Canon EOS 5D
ƒ/2.8
35 mm
1/0
400
Well, at least some alien artifacts…
► Red Skies at Night, The Fixx ♫♪
13 responses to “War of the Worlds?”
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reminds me slightly of the categorical photographic proof that Brenda Butler provided of surefire alien weirdness and goings-on at RAF Bentwaters near Rendlesham in Suffolk.
*promises not to spam so heavily in future* 🙂
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heh… looks like poor Brenda just saw an unstable rocket launch!
Ben: nope. Nothing but clear glass, and no color processing of the image. It’s really that red, and I tried to get the position and exposure so that the motor lights the ground.
The rocket on Pad 3 had a white strobe light in the nose cone (Barry Dobyns’ rocket I believe).
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Uh, I thought it was obvious… dormant aliens rising from the Earth.
Aha, right you are. I have a clear UV-filter on all my lenses for scratch protection. (I thought you meant the color space with the filter question). Next night shot, I’ll remove it. I thought these were in-lens artifacts. Does this look like a filter bounce to you?
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These are some amazing photos! The stark basin and range backdrops and hard blue skies couldn’t be any more evocative.
My own rocketry experience was coincident with the first shuttle flights, and sadly didn’t progress past Estes "D" motors. My first launch (Aug. 1981) attracted the interest of the neighborhood kids. I’m in the red shirt fiddling with the igniter while Bobby Robinson hams it up with the freshly constructed rocket.
I was so eager to launch that the paint had not have time to dry when the countdown began.
Unfortunately, I failed to adequately consider the downrange situation.
There was a humid breeze from the south, which carried the rocket downwind for a perfect touchdown on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 74. Seconds after landing, the rocket was obliterated by a passing 18-wheeler.
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Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Outer Space & Beyond, and we’d love to have this added to the group!
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