Night Sky Photos of Lyrid Meteor Shower, Vasquez Rocks, Agua Dulce, California, April 2013
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Vasquez Rocks. Unique and, at least for Star Trek fans, easily recognizable rock formations, the location where Captain Kirk fought the Gorn lizard man on "Star Trek". Yes. And a good place to photograph at night, I think, particularly when during meteor showers such as the Lyrid Meteor Shower. In 687 BC in Zuo Zhuan, one of the earliest Chinese works of narrative history, described the Lyrid meteor shower: "At night, fixed stars are invisible, at midnight, stars dropped down like rain." Here I was lucky enough to capture one of the Lyrid meteors! Title: Stars Dropped Down Like Rain - Lyrid Meteor Shower Over Vasquez Rocks
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Title: James T Kirk Star Trails "I've got to start trying lower ISOs... this is as clean and pretty an image as I've seen!" - Dennis Mammana, astronomy writer, lecturer and sky photographer. His newspaper column "Stargazers" has run weekly since 1992, and his photos can be seen in national and international media. He has a degree in Astronomy from Vanderbilt, and is a member of TWAN (The World At Night), an international team of sky photographers. |
Title: Mountain of The GornInfo: Nikon D7000, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, 30 second exposure, ISO 320 f/4. Light painted with Dorcy spotlight. 11:46 pm on 19 April 2013. Photographer: Ken Lee Location: Vasquez Rocks, California, USA |
Title: Arena Star Trails |
Title: Half Savage, But There Is Hope |
 Vasquez Rocks was also used for Spock's home planet Vulcan, although it was digitally manipulated a bit.Title: The Gorn Star Trails Info: Nikon D7000, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, lens. 9 and a half minutes, each exposure f/4 for 30 seconds at ISO 320. Light painted with Dorcy spotlight. 19 April 2013 midnight. Photographer: Ken Lee Location: Vasquez Rocks, California, USA |
Title: Merciful |
 Title: The Agility, And, I Hope, The Cleverness Is MineInfo: Nikon D7000, Nikkor 50mm f/1.4 lens, 15 second exposure, ISO 640 f/2.8. Light painted with Dorcy spotlight. 11:02 pm on 19 April 2013. Photographer: Ken Lee Location: Vasquez Rocks, California, USA |
Title: The Metron Abstract long exposure photo taken while walking with the camera at night at Vasquez Rocks. |
Title: A Most Promising Species Abstract long exposure photo taken while walking with the camera at night at Vasquez Rocks. |
Title: If He Has The Time Abstract long exposure photo taken while walking with the camera at night at Vasquez Rocks. |
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Night Sky Photos and Lyrid Meteor Shower, Vasquez Rocks, Agua Dulce, April 2013
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The moon was a waxing gibbous moon, about 60% illuminated, and was certainly bright enough to illuminate the strange landscape at Vasquez Rocks.
The Lyrid meteor, streaking across the late night sky. The previous photo was one of 66 photos that were stacked (combined) into this one photo, which is a 33 minute exposure in total.
