October
Happy Halloween! ~ Tyl
Mach Diamonds
Are you familiar with Mach diamonds? Mach Diamonds
appear as little bright spots stacked within the flame of a rocket or jet engine exhaust and even small engines can produce
them.
Because rockets lift off very quickly it is almost impossible to see them live but with the aid of a good camera
and the right setting they can be captured in photographs.
The second photo is a rare shot and shows a
very nice stack of diamonds within a cluster and as you can see, these are not HPR motors.
All photos courtesy of Pete Barrett
Above is another great
shot of a small engine producing Mach diamonds and on a saucer no less!
Capturing Mach diamonds
is not that hard but there are a couple of important factors to consider like
shutter speed, background contrast, and lighting, with lighting being the most
critical. You may get lucky on a sunny day and get a shot but as the
photos indicate a heavily overcast sky or late afternoon make for the best
opportunities to bag some diamonds.
Winter is coming
for many of us, with dark grey days and early sunsets, so maybe now is a good
time to make plans for a late afternoon launch on a cloudy day.
And if you get lucky
send us your photos, we'd love to share them with everyone.
Randy
"I'm not saying it was Rocket Babe...
"...But it was Rocket Babe..."
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Above you see a rare photo of Dave Miller, appropriately dressed in black as owner of the clandestine black ops organization
known as Sirius Rocketry! What does he do in his spare time? He reads Rocket Babe, what else?
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Randy
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Saucers!
Kudos to Kevin Haworth for this fantastic saucer!
Who doesn't like a good saucer, especially if it's a flying
saucer? I've loved flying saucers ever since I saw "The Thing From Another World" in 1962. I have to have to admit,
the one above is about the coolest rocket saucer I have ever seen!
And what would Halloween be without a saucer and little grey men? Of
course you know, Martians aren't really green, right? They're grey.
We love this one! With just a few L.E.D.'s it
would be a super cool night launch vehicle!
While this is a simple variation of a theme, it's the first time I've
seen one like it.
Pay no attention to the saucer above, it's just a clever deception by the Greys. No matter what you see
this Halloween to the contrary, aliens, are, GREY! Just ask any Rocket Babe character. GREY!
Whatever color your aliens are we hope you all have a safe and Happy Halloween!
Randy
She'll go with you anywhere! Kevin, owner and moderator at the Alien Soup sci-fi
forum, enjoys Rocket Babe - Dust Storm between innings at a recent ballgame!
Bones says...
"Spending Halloween with Mick Jagger over at Morgan Fairchild's house. Yeah, that's the ticket!"
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