Cool - Space Shots: Chris Hadfield Reveals Top Tips

Just watched this on sky news and thought I would share. Check out the speedy 2:59 in! I love photography and maybe don't go out enough with the camera but what would I give to take shots from 250 miles up!



Space Shots: Chris Hadfield Reveals Top Tips


In a four-minute video called Snapshots From Space, Chris Hadfield points out the ISS is in orbit 400km (250 miles) above the blue planet.
That being the case he says a camera with a powerful lens is absolutely essential.
The other key thing, he says, is to "focus, frame and fire!"
With the ISS travelling so quickly (8km or 5m per second), he informs viewers, you cannot afford to waste a single moment.
Cmdr Hadfield, who arrived at the station on December 21 last year, says one of the most striking spectacles on Earth is the Sahara Desert.
"Huge, barren, colourful rock ... no vegetation covering it up. You can see all the textures and varying shades of the world. The Sahara is beautiful," he says.
"We're coming up on it now " he adds, and proceeds to take a series of breathtaking snaps.
Cmdr Hadfield points out it is "lunchtime" on the Sahara and "the sun is shining right down, which means it is strong on the surface and it's good to get the detail".
Something he looks for he says is "edges and borders and changes", which the Sahara has in abundance.
The beauty of taking photos from space, he concludes, is that "if something is not here this time, tomorrow it might be ... or maybe next week or maybe a month from now.
"There's not a race to get a picture ... you can be patient"

I think Chris has to be hands down the coolest Astronaut since the Apollo program

Yeah pretty cool huh!

Of course he is, he's a Canuck after all. 😉

Seriously though, both he and his son (who works nearly full time managing Twitter and Facebook accounts for his father) have really done a really great job so far. In addition to running experiments and commanding the ISS, Chris has made a real effort to connect with people back here on earth and it has really been great to see the photos, videos, interviews etc. he has done since December. IMO this is something the space program needed in a big way - not everyone pays that much attention to the NASA channel after all....

Cheers, Al

hang on... there is a NASA Channel.... What number on the telebox is it??

Awesome Video of a water experiment on board ISS

http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap130424.html

Not sure where you are but on Rogers cable here in Canada, it's channel 254 for standard definition, and 579 for HD. Most of time the time it's like watching paint dry though....lots of footage of not much happening....

BTW that video showing the wringing out of the cloth was a question from a contest in Canadian schools run by the Canadian Space Agency. Students from across Canada would suggest experiments that could be done on the ISS and Cdr. Hadfield would perform the winner's experiment. This one was suggested by 2 grade 10 students from Nova Scotia. Like I said, he is doing a great job getting students involved in space, and hopefully inspiring the next generation of scientists.

Cheers, Al