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"Drifting"
oil on illustration board, 2.5 x 3.5 inches
This one will be included in my shop update, April 20th!
Death Valley's Racetrack Playa is home to some very unusual geological phenomenon. The "Sailing Stones" which leave long trails across the dry lakebed have long been controversial in the mechanics of their creation. Their formations have only recently been captured and documented. The playa, one of the flattest landforms nature can create, turns into a slick surface during the rare rains of the valley. That combined with a winter night's freeze and light wind creates the perfect environment for rocks to "slide" across the lakebed. The end result is these beautiful trails that can extend for hundreds feet and remain for several years before moving again.
"In a Wonderland they lie, Dreaming as the days go by, Dreaming as the summers die:
Ever drifting down the stream- Lingering in the golden gleam- Life, what is it but a dream?"
— Lewis Carroll (Through The Looking Glass)
* Pentax K20D + Pentax 18-55mm Lens - 3 Shot HDR
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and that, is about as good as it gets . . .:)))
I felt that my Sunday should reflect my Saturday and decided to dust off my kayak and do some long missed paddling. . wow, what a spectacular morning -though I am ready for a nanna nap now!! lol. . . .
(my next few weeks/weekends are gearing up to be quite busy so this weekend was/is, a lovely self-indulgent treat!)
Sydney's beautiful north-west waterways. . .
I used a solar filter which renders the sun WHITE, not the orange you see here. The sun is SO bright that you have to stretch the data to see some of the grain, and orange/yellow helps to make the solar details easier to see. However since this is a STACK most of that good data is lost in the stacking process.
What is a stack? Photoshop people will know this as a "layer" but instead of using screen mode or lighten mode as one with a star trail, I used ***** mode.
For information about how Venus' motion differed according to your location on earth see: transitofvenus.nl/wp/where-when/local-transit-times/ enter "Trona Pinnacles, CA" in the search box. You'll notice from the slider that Venus doesn't move at a uniform speed. Lots of reasons including that the apparent motion of Venus across the face of the sun is due to a combination of: Venus' rotation around the sun; Earth's Rotation around the sun AND earth's rotation on it's axis. For super fun, enter "Manila, Phillipines" in the search box and you'll see something rather interesting. Advance the slider and you'll notice the ingress is slow but the egress is rapid. (It also makes a LOOP).
My results from Trona Pinnacles look quite linear - but I was using an Equatorial mount so was getting very little field rotation.
From our vantage point (Phil McGrew was with me), the motion was quite linear - see below for the forecast path.
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Drift Union was out at Bigfoot Bash this weekend! Not only did they put on a dope show but won as well! There's no question why these guys have so much hype! This was taken about an Hour before Hot laps started while everyone was getting prepped! All their cars are dope and the purple colorway is awsome!
Shot With:
Canon 7D
70-200 F/4
Editing:
Crop
Contrast
Warm Tint
Drift battle between the BDC E30 and a Nissan silvia S14a at the Track attack event at Three sisters race track in Wigan.
Nissan drift car on track at Englishtown.
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"Words are flowing out like endless rain into a paper cup,
They slither wildly as they slip away across the universe
Pools of sorrow, waves of joy are drifting through my open mind,
Possessing and caressing me.
Images of broken light which dance before me like a million eyes,
They call me on and on across the universe,
Thoughts meander like a restless wind inside a letter box
They tumble blindly as they make their way
Across the universe
Sounds of laughter shades of love are
Ringing through my open ears inciting and inviting me
Limitless undying love which shines around me like a
Million suns, and calls me on and on
Across the universe"
— John Lennon
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