Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)

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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:26:29 -0700 (PDT)
From: C. Sibley <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)

Hey everyone, the "mystery streamers" have been confirmed to be a street light.  I asked the guy who e-mailed me the picture if I could see all of the others.  There is another picture with a very similar trail that is clearly a street light.

I'm sorry that I wasted the bandwidth of the list with such a trival pursuit.  I feel like an idiot :-P

Curt.


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Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 5:56:16 AM
Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)


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Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 06:54:35 -0600
From: Gomez Addams <gomezaddams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)


On Aug 21, 2007, at 6:19 AM, Tesla list wrote:

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> Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:03:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: C. Sibley <a37chevy@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: Tesla list <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: Mysterious Streamers (fwd)
>
> The exposure was set to 1 second.  It is very possibly a street  
> light.  I'll have to go outside and take a look but there is a  
> light in that general direction.  Still seems strange since the  
> coil itself is so clear in the picture - as though the camera  
> didn't move...

That's the flash.  The flash "on time" is at least an order of  
magnitude shorter than the shutter open time.  Here's the EXIF data  
from the photo:

File Name:            oddstreamers.JPG
File Size:                73,684 Bytes
File Type:                JPEG
Exif Byte Order:        Little Endian (Intel)
Manufacturer:            NIKON CORPORATION
Model number:            NIKON D70
Image orientation:        Top, left
Resolution (width):        300 pixels per inch
Resolution (height):        300 pixels per inch
Software used:            Ver.2.00
File date and time:        2007:08:18 06:40:13
Y and C positioning:        Co-sited
Custom rendered:        Normal process
Exposure mode:        Auto exposure
White balance:            Auto white balance
Digital zoom ratio:        1.0
35mm film focal length:    105 mm
Scene capture type:        Standard
Gain control:            None
Contrast:                Normal
Saturation:            Normal
Sharpness:            Soft
Subject distance range:    unknown
Exposure time:            1.0000 seconds
f number:                4.5
Exposure program:        Not defined
Exif version:            0221
Date time of image:        2007:08:18 06:40:13
Date time digitized:        2007:08:18 06:40:13
Component config:        YCbCr
Compression:            4.0 bits per pixel
Exposure bias:            0.0 stops
Maximum lens aperture:    f/4.4
Metering mode:        Pattern
Light source:            unknown
Flash:                Flash fired, auto mode, return light detected
Lens focal length:        70.0 mm
Date time subseconds:    
Original subseconds:    
Digitized subseconds:    
FlashPix version:        0100
Color space:            Standard RGB
Image width:            1024
Image height:            681
Sensing method:        One-chip color area sensor
Scene type:            Directly photographed image


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