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This is a 360 degree Panorama of the Aumndsen-Scott South Pole Station, South Pole Antarctica.
This was taken on 7-28 during the afternoon at a temperature of around -90F with a windchill of -130F. The moon in the shot was only a slight crescent but is incredibly bright. When the moon is not around we are surrounded by total darkness, unless we happen to be graced by a beautiful aurora! I was lucky enough to catch this nice aurora along with the moon. The moon is so bright down here that it mutes out the sky, making shots of stars quite difficult. I have to move very fast while taking photos down here as my batteries freeze quite quickly and even my tripod freezes and no longer will rotate... Normally I keep a headlamp with me, but this time I had forgotten it while in a rush to capture the dissipating aurora, so had to shoot with whatever I had last set the camera at, and had to hope i didn't bump the rings since i wouldn't be able to see to change anything. Unfortunately while walking out to this point to take the photos I bumped the focal ring on the lens and ever so slightly causing the pictures to bit out of focus, but the pano was so beautiful I couldn't just toss it. These images were taken with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II at 16mm, f-stop 2.8 for 30 second exposures. *edit: You can see each of the constellations drawn in over the skyline here: http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=31101 |
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This is the same as my other pano with the exception that the good South Pole doc (grannydoc) went to the trouble of drawing in each of the constellations that are visible in the sky. You can see the same pano without the stars drawn in at my other pano:
http://www.gigapan.org/viewGigapan.php?id=30450 |
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This is another Panorama of the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station. This one was taken technically on the 29th, the day after my previous similar shot. Though just barely, this shot was taken at 1 am.
This photo is however, very different. The moon is in front of the station in this shot rather than behind it, which makes the station look completely different. My other shot makes the station look very dark (which it is to provide heating through absorption of the sun's rays), whereas this one is very light, and almost all white. During the winter, the blowing snow sticks to the station making everything turn white. During the summer season it will not be cold enough to stick, and the sun is there to heat the special black siding also keeping the snow away. I Intentionally left the moon split between the pano, because I liked the effect . Unlike my other Pano, this one I remembered to bring my headlamp and make sure everything on the camera was set correctly, and thus this shot is actually in focus! You can clearly see the station details. This was again taken in temps around -90F. I've had multiple 360 pano attempts fail because the camera's batteries froze before i got spun all the way around :{ This was shot with a Canon EOS-1D Mark II, 16mm, f-stop 2.8 and 30 second exposures |
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A brilliant, crisp, clear morning in Seattle - from mid-span the Aurora SR99 bridge, looking West at approximately 9:00 AM. Brrr... feels more like my native Ohio than the Pacific NorthWest (except for the view that is!) |
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sunny, crisp, NOT WARM, morning in Seattle. Around 9:30 AM, from mid-span the Aurora SR99 bridge, facing West. |
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winter sunset over Cherry Creek Reservoir
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Looking southeast at the beautiful Plains Conservation Center in Aurora, Colorado. Located on the east edge of the Denver Metropolitan area (see map), the center preserves 1100 acres of shortgrass prairie and is a great reminder of what the semiarid High Plains of North America looked like before we got here. Learn more about the Plains Conservation Center @ http://www.plainsconservationcenter.org/ Learn more about the High Plains @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Plains_(United_States) |
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Plains Conservation Center in Aurora, Colorado. Located on the east edge of the Denver Metropolitan area (see map), the center preserves 1100 acres of shortgrass prairie and is a great reminder of what the semiarid High Plains of North America looked like before we got here. Learn more about the Plains Conservation Center @ http://www.plainsconservationcenter.org/ Learn more about the High Plains @ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Plains_(United_States) |