 pyrrhios
Male, 30-39, Western US
 185 Posts
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Thursday, February 24, 2011 6:16:02 PM
That is a fantastically beautiful photograph. |
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achachet
Male, 18-29, Europe
8 Posts
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:37:59 PM
... and the result reflects reality. |
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achachet
Male, 18-29, Europe
8 Posts
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011 12:31:13 PM
mhh guys this photo really looks real BUT it most certainly is an HDR shot, meaning multiple shots were taken on a tripod (a dark one, a regular one and a clear one) and composited together in Photoshop to get this kind of result.
Take the moon for instance: you can see both the bright crescent and the shadow crescent. This kind of contrast is just impossible to capture with one shot with current technology. What strikes me more, though (and I'm surprised it was not challengend by the NASA before posting it on their website) is that the sun's position on the horizon looks completely inconsistent with the crescent on the moon. The shots might have been taken several hours apart then - I may be wrong on this part though, I'm no astronomer.
For all the folks that will shout 'Shooooopped' now that they have this explanation, here's what the Director of photography at National Geographic says: an HDR picture is OK if the shots were taken at the same time and the result re |
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 thefatkid77
Male, 18-29, Western US
112 Posts
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 10:08:37 PM
If it is real, that view is almost worth living in one of those shacks, that are probably freezing, with no electricity... Well, scratch that. I'll take just looking at the pic on the interwebz in my nice warm house. Still a cool pic though. |
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 SumRandom1
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
795 Posts
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 11:16:52 AM
wheres the double rainbow guy to explain all this, his expertise are needed |
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esmifra
Male, 18-29, Europe
34 Posts
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 9:15:37 AM
you joking vegascartman?
Of course you can take more than 3 second picture at the sky without blurring planets and the moon.
Mos of picture that are taken by night to the sky must have at least a couple of seconds in order to get the light from stars/planets. |
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 vegascartman
Male, 30-39, Western US
735 Posts
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 1:37:58 AM
Yep...the EXIF data on the image says it was a 3 second exposure. Sorry guys, it's a fake! |
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vegascartman
Male, 30-39, Western US
735 Posts
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Tuesday, February 22, 2011 1:31:21 AM
Methinks it's a fake. Unless those clouds looked exactly how you see them in the photo, it was a long exposure shot. The moon and planets move really fast around the Earth so if this shot was anything longer than 1/125th of a second or so, you'd see some motion blur from the moon and Venus. |
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 Student_Law
Male, 30-39, Europe
966 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 1:44:51 PM
Woooow what does it mean WHAT DOES IT MEAN!! |
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 SvampeBob
Male, 18-29, Europe
3088 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 9:44:58 AM
wow beautiful! |
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twiiistCH
Male, 18-29, Europe
10 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 9:02:34 AM
@Angelmassb I would also would prefer the beach..........................(you're like charlie sheen) |
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 meepmaker
Male, 30-39, Southern US
6716 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 8:13:36 AM
Id rather be on the beach. |
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 Angelmassb
Male, 18-29, S. America
15474 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 7:16:40 AM
twiiistCH
Cool mountains, I like that kind of landscape, too bad I cannot see it often
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Vir
Male, 18-29, Europe
53 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 7:06:31 AM
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110202.html
Higher res |
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thefonztm
Male, 18-29, Eastern US
4 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 6:19:47 AM
more pixels? source? |
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 whatevs
Female, 13-17, Eastern US
126 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 6:15:04 AM
it's like a giant cloud of rainbow unicorn magic |
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Kickan
Male, 18-29, Europe
227 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 4:52:37 AM
Nice, that would make a great desktop pic. Anyone know where to find it in higher rez? |
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twiiistCH
Male, 18-29, Europe
10 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 4:25:04 AM
Got that view every day from my room, I live there.
I'm showing off because....i-am-bored |
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 DolceVendet
Female, 13-17, Europe
70 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 3:17:47 AM
Beautiful. :) |
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Glow4u
Female, 18-29, Asia
1 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 1:42:56 AM
Take a close look at MOON n VENUS |
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 alishaangle
Female, 18-29, Asia
11 Posts
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Monday, February 21, 2011 12:38:11 AM
Get It Now!! |
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 Orpheon
Male, 18-29, Southern US
70 Posts
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Sunday, February 20, 2011 11:24:39 PM
HDR photos are the bomb |
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 ledzeppeloyd
Male, 18-29, Midwest US
2184 Posts
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Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:52:06 PM
ooooooooo |
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 forestq
Female, 18-29, Western US
500 Posts
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Sunday, February 20, 2011 9:12:11 PM
Love it! Sometimes it's so easy to forget how beautiful our world is because we get caught up in our day to day things which really don't mean much. Thanks iab for posting this. :) |
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 CoyoteKing
Male, 18-29, Southern US
2993 Posts
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Sunday, February 20, 2011 8:46:46 PM
on the bandwagon, new desktop background |
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