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Moonbow at Yosemite Falls
#5422 06/23/10 03:18 PM
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Boffins predict a moonbow at Yosemite Falls late Friday night through early Saturday morning.
From the Fresno Bee.
Heads up for the photographers on this forum!.

Clicky link to the boffin page.

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Re: Moonbow at Yosemite Falls
wagga #5424 06/23/10 06:33 PM
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Blah damn! I will probably be there Friday night but I was planning to stay up the Tioga Road to visit Taft and Glacier Points in the morning, I was thinking of trying to do photos in the full moon on Glacier point though so maybe I will get lucky enough to see one from up there.

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RoguePhotonic #5425 06/23/10 06:44 PM
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As one who has appreciated your work, I would like to say this:

Moonbow - once a year, if that. Full Moon - at least 12 times a year. Hie thee to a good lookout, expose, & post here. And yes, I agree the reward is fuzzy feel-good, not paid in dollars.


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wagga #5428 06/23/10 08:31 PM
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It would seem that the moonbow is only visible at the lower falls and from the valley floor at places where the lower falls are visible.

Am I right on this? I'm really thinking about going up there and shooting some video. If I can't get the moonbow I'll shoot some video of Turlock from Half Dome.


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Mike Condron #5431 06/23/10 08:44 PM
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You can't see the moonbow from Turlock. PM Rogue & organize different views. For the better good of the community.


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wagga #5435 06/24/10 06:22 AM
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Lol we need photographers all over the place to get all angles!

I do know that you can see a moonbow on more than the lower falls as I have seen a picture of one from the upper falls taken from the valley floor.

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RoguePhotonic #5436 06/24/10 07:19 AM
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There is a picture posted on one of the photo links that looks like it's taken from the south side of the valley. It does show a moonbow on both the upper and lower falls.


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Mike Condron #5440 06/24/10 09:16 AM
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Here's a picture:


Found it here:
moonbow photograph by Robert Stavers on May 11, 2006
http://www.galleriehare.com/galleriehare/water_mountains.html#

which is listed on this (Texas State University) page.

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Steve C #5446 06/24/10 09:45 AM
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Here is a link to the thesis. Just cut & paste to your browser's address box. The file is named "fulltext.pdf".

ecommons.txstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1067&context=honorprog

Warning: It is a ~7Mb pdf file which is downloaded. Not for dialup users. Contains math and a computer program.


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Re: Moonbow at Yosemite Falls
wagga #5461 06/24/10 08:04 PM
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Well judging by all that I think it will be impossible to see a moonbow from Glacier Point but at least I still can enjoy the full moon!

I want that moonbow shot with full star trails behind it!

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wagga #5582 06/28/10 11:26 PM
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Well made it up on Glacier Point Friday night or should I say Saturday morning at about 2am, played around with photography and came up with these: not the best but I like them.




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RoguePhotonic #5583 06/29/10 03:14 AM
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Wow! Awesome! More!


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wagga #5588 06/29/10 06:08 AM
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I only had one more shot of Yosemite Falls more zoomed in, the one with Half Dome is 154X 15 second exposures. crazy

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Here's a link:

Turlock from Sentinel Rock (area)

It's got a couple of pics from last Saturday night.


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Mike Condron #5643 06/30/10 03:12 PM
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wagga #5795 07/06/10 07:48 PM
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I have seen a moonbow while traveling across the desert at night. It seemed the clouds with silver limings on a full moon night was the catalyst for the "bow". Even though it has been 30 years, I still smile every time I think about. The light was more of a luminous effect when viewed with the naked eye - the camera eye must bring out the brightness of the colors.

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RoguePhotonic #5857 07/08/10 09:14 AM
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RP,

If those "aren't the best", then I'd be in awe of any that are!
These are amazing! My wife is a photographer too, and she's always obsessing self-critically over small details and nuances in photos that no one other than her or other photographers will ever notice.

Did I say your pictures are amazing?

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wagga #5864 07/08/10 06:06 PM
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Well glad you enjoy them, after all the primary reason I take pictures is for others to enjoy.


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