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Subject: [Leica] OT: Sometimes robots make great snaps
From: r.s.taylor at comcast.net (Richard S. Taylor)
Date: Wed Dec 21 18:47:22 2005
References: <DC4B73A4105FCE4FAE0CEF799BF84B366BA93B@case-email>

Dave - I'm not familiar with that image.  You might try to find 
further info on it here:

http://mthamilton.ucolick.org/

or Google on "photographs san joaquin valley"  or something similar 
and see what comes up.  Good luck.

Dick
Boston MA


>Richard,
>
>I like space shots, but one of my favorite telescopic photographs is a
>panoramic terrestrial, The images were shot from Lick Observatory. (For
>some reason 8" refractor sticks in my mind, but I don't know much about
>telescopes.)
>
>The photographs show the Coast Range in the foreground, the Sierra
>Nevada in the background, and the San Joaquin Valley (where I grew up)
>in between. Amazing DOF for a long tele. Lots of interesting things are
>visible, but you have to look closely. It's not obvious where the pano
>series was taken, but it blows people away when I point out Half Dome.
>
>It's a really clear, crisp panoramic. I think they used a tripod. Just
>as impressive, the images were stitched the old fashioned way, in the
>darkroom. I've had the photograph (12"x48" silver print, not litho) for
>years. I wonder if you can still buy that particular print.
>DaveR
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Richard S. Taylor [mailto:r.s.taylor@comcast.net]
>Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 2:58 PM
>To: Leica Users Group
>Subject: Re: [Leica] OT: Sometimes robots make great snaps
>
>Adam - Having worked on the Spitzer Space Telescope for many years I
>love to hear enthusiasm for astronomical images.  I agree with you.
>That Saturn shot is a real winner.
>
>"Astronomy Picture of the Day" has shown many Spitzer images but if
>you'd like to see more, checkout the following link for the latest
>results.
>
>http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/spitzer/index.shtml
>
>You find all the released images at:
>
>http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/Media/mediaimages/index.shtml
>
>
>
>>This shot, from the Cassini probe orbiting Saturn, should earn points
>from
>>Ted since it's shot from the shadow side.
>>
>>It's also a heck of an image.
>>
>><http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/image/0512/thinring2_cassini_big.jpg>
>>
>>I saw this on Astronomy Picture of the Day - my default browser page.:
>>
>><http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html>
>>
>>Adam
>>
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>Regards,
>
>Dick
>Boston MA
>
>
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