SeeSaters, In a previous post I said...> > > P.S. I wonder if any one has ever coordinated a cell phone communications relay in which one person then another let the other know when the flare of one iridium satellite has reached him. .... Well, another thing I have thought of doing but will probably never get around to doing is to photograph the passage of a satellite (maybe even a crossover) using two cameras simultaneously to get a 3D image! I would space the cameras apart by how ever many miles I would need to place them to get a stereo pair of the satellite's passage. Compared to background stars (something I would need for a good sense of depth) the satellite's path could look significantly closer. The stars could be streaked or better yet, points of light. [I actually tried and got a stereo pair of a meteor once. Problem was, the baseline separation of 10 miles seemed to be too great so I couldn't "pull the image together" to see it in 3D. My brain couldn't make sense of it.] The technique of producing a super 3D image of an otherwise 2D object (2D only because of its distance) is called the "Lilliputian effect." I do it all the time on vacation, deliberately putting depth in distant mountain scenes or what ever. It is a fantastic yet simple tool to make exciting even otherwise mundane images. [I use several methods for viewing the results in true 3D.] Tom Iowa USA ----------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe from SeeSat-L by sending a message with 'unsubscribe' in the SUBJECT to SeeSat-L-request@lists.satellite.eu.org http://www.satellite.eu.org/seesat/seesatindex.html
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