Who gets credit for this kickass pic?

[The_Don 0]

http://www.i-am-bored.com/bored_link.cfm?link_id=47602

What DZ?

I am NOT being loud.
I'm being enthusiastic!

[BlindBrick 0]

There's a lot better photos of launch jumps if you dig around on here.

-Blind

"If you end up in an alligator's jaws, naked, you probably did something to deserve it."

[BillyVance 35]

Probably one of the inland DZs, not a coastal one.

Awesome pic! How high is that tandem?

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[Nutz 0]

Photoshop?

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[BillyVance 35]

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Photoshop?

Doesn't look so.

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[piisfish 140]

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omg the rocket is going to kill the spider!

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[MikeJD 0]

All I get is "Access denied by Smartfilter". Probably not surprising when I try to access the "i-am-bored.com" site from work.
Would somebody mind pasting a little version of the picture up here so I can take a look at it?

[Jbag 0]

damn, hoping someone was going to do the search for the better pics...*taps foot* still waiting.

IHYD

[NickDG 23]

Yes, it looks too high . . .

NickD

[MikeJD 0]

Thanks, Nick. Looks cloudy too!

[NickDG 23]

You can see, from the smoke trail, where the shuttle begins its roll program and that's at about 12 seconds after liftoff. So someone should be able to figure out what that altitude is (where the roll begins) and then do some eyeball extrapolating!

NickD

[CSpenceFLY 1]

So hop to it.

[topdocker 0]

May be a rocket launch from the West Coast, that would wxplain the launch in the "industrial haze" and the small rocket....

Lompoc? skydive Santa Barbara.? They do 18K for tandems as well.

Although, if some tandem camera took the shot, he/she would have their name plastered all over it.

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Jump more, post less!

[ridestrong 1]

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Thanks, Nick. Looks cloudy too!

Unless there is a window we can't see, that is complete overcast and they flew above the cieling. If in the US against USPA/FAA regulations. (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong). Just makes me wonder if it's real where it is.

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[diablopilot 2]

The photo is of me and a US Airforce Airman over the DZ at Lompoc, CA looking towards the launch of a Delta II launch vehicle from SLC-2W at Vandenburg AFB. The Photog is Mauro Ravanelli.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_2

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[skyrider 0]

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May be a rocket launch from the West Coast, that would wxplain the launch in the "industrial haze" and the small rocket....

Lompoc? skydive Santa Barbara.? They do 18K for tandems as well.

Although, if some tandem camera took the shot, he/she would have their name plastered all over it.

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not the young Upstarts, they haven't learn that their art is worth soemthing,,,I gave away plenty when I started!

[diablopilot 2]

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Although, if some tandem camera took the shot, he/she would have their name plastered all over it.

One would assume that these days , however this photog is one of the most un assuming people I've ever met, and the photo belongs to the Tandem Passenger who is the one that submitted it.

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Unless there is a window we can't see, that is complete overcast and they flew above the cieling. If in the US against USPA/FAA regulations. (I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong). Just makes me wonder if it's real where it is.

The DZ is about 8 miles from SLC-2 and the marine layer (1100 AGL) ended about 5-6 miles from the DZ. SLC-2W is less than 1/4 mile from the coast. Jump was about 2 years ago.

Even though this jump was done over clear skies, as an exercise tell me where is says that it is against regulations to fly over clouds.

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not the young Upstarts, they haven't learn that their art is worth soemthing,,,I gave away plenty when I started!

And not some of the old dogs.... Mauro is well over 13,000 jumps. And the rights to most tandem shots in this country have either been given to or are shared with the purchaser of the tandem video.

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[skyrider 0]

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Although, if some tandem camera took the shot, he/she would have their name plastered all over it.

You'd think so, however this photog is one of the most un assuming people I've ever met, and the photo belongs to the Tandem Passenger who is the one that submitted it.

see, told ya!

[skyrider 0]

BUT, it is part of the business, you shoot students, you have sign away your rights to those pictures, the student and the scholl own them too!

[The_Don 0]

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The photo is of me and a US Airforce Airman over the DZ at Lompoc, CA looking towards the launch of a Delta II launch vehicle from SLC-2W at Vandenburg AFB. The Photog is Mauro Ravanelli.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandenberg_AFB_Space_Launch_Complex_2

Cool! Thanks for the reply.

I am NOT being loud.
I'm being enthusiastic!

[diablopilot 2]

http://www.spacearchive.info/vafbsked.htm
http://spaceflightnow.com/tracking/index.html

If you ever find yourself in CA and can see a launch, they are pretty amazing. I can't in good conscious recommend the DZ but even from the ground they are amazing. More so in fact as you can hear/feel them. The 3am launches will have you on your feet looking out a window from a rem sleep before you you can even remember what your name is.

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[kj126 0]

Titusville Fl. kept trying to make it down for a rocket launch jump, but it was always scrubbed when I went.

I Am Sofa King We Todd Did!!

[Andy9o8 2]

Doesn't look like you.

[diablopilot 2]

I didn't do my hair or make up that day.

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[gearless_chris 1]

Even though this jump was done over clear skies, as an exercise tell me where is says that it is against regulations to fly over clouds.
It's not, you just pull above them and fly to the edge. You can just see the edge of that cloud cover in the bottom right corner, I believe you when you say it was legal.

"If it wasn't easy stupid people couldn't do it", Duane.

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