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We are just back from Balls 28, a big experimental rocket launch event in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada - the same place where Burning Man takes place. I took tons of photos. The majority of the rockets are experimental, around 20% fail, some in a spectacular manner.

 

This one is the biggest rocket launched at the event. It had a R motor. For scale, small hobby rockets start with A motors. From A to B you have double total impulse, e.g. twice the power. From B to C double again. So, an R motor is like 2^17 = 131,000 A motors. The launch was successful. However, something went wrong with the parachute deployment, and the rocket came down ballistic. We could hear a big boom far away.

 

I processed a balanced and a photographic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, merged them selectively, and carefully adjusted color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.

 

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-- ƒ/8.0, 600 mm, 1/750 sec, ISO 200, Sony A7 II, Tamron SP 150-600mm f/5-6.3, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC2632_hdr1bal1pho1d.jpg

-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography

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