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Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 21:25:50 -0700 (PDT)
From: C. Sibley <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)
Here is another shot from the same evening, you can see the streetlight near the top of the frame.
http://www.wackorama.com/teslalist/streetlight.JPG
I spoke to the guy who took the pix and he confirmed he was using a long manual exposure and that the flash accidentally went off at one point. I'm pretty sure that the coil and toroid were captured by the flash, and then the street light was panned across the frame by movement of the camera.
Anyway, I think this shot should put this question to bed.
Thanks,
Curt.
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From: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 5:45:31 PM
Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:26:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: C. Sibley <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)
Hey everyone, the "mystery streamers" have been confirmed to be a street light. I asked the guy who e-mailed me the picture if I could see all of the others. There is another picture with a very similar trail that is clearly a street light.
I'm sorry that I wasted the bandwidth of the list with such a trival pursuit. I feel like an idiot :-P
Curt.
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From: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: tesla@xxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 5:56:16 AM
Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)
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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:54:35 -0600
From: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)
On Aug 21, 2007, at 6:19 AM, Tesla list wrote:
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> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:03:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: C. Sibley <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)
>
> The exposure was set to 1 second. It is very possibly a street
> light. I'll have to go outside and take a look but there is a
> light in that general direction. Still seems strange since the
> coil itself is so clear in the picture - as though the camera
> didn't move...
That's the flash. The flash "on time" is at least an order of
magnitude shorter than the shutter open time. Here's the EXIF data
from the photo:
File Name: oddstreamers.JPG
File Size: 73,684 Bytes
File Type: JPEG
Exif Byte Order: Little Endian (Intel)
Manufacturer: NIKON CORPORATION
Model number: NIKON D70
Image orientation: Top, left
Resolution (width): 300 pixels per inch
Resolution (height): 300 pixels per inch
Software used: Ver.2.00
File date and time: 2007:08:18 06:40:13
Y and C positioning: Co-sited
Custom rendered: Normal process
Exposure mode: Auto exposure
White balance: Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio: 1.0
35mm film focal length: 105 mm
Scene capture type: Standard
Gain control: None
Contrast: Normal
Saturation: Normal
Sharpness: Soft
Subject distance range: unknown
Exposure time: 1.0000 seconds
f number: 4.5
Exposure program: Not defined
Exif version: 0221
Date time of image: 2007:08:18 06:40:13
Date time digitized: 2007:08:18 06:40:13
Component config: YCbCr
Compression: 4.0 bits per pixel
Exposure bias: 0.0 stops
Maximum lens aperture: f/4.4
Metering mode: Pattern
Light source: unknown
Flash: Flash fired, auto mode, return light detected
Lens focal length: 70.0 mm
Date time subseconds:
Original subseconds:
Digitized subseconds:
FlashPix version: 0100
Color space: Standard RGB
Image width: 1024
Image height: 681
Sensing method: One-chip color area sensor
Scene type: Directly photographed image
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