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"jaw dropping" picture of the Sun

Postby The Beige Avenger » Mar 9th, '11, 10:44

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/badas ... f-the-sun/

Stunning
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Re: "jaw dropping" picture of the Sun

Postby Shadowwolf » Mar 9th, '11, 16:54

Wow, I'll say.
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Re: "jaw dropping" picture of the Sun

Postby Healerman » Mar 9th, '11, 19:40

Gob, suitably smacked! :o
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Re: "jaw dropping" picture of the Sun

Postby Jamie » Mar 9th, '11, 19:55

Cool. And it was done with a 90mm scope too.
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Re: "jaw dropping" picture of the Sun

Postby M Paul Lloyd » Mar 9th, '11, 20:57

Size it not really the key but rather the type of filter used, any bigger and you run the risk of overheating. ;)

Excellent piece of work. :)
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Re: "jaw dropping" picture of the Sun

Postby Hyrulian Outlaw » Mar 10th, '11, 09:31

I just was going to post that exact picture!

The photographer has quite a few more awesome shots on his website

http://www.avertedimagination.com/main1.htm
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Re: "jaw dropping" picture of the Sun

Postby Nails » Mar 12th, '11, 21:55

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