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WOW! This sunrise was not only spectacular to watch unfold, but I also made a neat discovery. If you look closely at the sky, you'll see a few stars. Except... they aren't all stars, they are planets.
The brightest star that has a reflection is Venus. Just below that is Mercury. Above them and to the right are Saturn and the star named Antares. Cool stuff right?
I was lucky enough to capture the milky way, aurora, a SAR arc and a draconid meteor in one shot, while shooting a timelapse.
Beneath Mount Rainier, a quiet alignment took shape. Each July, fields of subalpine lupines (Lupinus latifolius) reach full bloom, their purple bands spreading across the high meadows under shifting mist.
Their peak lasts only a short time each year. The timing and location change with the season, making each appearance distinct and easy to miss without intention and effort.
This image reflects both the conditions that came together in that moment and the work required to be there, watching the mountain and the night sky settle into balance.
Hefang Street is the most famed street in Hangzhou City. With brilliant culture and long history, it is regarded as a typical symbol of ancient Hangzhou. Vising this busy but interesting street, you can catch a glimpse of antique buildings and long-survived stores, taste local snacks as well as savor the beautiful artifacts.
www.chinadiscovery.com/zhejiang/hangzhou/hefang-street.html
La calle Hefang es la más famosa de la ciudad de Hangzhou. Con una cultura brillante y una larga historia, se considera un símbolo típico de la antigua Hangzhou. Recorriendo esta concurrida pero interesante calle, podrá echar un vistazo a edificios antiguos y tiendas que han sobrevivido durante mucho tiempo, degustar aperitivos locales y saborear bellas cosas.
Hangzhou léase Jang-Zhóu es la capital y la ciudad más grande de la provincia de Zhejiang en la República Popular China. Está situada en las riberas del río Qiantang, cerca de su desembocadura, y a la cabeza de la bahía de Hangzhou, que separa Shanghái y Ningbo. Hangzhou cobró relevancia al ser el extremo sur del Gran Canal, y ha sido una de las ciudades chinas con más renombre durante el último milenio.
La ciudad de Hangzhou yace en el delta del río Yangtsé y hace frontera al este con la bahía de Hangzhou. Dentro de la ciudad se ubica el lago del Oeste, el cual fue nombrado Patrimonio de la Humanidad en el 2011. El río Qiantang divide la ciudad en norte y sur, siendo el norte el de mayor población.
La ciudad ganó importancia gracias a la construcción durante la dinastía Sui del Gran Canal de China. Durante ese periodo se construyó la muralla de la ciudad. Fue la capital de la dinastía Song del sur (1127-1279). A partir del año 1138 se convirtió en un importante centro de comercio. La industria de la ciudad se especializó en la porcelana y los textiles.
El explorador Marco Polo visitó Hangzhou a finales del siglo XIII y dijo de ella que era “la ciudad más suntuosa y elegante del mundo”. Hasta la dinastía Ming, fue un puerto importante. A partir de ese periodo, y como consecuencia de los continuos ataques de los piratas japoneses, Hangzhou perdió importancia. En 1555 la ciudad fue saqueada por los piratas. En 1861 sufrió el ataque de los rebeldes del Reino Celestial de los Taiping que tomaron y saquearon la ciudad. Hangzhou no fue recuperada por las tropas imperiales hasta 1863. Este conflicto entre rebeldes y tropas imperiales causó más de medio millón de bajas entre la población.
Las industrias tradicionales de Hangzhou son la de la seda, maquinaria y textil pero la industria electrónica se ha desarrollado con rapidez en la zona, sobre todo después del cambio en el sistema económico del país ocurrido en 1992. La ciudad se ha convertido también en uno de los destinos turísticos más visitados del país, lo que ha generado que una parte de la economía se dedique al sector servicios. En la zona se produce té verde; el té de la zona de Hangzhou es apreciado en todo el país por su alta calidad.
Cabe destacar que esta ciudad vio nacer al empresario Jack Ma, fundador de Alibaba, y actualmente el hombre más rico de China. La empresa que creó también vio la luz por primera vez desde el departamento de Ma en Hangzhou, en los años 1990. La sede del corporativo sigue estando en la ciudad de Hangzhou con un campus de enormes proporciones, similar al de sus pares estadounidenses en Silicon Valley.
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Hangzhou (Chinese: 杭州, Hangzhounese pronunciation: [ɦɑ̃.tse], Standard Mandarin pronunciation: [xǎŋ.ʈʂóʊ]), also romanized as Hangchow, is the capital and most populous city of Zhejiang, China. It is located in the northwestern part of the province, sitting at the head of Hangzhou Bay, which separates Shanghai and Ningbo. Hangzhou grew to prominence as the southern terminus of the Grand Canal and has been one of China's most renowned and prosperous cities for much of the last millennium. It is a major economic and e-commerce hub within China, and the second biggest city in Yangtze Delta after Shanghai. Hangzhou is classified as a sub-provincial city and forms the core of the Hangzhou metropolitan area, the fourth-largest in China after Guangzhou-Shenzhen Pearl River agglomeration, Shanghai-Suzhou-Wuxi-Changzhou conurbation and Beijing. As of 2019, the Hangzhou metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of 3.2 trillion yuan ($486.53 billion), making it larger than the economy of Nigeria (the largest in Africa). As of the 2020 Chinese census, it had a total population of 11,936,010 inhabitants. However, its metropolitan area, populated by 13.035 million people over an area of 8,107.9 km2 (3,130.5 sq mi), consists of all urban districts in Hangzhou and 3 urban districts of the city of Shaoxing.
