IMAP -Start durch die Sonne

Pulling these off is pretty insane. Perfect weather, launch happens right on time, public locations available to shoot from, and the rocket doing what is predicted (with limited precise data available). With all of that, the morning of the launch everything aligned and the rocket went right through the center of the sun!

Something fun about this mission is that the IMAP satellite looks to study things like solar winds, connecting back to the sun that it transited on its way to an L1 orbit.

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Camera stats for camera nerds: Shot on the LUMIX S1RII with the 100-500mm. EXIF: 500mm, ISO 40, ƒ/40, 1/8000 sec, 6 stops of ND
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