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  1. Hey!

    Thanks for the follow! :catface:

  2. Oh my goodness! I love this! :laugh:

     

    1. RDDash

      RDDash

      Winona: This is my master

    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      I did not know AJ could move that fast. :laugh:

    3. RDDash

      RDDash

      Realistic horse noises

  3. Drew Brees carves up another defense! Saints win 51-14 over the Bengals!  :mlp_grin:

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    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      Lifelong Saints fan!  :mlp_yeehaa:

    3. TheRockARooster

      TheRockARooster

      Congrats on your win.

       

      #AnyoneButThePatriots

    4. Cash In
  4. Crap, the clouds came back! Guess it's time to send that video of Rainbow Dash sleeping on the job to Spitfire

    Rainbow Dash gif.gif

    1. Celtore

      Celtore

      The weather here hasn't been great either. It snowed today. I'm beginning to suspect windigos are afoot... :yeahno:

  5. I simply love the contrast in the near IR photograph. 

    Flower_11-10-2018_NIR 1.jpg

    Flower_11-10-2018_Vis.jpg

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    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      @Duality, thank you! :D 

      Some portions of Infrared light pass thru. I think the sky is black in IR due to very low Rayleigh Scatter. :twismile:

      Atmosphere Transmission Graph.jpg

    3. Lucky Bolt

      Lucky Bolt

      Ooooh that is so pretty! :o

    4. Partialgeek514

      Partialgeek514

      That looks so cool!

  6. The Sun is best UV lamp! :-P

    It's kinda hard to shoot with a slow shutter on a windy day. 

    Flower_11-10-2018_UV 2.jpg

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    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      @DEFENDER, she definitely was!

    3. Melanie Mousse

      Melanie Mousse

      That image looks like a good use for a new desktop background

    4. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      @Tylad, go for it! No Vapor Trail desktop background? :-P

  7. What a lovely morning! Sunshine!!

    And it's nice to have my camera back  :D

    Oak Trees_NIR.jpg

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    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      Thank you, @Partialgeek514! You are not alone in that thinking. 

      With my current cameras, I have access from 250nm-1200nm and 2000-5000nm.

      I would have to take out a mortgage to buy a shortwave IR camera that operates between 1200-2000nm. Those sensors are crazy expensive! :sunny:

    3. Partialgeek514

      Partialgeek514

      Wow! That's more than I've got! (a phone :P) What are are your favourite things to take IR pictures of?

    4. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      @Partialgeek514

      Near IR:

      1. Landscapes, because vegetation strongly reflects it and appears bright white.
      2. Clouds: They appear bright white and the sky appears black due to little Rayleigh scattering
      3. Planets: different cloud structures can be seen and the atmosphere is less turbulent in this region
      4. Cars: Many automotive paints become transparent and you can see the different types of plastics used.  :twismile:

      Thermal IR: Anything above absolute zero. :-P 

  8. Doesn't look like I'm staying up late tonight. I'm beyond sleepy. Good night, everypony!

     

    fluttershy yawning.gif

  9. I wish Astronomy and Nature TV was more active on Youtube. I love their content!

     

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    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      @DivineGlow1000, the only astronomy I've done for the last week and a half is watching it on youtube. It's been raining all week long. :( 

      Tomorrow is suppose to be sunny and chilly, tho. 

    3. Tacodidra

      Tacodidra

      I hope the predictions are right and you get to do it tomorrow! :kindness:

    4. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      @Tacodidra, if not, I have Spitfire's number and video of a certain lazy pegasus sleeping on the job.  

      Rainbow Dash gif.gif

  10. One thing I don't like about the time change is that it gets dark so early. My driving goes with the sunset. :sunny:

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    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      I do ok in that department. Night driving is probably my biggest weakness. I have great night vision, but headlights from other cars cause all sorts of problems for me. I tend to get disoriented a bit, when too many lights are blinding me. 

      I usually avoid night driving as much as possible because of that. It scares me sometimes.

    3. PiratePony

      PiratePony

      I feel the same...and I think I have some sort of glare blindness at night

    4. Cash In

      Cash In

      Yeah, the dark can be a pain in the neck sometimes.

  11. :squee:

     

    1. DivineMist1000

      DivineMist1000

      Sweetness! This vid's totally radical for realz, my dude!

  12. I don't understand Russian, but this animation is too cute!  :muffins:

     

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    2. Partialgeek514

      Partialgeek514

      Ponies are cute in any language! :mlp_yeehaa:

    3. Rikifive
    4. Tacodidra

      Tacodidra

      I agree! :D And Russian Derpy sounds really cute! ^_^

  13. I like how candle flames appear so large in thermal cameras. I can definitely see a big improvement in resolution with the larger lens. I plan to do a side by side comparison later on with the factory lens.

