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Up into the sky I fly
Photo by PeterThoeny
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Yesterday we joined a rocket launch event at a big Californian ranch called Snow Ranch, located in the Central Valley east of Stockton. The launch site is at a remote location – once you enter the ranch you drive for two miles on a dirt road. The event is organized by LUNAR, the biggest amateur rocket club in the USA, and probably in the world. At 01:00pm around 150 cars where on the scene, meaning there were between 400 and 500 people.
This photo was taken around 04:00pm when many people already left. Our cork rocket takes off; it is built entirely of wine corks, except for the wooden fins. It corkscrews on the way up to about 1000 feet on a G64-7 motor.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted the curves and color balance. I welcome and appreciate your critical feedback.
— © Peter Thoeny, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, Sony A7 II, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC3886_hdr1bal1i.jpg
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Have you tried: Travelling to South Africa?
Quick Durban KwaZulu-Natal Fact: Zulu Monarch – KwaZulu-Natal, as the name may suggest, is also the home to the Zulu monarch, King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu. Although not holding any direct political power, the Zulu king is provided a stipend by the government, and holds considerable sway over more traditionalist Zulu people in the province. To date, the Zulu king has thirteen wives. Traditionally, each year a ceremony is performed in which the king receives another wife. The current King has kept this ceremony, called the “Reed Dance”, but not chosen a wife, instead using the ceremony to promote abstinence until marriage, as a way of preserving Zulu culture and preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS.
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