OT - Derek, if video is fair dinkum

[bassman2]

one more reason to love your beautiful country

http://player.vimeo.com/video/58385453?autoplay=1

Kia ora

[Derek Tearne]

bassman2 <vince_an...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> one more reason to love your beautiful country

That is quite an extraodinary piece of video.

To be fair though, you can get the same experience anywhere in the
southern hemisphere (the moon looks different in the northern), if you
have a long enough lens, take months to prepare scoping out the right
location and times to be ready, and have a suitable hill in the distance
that people sometimes hang out on, and the good fortune to have a clear
night on the one day a year when the full moon rises in that exact place
- actually I'm not sure it even happens that often.

--- Derek

--
Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz
Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealand http://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
d'Groove: 12 piece party/covers band http://www.dGroove.co.nz/

[bassman2]

On May 15, 1:31 pm, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:

> bassman2 <vince_angelon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > one more reason to love your beautiful country
>
> That is quite an extraodinary piece of video.
>
> To be fair though, you can get the same experience anywhere in the
> southern hemisphere (the moon looks different in the northern), if you
> have a long enough lens, take months to prepare scoping out the right
> location and times to be ready, and have a suitable hill in the distance
> that people sometimes hang out on, and the good fortune to have a clear
> night on the one day a year when the full moon rises in that exact place
> - actually I'm not sure it even happens that often.
>
> --- Derek
>
> --
> Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz

> Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealandhttp://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/

> d'Groove: 12 piece party/covers bandhttp://www.dGroove.co.nz/

Can't we just enjoy the magic? :-)))

[Derek Tearne]

bassman2 <vince_an...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> On May 15, 1:31 pm, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
> > bassman2 <vince_angelon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > one more reason to love your beautiful country
> >
> > That is quite an extraodinary piece of video.
> >
> > To be fair though, you can get the same experience anywhere in the
> > southern hemisphere (the moon looks different in the northern), if you
> > have a long enough lens, take months to prepare scoping out the right
> > location and times to be ready, and have a suitable hill in the distance
> > that people sometimes hang out on, and the good fortune to have a clear
> > night on the one day a year when the full moon rises in that exact place
> > - actually I'm not sure it even happens that often.

> Can't we just enjoy the magic? :-)))

Well, if you saw the large collection of photographs of the moon,
eclipses, comets and the like that I have taken, you'd realise that, no,
we can't just enjoy the magic, we're far to much in awe of the
incredible (although not magical) time, effort and skill involved in
taking that shot. One day I'd like to feel the same kind of excitement
that guy felt as he saw i all coming together.

Here are some more pictures of the moon, doing nothing as spectacular as
it did in his clip.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/sets/72157622986432063/

And some flying insects for no particular reason:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/8690635907/in/photostream
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/8599515198/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/8623327916/in/photostream/

--- Derek

--
Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz

Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealand http://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/

[Pt]

On May 15, 6:58 am, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
> bassman2 <vince_angelon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On May 15, 1:31 pm, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
> > > bassman2 <vince_angelon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > one more reason to love your beautiful country
>
> > > That is quite an extraodinary piece of video.
>
> > > To be fair though, you can get the same experience anywhere in the
> > > southern hemisphere (the moon looks different in the northern), if you
> > > have a long enough lens, take months to prepare scoping out the right
> > > location and times to be ready, and have a suitable hill in the distance
> > > that people sometimes hang out on, and the good fortune to have a clear
> > > night on the one day a year when the full moon rises in that exact place
> > > - actually I'm not sure it even happens that often.
> > Can't we just enjoy the magic? :-)))
>
> Well, if you saw the large collection of photographs of the moon,
> eclipses, comets and the like that I have taken, you'd realise that, no,
> we can't just enjoy the magic, we're far to much in awe of the
> incredible (although not magical) time, effort and skill involved in
> taking that shot.  One day I'd like to feel the same kind of excitement
> that guy felt as he saw i all coming together.
>
> Here are some more pictures of the moon, doing nothing as spectacular as
> it did in his clip.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/sets/72157622986432063/
>

> And some flying insects for no particular reason:http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/8690635907/in/photostreamhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/8599515198/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/8623327916/in/photostream/

>
> --- Derek
>
> --
> Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz

> Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealandhttp://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/

> d'Groove: 12 piece party/covers bandhttp://www.dGroove.co.nz/

Picture od MOON.

http://mooonmeee.tumblr.com/submit

Pt

[BW]

