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► Elton John ♫ ♪

Rocket man burning out his fuse up here alone

38 responses to “Rocketman”

  1. There he goes again, up, up and away!
    I can imagine the sensation of being up there, contemplating that wonderful view and the feeling of freedom.

  2. jurvetson does it again!!

  3. I want one! Nice shot!

  4. oh yes! i want one too – always have…

  5. awesome .. very surreal

  6. That guy is an amateur….

    😉

  7. Is this real??? Amazing.
    (1-2-3)

  8. What the… Totally futuristic! Was this a cable run? Wonderful composition with the mountains in the background!
    (1-2-3)

  9. Ha ha! No way! I’m right down the road from this; we were gonna go but got distracted by the excellence of sitting in hot springs. Rock!

  10. this is completely insane. (i love your rocket disaster series)
    very cool 1-2-3

  11. Thanks y’all.

    Yes, it is real, and there are no cables or wires. It’s a jet pack flight.

  12. wow. how high does it go?

  13. 80 feet typically. Record was 152 ft.

    I just had a good chat with Dan the Rocketman,
    and he liked the photo enough to put it on his home page

  14. ha ha ha ha ha, very very goood!

    "Pictures that represent song/movie title" Thread
    The World Through My Eyes

  15. Fantastic shot ! Very good capture !

    Thank you for sharing it with us:
    "Pictures that represent song/movie title" Thread
    The World Through My Eyes

  16. That’s awesome. That guy has a set of large brass ones, that’s for sure. Nicely captured.

  17. Great Photo……can I try that outfit …..cool

  18. One of these under Steve’s Christmas tree… that would be blisss.

  19. Not a good time to run out of gas.

  20. Great! Total perfection!

    BTW, this is
    just BRAVO, indeed!

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  21. You are invited to add this photo to the Wirefly X Prize Cup photo pool.

  22. that’s awesome and i love the organs in the background!

  23. Hi, thanks for publishing this photo under an attribution license.

    We just wanted to let you know that we’ve used it to illustrate a post on More Th>n Living – Not so fast, rocket man.

    Hope you enjoy the article!

    Thanks

  24. Fantastic capture! Something I have always wanted to do. Love the mountain range in the background, well done!

  25. great tune
    ,.-)))


    I saw this in the 50+ Faves group and Faved it.

  26. Great image for the song!
    I’ve got a pic for this song too…

  27. ooooh! what i would do for a jetpack!!!

    you’ve been memed for a "What would I be…" meme.

  28. Interesting photo……….so cool……

  29. Hallo, ich bin der Administrator der Gruppe Creative Commons- Free Pictures, und wir würden uns freuen, wenn Du dies zu unserer Gruppe hinzufügen würdest.

  30. I hope it wasn’t a mail-order job from the ACME catalog!

    Cheers for the shot!

    Rob
    blog.builddirect.com/greenbuilding

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