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 A high-power rocket lifts off with some weathercocking,
a deflection of its flight path by the wind while its at its slowest coming off the rail. A large high-power launch from the away pads
 Rocketeers line up at the Launch Control Officer's table after passing
Range Safety inspection, awaiting a pad assignment. Sometimes the rocket is gone before you snap the picture.
 an afternoon dust storm temporarily shuts down the launch
 BLM staffers Laura and Joey while off-duty bring their kids' rockets up
for launch. After test-fitting a rocket on the rail at the away pads, a rocketeer
brings his rocket back to prep it for launch. Afternoon heat causes air to rise, leaving dust devils whirling
in the lower pressure below. Parents accompany their kids in search of rockets blown farther than
expected by the wind. A boy picks up his model rocket from the range near the high-power pads.
 the Aeronaut flight line facing east
 people in camp and on the walkway behind the line
 an afternoon dust devil in the distance
 the wind drags a rocket along the ground
 the owner of the wind-dragged rocket catches up with it and recovers it
 We have to pick up all pieces and scraps off the ground.
This appears to be remains of a carbon-fiber body tube that was in a motor overpressurization mishap. dusk at Black Rock
 dusk at Black Rock
 a rocket on the pad ready for the night launch
 Two model rockets "drag race" (launch at the same time).
I offered to do this because the rocket builders are brothers. A high power launch from Pad 11.
This looks like one of Jim Green's sparky motors. two rockets wait for launch
 a high-power night launch with a redline motor
 a high-power night launch
 a high-power night launch with a redline motor
 a high power night launch with a redline motor, plus interference from
someone walking in front of the camera during the long exposure with another lit-up rocket just after the launch. a model rocket launch
 a high-power launch with a redline motor
 a high-power launch with one of Jim Green's sparky motors
 a model rocket launch
 a model rocket launch
 a model rocket launch
 a model rocket launch
 a model rocket launch
 a model rocket launch
 a high-power launch with a redline motor
 a model rocket launch
 a model rocket launch
 The grand finale - a static test firing of one of Jim Green's sparky motors.
While the long exposure captures all the light and sparks, it actually happened in a controlled fashion for a number of seconds within the 15-second exposure. |
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