Late Afternoon Rainbow
February 23, 2009 at 3:30 PM from JPL's Table Mountain Observatory
A brief and bright rainbow appeared after a late afternoon rainstorm
This photograph was taken with a Canon 1Ds Mark III digital SLR
using a 24mm lens at f/8 for a 1/120 second exposure.
All photographs taken by James W. Young - W7FTT
(unless otherwise noted)
This page has links to astronomical photographs
taken by the author, as well
as fellow associates working at JPL's Table Mountain
Observatory. All
pictures have individual pages with full explanations
of the photographic processes,
as well as the particular circumstances surrounding
the events shown.
Nearly all pictures are in the public domain,
and therefore may be used for non-
commercial, non-profit personal use. Regardless,
credit all use by displaying the full
picture which includes the copyright owner and
photographer on each picture. You
may copy and then print for your own personal
display, or to show printed
copies at club/organizational meetings. Classroom
use is encouraged, and may
be distributed to students and/or used in classroom
projects.
However, none of the pictures may be used for
any form of Web Page
enhancement or backgrounds without the written
permission from W7FTT,
but, permission is granted to link to this page
from your own.
Many of the color planetary images shown here were some of the best
taken, starting
in the 1960's, as Table Mountain and other facilities attempted color
imaging for the
first time in astronomical history.
This photo gallery collection of interesting and unusual photographs
serves more as
an historical album of JPL's Table Mountain. During these early years,
no one could
have visualized what CCD's, as well as the Hubble Space Telescope,
can now image in
such detail, and with extremely short integrations (exposure times).
Photograph Pages
The Photographers - James W. Young/W7FTT and Karen A. Young/N6PJL
I have worked at Table Mountain since November, 1962. Mr. Charles F.
Capen, Jr.,
was the then resident astronomer. It was Mr. Capen that started the
extensive planetary
color photography. He retired from Table Mountain in 1970.
This new page is under construction, and will be changing from time
to time. I have the many
photographs listed under categories now, rather than just an open list!
Most of the pictures can
be viewed as single individual higher resolution frames suitable for
saving and/or printing. Not all
of the frames are that way, but anytime you find a colored border around
the page pictures, you
can click on the picture and see the higher resolution picture, without
the page details. If you wish
to save, print and/or distribute any copies of pictures found on this
site, you must print the entire
frame including the copyright owner and photographer already imbedded
onto the pictures.
NEW LINK to special German Web Site
I have added a special atmospheric phenomenon link from a site in
Germany. This is a
very good site to get additional information and numerous pictures
in a variety of
categories, listed in an index format. It is bilingual (German/English),
and I will be working
with them to help improve their English version. I highly recommend
this
link!
Check it out!!
Don't forget to come back to these pages, please.
Picture Categories
The Earth
Atmospheric Phenomenon