Final preparation of Warped Reality
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Last weekend we went to the Black Rock Desert for the Mudroc rocket launch event. Steve Jurvetson launched his fiberglass rocket called Warped Reality. The 12 feet rocket had a big N1560 motor and went supersonic, reaching over 19,000 feet in a few seconds. I took this shot while we prepared the rocket at the launch tower.
Below the rocket is an L-shaped blast plate; it is designed to deflect the exhaust gasses sideways so that they do not burn the ground. The blast was so forceful that it broke one of the two brackets of the blast plate.
Here is a short video of the same Warped Reality rocket we launched two years ago: bit.ly/1tZAqMi.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the curves.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC8978_hdr1bal1d
Final preparation of Warped Reality
Thank you for visiting - ❤ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, get beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
Last weekend we went to the Black Rock Desert for the Mudroc rocket launch event. Steve Jurvetson launched his fiberglass rocket called Warped Reality. The 12 feet rocket had a big N1560 motor and went supersonic, reaching over 19,000 feet in a few seconds. I took this shot while we prepared the rocket at the launch tower.
Below the rocket is an L-shaped blast plate; it is designed to deflect the exhaust gasses sideways so that they do not burn the ground. The blast was so forceful that it broke one of the two brackets of the blast plate.
Here is a short video of the same Warped Reality rocket we launched two years ago: bit.ly/1tZAqMi.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the curves.
-- © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, NEX-6, _DSC8978_hdr1bal1d