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Rocket Science
alanfreed


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Challenge: Science (Classic Editing)
Collection: Portfolio
Camera: Nikon D100
Location: Shippingport, PA
Date: Oct 13, 2003
Aperture: 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/400
Galleries: Sky
Date Uploaded: Oct 14, 2003

 Ok, actually it's not a rocket at all. It's an inverted smoke stack at a nearby nuclear power plant. I'm fresh out of ideas for this challenge, and I thought it would be interesting to see how many people would recognize this upside-down image :)

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Place: 16 out of 172
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Avg (commenters): 7.9375
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Views since voting: 1831
Votes: 242
Comments: 22
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 05/28/2007 08:05:43 AM
Very clever!
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 10/28/2003 08:10:30 PM
SWEET 10
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
10/21/2003 04:15:52 AM
Great idea and eye, looks like it's going to make it to the moon :)
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 10/18/2003 09:51:49 AM
Wow! How did you get this shot? Nice composition. Good job. 8.
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 10/17/2003 06:20:09 AM
Interesting concept. I wonder how many people will believe this is an actual rocket? Creative idea, for sure.
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 10/17/2003 05:46:59 AM
lucky for location & time:)
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 10/16/2003 05:32:47 PM
Great ideaand way cool! This really looks like the business end of a rocket. One of the most novel approaches to the Science challenge. Perfect colour sky too. Lucky bugger.

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 10/16/2003 05:31:40 PM
great capture. One of my favorites of this challenge
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 10/16/2003 01:26:59 PM
great framing
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 10/16/2003 08:44:47 AM
Clever idea. It really looks like a rocket taking off.
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 10/16/2003 04:37:48 AM
wow - how and where did you get this shot?
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 10/16/2003 04:36:00 AM
great photo - its so crisp and clear :) 9
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 10/15/2003 10:38:27 PM
:D:D:D
couple of a big extra points for creativity
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 10/15/2003 06:37:06 PM
Good action picture. Love the exhaust.
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 10/15/2003 05:38:56 PM
Very nice capture. Beautiful for this challenge.
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 10/15/2003 10:43:17 AM
Excellent idea, for a split second i thought how`d he get that shot. 10
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 10/15/2003 08:29:23 AM
wow - how did you get this shot?
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 10/15/2003 04:18:38 AM
That's brilliant !! I know what it is !!! ... great idea ! I'm insanely jealous I didn't think of it.
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 10/15/2003 12:57:09 AM
Good idea flipping the pic over like that. I really love this kind of photography where you have to ask yourself "now how did he do that"? I'll 10 ya for that one :-)
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 10/14/2003 09:32:47 PM
Magnificient! I am absolutely captivated by the capture you attained! I love the white smoke and the incredible detail of it that you managed to capture. This is a wonderful photo.
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 10/14/2003 09:05:53 PM
great shot, but man show us more of the rocket damn it! :o)
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