Great Motivational photo

[Dave S]

Folks,

Found this one on the web today.....Kitfox attended the High Sierra Fly in back in October 2016.....Out on Dead Cow dry lake bed there is next to no light pollution so the Airplanes are cleverly backgrounded by the stars and Milky way:)

[jrevens]

Beautiful! There are many in this world who have never seen truly dark skies. Being an astronomy "buff", it's something I care about. Thanks Dave!

[Floog]

I live in a small desert community in central Washington: the middle of nowhere. Yet, even here where the bogey man count is low, the fear factor is high. The night sky is washed out by mercury vapor lights and such. That photo is beautiful! Nice to know there are still places to observe the night sky as it was meant to be seen: unobstructed from horizon to horizon!

[Tom Waid]

Great photo! A rare sight on dry land. My experience seeing the the night sky in its full glory was at sea in a small boat, hundreds of miles from land.

[Cherrybark]

Same here Tom. Broad reaching far offshore, billions and billions of stars, phosphorescent in the wake, and the only artificial light the tri-color at the top of the mast. Then the moon rises and paints a silver path across the water. Wife, young daughter and I were the only crew so there were hours of solo time for introspection over a cup of hot tea.

[rosslr]

Interesting how many yachties there are on this site. We too are ex yachties and that was my immediate reaction. We remember the nites in the middle of the ocean when the sky was amazing. I have also been lucky enough to spend 14mths in Antarctica at a very remote research station and experienced that plus. But it is still pretty common in central Australia.

cheers

r

[Av8r3400]

Okay. I'll bite. Can you tell us what a "Yachtie" is?

Is this a serious condition?
Did it require treatment at the hospital or just at the local tavern? :eek:

[SkySteve]

Did it require treatment at the hospital or just at the local tavern?
I'm thinking Rum was the cure?? ... or, perhaps the cause??

[Tom Waid]

Okay. I'll bite. Can you tell us what a "Yachtie" is?

Is this a serious condition?
Did it require treatment at the hospital or just at the local tavern? :eek:

A person who sails great oceans to exotic ports of call and repairs boats.

[Av8r3400]

Ahhhh.

"The owner of a great hole in the water, to which vast sums of money are poured."

:eek::cool::cool:

[mscotter]

Dave, please post link to that pic. I would LOVE to get full-size hi-res copy. That will make an excellent motivational print, desktop background, etc.

[Dave S]

Mark,

The photo has been distributed through several aviation newsletters. Thinking you might find it in General Aviation News Nov 17 or others; however........the public distribution was limited to a 370 KB size shot.....in order to get a higher resolution photo I believe you would need to contact the original photographer. I believe the original was taken by Trent Palmer at the 2016 High Sierra Fly-in. Might also check @ the fly-ins website.

[jdmcbean]

We can help with the pic in hi res.. It now has our Logo on it but that could be removed. It is approx an 8mb file so I cannot post it here.

[SS7Flyer]

Anybody on the West Coast should be at this fly-in. Best by far hands down.

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[efwd]

What fly in is that?

[efwd]

Sorry, went back in the thread. High Sierra.