Geyser and Planets

[colinmlegg]

Hi,

Here's a quick one from last nights expedition. Pretty much straight off the camera. It took about 4 hours to drive to the spot, temps were around -10C and altitude 4300m. I had a splitting headache, even after drinking 5 litres of water, and was almost going to abandon things and drive back, but fortunately it cleared around 2am just as the moon rose. Amazing spot up there, both landscape and skies. I'll post some other pics in a bit.

ps. almost forgot, in addition to the headache my ears are still ringing from an exploding thermos! It woke me...I thought a tire had popped!

[Octane]

:eyepop: :eyepop: :eyepop:

H

[iceman]

Amazing!

[strongmanmike]

You have got to be kidding me :eyepop: ...la di da...hmmm?..I know! I'll just stroll up to this awesome little water spout I know, snap a sharp view of Orion and the seven sisters and be on ma way..meeah easy :rofl:...wow!

Mike

[leon]

Now that is pretty awesome, what a shot,

Leon

[Larryp]

Really spectacular!

[StephenM]

What a great image! Excellent result Colin!

Cheers,
Stephen

[Ross G]

An amazing photo Colin.

Such a unique starscape.

Well worth the trouble.


Ross.

[Astro_Bot]

Tha is a really great shot. Worthy of a book cover, IMHO.

[troypiggo]

APOD in the making right there. Unreal.

[alexch]

Truly spectacular image and superb execution!

I reckon it is fit to be on National Geographic Cover!

Cheers,
Alex

[CapturingTheNight]

All of the above (or below depending on how you view the forum) WOW! :eyepop: another stunning image Colin. What a location. Well worth the trip I would say. Exploding thermos! I bet that would be a new one to the manufacturers.

[Deeno]

Whoa!
Thats a 'one in a million'
Stunning!

[DavidU]

Awesome shot !

[PeterM]

You win.
Best I have seen here and there are many, many stunning images here.
I am gobsmacked , beautiful in every way I can think.

[Ric]

That is one fantastic shot Colin.

Well done. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[colinmlegg]

Thanks a lot guys, really appreciate all the kind comments. That was the only geyser in the field going off at regular intervals, so was pretty lucky to get the shot.

Off to do it again tonight. Just can't resist seeing that vista again. :screwy:



:rofl: ...haha you had me laughing for a good minute, Mike. Wish it were that easy. These shots invariably extract their pound off flesh. I'm still in total awe of what Phil did in the Yukon at -35 degrees CELSIUS! Hats off to you sir!



I'll send some pics to the manufacturer. Molded plastic crap. Metal thermos next time.

[SkyViking]

Wow what an incredibly beautiful shot, just stunning!
It's interesting how this is also very much how one might expect the view to be as seen from the surface of Enceladus, with those water/ice geysers.

[strongmanmike]

Oh yeh?? Well...what about us idiotic portable deep sky imagers :stupid: who travel back and forth to a dark sky site for 7 nights over a few weeks, setting up and packing up each time, in order to accumulate hours and hours (http://www.pbase.com/strongmanmike2002/image/139565143/original)of exposure...huh? :sadeyes: :screwy: ...only did it once :scared::rofl:

Mike

[Tamtarn]

Now that is a truly spectacular image, well worth the effort Colin! Brilliant work!!
Barb

[Liz]

Like .. WOW ... fabulous Colin.

[gregbradley]

Magnificent Colin.

Greg.

[Martin Pugh]

Very cool Colin

cheers
Martin

[astroron]

Colin, I add my congratulations to all the others :)
Stunning image:eyepop:
Cheers:thumbsup:

[skysurfer]

You mean El Tatio (Chile) ?

Amazing place !

I have been there twice.

[colinmlegg]

Thanks again for the kind comments - Rolf, Barb, Liz, Greg, Martin, Ron.



I'm in total awe of what you guys do as well. Just not as familiar with the trials and tribulations. I'm probably not patient enough to spend that much energy on a single shot. May do it one day, though. My last deep sky shots were on film in the distant past - 80s.



Actually, a couple of hundred km further north at the Puchuldiza geyser field. It's harder to get to, but it's geysers are more regular. The one I shot was going off every 20 minutes for about 5 minutes.


My favourite moon, Rolf. I guess I'll never see those geysers in person. :sadeyes:

[dvj]

I am actually more amazed at all the traveling you do. Cheers and a well done from me for the all the passion!

[Derek Klepp]

Thanks for agreat pic.

[gary]

A truly remarkable image that is both timeless and breathtaking.

[gary]

Colin,

Ironically, fit, young males are more likely to suffer from
Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) than any any other demographic.

You therefore know what to do next time. :lol:

P.S.

Driving up there that quickly can bring it on. Unless you get back down to under 3050m (10,000')
the headache can linger for one to four days and you can feel like you are coming down with the flu.

[colinmlegg]

Cheers John, Derek, Gary.



Yes, I went up too quick. I did stay at 2000m for a couple of nights first, but should have stayed higher in retrospect. Limited accomodation in the area. From past experience I knew I had to drink heaps of water to minimize the symptoms. The headache throbbed like crazy till 2am, then disappeared. At that point I think my body adjusted and started absorbing the water. 2 nights later all was fine (I went back to 2000m for the night in between).

[CometGuy]

Hi Colin,

Stunning image.

With the blue-grey surrounding ground, and the overexposed moon in the background I could almost imagine your image depicts standing on Saturn's moon Enceladus and looking back at the sun with one of it's Ice geysers in the foreground! Once again well done!

Terry

[colinmlegg]

Cheers Terry! I might send a print to the Cassini ISS team as a small token of thanks for all the inspiration! :)

[h0ughy]

wonderful shot - did you take that on the morning of the 12th August- looked very familiar to the sky i saw at astrofest - so what planet are you on ;)

well i see the next Malin here!!!!

[colinmlegg]

Thanks Houghy. Yes, I think the shot was taken 12 hours after your obs.

[RB]

Oh what a wonderful image Colin !!!

RB

[rcheshire]

That's superb.