Canon EOS 5D Mark II
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400 mm
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Jimmy Franco’s Powerslave kickin’ up alfalfa and blasting to 10,762 ft. at October Skies on Saturday. The Kosdon M3500R shows a number of discrete shock diamonds on launch. (larger sizes)

As it climbed, the backlit plume became radiant… see below…

7 responses to “Backlit Beauty”

  1. I like your cropping here.

    denis

  2. Nice color on the flame trails.

  3. Very beautiful! Nice pink radiant

  4. Is Jimmy Franco the actor/Ph.D. candidate?

  5. Heh, nope… but he did give the flight report, as this was his L3 Cert flight:

    rocket length – 137 in.
    rocket weight ready to fly – 43 lbs.
    motor – KBA A-C M3500R 75-7600 snap ring hardware
    max altitude (avg) – 10,774 AGL
    max speed (avg) – 832 mph mach 1.09
    Raven3 70g w/Power Perch primary
    Raven2 250g w/Power Perch secondary
    CSI tracker in nose

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