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The air is so incredibly clear that the nighttime star field looks like the opening to Star Wars. I have never seen so many stars (a few of which are bright enough to be seen in this exposure).

Barry Dobyns launched a string of night rockets, some with Aerotech Redline motors. The rockets are festooned with blinky lights that look like satellites as they drift by parachute across the pointillist starscape.

13 responses to “Hopping over the Big Dipper”

  1. Todd Huffman Avatar
    Todd Huffman

    Yeah, but which Star Wars?

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  2. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    The original one. Often imitated…. even in the sequels and prequels…

    You know, the one with all the LEGOs

    Opening Scene

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  3. David M* Avatar
    David M*

    Thats Awesome. Would like to have been there to see it.
    I still very fondly remember a few years ago when the Space Shuttle took off at night or early AM, basically Totally Dark and Wow! did it ever light up the Sky and surrounding area for Miles and Miles and Miles – what a scene that was. I was watching on TV and completely Mesmerized.
    There are these Fire-works called Midnight Candle or something similar and I am sure there are several different types of names…anyways – It does a similar effect to the Lighting up of the Sky.

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  4. gabo_ Avatar
    gabo_

    very very cool shot!
    1-2-3

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  5. Timothy Schenck Avatar
    Timothy Schenck

    wow, that’s awesome.
    123

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  6. cjelli Avatar
    cjelli

    Very cool. I don’t think I’ve seen a picture quite like this before.

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  7. the-father Avatar
    the-father

    cool and interesting.

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  8. Voetmann Avatar
    Voetmann

    This is absolutely stunning – AMAZING! And a fave!

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  9. Swiveler Avatar
    Swiveler

    jurvetson — Your awesome rocket launch photo was used for a graph on Swivel.

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  10. jurvetson Avatar
    jurvetson

    thanks y’all. In the Notes, Lindes points out a very interesting feature I had noticed before… a strange line of dots (visible at full size)

    Since it’s not a continuous streak, well, it must be a UFO…

    Any other theories?

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  11. avlxyz Avatar
    avlxyz

    ET observing your launch…
    probably just a spyplane 🙂

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  12. Pan.101 Avatar
    Pan.101

    Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Beautiful Night Image 夜景, and we’d love to have this added to the group!

    wonderful image

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  13. Jeff Scism Avatar
    Jeff Scism

    Add it to Astrometry Group

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