[meteorite-list] A "meteorite slammed into a rocket......."?

From: Richard Kowalski <damoclid_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jul 2009 10:04:46 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID: <352925.74417.qm_at_web33906.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Which photo are you referring to Mike, the "exploding rocket"?

http://www.thecosmicartgallery.com/Southern%20Cross_Phenomenon.php

Much of his imagery seem rather gaudily colored to me and over saturated, but some are pretty good.

--
Richard Kowalski
http://fullmoonphotography.net
IMCA #1081
--- On Sun, 7/12/09, Michael Groetz <mpg4444 at gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Michael Groetz <mpg4444 at gmail.com>
> Subject: [meteorite-list] A "meteorite slammed into a rocket......."?
> To: "Meteorite List" <Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com>
> Date: Sunday, July 12, 2009, 6:25 AM
> ? This sounds a bit far fetched to
> me. I would like to see the photo.
> Mike
> 
> http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,27574,25766157-2761,00.html
> 
> Perth space photographer Ray Palmer displays amazing
> pictures
> 
> EXPLODING rockets, monster comets and a sea of storms are
> all in a
> night's work for Perth deep-space photographer Ray Palmer.
> 
> The self-taught cosmotographer, who has dedicated 15 years
> to
> capturing images many moons away, will have his work up in
> lights this
> month in Northbridge.
> 
> The highlight of his exhibition at ABD The Gallery in Lake
> St is a
> malfunctioning Russian space rocket caught exploding in
> orbit.
> 
> Mr Palmer had set up his camera-telescope to take a
> 30-minute shot of
> the Southern Cross when a meteorite slammed into the
> rocket.
> 
> ``All I could see was these flashing objects like twinkling
> stars and
> it was the fuselage and pieces of this space ship spinning
> in space,''
> he said. ``Looking back, it was the most amazing thing I
> have ever
> seen.''
> 
> Mr Palmer's display comes 400 years after Galileo first
> pointed a
> telescope to the stars and on the 40th anniversary of the
> first moon
> landing.
> 
> Samples of Mr Palmer's work can also be seen at
> http://www.naturespeak.com.au/AstroGallery.htm
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Received on Sun 12 Jul 2009 01:04:46 PM PDT