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Tuesday
2010 February 23
Lightning over SAAO Sutherland
Tagged as
Astronomy, astrophotography, atmospheric phenomena, lightning, SAAO, Sutherland, SALT.
Contributor
Auke Slotegraaf
Location
10km outside of Sutherland, looking towards the SAAO koppie.
Equipment
Canon PowerShot S3IS, 15s exposure at f/2.7
Date
2010 February 09.
For two nights, distant thunder and lightning provided a dramatic backdrop over the town of Sutherland. Hermann Swart and I drove a few kilometres out of town, towards the SAAO observing site, and hunkered under a road-side picnic shelter to (hopefully) capture a flare of lightning over the SAAO telescopes. Of the thirty images attempted, this was the only one worth keeping.
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Reader's comments
Posted by Clinton Armitage on Thursday, 2010 February 25 @19:59.
Awesome - the side branches are cool!
I tried the same trick in Sutherland lasy year - Durban comes to the area and brings 3 days of rain and thunder - I did not have much luck and none of my 20 images were presentable. Well Done!
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