Angry Young Spool

7 responses to “Angry Young Spool”

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   jitze

   Sep 29, 2009 at 6:41 am

   Cable spool rocket? Eh? Lurks there a story somewhere?

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   wallacewainhouse

   Sep 29, 2009 at 7:18 am

   beauty

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   Duncan Rawlinson – Duncan.co

   Sep 29, 2009 at 2:44 pm

   Do you ever worry they’ll make a sharp turn toward you?! *knows nothing about rocketry…

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   jurvetson

   Sep 29, 2009 at 3:53 pm

   Oh sure…. from the pad, the sky, and the sun…

   

   Gotta stay on your feet!

   More of my photos of rocket mishap near the bottom of this page.

   jitze: I just wonder who first thought to put a rocket motor in a spool…

   

   Hmmm…. it has a center tube…. Hey, looks like a rocket motor could fit in there….

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   Duncan Rawlinson – Duncan.co

   Oct 2, 2009 at 6:58 pm

   Ok, WOW. That is amazing. Some of those stories and images are absolutely incredible! Thanks for the link.

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   nahcpj

   Oct 30, 2009 at 11:37 pm

   wowza… great shot!!
   how’d you get the focusing to turn out that sharp in the the dark?

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   jurvetson

   Oct 31, 2009 at 12:27 am

   thanks!

   manual focus. Shooting 16mm wide angle at f2.8 helps (wide DOF)

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