    Candle flame (1).jpg

  14. Apple Bloom is so adorable!  :squee:

    Apple Bloom teacup.jpg

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    2. DEFENDER
    3. Tacodidra

      Tacodidra

      Really adorable indeed! ^_^ And Trixie would approve of this picture! :wau:

    4. Cash In

      Cash In

      Tis fact :catface:

  15. Alright! My modded DSLR arrived from the repair shop. Back in business! Well, once the weather clears up. :D 

    Also, my new Germanium lens came in for my thermal camera. That is one big hunk of Germanium!  :o

    Germanium Lens.jpg

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    2. Duality

      Duality

      Hey, germanium actually exists outside of the periodic table!

      You learn something new every day. :-P

    3. Cash In

      Cash In

      Excellent. Get at it! (When the weather clears up of course) 

    4. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      I wanted to photograph the front of the lens but my reflection would be in the picture. Yeah, I'm THAT paranoid. :-P

      @Duality, it exists outside of the periodic table if your wallet is thick. :laugh: Seriously, tho. I got one hell of a deal on that telephoto lens. I'll post some thermal images on here soon. 

  16. Looks like I might get a chance to do some observing Saturday, after that cold front pushes thru. The real issue will be cooling down the big primary mirror! :crackle:

    1. Celtore

      Celtore

      Nice! You'll have to do the sky watching for me this weekend though; this week still looks downright terrible. Still lots of rain, clouds... and now potentially snow. :yeahno:

    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      It's been raining all week down here.

      Might be time to drop a complaint to Cloudsdale about the weather. lol.

  17. Best way to unwind after an atrocious day at work. 

     

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    2. Partialgeek514

      Partialgeek514

      If only i could watch this while working. :derp:

    3. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      @Partialgeek514, just hook up a 2nd "MLP" monitor to your work computer if you have one. :-P

    4. Partialgeek514

      Partialgeek514

      @Phosphor I'd love to, but I've got a factory job, so I don't think that'd work very well. Maybe I'll do it once I start school! :laugh:

  18. Glad election night is pretty much over. Now back to cute pony pics! :D

    Good night, everypony! :orly:

    apple bloom pointy 2.png

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    2. Melanie Mousse
    3. Twilight Luna
    4. Tacodidra

      Tacodidra

      Yay! :yay: I'll take ponies over politics any day!

      Good night, my friend! :grin:

  19. Happy Birthday! :D 

    :balloon:

  20. Pretty sure Apple Bloom is too young to be a circuit court judge, but I wrote in her name anyway.  :catface:

    1. Tacodidra

      Tacodidra

      Probably still a better choice than most others! :catface:

    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      The only exciting part about voting is writing in Drew Brees and ponies for local offices. 

    3. Tacodidra

      Tacodidra

      Voting is a lot more boring here, we just vote for one candidate in each election. So no chance to vote for ponies if you want to vote for any actual candidate at all... :P

  21. I think this was the moment where the show won me over.

    I wish Rainbow Dash would clear my skies in 10 seconds flat. It's been cloudy. 

     

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    2. AveryGamerDude

      AveryGamerDude

      The freaking first episode won me over. :D

    3. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      @Tacodidra, my little sister is just like Pinkie Pie. :laugh:

      Another favorite:

      "All the ponies in this town are.... CRAZY!" 

       

    4. Tacodidra

      Tacodidra

      I bet there's no boring moment when she's around! :laugh: I wish I knew someone like Pinkie... or any of the Mane 6! :P

  22. Happy Birthday to you, S. Fury!

     

    pinkie pie party cannon.gif

  23. Damian Peach is the king of planetary imaging! I need to move to Barbados, where the atmosphere is super calm. :ooh:

     

    1. Celtore

      Celtore

      That photo is amazing! Thankfully there are astrophotographers willing to go to places like Barbados to take those sorts of photos. I'd never go there, it's way too hot for me to deal with.

    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      Yeah, I don't know how he deals with the humidity down there!

      I hope to be that good one day. I find Damian's work to be inspirational. 

      Have you seen his videos showing different atmospheric conditions? Man, I could only hope to see skies that calm! :sealed:

  24. Hmmm. I see some Kirin on here. 

    ^Boops Autumn Blaze and the other Kirin  :D

    Autumn Blaze boop.png

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    2. CypherHoof

      CypherHoof

      Well Autumn Blaze IS adorable (and more Pinkie than even Pinkie is, sometimes) but apparently still less popular than Best Princess (at least according to EQD :D )

    3. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      @R.D.Dash, probably. I'm not sure how kirin or ponies would react to seeing a human. :mlp_huh:

    4. CypherHoof

      CypherHoof

      Well, anon clearly IS popular - got to set this week's banner and so forth....

  25. I like this animation and art style. 

     

    1. Cash In

      Cash In

      I agree. It's pretty nice.

    2. Phosphor

      Phosphor

      It has that classic hand animation feel to it.

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