Called LIDAR. Ranging by light. I have no experience of photographing a nuke… Dr Chris London http://www.chrissimages.co.uk From: owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jan Faul It’s all doen with mirrors. LAter there is a lot of smoke. On Aug 14, 2013, at 10:56 AM, jeffsaxman wrote: I recall Doc Francis posing the question to we in his class as to how it might be possible to photograph a nuclear explosion from just a few feet away. There were many guesses, but no answer was ever arrived at, nor provided by Doc. I finally have my answer and can sleep at night. Jeff Saxman On Aug 14, 2013, at 10:51 AM, Jan Faul wrote: Fifteen years ago or so I saw a contraption (I could not refer to it as a camera) at the NTS which EG&G's Harold Egerton had built to capture the first milliseconds of a nuclear explosion and it reportedly ran at a million frames per second for a few seconds. They would not discuss its technology, the shutter, or how the film got past the slit. PLus it was the size of a Toyota but even uglier than a Prius. I’m fairly certain taht the NTS is still trying to find a home for the most boring film ever taken - atom bomb ignition film. They reportedly have about a million feet of film and it is homeless (as it well should be). Jan On Aug 14, 2013, at 9:56 AM, Andrew Davidhazy wrote: I have seen this before. Nice talk by the way! I don't think this is exactly what it claims to be. The result is that but the procedure is possibly
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