 GeekGirl1Premium
join:2007-01-28
Morrisville, PA
kudos:2 | reply to Gemologist
Re: [No Edit] Cell Phone Pictures?! I took my HTC Inspire 4G with me on a trip to Portland OR. On the flight in, we passed south of Mount St. Helens. I didn't realize until later that the weather (air temperature, humidity, etc.) was causing a thermal distortion across the wing. Very cool  .
Images are unedited, but scaled down from 3264 x 2448 for the forum (I wanted max resolution for the trip... you never know). This shows the distortion along the wing:
Now, Mount St. Helens:
The short horizontal rods across the right wing edges are for draining static electricity off the fuselage, which helps when flying in clouds that could produce thunderstorms.
Note how the ripples have changed between shots. A shot I took a few minutes earlier didn't have them. Luck trumps planning.
I also got a very nice movie of the takeoff. I set it to Airplane mode (disables transmissions that could interfere with the plane) and "stowed" my portable electronic device against the window.  |
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 Locutus65Why bother?Premium
join:2001-05-24
Houston, TX
kudos:2 | Very cool shots! Would love to see the takeoff video too. |
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GeekGirl1Premium
join:2007-01-28
Morrisville, PA
kudos:2 | said by Locutus65:Very cool shots! Would love to see the takeoff video too.
Thanks, but it's a 300 MB file (.3gp, over 10 minutes) which is a lot of space. It needs some serious editing, as only a few minutes are really worth viewing. It's got a great "impress your friends" factor, though. |
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| said by GeekGirl1:Thanks, but it's a 300 MB file (.3gp, over 10 minutes) which is a lot of space. It needs some serious editing, as only a few minutes are really worth viewing. It's got a great "impress your friends" factor, though.
Well get editing then.
I took about 1 hour of a flight I took with a friend. It was my first single engine prop plane flight... second flight of any kind. I know what you mean by only a short amount of "worth viewing" footage.
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