We spent the last September weekend at Balls 29, a big experimental rocket launch event in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada - the same place where Burning Man takes place. About 300 rocketeers gathered to launch high power rockets in the middle of the playa (dry lakebed). A few years back I did a photoshoot on the playa with this chair. Since then it became a tradition to bring our throne back to the desert every time we go.
A Jeff Bezos puppet sits in the chair. Our rocket buddy Erik Charlton put the puppet as a payload into a rocket. It came down ballistic, and buried itself into the soft ground. We measured with a wooden stick, the rocket with Jeff Bezos and Kate (the talking onboard computer) were literally 6 feet under (see photo essay in comments).
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-- ƒ/8.0, 68 mm, 1/500, 1/2000, 1/4000 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, SEL-55210, HDR, 3 RAW exposures, _DSC6945_6_7_hdr3bal1pai5f.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
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We spent the last three days at Balls 29, a big experimental rocket launch event in the Black Rock Desert in Nevada - the same place where Burning Man takes place. A big rocket is launched every few minutes.
The majority of the rockets are experimental, people often mix their own solid propellant. With this about 1/3 of the launches fail, some with a big bada boom. For safety, the bigger the motor, the farther away the launch. This launchpad is 1500 feet away from the rocket camp. Big rockets ascend 100,000 feet or more, which is 3 times higher than the cruising altitude of commercial aircraft. The fastest rockets reach Mach 5 (5 times the speed of sound, 3800 MPH, 6100 km/h), and pull up to 80 g.
The black smoke of this rocket is from a commercial Aerotech K850 "sparky motor”, burning bits of titanium sponge produce the sparks. My rocket buddy Steve Jurvetson has flown Vertical Assault many times, this time to 11'000 feet. He duct taped a camera to the rocket, you can see it on the left side about half way up. We recovered the rocket, it is now in our garage. However, the camera ripped off at high speed of up to Mach 1. We searched for a while but could not find it on the playa.
I processed a balanced and a realistic HDR photo from a RAW exposure, blended them selectively, and carefully adjusted the color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive comments.
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-- ƒ/6.3, 210 mm, 1/2000 sec, ISO 200, Sony A6000, SEL-55210, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC7514_hdr1bal1rea1g.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
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One of the most iconic trees in the California desert, the majestic Joshua Tree. Whenever we head out to this national park I feel a bit of "leaving it all behind", a chance to unwind, and soak in the pristine desert landscape.
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Shot of a Cluster Fly ( Pollenia sp. ) from family
Calliphoridae.
" Unlike more familiar blow flies, such as the bluebottle genus Phormia, Cluster flies do not present a health hazard because they do not lay eggs in human food.
They are strictly parasitic on earthworms. "
Tech info | 26 natural light exposures stacked for this frame
Stacking Soft / Zerene Zerene Stacker
canon mp-e 65mm/f2.8 1-5x macro lens | canon 5d mark II
LARGE version!
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Mélitée orangée ( Melitaea didyma )
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