Nice one David. I have fond memories of my first view of Crux and the pointer stars, A & B Centauris. I was still in the N hemisphere but barely, at 8 degrees N latitude. Years later I saw it from NZ and it takes on a different look from "down under" ! Your shot also captures the Coal Sack nicely as well.
Walt On 5/12/08, David Savage <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > G'day All, > > Took this a few months ago but have just this weekend got around > retouching it (~160kb) > > <http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2119/2481946623_1e672bebcc_o.jpg> > <http://flickr.com/photos/disavage/2481946623/> > > K10D, DA* 16-50mm f2.8 @ 16mm, 969 seconds @ f4, ISO 100, slight > amount of reflected red gelled flash, lots of spotting in PS. > > Taken at "The Pinnacles", Nambung National Park, Western Australia, > looking just east of the celestial south pole. > > Now to explain the title (if it's already apparent to you, carry one > with whatever else you have to do today :-). > > For those familiar with the Australian, and various other southern > hemisphere nations, flags the Southern Cross constellation (officially > known as Crux) is the crucifix pattern of stars featured on the right > hand side of the .au flag (5 stars make up the constellation). It's > the brightest constellation in the southern sky & is easily seen even > in the city.. > > If you aren't familiar with the pattern, or just can't see it, look > about halfway between the horizon & top of frame. Just left of centre > you should see 4 trails that look a bit like a crucifix on its side > (with the long edge pointing to the right). That's the Southern Cross. > > Anyway enough of the astronomy lesson. I thought it looked kinda' cool :-) > > As always any & all comments welcome. > > Cheers, > > Dave > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