On May 15, 9:58 am, Pt <pea...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On May 15, 6:58 am, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> > bassman2 <vince_angelon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > On May 15, 1:31 pm, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
> > > > bassman2 <vince_angelon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > > one more reason to love your beautiful country
>
> > > > That is quite an extraodinary piece of video.
>
> > > > To be fair though, you can get the same experience anywhere in the
> > > > southern hemisphere (the moon looks different in the northern), if you
> > > > have a long enough lens, take months to prepare scoping out the right
> > > > location and times to be ready, and have a suitable hill in the distance
> > > > that people sometimes hang out on, and the good fortune to have a clear
> > > > night on the one day a year when the full moon rises in that exact place
> > > > - actually I'm not sure it even happens that often.
> > > Can't we just enjoy the magic? :-)))
>
> > Well, if you saw the large collection of photographs of the moon,
> > eclipses, comets and the like that I have taken, you'd realise that, no,
> > we can't just enjoy the magic, we're far to much in awe of the
> > incredible (although not magical) time, effort and skill involved in
> > taking that shot.  One day I'd like to feel the same kind of excitement
> > that guy felt as he saw i all coming together.
>
> > Here are some more pictures of the moon, doing nothing as spectacular as
> > it did in his clip.
>
> >http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/sets/72157622986432063/
>

> > And some flying insects for no particular reason:http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/8690635907/in/photostreamhttp:/...

>
> > --- Derek
>
> > --
> > Derek Tearne - de...@url.co.nz
> > Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealandhttp://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
> > d'Groove: 12 piece party/covers bandhttp://www.dGroove.co.nz/
>
> Picture od MOON.
>
> http://mooonmeee.tumblr.com/submit
>
> Pt

Too much information.....

[Sam Wilson]

In article <1l2x45d.1ikwdo1fkerN%de...@url.co.nz>,

de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:

> bassman2 <vince_an...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > one more reason to love your beautiful country
>
> That is quite an extraodinary piece of video.
>
> To be fair though, you can get the same experience anywhere in the

> southern hemisphere (the moon looks different in the northern), ...

To be fair you can get the same experience in the northern hemisphere
except that Tycho is at the bottom rather than the top and the moon
rises from left to right.

Sam

--
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Scotland, with registration number SC005336.

[Derek Tearne]

Sam Wilson <Sam.W...@ed.ac.uk> wrote:

> In article <1l2x45d.1ikwdo1fkerN%de...@url.co.nz>,
> de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
>
> > bassman2 <vince_an...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > one more reason to love your beautiful country
> >
> > That is quite an extraodinary piece of video.
> >
> > To be fair though, you can get the same experience anywhere in the
> > southern hemisphere (the moon looks different in the northern), ...
>
> To be fair you can get the same experience in the northern hemisphere
> except that Tycho is at the bottom rather than the top and the moon
> rises from left to right.

Which is something most people aren't aware of. It can be quite amusing
to watch movie set in once hemisphere but filmed in another. The moon
is often wrong, sunset and sunrise timelapse shots go the wrong way.

Incredibly Tolkein's middle earth is firmly in the southern hemisphere -
who would have guessed?

And then there are the three moons in the original 'Stargate' movie -
I'm not sure whether to lauch or cry about those...

[Les Cargill]

Derek Tearne wrote:
> Sam Wilson <Sam.W...@ed.ac.uk> wrote:
>
>> In article <1l2x45d.1ikwdo1fkerN%de...@url.co.nz>,
>> de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
>>
>>> bassman2 <vince_an...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> one more reason to love your beautiful country
>>>
>>> That is quite an extraodinary piece of video.
>>>
>>> To be fair though, you can get the same experience anywhere in the
>>> southern hemisphere (the moon looks different in the northern), ...
>>
>> To be fair you can get the same experience in the northern hemisphere
>> except that Tycho is at the bottom rather than the top and the moon
>> rises from left to right.
>
> Which is something most people aren't aware of. It can be quite amusing
> to watch movie set in once hemisphere but filmed in another. The moon
> is often wrong, sunset and sunrise timelapse shots go the wrong way.
>

My favorite think like that is at the end of "The Green Berets", where
they walk off into the evening sunset...

> Incredibly Tolkein's middle earth is firmly in the southern hemisphere -
> who would have guessed?
>
> And then there are the three moons in the original 'Stargate' movie -
> I'm not sure whether to lauch or cry about those...
>

Can you imagine what a horror the tides would be with three moons?

> --- Derek
>
>
>

--
Les Cargill

[Derek Tearne]

Les Cargill <lcarg...@comcast.com> wrote:

> Derek Tearne wrote:

> > And then there are the three moons in the original 'Stargate' movie -
> > I'm not sure whether to lauch or cry about those...
> >
>
> Can you imagine what a horror the tides would be with three moons?

