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DES DIAMANTS DANS LE CIEL
Je roule sur Sparks Lane
Et j’entends un écho du passé
C’est un monde irréel
Comme un rêve de ce qui fut.
Ici, tout raconte une histoire
L’histoire de Cades Cove, Tennessee.
L’histoire de Lucy et des siens, il y a longtemps.
Cette histoire universelle, aurait pu être celle de vos ancêtres, près de chez vous.
Voyez ces diamants dans le ciel!
Aux couleurs d’un kaléidoscope en folie
Lucie est là parmi les siens, ceux qu’elle aimait tant
C’est comme s’ils n’avaient jamais quitter leur village
Comme s’ils veillaient toujours sur sa destinée.
Ils y ont laissé des vestiges de leur labeur.
Et , en héritage, un paysage humain unique
Encore empreint de leur fierté.
Une fierté aux mille couleurs des diamants peints dans le ciel.
Je roule sur Sparks Lane
En me demandant si nous pourrons, nous-aussi, un jour,
peindre des diamants dans le ciel.
Patrice
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DIAMONDS IN THE SKY
I ride my bike down Sparks Lane
And I hear an echo from the past;
It is a surreal world
Like a dream of what was.
Here, everything tells a story,
The story of Cades Cove, Tennessee.
The story of Lucy and her family, a long time ago.
This universal story could have been of your ancestors,
Close to you.
See these diamonds in the sky!
In the colors of a crazy kaleidoscope;
Lucy is there, among her folks, the ones she loved so much;
It's like they never left their village,
As if they were always watching over its destiny.
They left here traces of their labor.
And, as a legacy, a unique human landscape,
Still imprinted with their pride.
A pride with a thousand colors of diamonds painted in the sky.
I ride my bike down Sparks Lane
Wondering if we can, we too, one day
Paint diamonds in the sky.
Patrice
A few short stacked exposures of a section of the Carina–Sagittarius Arm (also called the Sagittarius Arm) of the Milky Way Galaxy (imaged along the galactic plane, because we're in the disk of the spiral). Photographed just out of the city's light pollution.
About the Milky Way, and Earth's place within it:
The Milky Way Galaxy is estimated to have over 400 billion stars. Stars are suns, and just like in our Solar System, many of the stars have planets and moons. Our sun is a middle aged Yellow Dwarf star, located in the Orion Arm (or Orion Spur) of the Milky Way Galaxy. It’s a minor side spiral arm, located between two larger arms of the Milky Way Galaxy's spiral. The Milky Way is merely one mid-sized barred spiral Galaxy, amongst over 100 billion other Galaxies in the observable Universe. When we look up at the night sky from Earth, we see a glimpse of the Carina–Sagittarius Arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. It takes about 250 million years for the Milky Way Galaxy's spiral arms to complete one rotation.
The size, distance and age of the Universe is far beyond human comprehension. The known Universe is estimated to contain over One Billion Trillion stars (the latest estimates are substantially higher).
Billion Trillion Stars:
1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000
Milky Way Galaxy map:
Map of the Milky Way on Wikipedia.
Astrometry Info:
Annotated Sky Chart for this image.
RA, Dec center: 273.847048183, -13.4455860852 degrees
Orientation: 34.3919484937 deg E of N
Pixel scale: 129.093061598 arcsec/pixel
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A wide view of a section of the beautiful constellation of Orion, imaged in mid Summer in the Southern Hemisphere. Photographed with a standard (unmodified) mid-range Nikon D7000 DSLR camera and Nikkor 60mm f/2.8 ED lens (stopped down to f/4 for optimal optical performance).
This widefield view around Orion's Belt includes several beautiful Deep Sky Objects including The Great Nebula in Orion (M42), The Horsehead Nebula (IC434) and Barnard's Loop.
About Barnard's Loop:
Barnard's Loop (also known as Sharpless 2-276) is a huge Nebular shell, about 1,600 light-years away in the constellation Orion. It envelops a large part of the Orion Complex. Barnard's Loop is thought to have been formed by a series of Supernovae that occurred two to three million years ago. The ionized shell is part of an even larger molecular Hydrogen cloud, and is kept luminous by a group of hot young stars.
