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Have you ever wondered?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 8:14 pm
by MHD
What is used to create the radar rainfall images at
http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR493.loop.shtml
???

Well when in Yarrawonga you can check one out!
Image

d200+sigma10-200...

hard to expose... Even harder when dodging planes...

Re: Have you ever wondered?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 10:20 pm
by Glen
You guys use a big white drumstick to predict the weather? That explains a lot, Scott.

Re: Have you ever wondered?

PostPosted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 11:51 pm
by blacknstormy
And if you are in Queensland - check out the big white toadstool on the hill at Stapleton :)
Gotta love a doppler :)

Re: Have you ever wondered?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 12:48 am
by sirhc55
That’s one helluva Van der Graf :wink:

Re: Have you ever wondered?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 6:35 am
by Oneputt
I've heard of licking a finger and sticking it in the air, but a lollipop?????????????? :D

Re: Have you ever wondered?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 7:47 am
by gstark
MHD wrote:d200+sigma10-200...

hard to expose... Even harder when dodging planes...


But that's one hell of a lens, Scott. :)

Re: Have you ever wondered?

PostPosted: Wed Feb 27, 2008 8:11 am
by Greg B
Looks a bit like a matchstick too, albeit without the red tip.

Great shot Scott, I love the radar images on the BOM site, fascinating.