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| In addition to enjoying astrophotography, we also enjoy taking pictures of interesting objects, wild life and activities. We also like to save interesting photos which have been taken by other people. This is a selection of these photographs. We hope you enjoy them. | |||
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A supersonic jet breaking the sound barrier in moist air |
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My favourite photo of the Shuttle as it over flies Houston on it's way to landing in Florida |
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A card signed by the crew of Apollo 11 - owned by a friend |
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One of my favourite photos, on the shores of Lake Livingstone, Texas |
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An incredible shot of an F-14 "buzzing" a carrier. Apparently the pilot was grounded for a month after this incident |
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Texas Cactus Flowers - Spring 2000 |
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A rare Mississippi Kite Hawk, photographed in Brazos Bend State Park on 2nd August, 2003 by Barbara Wilson |  |
This picture and the previous one were taken through our 16 inch telescope using Barbara's digital camera and eyepiece projection |
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Humming Bird, using 500mm lens from our patio in Houston |
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Another beautiful humming bird on our feeder |
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Dinosaur footprint in a river bed at Dinosaur Valley State Park, near Dallas, Texas |
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Air France Concorde in flames prior to crashing in Paris |
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The intricate work of a spider on a car wing mirror highlighted by frost on an icy morning in Bradwell, England |   |
Bradwell village, steaming in the light of the morning sun on that same frosty morning. This is the time of year when the sun peeps above the horizon for a few hours and then vanishes for a long, cold night |
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Alligator having eaten the poor
duck's mate - Brazos Bend State Park, Texas
An evening primrose, photographed by Dick Locke. See his gallery below |
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Venus at sunset, photographed by
NHAC member Dick Locke at the club's observing site.
Note the reflection of Venus in the lake |
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African sunset, in Zimbabwe, photographed by daughter, Abi |
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Abi riding in Zimbabwe. She's a natural horsewoman, but are different from polo ponies |
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The Victoria Falls - Africa. Taken Xmas 2000/2001 by Abi |
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The center of downtown Houston on the day of the 2001 flood |
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Interstate 10 in Houston, the day after the Great Flood of June 2001 |
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Highway 59 through the center
of the city, with water standing 15 feet deep
And the terrible mess left behind as they tried to clear the freeways - 3 days later |
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A supercell thunderstorm somewhere in the USA. These things spawn tornados and are frightening |  |
A series of photos, at 10 minute intervals, of the October 2005 annular solar eclipse, viewed from southern Spain |
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We are particularly fortunate to have in the North Houston Astronomy Club, members with special skills in photography. Here are some of the superb photographs taken by NHAC members, Dick Locke http://home.houston.rr.com/dtlocke and Dave and Noni Clark. |
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Tree outlined against the twilight horizon in Fort McKavett, Texas - Locke |
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Texas grasshopper - Locke |
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An amazing sunset in at Fort McKavett - at a recent star party - Locke |
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A Texas Bluebonnet - Locke
and Indian Paintbrush - Locke |
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The closer you get the better they look - Locke |
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Pretty yellow flowers - name, anyone? - Locke |
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Launch of shuttle mission # STS 100 - Clark |
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Quickly gathering speed, the vehicle makes a roll and then heads up towards space - Clark |
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All too soon the vehicle is miles away, climbing very rapidly now, and leaving behind an incredible wave of smoke and noise - Clark |
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Booster separation, taken through
a telescope - Clark
And the interesting, camel shaped cloud which was all that was left behind - Clark |