Hangzhou has been repeatedly rated as the best commercial city in mainland China by Forbes and the Chinese city with the highest growth potential by the Economist Intelligence Unit, and it boasts the eighth largest GDP among cities in mainland China with a GDP of around 1.8 trillion RMB ($280 billion). Home to the headquarters of large global tech companies such as the Alibaba Group, Ant Group and NetEase, Hangzhou is known for attracting professionals and entrepreneurs who work in information technology. Since 2014, its rapid population growth has led to a steady increase in local housing prices. According to the 2020 Hurun Global Rich List, Hangzhou ranks 11th in the world and 6th in China (after Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Guangzhou) in the number of resident billionaires.
Hangzhou is a major city for scientific research in the Asia-Pacific, ranking 19th globally by scientific outputs. It hosts several notable universities, including Zhejiang, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou Normal, Hangzhou Dianzi, Zhejiang A&F, Zhejiang Sci-Tech, Zhejiang Chinese Medical, Westlake, China Jiliang and Zhejiang University of Finance and Economics. In September 2015, Hangzhou was awarded the 2022 Asian Games. Its West Lake, a UNESCO World Heritage Site west of the city, is among its best-known attractions.[7] A study conducted by PwC and China Development Research Foundation ranked Hangzhou first among "Chinese Cities of Opportunity". According to the Globalization and World Cities Research Network (GaWC), the city is classified as Beta (global second-tier) city, together with Chongqing, Nanjing and Tianjin in China. Hangzhou is also one of the world's top 100 financial centers, according to the Global Financial Centres Index. It will be the third Chinese city to host the Asian Games, after Beijing 1990 and Guangzhou 2010. Hangzhou also hosted the 11th G20 summit in 2016.
Yuan China was very open to foreign visitors, and several returned west describing Hangzhou—under the names Khinzai, Campsay, etc. - as one of the foremost cities in the world. The Venetian merchant Marco Polo supposedly visited Hangzhou in the late 13th century. In his book, he records that the city was "greater than any in the world" and that "the number and wealth of the merchants, and the amount of goods that passed through their hands, was so enormous that no man could form a just estimate thereof." Polo's account greatly exaggerates the city's size, although it has been argued that the "hundred miles" of walls would be plausible if Chinese miles were intended instead of Italian ones and that the "12,000 stone bridges" might have been a copyist error born from the city's 12 gates. In the 14th century, the Moroccan traveler Ibn Battuta arrived; his later account concurred that al-Khansā was "the biggest city I have ever seen on the face of the earth." He visited Hangzhou in 1345 and noted its charm and described how the city sat on a beautiful lake and was surrounded by gentle green hills. He was particularly impressed by the large number of well-crafted and well-painted Chinese wooden ships with colored sails and silk awnings in the canals. He attended a banquet held by Qurtai, the Yuan Mongol administrator of the city, who according to Ibn Battuta, was fond of the skills of local Chinese conjurers.
NGC 1499 "California". Hydrogen emission nebula in Perseus
180mm F=720, self-made Newton astrograph-telescope (on auto-guided mount), Canon 350D(mod). Narrowband H-alpha filter. Summarizing 28 frames with 12minute exposition each.
Aug 03, 2008
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A fun evening at the lake with friends, and my first attempt at shooting the Way. The light from the parking lot we were shooting from was super bright and we thought may hinder our exposures, but it did a nice job of light painting on the opposite shore! I discovered this is actually not very easy to shoot as it's hard to get precise focus, esp. at high ISOs. I've confirmed that I covet Nan's lens... ...and one of these days I'll remember that Flickr sharpens images and I need to NOT do so first. Gah!
The Lofoten Islands have never looked more flat.
But that's for a good cause as it leaves some space for the sunset clouds that are trying to copy the earth slopes, only in reverse, sky style.
The three brightest objects in the night sky: The Moon, Venus and Jupiter appearing close to each other on June 20, 2015.
Camera: Nikon FM-2
Lens: Nikkor 50mm f1.4 AIS
Film: Fuji Velvia 50
The skies in Australias outback are INCREDIBLE. Being so remote there is virtually no atmospheric pollution so they are crystal clear. This is the South Celestial Pole - by using the Southern Cross and Alpha/Beta Centauri its position in the sky is easily determined. By drawing a line to the horizon from that point you have due south.
The green colour in the sky is due to Reciprocity failure which requires exposure compensation (usually adding a stop or 2 to the metered EV value) and also causes this colour shift (green in this example) Most films are designed to be exposed between 1 second and 1/10000th sec. Anything outside these parameters causes this effect.
By using faster speed films you can decrease the exposure time but of course you then get smaller arcs as the stars arent travelling as far across the frame. I really dont know of any way to limit the green colour cast effect in Velvia other than using a magenta colour correction filter or colour correcting in post.
Tungsten balanced film will have a different colour shift. Provia 100F requires no correction at all for exposures shorter than 128 seconds wheras Velvia exhibits colour shift after 4 seconds.
An image of the Sunflower Galaxy (M63) in Canes Venatici taken last night with a ZWOASI183 Pro camera attached to a six inch f/4 astrograph telescope. 30 one minute images were stack with DeepSkyStacker and processed with Gimp, Adobe Lightroom and Topaz AI.