bling bliss" /></a></p> <p>Kids at the candy shop... from the DairyAire launch event this weekend. For a sense of how the photonic Ritalin works, this is what my rocket looks like as an example:</p> <p><img src="http://www.bsdrocketry.com/photos/ani_diabglo.gif" /></p> <p>For a while, I've wanted to use a funky armored car <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/335631524"> fisheye lens</a> from Belarus for night rocketry. I tested it at dusk:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/3548093438/" title="Red Lightning by jurvetson, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3361/3548093438_f4f6e1e295.jpg" width="467" height="500" alt="Red Lightning" /></a></p> <p>and at night...</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/3547384483/" title="Time Lapse by jurvetson, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2466/3547384483_b428f9ff96.jpg" width="378" height="500" alt="Time Lapse" /></a></p> <p>Green propellant - burnout - orange burst from the BP charge popping the parachute - blinking spiral back to Earth.</p> <p>That a cable spool with a high power motor in the middle flies straight as an arrow is amazing enough. Strap on some lights, and fly at night, priceless.</p> <p>Next, I'll show some shots with a 16mm Canon in the Black Rock Desert.</p> </div> <span><a title="View user profile." href="/author/sjurvetson" lang="" about="/author/sjurvetson" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">sjurvetson</a></span> <span>Tue, 05/19/2009 - 19:48</span> <div class="field field--name-field-blog-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-inline"> <div class="field--label">Tags</div> <div class="field--items"> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/night" hreflang="en">night</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/photography" hreflang="en">Photography</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/rockets" hreflang="en">rockets</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/rocket-photography-launch-blastoff-fisheye-night" hreflang="en">Rocket photography launch blastoff fisheye night</a></div> <div class="field--item"><a href="/tag/photography" hreflang="en">Photography</a></div> </div> </div> <section> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2498182" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1242806502"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Very cool images.</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2498182&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="hlyO4vtnXJbOSZVmyOA3rFV9qUPIyIZtGY2Us789bbU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://sciencenotes.wordpress.com" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Monado (not verified)</a> on 20 May 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/36170/feed#comment-2498182">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="0" id="comment-2498183" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1242809133"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>In the dusk photo, is that faint trail in the background from the parachute deploying, or did you happen to catch a comet in the sky?</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2498183&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="7GHaUHfEXJGjEIDJ9hOi9KloWF1RxsNa6R-GxTHFhKU"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a rel="nofollow" href="http://learningcomputation.com/blog/" lang="" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">Kurt (not verified)</a> on 20 May 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/36170/feed#comment-2498183">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/user/0"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/user/0" hreflang="und"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> <article data-comment-user-id="314" id="comment-2498184" class="js-comment comment-wrapper clearfix"> <mark class="hidden" data-comment-timestamp="1242819242"></mark> <div class="well"> <strong></strong> <div class="field field--name-comment-body field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field--item"><p>Kurt - I believe it is the BP charge igniting to deploy the chute (a bit late in this case, on the down side of the parabolic arc, versus a bit early for the spool shot that follows)</p> </div> <drupal-render-placeholder callback="comment.lazy_builders:renderLinks" arguments="0=2498184&amp;1=default&amp;2=en&amp;3=" token="y7aGbRVLR8RnrwyqOUeXZUSB7OS4Qcnvnyu5rPg9V5M"></drupal-render-placeholder> </div> <footer> <em>By <a title="View user profile." href="/author/sjurvetson" lang="" about="/author/sjurvetson" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype="">sjurvetson</a> on 20 May 2009 <a href="https://scienceblogs.com/taxonomy/term/36170/feed#comment-2498184">#permalink</a></em> <article typeof="schema:Person" about="/author/sjurvetson"> <div class="field field--name-user-picture field--type-image field--label-hidden field--item"> <a href="/author/sjurvetson" hreflang="en"><img src="/files/styles/thumbnail/public/default_images/icon-user.png?itok=yQw_eG_q" width="100" height="100" alt="User Image" typeof="foaf:Image" class="img-responsive" /> </a> </div> </article> </footer> </article> </section> <ul class="links inline list-inline"><li class="comment-forbidden"><a href="/user/login?destination=/photosynthesis/2009/05/20/blinky-bling-bliss%23comment-form">Log in</a> to post comments</li></ul> Tue, 19 May 2009 23:48:50 +0000 sjurvetson 147708 at https://scienceblogs.com