First ever paella & rocket event
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On Saturday we went launching rockets at the Snow Ranch in the California Central Valley. It is a huge ranch with 3000 acres / 1200 hectares. Snow Ranch, operated by the Orvis Cattle Company, has a long history.
200+ people participated in the rocket launch. I invited a friend of mine from Spain to cook paella for the rocket enthusiasts. It was a perfect day enjoying yummy paella and launching rockets with no wind! Here is the finished paella after 2 hours cooking. Enough to eat for 70 people. Thank you chef JJ of ArtOfPaella!
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC3389_hdr1bal1e
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UDPATE 2016-01-19:
RIP JJ Juan, you will be dearly missed. My thoughts are with Susana and family.
I had the privilege to get to know JJ and was immediately drawn to his personality. Always positive, always helpful. His passion was to help people make their dreams a reality, whatever they were.
Last January I invited him to cook paella at the LUNAR Snow Ranch rocket event. He immediately jumped on it - rocket meets paella, two seemingly incompatible cultures. He crossed boundaries, not just on a cultural level.
10 days after cooking paella at the rocket launch site, chef JJ was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, commonly known as "blood cancer". As a true leader, he took this challenge as an opportunity, and started his "Reflections from Paradise" blog and a "Walk with me" community to raise awareness and money for this type of cancer.
The world would be a much better place if more people would be as passionate and caring as you JJ. Hugs! We miss you!
First ever paella & rocket event
Thank you for visiting - ❤ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, get beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
On Saturday we went launching rockets at the Snow Ranch in the California Central Valley. It is a huge ranch with 3000 acres / 1200 hectares. Snow Ranch, operated by the Orvis Cattle Company, has a long history.
200+ people participated in the rocket launch. I invited a friend of mine from Spain to cook paella for the rocket enthusiasts. It was a perfect day enjoying yummy paella and launching rockets with no wind! Here is the finished paella after 2 hours cooking. Enough to eat for 70 people. Thank you chef JJ of ArtOfPaella!
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC3389_hdr1bal1e
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UDPATE 2016-01-19:
RIP JJ Juan, you will be dearly missed. My thoughts are with Susana and family.
I had the privilege to get to know JJ and was immediately drawn to his personality. Always positive, always helpful. His passion was to help people make their dreams a reality, whatever they were.
Last January I invited him to cook paella at the LUNAR Snow Ranch rocket event. He immediately jumped on it - rocket meets paella, two seemingly incompatible cultures. He crossed boundaries, not just on a cultural level.
10 days after cooking paella at the rocket launch site, chef JJ was diagnosed with Acute Myeloid Leukemia, commonly known as "blood cancer". As a true leader, he took this challenge as an opportunity, and started his "Reflections from Paradise" blog and a "Walk with me" community to raise awareness and money for this type of cancer.
The world would be a much better place if more people would be as passionate and caring as you JJ. Hugs! We miss you!