What do you look like RFN!??

HungLikeJesus · 08-02-2007, 04:01 PM

It isn't exactly RFN, but this is the first picture of me on the Cellar.

This was taken on the top of Mount Evans, in Colorado, at about 14,260 feet ASL.

I took the picture myself, with the camera that is in my hand.

jester · 08-02-2007, 04:06 PM

Very nice to see you - by the way - did you get that coke I sent, it might put the smile on your face.

Elspode · 08-02-2007, 10:16 PM

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Originally Posted by HLJ

It isn't exactly RFN, but this is the first picture of me on the Cellar.

This was taken on the top of Mount Evans, in Colorado, at about 14,260 feet ASL.

I took the picture myself, with the camera that is in my hand.

That is an amazing camera. What, has it got a time warp setting or something? Little bitty wormhole generator?

glatt · 08-03-2007, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by HLJ

I took the picture myself, with the camera that is in my hand.

You'll need to explain this now, you realize?

HungLikeJesus · 08-03-2007, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

You'll need to explain this now, you realize?

I bought the remote control, of course.

Edit: Just kidding. The picture is reflected off a space mirror.

I do like Elspode's timewarp idea.

glatt · 08-03-2007, 12:57 PM

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Originally Posted by HLJ

Edit: Just kidding. The picture is reflected off a space mirror.

But the camera isn't pointing at itself. What's a space mirror? I can picture a setup with two or three mirrors to take this picture, but not with just one.

HungLikeJesus · 08-03-2007, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by glatt

But the camera isn't pointing at itself. What's a space mirror? I can picture a setup with two or three mirrors to take this picture, but not with just one.

Whenever light passes from one medium to another, it bends - which is why a straw appears to bend in a glass of water. Some of the light striking the interface is transmitted and some is reflected. (These effects are due to the differences in the speed of light between the two materials. A similiar thing happens in network cables that aren't properly terminated.)

At very high elevation, the light reflects off the interface between the atmosphere and space, hence the term space mirror. Because the atmosphere is curved, the light reflects at an angle, not straight back. This is why it appears that the camera is not pointing at itself.

Without looking through the viewfinder, it's very difficult to get the shot to come out right. That's what the headlight is for.

jester · 08-03-2007, 03:10 PM

Are you funnin'?

xoxoxoBruce · 08-03-2007, 05:41 PM

Yes.

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