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The Art of Photography => The Coffee Corner => Topic started by: wolfnowl on October 04, 2010, 01:51:59 pm

Title: Unusual Perspectives
Post by: wolfnowl on October 04, 2010, 01:51:59 pm

Hi Folks:

1) A 10-minute video showing the view from 70,000 feet inside a U2 spy plane:
http://www.wimp.com/breathtakingfootage/

2) Some pretty good B&W images of Mars:
http://www.psi.edu/pgwg/images/Oct10Image.html

Mike.

Title: Re: Unusual Perspectives
Post by: BernardLanguillier on October 05, 2010, 09:00:24 am

Thanks for sharing Mike!

Cheers,
Bernard

Title: Re: Unusual Perspectives
Post by: francois on October 05, 2010, 12:09:26 pm

Thank you Mike... I didn't know that the U-2 spy plane had been modified to carry two persons.

Title: Re: Unusual Perspectives
Post by: feppe on October 05, 2010, 01:41:30 pm

That U-2 footage is incredible, thanks. It's from a British car show called Top Gear, which has some of the best cinematography and editing in TV (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvZFJvZv-b4), but this didn't need any of that.

Title: Re: Unusual Perspectives
Post by: fredjeang on October 05, 2010, 02:46:22 pm

Thanks Mike.

On these kind of sagas, this is a very good documentary with the full 9 episodes on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R4SjUbQDP7g

Gene Kranz, probably the most capable flight director at mission control. Impressive images.

Title: Re: Unusual Perspectives
Post by: wolfnowl on October 06, 2010, 02:07:05 am

Interesting video, Frank!  Thanks for sharing it.

Mike.