Falcon 9 launches the secretive Zuma payload and lands its first stage back at Cape Canaveral in this three-photo long exposure composite photograph — @johnkrausphotos
Holy cow, this was fast. Something about watching a launch live and getting a time-lapse photo of the launch and landing 1,000+ miles away only 15 minutes after the fact on a computer that lives in my pocket feels...aggressively futuristic. Nice work /u/johnkphotos !
You can literally see every detail of the entire launch in one photo:
Stage one burn
Stage two burn
Stage one boostback
Stage one / Stage two exhaust plume interaction
Stage one 1-3-1 re-entry burn
Stage one landing burn.
In addition to all that you captured the axis of the stars’ rotation for a beautiful effect, and two spectators perfectly framed in awe of the launch. (Did you ask them to stand still during one of your long exposures?)
gaetanLafitte on January 8th, 2018 at 01:16 UTC »
This photo is unbelievable
hexydes on January 8th, 2018 at 01:19 UTC »
Holy cow, this was fast. Something about watching a launch live and getting a time-lapse photo of the launch and landing 1,000+ miles away only 15 minutes after the fact on a computer that lives in my pocket feels...aggressively futuristic. Nice work /u/johnkphotos !
Setheroth28036 on January 8th, 2018 at 01:26 UTC »
You can literally see every detail of the entire launch in one photo:
Stage one burn
Stage two burn
Stage one boostback
Stage one / Stage two exhaust plume interaction
Stage one 1-3-1 re-entry burn
Stage one landing burn.
In addition to all that you captured the axis of the stars’ rotation for a beautiful effect, and two spectators perfectly framed in awe of the launch. (Did you ask them to stand still during one of your long exposures?)
Nice work!!