During a recent dark evening I managed to capture the light trails of a passing car.If you look carefully (enlarge thr pic) the southern cross contellation is visible

Another nice one.

Depp Posted at 2-5 06:02
Another nice one.

Thanks Depp

Very cool picture, and you did a nice job in both capturing the constellation and the car light trails

Great picture

Nice light trail.  I'm not a star-gazer, but the constellation does show up well.

Very cool Droffarc,  I do like a good trail like that.  

Impressive light trail and great capture of the constellation:  

HGDC84 Posted at 2-5 14:02
Very cool picture, and you did a nice job in both capturing the constellation and the car light trails

Thanks, even if I cannot spell, and don't check

Blériot53 Posted at 2-5 23:44
Nice light trail.  I'm not a star-gazer, but the constellation does show up well.

I don't know if you will ever see the southern cross from your neck of the woods.

DAFlys Posted at 2-6 00:32
Very cool Droffarc,  I do like a good trail like that.

Thank you Dave

Droffarc Posted at 2-6 11:49
I don't know if you will ever see the southern cross from your neck of the woods.

No it's not possible. I doubt you'd ever see the Pole Star (Northern star) from where you are either.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-6 11:52
No it's not possible. I doubt you'd ever see the Pole Star (Northern star) from where you are either.

Is Trooo yis! Even if I stand upside down, with my legs in the air on velvet green.
I was as a child always puzzled by the reference to the big dipper etc. till I realised I was on the other end of the world.
In summer (as now) we get the southern cross and in winter we get Orion and the belt. The belt usually almost horisontal but I clearly remember one morning before dawn while wild camping that I saw the belt in a vertical configuration due of course to the rotation of the earth.

Droffarc Posted at 2-6 12:02
Is Trooo yis! Even if I stand upside down, with my legs in the air on velvet green.
I was as a child always puzzled by the reference to the big dipper etc. till I realised I was on the other end of the world.
In summer (as now) we get the southern cross and in winter we get Orion and the belt. The belt usually almost horisontal but I clearly remember one morning before dawn while wild camping that I saw the belt in a vertical configuration due of course to the rotation of the earth.

Mrs.B is more interested in the constellations than me.
But when we lived in France, there was so little light pollution where we were, on clear nights it was fascinating to sit out in the garden and watch for shooting stars, and occasionally the ISS sailing over.
The Milky Way was clearly discernible.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-6 12:14
Mrs.B is more interested in the constellations than me.
But when we lived in France, there was so little light pollution where we were, on clear nights it was fascinating to sit out in the garden and watch for shooting stars, and occasionally the ISS sailing over.
The Milky Way was clearly discernible.

I remember as a child lying on the lawn at night watching for Sputnik to go over  

Droffarc Posted at 2-6 11:49
Thank you Dave

You're very welcome.

Droffarc Posted at 2-6 22:44
I remember as a child lying on the lawn at night watching for Sputnik to go over

We didn't have a lawn back then
No TV either, so had to hear about it on the radio.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-7 00:14
We didn't have a lawn back then
No TV either, so had to hear about it on the radio.

Had no TV either, still don't. Our lawn no gets locked up after 9pm. Amazing the retro -
back then only poor people had horses, nowadays only rich people have horses.

Droffarc Posted at 2-7 01:58
Had no TV either, still don't. Our lawn no gets locked up after 9pm. Amazing the retro -
back then only poor people had horses, nowadays only rich people have horses.

Oysters were the same. Most shellfish infact. Nowadays they are considered a delicacy.  Very shelfish

Blériot53 Posted at 2-7 06:50
Oysters were the same. Most shellfish infact. Nowadays they are considered a delicacy.  Very shelfish

Shelfish indeed!
Actually seafood and pizza used to be affordable but now! Cannot even afford sardines during the sardine run to put on a pizza.

Droffarc Posted at 2-7 06:56
Shelfish indeed!
Actually seafood and pizza used to be affordable but now! Cannot even afford sardines during the sardine run to put on a pizza.

I'm partial to a nice horse steak but can't get any inUK

Blériot53 Posted at 2-7 07:10
I'm partial to a nice horse steak but can't get any inUK

Not for me thanks, I can't even abide a horse voice.  

Droffarc Posted at 2-7 07:26
Not for me thanks, I can't even abide a horse voice.

It's very lean meat, much less fat than beef.

Droffarc Posted at 2-6 11:48
Thanks, even if I cannot spell, and don't check

Well, accidents happen sometimes, nobody is perfect. And I don't think that is even a terribly bad spelling error.

I know a couple that are way worse.

One was advertising free sample products in Finland. There was an error, where a small but significant error in spelling completely changed the impression of the offer. What it was supposed to say was "Ilmainen näyte" ("Free sample"), however the letters I and L had accidentally switched places in misspelling, causing the end result to be "Limainen näyte" ("Slimy sample"). Not exactly the mental image you want to give your customers, eh?

Another one I encountered myself, as I was a patient in a hospital once. I was resting on my bed when one of the nurses told me to take a small walk around the inpatient ward, so my recovery would speed up a little. At the time, the ward was so full of patients, even the daytime hall reserved for meetings of patients and their relatives was reserved as a patient bedroom. As I walked toward the hall, I saw another nurse putting a sign on the hall door. She probably meant to write " Potilaskäytössä" ("In patient use"), but had written the words separately, causing the end result to be " Potilas käytössä" (" Patient in use"). I asked her who was the patient in use, and how are they using them. She didn't seem to like my question, and later on the same day, I noticed the typo had been fixed. I guess she got peeved enough to fix that.

Blériot53 Posted at 2-7 07:56
It's very lean meat, much less fat than beef.

I believe you if you say so.

HGDC84 Posted at 2-7 09:23
Well, accidents happen sometimes, nobody is perfect. And I don't think that is even a terribly bad spelling error.

I know a couple that are way worse.

Yes language can be fun
I love the slimey sample  

Droffarc Posted at 2-7 09:54
Yes language can be fun
I love the slimey sample

Indeed, and the sample case certainly made me crack up as well the first time I read about it

Nice shot. I like the colors!

Cool shot

A J Posted at 8-17 00:27
Cool shot

Thank you A J

Droffarc Posted at 9-25 10:20
Thank you A J

You're welcome

Nice picture.

Winkiel82 Posted at 10-13 04:39
Nice picture.

Thank you Winkiel

Droffarc Posted at 11-5 09:13
Thank you Winkiel

My pleasure.