ITAP of an early morning rocket launch

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image showing ITAP of an early morning rocket launch

okisiroki on May 30th, 2023 at 18:13 UTC »

I captured this 4 minute long exposure of May 19th's 2:19am EST launch of a SpaceX Falcon 9 and 22 Starlink satellites. The mild early morning conditions allowed for static foilage and a gorgeous reflection. Taken somewhere along the Indian River, north of Cape Canaveral, FL.

Sony a6500, Rokinon 12mm f/2, two exposures stacked

4 min | f/11 | ISO 100 (streak)

15 sec | f/2 | ISO 400 (stars)

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Roticko on May 30th, 2023 at 18:35 UTC »

An incredibly cool photo. I love this reflection.

Moose135A on May 30th, 2023 at 20:47 UTC »

Very nice! And I like the other work on your Instagram page. I was down in Florida back in March and happened across a launch. Unfortunately, it was right after sunset, and I didn't have a neutral density filter in my bag, so I had to make do as best I could. I need to remember it the next time we're down that way.