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JamesG
28-05-2014, 09:46 AM
The Tasmanian Earth Resources Satellite Station or TERSS is located on Droughty Point just outside of Hobart CBD. It is an X-band ground station and was designed and built in Australia, primarily used to record wind readings and to receive satellite data. It was installed in 1993 and began collecting data from 1995 until it was decommissioned in 2011.
For quite a while now I have wanted to feature it in some night time photography and I was finally granted access. Unfortunately the TERSS was demolished the following week after I took this which makes me a little sad. I got super lucky that in its last week standing we got some decent aurora activity along with some clear night sky and I was able to capture this image. I was stoked to at least give the satellite station a good send off!
30-4-14
Canon 5D MKIII + 14mm f/2.8
20 secs, 2500 ISO.
Dish light painted by the city lights near by.
Hobart, Tasmania
rustigsmed
28-05-2014, 10:03 AM
nice write-up james and great shot!
pluto
28-05-2014, 10:17 AM
Great shot, well done :thumbsup:
JamesG
28-05-2014, 11:24 AM
Thanks heaps guys!! :D
Saturn%5
28-05-2014, 02:04 PM
Great shot James well done mate.:thumbsup:
CapturingTheNight
28-05-2014, 04:40 PM
You already know how much I love this one. But to sound like a broken record- Brilliant image mate and a perfect farewell tribute to this structure.
StephenM
28-05-2014, 08:17 PM
Excellent image James! You timed your access perfectly. I've driven (and sailed) past this dish numerous times, because my parents are just over the range at Acton Park. I didn't realize that there were plans to dismantle it though.
Have you tried to get access to the U Tas radio telescope site in the coal valley? I tried a couple of years ago but didn't get any clear nights... Would be a good place for nightscapes I think!
Cheers,
Stephen
dutch2
28-05-2014, 10:58 PM
Lucky you were able to get the image before the dish was demolished.
Fantastic job, well done. :thumbsup:
ourkind
30-05-2014, 01:12 AM
that's a beauty :thumbsup:
JamesG
31-05-2014, 04:48 PM
Thanks heaps Saturn!
Cheers Greg! Yeah it certainly was a good last hurrah!
Thanks heaps Dutch!
Cheers!
Derek Klepp
31-05-2014, 06:59 PM
A fitting tribute .Glad you got the pic you should send it to the appropriate department that decommissioned it.Perhaps they will think twice before knocking something else down.
Regulus
31-05-2014, 09:06 PM
I can't believe they couldn't find a use for it
StephenM
31-05-2014, 09:21 PM
Congrats on APOD (http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/astropix.html) today, James! Well done!
Cheers,
Stephen
astronobob
01-06-2014, 12:00 AM
Hey wow, Congratts James :thumbsup: This should go down in History's Page somewhere, somehow, I dont know how, but it should :shrug:
It a lengendary captured scene and circumstances. Well done in deed, I say :thumbsup:
iceman
01-06-2014, 02:58 PM
Well done on APOD! What a ripper!
Congrats on the APOD too.
:thumbsup:
JamesG
01-06-2014, 07:26 PM
Cheers guys! Pretty stoked! :D
Rod771
01-06-2014, 07:52 PM
Excellent shot James! :thumbsup:
Congratulations on the APOD, so exciting! :)
JamesG
03-06-2014, 08:39 AM
Cheers rod!
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