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: Happy solstice and a solargraph
: astrobeck June 20, 2012, 11:03:20 PM
as per usual I made a solargraph of the Sun's path across the sky for the past six months.

As you can see by the long arcs with few gaps, we have a lot of sunshiny days in this part of the world.

Homemade pinhole camera made from an empty 35mm film can and expired black and white photo paper.
Look closely to see the mountain in the distance on the lower right of the image.
Edit- should mention this is facing west.
: Re: Happy solstice and a solargraph
: LT June 21, 2012, 09:17:05 AM
superb Becky.  I really enjoy seeing these.
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: Phil Bebbington June 21, 2012, 10:25:23 AM
Always good, Becky. I'm always amazed at the size because when I see them on here I imagine them MASSIVE!
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: Suzi Livingstone June 21, 2012, 11:18:57 AM
Wow Becks.. amazing  8)
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: Nigel June 21, 2012, 01:27:30 PM
That really is great and interesting to see the horizon so clearly.

If you did one over the winter in the UK it would have about three lines on it!
: Re: Happy solstice and a solargraph
: astrobeck June 21, 2012, 02:12:10 PM
thank you all!
I really enjoy seeing the results after 6 months and knowing how much clear sky we have.

Nigel- you might be surprised if you put one out in the UK...you might get 4 or 5 lines on it actually!   ;D
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: tani.P June 21, 2012, 02:25:42 PM
What an absolutely thrilling image! I've never gone the pinhole route, but if things like this are possible I'm going to have to.
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: Francois June 21, 2012, 03:44:36 PM
Really nice shot Becky!

First time I tried, the camera got covered in snow and iced solid!
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: Magnus June 21, 2012, 07:19:02 PM
I always enjoy these as well.
Wonderful colours.
: Re: Happy solstice and a solargraph
: Francois June 21, 2012, 09:02:00 PM
What always amazes me is how plain they look when you take them out of the camera... and how colorful they look when scanned!