Unusual photos

San Francisco / San Jose Bay

Photo taken from the departure flight from San Francisco Airport to Libya via Switzerland in 2006

Mel Pleasant's Sunglasses

Landon Noll may be seem in Mel's glasses

Glory rings

View of a Glory on clouds over the Alps

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Hotel Stairwell

Hotel Stairwell in the Hotel Kennedy in Tripoli, Libya

Long exposure traveling in a Swiss Tunel near the border of Italty

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07/07/07 07:07:07.7 UTC

The seven date and time as shown on my TrueTime Timevault Stratum 1 precision clock. I used a Canon EOS-1D Mark III shooting at about 10 frames per second. This particular image was taken slightly more than 0.7 seconds after the start of the 07:07:07 mark: about 2007/07/07 07:07:07.7 UTC.

Rolling long exposure of many lights

Op Art Christmas lights - long exposure rolling camera image

Rolling long exposure of many lights

Op Art Christmas lights - long exposure rolling camera image

Rolling long exposure of many lights

Op Art Christmas lights - long exposure rolling camera image

Nancy Miller discovered the first meteorite detected on Union Glacier

Roger Beard discovered the second Union Glacier meteorite

Our third meteorite was discovered near where the Schanz Glacier meets the Union Glacier

11/11/11 11:11:11.1 UTC

The seven date and time as shown on my TrueTime Timevault Stratum 1 precision clock. I used a Canon EOS-1D Mark III shooting at about 10 frames per second. This particular image was taken slightly more than 0.1 seconds after the start of the 11:11:11 mark: about 2011/11/11 11:11:11.1 UTC.

2011-Dec-31 23:59:59.9 UTC

The last 1/10 of a second of 2011

Happy UTC 2012 New Years!

This photos was taken on 2012-Jan-01 00:00:00.0 UTC

Pi Time 03/14 1:59:26.535… UTC

Pi Time 03/14 1:59:26.535... UTC as shown on a SyncServer S200 Stratum 1 NTP clock with a Rubidium (Rb) atomic frequency source that was time stamped against 11 GPS satellites. This image was taken with a Canon EOS 1D Mark III camera shooting at a burst rate of 6.25 fps. The exposure times were 1/60 of a second. The burst was synced against the clock with such that this image was taken 0.525 seconds +/- 0.004 seconds (interval at 2 standard deviations) after the 1:59:26 UTC. The earliest interval for that image is [1:59:26.521, 1:59:26.538] UTC and the latest interval is [1:59:26.529, 1:59:26.546] UTC. Therefore this photo recorded light from the atomic clock at Pi time (03/14 1:59:26.535... UTC) to an accuracy of about 2 standard deviations.

12/12/12 12:00:00.12

This photo was taken on 12/12/12 12:00:00.12 UTC +/- 0.0012 seconds

12/12/12 12:00:12.12

This photo was taken on 12/12/12 12:00:12.12 UTC +/- 0.0012 seconds

12/12/12 12:12:00.12

This photo was taken on 12/12/12 12:12:00.12 UTC +/- 0.0012 seconds

12/12/12 12:12:12.00

This photo was taken on 12/12/12 12:12:12.00 UTC +/- 0.0012 seconds

12/12/12 12:12:12.12

This photo was taken on 12/12/12 12:12:12.12 UTC +/- 0.0012 seconds

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TinyPlanet2

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With less than 3% of Antarctic mountains rising above the multi-kilometer tick ice sheet, we know far too little about the bedrock that is Antarctica. The few rocks that we can suggest there are amazing wonders beneath the glaciers of Antarctica.

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One of 3 meteorites found just under the surface of the Union Glacier ice. This “visitor” from space was 1 of 2 located by Sue Cockayne. This Nickel-Iron fragment probable landed in Antarctica sometime in the last 40 000 years.

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Here, Landon Curt Noll stands above the South Geographic Pole on 2013 January 8. The Pole to the right was placed where the South Geographic Pole was on New Year’s Day 2013. The Prime Meridian, the 0 degree longitude that passes through Greenwich, begins halfway between his feet and passes upward through the photograph. The International Dateline also begins halfway between his feet and passes downward. At the time this photo was taken, his small left toe was at local solar noon and the heel of his right foot was at local solar midnight. The front of his right foot was in a different calendar day from the heel of his left foot.

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