a wonderful image to end the series with. Looking forward to XPRS 2006.

(photo by Ian Kluft who also I also want to thank for his awesome guide to the Black Rock Desert)

38 responses to “Red Skies at Night”

  1. That was fun. Thanks!

  2. Wow, that’s a very cool shot… Mmm rockets…

  3. and somewhere on another planet, they’re all sitting on the curb with popcorn, counting incoming :)…encore encore

  4. Wow. And I love the stars.

  5. looks really great…congratulations for the shot
    A fav.

  6. haven’t seen anything like this before. very cool. faved!

  7. WOW i’ve never seen red lightning before!!!

  8. whoa, this is awesome!

  9. I thought it was a lightning at first. A fav.

  10. it’s actually a high power model rocket in the Black Rock desert… See http://www.flickr.com/photos/jurvetson/sets/5956/

  11. Kwisatch: Me too! I needed a few seconds to realize it’s just fireworks.

    Cool photograph though!

  12. heh… not sure if you are trying to goad me….. 😉

    These are a lot bigger than your average bottle rocket. One project was trying to go beyond the atmosphere, the first photo here:

    enlargement Pulse-jet engine test Heads up!

    You can hear a daytime launch of a 14′ tall one here on Revver.

    Of course, the original photo above is clearly inspiration for Spielberg’s interpretation of War of the Worlds…. =)

  13. Love this shot Steve, its fabulous !

    Suggested title "7 Up" ! :o)

  14. Fantastic! Well done!
    Found at GreatPixGallery50+ Group!

  15. Stunning! Just in the moment!!

  16. Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Flickr Platinum (RULES CHANGED), and we’d love to have your photo added to the group.

  17. This is amazing… I wasn’t sure what it was at first… almost looks like it came from above.

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