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Old 24-09-2012, 11:21 AM
Rob_K
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Originally Posted by AstralTraveller View Post
Photography has been done from the deck of a ship but the case I know of they were in the Black Sea, which had about as many waves as a swimming pool. The biggest source of vibration was when the Captain blew the ship's horn long and loud at second contact. Apparently the deck shook.
Photography from shipboard is fine for everything except the longer exposures you need to bring out the finer details of the solar corona. Diamond ring, prominences, the lot - the exposures are really quite short.

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