Category: Technology

Views of science and technology from around the world

Six-Years Ago (07-August-2010) — California

Gone to See America August 2010 Road Trip. Day 7: Eastern Sierra Photography Workshop with Michael Mariant. Alabama Hills, CARMA Radio Telescopes.

A combination of still and time-lapse videos of the Night Sky and Milky Way viewed from the grounds of the CARMA Radio Telescope Array. CARMA is the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter Wave Astronomy run by Caltech, Berkeley, Univ Indiana Urbana, and Univ Maryland. It is located in the High Desert at Cedar Flats in the Inyo Mountains near Bishop, California. The research facility was shut down in 2015.

Six-Years Ago (07-August-2010) — California

Gone to See America August 2010 Road Trip. Day 7: Eastern Sierra Photography Workshop with Michael Mariant. CARMA Radio Telescopes

Milky Way Viewed From the CARMA Radio Telescope Array. CARMA is the Combined Array for Research in Milimeter Wave Astronomy run by Caltech, Berkeley, Univ Indiana Urbana, and Univ Maryland. It is located in the High Desert at Cedar Flats in the Inyo Mountains near Bishop, California. The image was taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 1600, 16 mm, f/2.8, 30 sec).

According to an article in Wikipedia the telescopes ceased operation in April 2015.

Milky Way Viewed From the CARMA Radio Telescope Array. CARMA is the Combined Array for Research in Milimeter Wave Astronomy run by Caltech, Berkeley, Univ Indiana Urbana, and Univ Maryland. It is located in the High Desert at Cedar Flats in the Inyo Mountains near Bishop, California. The image was taken with a Nikon D3x and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 1600, 16 mm, f/2.8, 30 sec). (David J Mathre)
Milky Way Viewed From the CARMA Radio Telescope Array. Image taken with a Nikon D3x camera and 16 mm f/2.8 fisheye lens (ISO 1600, 16 mm, f/2.8, 30 sec). (David J Mathre)

Six-Years Ago (07-August-2010) — California

Gone to See America August 2010 Road Trip. Day 7: Eastern Sierra Photography Workshop with Michael Mariant. CARMA Radio Telescopes.

Star Trails looking north viewed from the CARMA Radio Telescope Array. CARMA is the Combined Array for Research in Millimeter Wave Astronomy run by Caltech, Berkeley, Univ Indiana Urbana, and Univ Maryland. It is located in the High Desert at Cedar Flats in the Inyo Mountains near Bishop, California. Composite of 180 images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 24 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2, 30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and Images combined using Photoshop CC (Statistics, Maximum).

According to an article in Wikipedia the telescopes ceased operation in April 2005

Star Trails looking north viewed from the CARMA Radio Telescope Array. Composite of 180 images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 24 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2, 30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and Images combined using Photoshop CC (Statistics, Maximum). (David J Mathre)
Star Trails looking north viewed from the CARMA Radio Telescope Array. Composite of 180 images taken with a Nikon D3s camera and 24 mm f/1.4 lens (ISO 800, 24 mm, f/2, 30 sec). Raw images processed with Capture One Pro, and Images combined using Photoshop CC (Statistics, Maximum). (David J Mathre)

Eight-Years Ago (01-August-2008) — Illinois

Flying Across the United States: Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory From 35K Feet.

While flying from Denver, Colorado to Newark, New Jersey I saw the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory out my window. Sometimes it is amazing the images you can get out the window of a commercial jet at 35K feet.

FermiLab From 35K Feet. Flying from Denver, Colorado to Newark, New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 18-200 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 62 mm, f/5, 1/2000 sec). (© 2008 David J Mathre)
FermiLab From 35K Feet. Flying from Denver, Colorado to Newark, New Jersey. Image taken with a Nikon D300 and 18-200 mm VR lens (ISO 200, 62 mm, f/5, 1/2000 sec). (David J Mathre)

Two-Years Ago (31-July-2014) — Sweden

Gone to See Europe 2014. Day 61: Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Semester Voyage. Stockholm, Sweden.

Power Lines into the water while traveling through the archipelago to Stockholm. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VRII lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC 2014.

Power Lines into the Water. Departing Stockholm, Sweden. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Voyage. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VRII lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC 2014. (David J Mathre)
Power Lines into the Water. Departing Stockholm, Sweden. Semester at Sea, Summer 2014 Voyage. Image taken with a Nikon Df camera and 70-200 mm f/4 VRII lens (ISO 400, 200 mm, f/5.6, 1/125 sec). Raw image processed with Capture One Pro, Focus Magic, and Photoshop CC 2014. (David J Mathre)

While editing the above image I realized that I posted an almost identical image taken 13 months earlier from the same ship.

Power Lines into the Water. Departing Stockholm, Sweden. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera FT1 adapter and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 800, 80 mm, f/7, 1/500 sec). Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage. (David J Mathre)
Power Lines into the Water. Departing Stockholm, Sweden. Image taken with a Nikon 1 V2 camera FT1 adapter and 80-400 mm VRII lens (ISO 800, 80 mm, f/7, 1/500 sec). Semester at Sea Spring 2013 Enrichment Voyage. (David J Mathre)