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The night sky in 37,440 exposures

05/14/2011 07:25PM

The night sky in 37,440 exposures

Nick Risinger has always gazed up at the sky. But last year the amateur astronomer and photographer quit his day job as a Seattle marketing director and lugged six synchronized cameras about 60,000 miles to capture an image of the entire night sky.


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I've got two words for Nick Risinger:<br><br>"Wow!" and "Impressive"<br><br>Very nice work. A true labor of love.<br><br>Guy Pirro
<blockquote class="blockquote"><div class="italic"><i>Guy Pirro said:</i><br><br>I've got two words for Nick Risinger:<br><br>"Wow!" and "Impressive"<br><br>Very nice work. A true labor of love.<br><br>Guy Pirro</div></blockquote><br>That's exactly what I thought. A beautiful result, too. Lot's of fun to pan around and zoom in on.<br><br>-geo.

  • docain [Don O'Cain]
  • 05/16/2011 04:55PM
Beyond taking the images and technically aligning the hardware a beautiful job of post production here,I liked it so much I bought his poster.<br><br>There is no other word than 'WOW".<br><br>Don


What a beautiful compilation of month after month of work!<br>I would love to have this as a large poster on my study wall and in my classroom.<br><br>Gene (Strehlboy)