My friend, Genny, sent this photo to me. At first glace, I thought "Whoa." Then I thought, "Wait a minute, this can't be real!" So I did some digging online and to my surprise it is indeed a genuine photograph. The photographer is also an amateur astronomer. His name is Wally Pacholka and he had to make 5 separate 1200 mile round-trip journeys to this cave in Utah before getting the shot right. According to Pacholka, the cave is so wide he had to take 4 single 25 second shots and then stitch them together. That's Jupiter you see to the left. It's beautiful and I am awestruck. This photo takes me back to being twelve years old and wanting desperately to grow up and explore space. Thank you, Mr. Pacholka. And thank you, Genny, for sending it to me!
Sunday, October 12, 2008
An Amazing Photo of the Milky Way
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Love the new look you've got here! Looks like you are one busy mama! DANG! Hang in there. I had dinner w/ Kelly Jones Bajec a couple of weeks ago and we were talking about you! About what a "Super Mom" you are. We were also saying that no matter what you ended up doing, you were going to be great at it! Just look at you!! :) XOXO
Adrian
Wow, that IS amazing! Can't wait to show Nick.
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