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"That crater is 100 years old..."
"That crater is 100 years old..."
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Challenge: 100 Years Old II (Advanced Editing VII*)
Camera: Samsung ES10
Location: Pretoria, South Africa
Date: Jan 12, 2011
Aperture: f/3.7
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/180s
Galleries: Astrophotography
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2011

 Took this while it was still a bit light. Editing was a bit of curves and color correction and USM for just that little bit of extra sharpness.

The camera has a small lens, so the light projected from the eyepiece of my telescope fills the lens of the camera, and I am able to take photos like this.

I suppose everything in the universe is the same age, since energy can neither be created nor destroyed and mass and energy are exchangeable. I guess, then, that the moon will be suitable (and besides, after I had the idea to take the moon, I saw 2 moon shots in the previous 100YO challenge).

Statistics
Place: 12 out of 141
Avg (all users): 6.3041
Avg (commenters): 6.4615
Avg (participants): 6.0299
Avg (non-participants): 6.4488
Views since voting: 2123
Views during voting: 347
Votes: 194
Comments: 18
Favorites: 3 (view)

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 01/28/2011 05:11:33 AM
Great experiment!! congrats
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2011 10:00:25 AM
That is amazing image quaility for a point & shoot through a telescope eyepiece. very impressive.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2011 08:47:11 AM
Beautiful photo! One of my favorites!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/26/2011 01:19:26 AM
Thanks for the comments!

I'm glad to have scored so high! It's a bit higher than I expected.

For those who thought it doesn't really fit the challenge, the challenge says something that is at least 100 years old. :-) I guess 4.53 billion years old is at least 100 years old.

About the title, it's just a bit of fun rather than a boring title like "Wrinkles of age" or something. Imagine you're looking through a telescope and you tell someone something about a crater - there are so many it's just impossible to point one out!
 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/25/2011 12:09:29 PM
Which crater is only 100 years old? Good photo, but there's not much which is 100 years old. While you are right the entire moon is more than 100 years old, the moon is approximately 4.5 billion years old.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2011 03:33:11 PM
Phenomenal astrophotography. Did you use a telescope for this shot. Incredible detail, although a bit of a stretch for the challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/23/2011 08:59:28 AM
Excellent details.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2011 05:27:16 PM
Wow! Really great shot
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/22/2011 07:47:07 AM
Nice shot with great clarity. I actually think the title lets it down a bit. Of course, I don't vote on the title...
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/21/2011 12:51:48 PM
and some !!!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2011 05:17:09 PM
What a shot. Incredible detail. Nice.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/20/2011 12:06:44 AM
wow
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2011 06:39:59 PM
Great shot. 9
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2011 12:36:21 PM
This is so cool! Great detail!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2011 09:22:26 AM
Lovely detailed moon shot.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2011 02:03:12 AM
Nice astrophotography, but somewhat of a shoehorn.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 01/19/2011 01:48:41 AM
10
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 01/19/2011 12:22:08 AM
Very sharp! What lens?
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