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Mystery Machine
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Uploaded: 08/12/17 4:15 PM GMT
Mystery Machine
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My entry for What Is It? A major Hint: f = 1.0
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Well..
Google image search says it is "aerospace engineering" related.
Perusing your galleries didn't reveal too much else, other than this one:
"Reflection on Infinity"
... but, that was some years ago.
However.. it might be indicative of your interests. Adding in, the other images of aircraft in your personal galleries.
So..
Ima guess.. a wind turbine/jet engine. As the surrounding area does look like it is set up for testing such things.
Kinda, sorta.
Soooo..
What do I win?
(*holds out hands expectantly.. while looking all cherubic-like*)
Google image search says it is "aerospace engineering" related.
Perusing your galleries didn't reveal too much else, other than this one:
"Reflection on Infinity"
... but, that was some years ago.
However.. it might be indicative of your interests. Adding in, the other images of aircraft in your personal galleries.
So..
Ima guess.. a wind turbine/jet engine. As the surrounding area does look like it is set up for testing such things.
Kinda, sorta.
Soooo..
What do I win?
(*holds out hands expectantly.. while looking all cherubic-like*)
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Something to do with airplanes I'm guessing, very cool, and interesting post. tigs=^..^=
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
Whatever it is, nice capture none the less.
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Long before the white man and long before the wheel, when the dark green forests were too silent to be real. Lightfoot 1967
Ted - Your entry just might 'eclipse the sun', or give us the moon. Nicely done!
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If I could tell the story in words, I wouldn't need to lug around a camera. ~Lewis Hine The Earth without art is just 'eh'.
A telescope of some kind perhaps - Good Luck in the contest!!!!!!!!
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It looks like some sort of lift or elevator to me.
Or maybe a generator/converter on the backside of solar panels?
Or maybe a generator/converter on the backside of solar panels?
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The inside of a giant telescope. The metal sides open like a concertina for viewing.
An intriguing entry - best of luck :)
An intriguing entry - best of luck :)
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My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust
questjester (Lisa Hickman) has suggested to the contestants that we reveal our subject after the entries are closed. I think this is a good idea because it sheds some light on the photographer's thinking which may be as important as the subject itself.
So here is my revelation:
This is indeed a telescope as some of you have guessed. But it is an unusual one. It is a 1.8 meter diameter mirror telescope with a focal length similar to the diameter. This gives it an f number of 1.0 (something we photographers seldom use). Hence it is short and squat, rather than long and slender. You can also see it is inside a typical observatory building with a hemispherical roof.
Another interesting fact is that it belongs to the Vatican. It is located on Mt. Graham near Safford, AZ.
Mt. Graham is also the site of two other telescopes. One is a radio telescope, the other is a really enormous optical one (the Large Binocular Telescope, two mirrors 9m diameter each).
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Facinating! I had no idea that the Vatican owned a telescope. And an unusual telescope at that!
Very cool and interesting, Ted! Excellent entry for the contest!!
Very cool and interesting, Ted! Excellent entry for the contest!!
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Ted,
Congratulations for winning the 'What is it?' contest.
Well deserved!
Best regards, Cornelius.
Congratulations for winning the 'What is it?' contest.
Well deserved!
Best regards, Cornelius.
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Try to change what you can't accept, but accept what you can't change. Please CLICK HERE to see my journal! Feel free to save my images or to add them to your favorites.
Well done on your win Ted - it was a great mystery!
:)
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My thanks to all who leave comments for my work and to those of you who like one enough to make it a favourite. To touch just one person that way makes each image worthwhile. . . . . . . . . .. . . . "The question is not what you look at, but what you see" ~ Marcel Proust
Congrats on your win Ted. Well done.
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People are like cameras--sometimes they lose focus.
Congratulations Ted on taking 1st place in the contest - Well Deserved!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A big round and squaty congratulations Ted on placing 1ST!!!! A great mystery has now been unveiled:):)
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Congrats on winning first place Ted!!! A very good job!!!
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Life's moments are sweet. I just want to capture all that I can of them.
Congrats!
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Nature in all her glory is my uplift on life and so is my love of photography. sandi ♪ ♫
A 1 work congrats on your win.
Rob
Rob
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The reason why the sun sets in the evening is because it wants to see the sunrise in the morning. I rise in the morning because I want to see them both. RvdB
-Nik