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Old 06-15-2006, 12:42 PM
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Cool PHOTOS FROM THE ROOF

Just want to share some sights from the roof. Ambient temp today, 108F.
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Old 06-15-2006, 12:48 PM
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Wow. Awesome pics. Thank you for the pics and your service.
Old 06-15-2006, 12:50 PM
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Man, talk about horsepower!!! I just love that you're out taking pics like this and later the same day posting them on rennlist!

Salute!
Old 06-15-2006, 01:21 PM
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Great shots, you're an excellent photographer...
Bruckheimer, eat your heart out, this looks like real action.
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fantastic pics! Thanks!
Old 06-15-2006, 01:33 PM
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Amazing shots. Terrific camera work! Thank you for sharing.
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In the bottom left shot, we can see the wing-tip vortices form and shed pretty clearly. What is the condensation from the fuselage? Is it a shock wave or something else? What's the speed of the plane and what camera did you use to get the shot?
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WOW! No that's the real deal. Thanks for the photos.
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Those pictures are no joke, great work!!
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Goddamnit I can't get that Top Gun song out of my head now.

"Highway to the danger zone, gonna take you right in to the danger zone!"
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VERY great pictures. It's not everyday you get to see images like that. By 'you' I mean 'WE', of course, since you obviously DO get to see that everyday.
Thank you so much for taking & posting.
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^^^whatever they said, good stuff Mike.
Old 06-15-2006, 04:43 PM
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Cool FEW MORE SHOTS

Thanks for the kind words. But, as much as I would like to have the thunder, most of those are not my shots. They're taken by our photographer's mates and get posted on our "Photo of the Day" board.

Thats condensation coming off from the F18 making a hard turn.

Cameras used are is NIKON D2X
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Old 06-15-2006, 04:50 PM
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WOW!!!!!! I would LOVE the opportunity to photograph operations on a carrier.....Awesome.....
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In my Arktik Silver 00 C2 I have a CD that includes the opening music to Top Gun (where they show planes launching off the carrier) followed by Danger Zone.

There's nothing like playing that opening song on your way to the highway and playing Danger Zone as you enter the highway, now staying at or under 65, thats something else.


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