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    Launch your own!

    Taking advantage of the good weather and a favourable exchange rate, I made and launched my own satellite this launchtime. I popped my EM-5 in it, lit the fuse and retired.

    I discovered I wasn't able to retire so I recovered it after a few orbits of the earth.

    I was particularly impressed with this view of the Upper Nile. Experts may recognise the Quotidien Depression.




    Pete
    Look, I'm an old man. I shouldn't be expected to put up with this.


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    Re: Launch your own!

    I'm glad you said where it was, I thought there was an awful lot of yellow snow if it was Canada.
    It's the image that's important, not the tools used to make it.

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    • #3
      Re: Launch your own!

      Ah, it looks like you are developing your own space program in parallel with North Korea. They both look a bit flakey.
      John

      "A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

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      • #4
        Re: Launch your own!

        Originally posted by David M View Post
        an awful lot of yellow snow if it was Canada.
        Hmm. Yes. That would be hard to swallow....
        Look, I'm an old man. I shouldn't be expected to put up with this.


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        • #5
          Re: Launch your own!

          Originally posted by Zuiko View Post
          Ah, it looks like you are developing your own space program in parallel with North Korea.
          Odd you should mention the DPRNK. They did contact my carpet cleaning company recently. They were very excited about my new, clear, pile restorer. I told them it bombed, so I dropped it. Now they won't leave me alone.

          P
          Look, I'm an old man. I shouldn't be expected to put up with this.


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          • #6
            Re: Launch your own!

            Please send details urgently

            Originally posted by snaarman View Post
            ... new, clear, pile restorer.
            P
            Stephen

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            • #7
              Re: Launch your own!

              Originally posted by snaarman View Post
              Odd you should mention the DPRNK. They did contact my carpet cleaning company recently. They were very excited about my new, clear, pile restorer. I told them it bombed, so I dropped it. Now they won't leave me alone.

              P
              Expect the CIA, FBI, Mi6 any time, you know they monitor calls.
              The picture tells the story, great when you have a bad memory.DW.

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              • #8
                Re: Launch your own!

                Originally posted by Imageryone View Post
                Expect the CIA, FBI, Mi6 any time, you know they monitor calls.
                Not to mention the Spanish Inquisition, but nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!
                John

                "A hundredth of a second here, a hundredth of a second there � even if you put them end to end, they still only add up to one, two, perhaps three seconds, snatched from eternity." ~ Robert Doisneau

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                • #9
                  Re: Launch your own!

                  Brilliant!
                  I always wondered how they did those "false colour" satellite shots.
                  Peter

                  she looked at me and said "It's official. I hate your camera. It's just so amazing and perfect I want one!"

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                  • #10
                    Re: Launch your own!

                    Brilliant! I think you need to reset your white balance as the altitude has changed the colours, the sea in that area should be blue. Had you IS on?
                    Well spotted.
                    Ed

                    Live life in the slow lane.

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                    • #11
                      Re: Launch your own!

                      Very nice observation
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                      • #12
                        Re: Launch your own!

                        I know my geography's a bit rusty, but not sure that's the Nile.
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                        • #13
                          Re: Launch your own!

                          Originally posted by photonutter View Post
                          I know my geography's a bit rusty, but not sure that's the Nile.
                          Yes, you are quite right. It's the Black Sea.

                          Full story here.. http://snaarman.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/aerial.html



                          Pete
                          Look, I'm an old man. I shouldn't be expected to put up with this.


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                          • #14
                            Re: Launch your own!

                            Ah so I got it wrong colour balance perfect I was looking at it up side down and thought it the blue Nile not the Black sea it is now all clear.
                            Ed

                            Live life in the slow lane.

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