Probably a paradise for surfers.

[bassman2]

On May 16, 9:31 am, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:

> Sam Wilson <Sam.Wil...@ed.ac.uk> wrote:
> > In article <1l2x45d.1ikwdo1fkerN%de...@url.co.nz>,
> >  de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
>

> > > bassman2 <vince_angelon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > one more reason to love your beautiful country
>
> > > That is quite an extraodinary piece of video.
>
> > > To be fair though, you can get the same experience anywhere in the
> > > southern hemisphere (the moon looks different in the northern), ...
>
> > To be fair you can get the same experience in the northern hemisphere
> > except that Tycho is at the bottom rather than the top and the moon
> > rises from left to right.
>
> Which is something most people aren't aware of.  It can be quite amusing
> to watch movie set in once hemisphere but filmed in another.  The moon
> is often wrong, sunset and sunrise timelapse shots go the wrong way.

Reminds of how the water runs down the sink too, down our way, Derek..

[bassman2]

On May 15, 9:58 pm, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
> bassman2 <vince_angelon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On May 15, 1:31 pm, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:
> > > bassman2 <vince_angelon...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > > > one more reason to love your beautiful country
>
> > > That is quite an extraodinary piece of video.
>
> > > To be fair though, you can get the same experience anywhere in the
> > > southern hemisphere (the moon looks different in the northern), if you
> > > have a long enough lens, take months to prepare scoping out the right
> > > location and times to be ready, and have a suitable hill in the distance
> > > that people sometimes hang out on, and the good fortune to have a clear
> > > night on the one day a year when the full moon rises in that exact place
> > > - actually I'm not sure it even happens that often.
> > Can't we just enjoy the magic? :-)))
>
> Well, if you saw the large collection of photographs of the moon,
> eclipses, comets and the like that I have taken, you'd realise that, no,
> we can't just enjoy the magic, we're far to much in awe of the
> incredible (although not magical) time, effort and skill involved in
> taking that shot.  One day I'd like to feel the same kind of excitement
> that guy felt as he saw i all coming together.
>
> Here are some more pictures of the moon, doing nothing as spectacular as
> it did in his clip.
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/sets/72157622986432063/
>
> And some flying insects for no particular reason:http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/8690635907/in/photostreamhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/8599515198/in/photostream/http://www.flickr.com/photos/drtearne/8623327916/in/photostream/
>

Wow, they are really good, Derek - man of many talents, I see..

[Derek Tearne]

> Wow, they are really good, Derek - man of many talents, I see..

Thanks. I'm particularly pleased with the flying bees and butterflies -
they are particularly difficult to photograph - and the monarch
butterflies look totally different to how you'd expect from watching
them fly past - they tend to look like they are flying upside down.

Of course the next step is to buy expensive lenses - so it's a toss up
between new lenses or new musical equipment...

[Derek Tearne]

The same way(s) it does anywhere else...

It's a bit of an urban legend that water goes down the sink/toilet 'the
other way' in our hemisphere. Basically no one pays much attention to
which way the toilet drains until they are told it is going the 'other
way' - at which point they go "Hey, that's amazing!" and intend to check
again when they get home, by which time they've forgotten which way it
went in the other hemisphere.

However, if one tries out half a dozen different sinks and toilets - and
you may not even have to leave the house to do this - you'll see that
it's pretty much random, or more to do with which tap was used to fill
the bowl (for sinks).

Big storm systems do rotate the other way in our hemisphere - and if you
had a sink the size of a large lake with a *huge* plug hole it would run
down the other way to a similar oversized sink.

But things the size of sinks. Too small and local effects (like the
swirl from the water going in) take precedence.

There is a trick you can do at the equator, involving buckets - stand on
the equator, with a bucket (with plug), turn to the southern hemisphere,
the water will swirl out one way, turn to the northern it swirls the
other way - I think this was in one of Michael Palin's travel series.

It's all to do with the swirl imparted by the turning.

Unfortunately I was unaware of this when I crossed the equator[1]
otherwise I could have done some fun experiments.

--- Derek

[1] over land - I've crossed the equator several times in planes, but
they frown on experiments involving buckets of water in flight.

[bassman2]

On May 16, 10:14 am, de...@url.co.nz (Derek Tearne) wrote:

> Vitamin S: improvisation from New Zealandhttp://www.vitamin-s.co.nz/
> d'Groove: 12 piece party/covers bandhttp://www.dGroove.co.nz/- Hide quoted text -
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http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=can-somebody-finally-sett
This must be the way scientists have fun..?

[Steve Freides]

Nice - no one has mentioned the music, but I enjoyed that here, too.

-S-