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originally posted by: draknoir2
How long are the exposures?
My guess would be it's an aircraft moving in the direction of the array of lights, which are navigation strobes going off as it travels. One of the shots captured four, another captured three and third was partially out of shot.
originally posted by: butcherguy
originally posted by: draknoir2
How long are the exposures?
My guess would be it's an aircraft moving in the direction of the array of lights, which are navigation strobes going off as it travels. One of the shots captured four, another captured three and third was partially out of shot.
Two reds not on the port side for navigation lights? For all I know, it is possible, but I thought the red would be on the port side and a green one on the starboard side, otherwise, other A/C could get confused when coming near them as to whether they were traveling in the same or opposite direct as they are.
originally posted by: draknoir2
How long are the exposures?
My guess would be it's an aircraft moving in the direction of the array of lights, which are navigation strobes going off as it travels. One of the shots captured four, another captured three and third was partially out of shot.
originally posted by: smurfy
originally posted by: draknoir2
How long are the exposures?
My guess would be it's an aircraft moving in the direction of the array of lights, which are navigation strobes going off as it travels. One of the shots captured four, another captured three and third was partially out of shot.
It certainly looks like nav lights, both red and green. How they appeared on a two second exposure like that I don't know, unless it is two aircraft in formation.
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: draknoir2
Yes, you are correct.
I was confused about the direction of travel how the A/C was situated in the sky.
I am still confused though. Now I am confused about how the strobes did not show up as multiple streaks of light in a 2 second exposure.
originally posted by: butcherguy
a reply to: draknoir2
I suppose you are right.
I expected that there would be some streaking of the light of the strobes due to the movement of the aircraft, but that would depend on the speed of the aircraft, distance from the camera and the duration of the strobe.
originally posted by: draknoir2
originally posted by: smurfy
originally posted by: draknoir2
How long are the exposures?
My guess would be it's an aircraft moving in the direction of the array of lights, which are navigation strobes going off as it travels. One of the shots captured four, another captured three and third was partially out of shot.
It certainly looks like nav lights, both red and green. How they appeared on a two second exposure like that I don't know, unless it is two aircraft in formation.
I only see white and red when I blow it up.
Exposure time 2 secs