About the image:
This is the first test image that I shot with my iOptron SkyTracker Pro. I decided to get a SkyTracker so that I can use a regular old camera and lens to photograph wide angle shots of the sky while I'm busy imaging with my Telescope. It is a fairly inexpensive way to do long exposures of the night sky with standard photographic equipment that you already have.
Location:
The rural dark skies of the African Bushveld in the Waterberg, Limpopo Province, South Africa (on a very warm Summer's evening).
About the Star Colors:
You will notice that star colors differ from red, orange and yellow, to blue. This is an indication of the temperature of the star's Nuclear Fusion process. This is determined by the size and mass of the star, and the stage of its life cycle. In short, the blue stars are hotter, and the red ones are cooler.
Gear:
iOptron SkyTracker Pro.
iOptron Counterweight Kit.
Manfrotto 055PRO Tripod.
Manfrotto 486RC2 Ball Head.
Nikon D7000 DSLR (Unmodified).
Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D ED Lens.
Hahnel Giga T Pro II Wireless Timer Remote.
Tech:
Lights/Subs:
14 x 60 sec. ISO 3200 NEF Files (f/4).
Calibration Frames:
40 x Bias
30 x Darks
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
and finished in Photoshop.
Astrometry Info:
View the Annotated Sky Map for this Astrophoto.
RA, Dec center: 84.7497748101, -2.68699703478 degrees
Orientation: 10.6655683104 deg E of N
Pixel scale: 38.7303715915 arcsec/pixel
View this image in the World Wide Telescope.
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I have been wanting to get a photo of the stars for a very long time. When there have been opportunities to be away from the city lights, it has usually been overcast or raining ... however this week I was given an opportunity to try out a such a shot.
This is especially dedicated to Tessa and the generations of star gazers who have been compelled to look upward and outward and to dream.
© Copyright. Dragon Papillon Photography. 2013. All rights reserved.
About this image
A widefield 2 panel mosaic of the region around the star-rich Coalsack Dark Nebula, also simply called the Coalsack (C99). It is the most prominent Dark Nebula in the sky, easily visible to the naked eye as a dark patch silhouetted against the Milky Way in the Southern Hemisphere. C99 is located at a distance of approximately 600 light-years away from Earth, in the constellation Crux (The Southern Cross). The blue star cluster at the top left is called the Jewel Box Cluster (NGC 4755).
About Star Colors:
You will notice that star colors differ from red, orange and yellow, to blue. This is an indication of the temperature of the star's Nuclear Fusion process. This is determined by the size and mass of the star, and the stage of its life cycle. In short, the blue stars are hotter, and the red ones are cooler.
Gear:
William Optics Star 71mm f/4.9 Imaging APO Refractor Telescope.
William Optics 50mm Finder Scope.
Celestron SkySync GPS Accessory.
Orion Mini 50mm Guide Scope.
Orion StarShoot Autoguider.
Celestron AVX Mount.
QHYCCD PoleMaster.
Celestron StarSense.
Canon 60Da DSLR.
Astronomik Clip-In CLS Light Pollution Filter.
Tech:
Guiding in Open PHD 2.6.3.
Image acquisition in Sequence Generator Pro.
Lights/Subs:
18 x 180 sec. per Panel (2 Panel Mosaic)
ISO 3200 RGB (CLA FITS)
Calibration Frames:
30 x Bias/Offset.
30 x Darks.
30 x Flats & Dark Flats.
Image Acquisition:
Sequence Generator Pro with the Mosaic and Framing Wizard.
Plate Solving:
Astrometry.net ANSVR Solver via SGP.
Processing:
Pre-Processing and Linear workflow in PixInsight,
and finished in Photoshop.
Astrometry Info:
View an Annotated Star Chart for this image.
