Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Today's "Astronomy Picture of the Day" is spectacular. It's a digital composite of many different timed exposures that capture the brightness range of the solar corona during the recent eclipse in Turkey. If it had been taken with film, they wouldn't have needed so many exposures. If it had been taken with a Leica M, they would have burned a hole in the shutter during setup. :-) It's a fantastic picture anyway. http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html Bigger version picture, and the link will work after today (Friday): http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0604/tse2006_03_29corona_vangorp_ f1800.jpg Now for the fun. Aaron Sandler take note: This is the ultimate economy pinhole camera. Go here, then scroll down to "Sans instrument, jeux de mains " http://vjac.free.fr/eclipses/290306.html If I had a gig as a priest in ancient Egypt, I could get a lot of mileage out of that one. :-) Some others: http://photoastronomique.net/voir_us.php?taille=grand&nom=060329_2941 http://photoastronomique.net/voir_us.php?taille=grand&nom=060329_5258 --Peter