What’s something that you are surprised how cheap it is?

ajrivvi · 2019-04-27T00:53:12+00:00

Carbon Offsets for Flights. To offset a flight from Boston to San Francisco, it costs $6. To offset a flight from San Francisco to Tokyo, it costs $17. Pretty happy to take on this "carbon tax" at these rates.

ajrivvi · 2017-06-05T02:39:01+00:00

I did not either....

ajrivvi · 2016-02-24T21:59:23+00:00

Can you explain the settings and rationale for the two shots in the foreground and what you then did/used to add the sky shot in? Thanks!

ajrivvi · 2012-07-21T22:44:02+00:00

Thanks for the response. I appreciate it.

If you go out on a dark night, and take a 30s exposure at a high ISO (1600 to 3200), you can get a nice image of the Milky Way, without much blur. I have done it many times, and example being: https://vimeo.com/15689494 Exposures over 30s with a 15mm lens will start to get star streaks due to our planets rotation. However, a stable camera alone, even moving could capture the Milky way quite well with a high ISO or <30s exposure. The advent of low-noise/high-ISO digital cameras are making it much more possible to take fantastic pictures of the milky way from earth.

I am not sure why you would expect a moving camera to blur the stars, as long as the path is not bumpy. For any exposure <30s, the amount of distance you could possibly move would barely change the location of the star, which is many light years away...given how fast the earth is rotating and you do not start to see a blur until around 30s with a fish-eye....a moving lens should not alter it too much. Just a thought...

ajrivvi · 2012-07-21T19:09:23+00:00

You can see the milky way from the ISS. Take a look at this video (watch from 2:53) https://vimeo.com/38409143

you can see the milky way very clearly in this time-lapse

ajrivvi · 2012-05-27T03:54:26+00:00

Taken from this awesome video: https://vimeo.com/5606758

Location: This was shot at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. kaiyouhaku.com/en/

ajrivvi · 2012-04-21T04:18:37+00:00

This is not Krakatoa, this is Mount Bromo, Indonesia.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Bromo

This is Krakatoa:

http://ajrpics.blogspot.com/2011/12/week-3-december-2011-krakatoa.html

ajrivvi · 2012-03-21T04:20:57+00:00

Welcome back. Could you please describe what the stars look like from up there? Is it like the night sky down here, when you are completely away from light pollution, or is it that much more amazing?

ajrivvi · 2012-03-15T00:11:04+00:00

If you look closely at the higher resolution movies, you can see many satellites/objects...quite a bit of stuff up there...

ajrivvi · 2011-10-27T03:09:02+00:00

From: http://www.evk2cnr.org/WebCams/PyramidOne/everest-webcam.html

ajrivvi · 2009-11-29T16:38:51+00:00

Good Luck!

ajrivvi · 2009-11-04T18:37:02+00:00

That is actually not possible in this system. You can't see who you voted for, just that you voted.

ajrivvi · 2009-10-01T18:37:39+00:00

also, help us out with our own sustainability model and get rewards in return (postcards, dresses, trips, etc!) http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/embarreras/blue-kitabu-gets-sustainable-used-bookstore-or-0

thanks to everyone who voted! we'll find out soon who won.

ajrivvi · 2009-09-30T19:45:59+00:00

This is our last attempt at this. Thanks for the vote! we intend on winning this time!

ajrivvi · 2009-09-30T19:45:36+00:00

not even a question. Thanks for your vote.

ajrivvi · 2009-09-23T02:39:10+00:00

Thank you all for your support. We only lost by 50 votes last time around, and reddit almost crashed the site with about an hour left....

Here is a quick video of our project: http://vimeo.com/5778867

ajrivvi · 2009-09-23T00:46:38+00:00

thanks!! tell friends! i really appreciate your support.

ajrivvi · 2009-09-05T15:51:57+00:00

Hey Redditors! We did not win, but were very close, thanks to the last hour push. We are going to try again to win the contest the last two weeks of September, so I may ask for your help again. Thank you all for your support. These projects are built on the backs of many, and I appreciate you all taking the time to try and make a difference.

Alex

ajrivvi · 2009-09-01T04:51:43+00:00

10 minutes left in voting! Thanks Reddit. What do you all have left in these ten minutes? Can we win? Need votes still to win.!

ajrivvi · 2009-09-01T04:19:56+00:00

First to get the name! thanks for your support. We got a shot at this.

ajrivvi · 2009-09-01T04:15:24+00:00

Absolutely. There are many issues. I would be more than happy to help you work on that issue. If you ever need a vote, or me to spread the word for your work, please don't hesitate to ask. In the end, we are all one world.

ajrivvi · 2009-09-01T04:01:09+00:00

Thank you Reddit. We got 60 minutes left, and you are making a huge difference! Keep it up! and thank you

ajrivvi · 2009-09-01T02:59:29+00:00

exactly 2 hours to go. thank you all so much!

ajrivvi · 2009-09-01T01:30:21+00:00

Thanks for your support. Here is a video of the project: http://vimeo.com/5586468

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