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Old 25-02-2014, 03:34 PM
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Originally Posted by matt34 View Post
Ah yes the others around the church at night. Had a lot of "fun" with them and people not having any light (or noise) discipline and not having any idea of ppl around them or courtesy to ask before jumping in the middle of someones shot it seems to get worse each time I go there.

But at least they helped with your shot
Yeah pretty annoying, I had probably 8 out of 10 shots around the church ruined by people with torches and phones, then some girl with an iPad sat right in front of it...

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Originally Posted by N1 View Post
I think you will find that the light comes from the stars - no kidding. The Milky Way produces sufficient light for me to (just) be able to read a car's number plate at my NZ dark sky sites (the NZ plates are black on white). And you were, after all, in a dark sky reserve.

Beautiful shots and a well deserved spectacle for someone who probably doesn't get the chance often. Did you know that particular display was seen from Kiama - saw some pics posted on Spaceweather?

Edit: here's the link:

http://spaceweathergallery.com/indiv...pload_id=94523
That's great, I had no idea it would be visible from Kiama!
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