Royal Observatory Photo Contest Winners
September 11, 2010 7:27 AM Subscribe
This may just be the most peaceful, beautiful 5-1/2 minutes of your entire day: An audio slideshow look at some of the winning images, guided by one of the judges, of the Royal Observatory in Greenwich's 2010 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Interested in "giving it a go"? Here are some guides to photographing different aspects of the night sky.
These are wonderful, thank you for sharing the link!
Here's the official site and related Flicker feed. So much good stuff, I'm abuzz the beautiful wonder of the larger universe!
posted by nomadicink at 7:38 AM on September 11, 2010
Here's the official site and related Flicker feed. So much good stuff, I'm abuzz the beautiful wonder of the larger universe!
posted by nomadicink at 7:38 AM on September 11, 2010
Some of those made me suck my breath in really hard. Amazing! Thanks!!
posted by nosila at 7:41 AM on September 11, 2010
posted by nosila at 7:41 AM on September 11, 2010
Beautiful, and I love the commentary... "And of course, that "w" shape we all know and love... Cassiopeia"
posted by cyphill at 8:19 AM on September 11, 2010
posted by cyphill at 8:19 AM on September 11, 2010
Amazing photos - really liked the contrast of the Bristlecone pine trees with the night sky.
posted by garnetgirl at 8:29 AM on September 11, 2010
posted by garnetgirl at 8:29 AM on September 11, 2010
Slightly eponysterical, too.
posted by zadcat at 8:34 AM on September 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by zadcat at 8:34 AM on September 11, 2010 [1 favorite]
Thanks for that link, beautiful. Orion's nebula was awe inspiring, you can see the horsehead nebula down at the bottom as well
posted by derbs at 8:47 AM on September 11, 2010
posted by derbs at 8:47 AM on September 11, 2010
My friend Mark likes Cassiopeia because of the 'm' shape, his initial.
I especially liked the picture in Big Sur
posted by MtDewd at 9:04 AM on September 11, 2010
I especially liked the picture in Big Sur
posted by MtDewd at 9:04 AM on September 11, 2010
what an incredibly humbling slideshow - thanks for the post!
posted by h0p3y at 9:46 AM on September 11, 2010
posted by h0p3y at 9:46 AM on September 11, 2010
Music + deep voice + astronomical images puts me in planetarium mode, which is like the pacifist's version of brain stapling, I think. I need a dose of this regularly.
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 10:00 AM on September 11, 2010
posted by Durn Bronzefist at 10:00 AM on September 11, 2010
This is a timelapse made by the guy who shot the bristlecone pine/Milky Way photo. It's all rocks and stars and trees. Very cool. And I feel like he's been on MeFi before...
posted by rtha at 10:15 AM on September 11, 2010 [2 favorites]
posted by rtha at 10:15 AM on September 11, 2010 [2 favorites]
That's Pfeiffer State Beach at the very end, a great beach w/ streaks of purple sand (garnet?) and that picture shows about as crowded as it ever gets, because it's a little hard to find.
posted by Lukenlogs at 2:54 PM on September 11, 2010
posted by Lukenlogs at 2:54 PM on September 11, 2010
This is brilliant. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
I love astronomy.
posted by simulacra at 8:56 PM on September 11, 2010
I love astronomy.
posted by simulacra at 8:56 PM on September 11, 2010
PS: I wish I could download the BBC slideshow and commandeer it as my new screensaver. : )
posted by simulacra at 8:59 PM on September 11, 2010
posted by simulacra at 8:59 PM on September 11, 2010
@rtha Tom's video is incredible. Fantastic that tech has come far enough to make those incredible shots possible.
posted by Twang at 9:44 PM on September 11, 2010
posted by Twang at 9:44 PM on September 11, 2010
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