Center RA, Dec:194.685, -62.563
Center RA, hms:12h 58m 44.469s
Center Dec, dms:-62° 33' 46.302"
Size:5.48 x 2.34 deg
Radius:2.981 deg
Pixel scale:9.64 arcsec/pixel
Orientation:Up is 87.1 degrees E of N
View this image in the World Wide Telescope.
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Best viewed large on black
But it's just water from a fountain against the cloudy blue sky.
Shot with 1/8000 at f8 to freeze the motion, some sharpening and colour correction in PS.
Quick tests as the weather clears.
Omega Centauri (NGC 5139), a globular cluster in the constellation of Centaurus. Located at a distance of 15,800 light-years, it is the largest globular cluster in the Milky Way Galaxy (at a diameter of roughly 150 light-years).
The Omega Centauri globular cluster is estimated to contain approximately 10 million stars.
You will notice that star colors differ from red, orange and yellow, to blue. This is an indication of the temperature of the star's Nuclear Fusion process. This is determined by the size and mass of the star, and the stage of its life cycle. In short, the blue stars are hotter, and the red ones are cooler.
Astrometry info:
nova.astrometry.net/user_images/1115218#annotated
RA, Dec center: (201.745794379, -47.4775813098) degrees
Orientation: 1.13105916852 deg E of N
Pixel scale: 6.55639510117 arcsec/pixel
Field contains:
NGC 5139
Gear:
GSO 6" f/4 Imaging Newtonian Telescope (Astrograph).
Celestron Advanced VX Equatorial Mount.
Astronomik CLS Clip-In Filter.
Canon 60Da DSLR.
Processed in PixInsight.
Short stacked high ISO exposures (no Auto-Guiding).
Calibration Frames: Darks & Bias (no Flats).
Martin
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A wide field view of the Southern Pleiades (IC 2602), also known as the Theta Carinae Cluster (an open cluster in the constellation Carina). The cluster is at a distance of about 479 light-years from Earth and can be seen with the naked eye.
About this image:
A few short unguided 30 second ISO 6400 exposures, imaged in the rural dark skies of the Waterberg, Limpopo Province, South Africa.
About the Star Colors:
You will notice that star colors differ from red, orange and yellow, to blue. This is an indication of the temperature of the star's Nuclear Fusion process. This is determined by the size and mass of the star, and the stage of its life cycle. In short, the blue stars are hotter, and the red ones are cooler.
Gear:
GSO 6" f/4 Imaging Newtonian Reflector Telescope.
Baader Mark-III MPCC Coma Corrector.
Astronomik CLS Light Pollution Filter.
Celestron AVX Mount.
Celestron StarSense.
Canon 60Da DSLR.
Canon TC-80N3 Timer/Remote Controller.
Astrometry Info:
nova.astrometry.net/user_images/1164903#annotated
Martin
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We had RAIN this morning, about 2 hours worth. When I looked out our skylight, and saw this, I had to go back for more photos...I got HIGH on Nature, inhaling the fresh air after a rain and seeing all the diamonds in the sky!!
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Praise the LORD.
Praise the LORD from the heavens,
praise him in the heights above.
Praise him, all his angels,
praise him, all his heavenly hosts.
Praise him, sun and moon,
praise him, all you shining stars.
Praise him, you highest heavens
and you waters above the skies.
Let them praise the name of the LORD,
for he commanded and they were created.
Psalms 148:1-5
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Diamonds in the Sky is a open mic venue that will be open at different times. All music is welcome. This a INTERNATIONAL venue. Owner is from USA SL time + 2. SunrisaSmiles. Watch events for more information.
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Another one from Scraps, Inc. Vol. 1 book. Combined fabrics from Petal & Plume (Bari J), August and Moonlit (Cotton & Steel) and Geometric Bliss (Jeni Baker)
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Our ice storm up here in mid-Michigan was mild compared to many others: about 1/4 inch of the stuff. The cold temps have kept the trees and shrubbery garbed in diamonds.
Baby Caleb's family didn't fare as well. They've been without power since Sunday. They're at his paternal grandpa's.
All did end well on that score. Consumers Energy worked hard when they heard there was a newborn.
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