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Warp wrote:
>> Though the blooming and chromatic aberrations betray the photo that it is.
>
> Maybe it's just a very advanced raytracer?
>
Why emulate a substandard lens? :)
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~Mike
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Darren New wrote:
> Warp wrote:
>> Every single person
>> with an IQ larger than 50 and with the minimal amount of education knows
>> this.
>
> I read of an aborigine tribe that was found where everyone had lived in
> the middle of the dense rain forest for generations. They couldn't see
> far enough that perspective ever became noticeable. When the researchers
> took them out onto the plains, they wondered how you can make a cow only
> as big as a fly.
I think I read the same thing... I definitely appears plausible. They
have no reference than distances more than a couple dozen feet at most.
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~Mike
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Jim Holsenback wrote:
> I'm out in the countryside .... very low light pollution from cities/towns.
> during the summer I can clearly see the milky way
I'm jealous. Where I am, on a very clear night, I can see only a couple
stars (Mostly planets) because of the horrid light pollution
We should have a national night of darkness, where all outdoor lighting
is extinguished and people are encouraged to stargaze.
(While hooligans go around stealing hood ornaments...) 0.001pts for
reference.
--
~Mike
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Warp <war### [at] tag povrayorg> wrote:
> The only way you can keep parallel lines parallel in a photo is to
> either align the camera to be completely perpendicular to the lines
> (in this case aim it directly towards the ground), or use a really large
> zoom, to minimize perspective.
Or you can get fancy:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tilt-shift_photography
- Ricky
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:05:58 -0500, Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com>
wrote:
>I'm jealous. Where I am, on a very clear night, I can see only a couple
>stars (Mostly planets) because of the horrid light pollution
Me too. The only time I've seen the Milky Way in all its glory. I almost did
that penguin thing, falling over backwards. You shouldn't let a town boy into
the country at night, especially in the Southern hemisphere.
--
Regards
Stephen
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"clipka" <nomail@nomail> wrote:
>
> Things like this always make me want to write excessively large posts about
> every tiny detail in them - but what good would it do?
Oops. Maybe you should heed that notion. It was only intended as
entertainment, not trolling...
> True. But rocket scientists of that time did not depend on computers.
Yeah I have one of those Dover textbooks on orbital dynamics. A large portion
of it is obsolete high-order approximations because these days you can either
integrate it numerically or use a program someone else has developed. A bit of
a lost art, really.
> "How did Americans in 1969 do what nobody can do today?"
We saw an astronaut from this era talk for quite a while on this point. Safety
is a big issue. When it's a god-given mission to put a man on the moon, risk
is irrelevant. It doesn't mean they weren't careful, but they were willing to
risk their lives in a way you just can't get away with these days.
The sign of an idiot conspiracy-theorist is that they find fault with
*everything*. Not just on one topic either. Conspiracy is a lens through
which they view the whole world. If you find one really intriguing point of
contention, fine. I'll listen and consider it critically. But if it's clear
you're only out to ruffle some feathers, I have more important things to do. I
enjoyed Neil deGrasse Tyson talking about UFO's. If all people can do is poke
around and find a million tiny little arguments or blurry photos, he doesn't
bother listening.
- Ricky
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"Mike Raiford" <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:49d10aa5$1@news.povray.org...
> I'm jealous. Where I am, on a very clear night, I can see only a couple
> stars (Mostly planets) because of the horrid light pollution
they think I'm nuts around here (in other places for that matter) ....
winter is especially kind for star gazing ... no heat waves rising up from
the ground to interfere with things .... I've gathered crowds (indeed
three's a crowd in this case) wondering why in the world I was out middle of
the night. Carved a snow couch into the snow bank lined it with a sleeping
bag ... instant observation post!
Jim
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"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message
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> Me too. The only time I've seen the Milky Way in all its glory. I almost
did
> that penguin thing, falling over backwards. You shouldn't let a town boy
into
> the country at night, especially in the Southern hemisphere.
my brother in-law moved here from toronto .... one summer night he asked
about those far away clouds. He just couldn't wrap his head around the idea
of it being the Milky Way.
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On Mon, 30 Mar 2009 16:36:33 -0400, "Jim Holsenback" <jho### [at] hotmailcom>
wrote:
>"Stephen" <mcavoysAT@aolDOTcom> wrote in message
>news:if62t4phrdvqihvo9amjnlg421kjfe82g1@4ax.com...
>> Me too. The only time I've seen the Milky Way in all its glory. I almost
>did
>> that penguin thing, falling over backwards. You shouldn't let a town boy
>into
>> the country at night, especially in the Southern hemisphere.
>
>my brother in-law moved here from toronto .... one summer night he asked
>about those far away clouds. He just couldn't wrap his head around the idea
>of it being the Milky Way.
>
Where is "here", Jim?
--
Regards
Stephen
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On 30-3-2009 20:05, Mike Raiford wrote:
> Jim Holsenback wrote:
>
>
>> I'm out in the countryside .... very low light pollution from
>> cities/towns.
>> during the summer I can clearly see the milky way
>
> I'm jealous. Where I am, on a very clear night, I can see only a couple
> stars (Mostly planets) because of the horrid light pollution
seconded
> We should have a national night of darkness, where all outdoor lighting
> is extinguished and people are encouraged to stargaze.
Wouldn't work because of the pollution here. From where I live I can see
Amsterdam. At night it is a orange sort of dome.
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