I need a better camera. Tonight you can see separate lights in Watertown as well as the bright lights of Oswego as well as another shore town. Last New Years we could see the glow of Rochester far to the south east. My no zoom 3.1 pixel is defeated by this phenomenon. All I can give you is this:
Click on the pic for a bigger scene. The bright orange to the left of the red lights at center is Watertown NY 25+1+6+4 miles away. Even in this coarse photo you can see width and have a sense of the separate lights to be seen. The dim dim orange to the left of that is a road heading towards Watertown which I have never seen before from here. It is all crystal clear tonight to the naked eye.
Comments
Arthur - December 17, 2004 11:27 PM
Try using a tripod for these kind of night pictures, Alan.
Alan - December 18, 2004 12:14 AM
I know but I have another trick first.
Alan - December 18, 2004 12:21 AM
<p><center><img src="images/2004e/watertown2.JPG" vspace="10"></center>Here is something a bit better but definitely a bit of a shake. Through the binoculars. I am going up again to try the tripod.
Alan - December 18, 2004 12:44 AM
Nope. I need the scope. Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnntttaaaaaaaaa!
Arthur - December 18, 2004 10:06 AM
Saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnntttaaaaaaaaa!
[I wonder if Santa has started a weblog]
Alan - December 18, 2004 10:41 AM
How do you know I am not Santa. portland is an elf. I am sure of that.
Alan - December 20, 2004 4:59 PM
This late afternoon from the top of the dome here at work you can see a horizon well past the Tug Hill plateau behind Watertown which I would guess to be nearish to Syracuse. To the left, just beyond in a little to the left of in-line with these two harbour martellos, you can see irrgularity in the horizon which I would think is the Adirondacks.<p>It is not a bit of a pet project to see if you can see White Face at Lake Placid from any high points in town here.