Exhaust gases of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch
We went to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest near Bishop, California. It is home to the oldest trees in the world - some of the bristlecone pines exceed 4000 years of age.
We left after sunset. Driving into the beginning of the night I noticed a faint red line going straight up into the sky facing south. I stopped our van so that we could watch this unusual scene. The line turned into a red glow - at that time I knew it was a rocket launch. I suspected a SpaceX launch from southern California, but was not sure. The red glow turned into a white cone. The cone grew and grew to an enormous size - it's the ever expanding exhaust gases, illuminated by the sun.
Later on I found out that it was a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at 07:21 pm local time. It successfully delivered Argentina's SAOCOM-1A Earth-observation satellite to orbit.
I took this handheld shot with the f/0.95 Dream Lens. To get a sense of scale of the exhaust gases, the wide side of this image has about a 40° angle of view based on the 50mm lens on the full frame Sony A7 II camera. Assuming it is located at a 45° angle above the horizon, and the launch site is 220 miles away, I estimate that the exhaust gases cover a distance of about 300 miles, or 500 km! It was a jaw dropping event.
I processed a soft HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive feedback.
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-- ƒ/0.95, 50 mm, 0.8 sec, ISO 1250, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC4063_hdr1sof3c.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
Exhaust gases of the SpaceX Falcon 9 launch
We went to the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest near Bishop, California. It is home to the oldest trees in the world - some of the bristlecone pines exceed 4000 years of age.
We left after sunset. Driving into the beginning of the night I noticed a faint red line going straight up into the sky facing south. I stopped our van so that we could watch this unusual scene. The line turned into a red glow - at that time I knew it was a rocket launch. I suspected a SpaceX launch from southern California, but was not sure. The red glow turned into a white cone. The cone grew and grew to an enormous size - it's the ever expanding exhaust gases, illuminated by the sun.
Later on I found out that it was a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, launched from California's Vandenberg Air Force Base at 07:21 pm local time. It successfully delivered Argentina's SAOCOM-1A Earth-observation satellite to orbit.
I took this handheld shot with the f/0.95 Dream Lens. To get a sense of scale of the exhaust gases, the wide side of this image has about a 40° angle of view based on the 50mm lens on the full frame Sony A7 II camera. Assuming it is located at a 45° angle above the horizon, and the launch site is 220 miles away, I estimate that the exhaust gases cover a distance of about 300 miles, or 500 km! It was a jaw dropping event.
I processed a soft HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive feedback.
Thank you for visiting - ♡ with gratitude! Fave if you like it, add comments below, like the Facebook page, order beautiful HDR prints at qualityHDR.com.
-- ƒ/0.95, 50 mm, 0.8 sec, ISO 1250, Sony A7 II, Canon 50mm f0.95, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC4063_hdr1sof3c.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography