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#2,181
Stewie26 said:
I wonder why they put a dip in the grade.
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to help you catch air on the way down, of course :thumbsup:
 
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#2,182
Toolmybass said:
Weird!.....doesnt look nearly as steep from inside the car
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I think the grade is around 6% which isn't horribly steep. About equivalent to the Sunshine Skyway across Tampa Bay. Cameras always flatten the grade too, so it probably feels steeper than that in person.

Richland123 said:
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That's the spot I mentioned earlier. :D Here's a pic of the guys who rode into there on fatbikes. They're a bit further up the hill from the pic you posted. That rock is right behind the guy on the left, I think

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Testing123 said:
Interesting how you can see the stars even with that much light in the frame.
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The photo was taken over the Pacific Ocean from the cockpit of an airplane. The photographer and pilot, Santiago Borja, says he was circling around it at 37,000 feet altitude off the coast of Panama. when he captured this spectacular view.
Taken from the cockpit of his LATAM Ecuador Airlines Boeing 767-300 as it swerved to avoid flying through the storm pulsing over the ocean off the coast of Panama at the moment of a lightning flash, it illustrates both the ferocity of a turbulent atmosphere and the beauty of Mother Nature. A strong, roiling updraft; a smooth, flat anvil; and the overshooting top — all features of intense developing thunderstorms.
Borja said it was difficult to get the shot in near-darkness and during a bumpy ride. “Storms are tricky because the lightning is so fast, there is no tripod and there is a lot of reflection from inside lights.” Taken with a Nikon D750.
 
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Fab Superlative said:
The photo was taken over the Pacific Ocean from the cockpit of an airplane. The photographer and pilot, Santiago Borja, says he was circling around it at 37,000 feet altitude off the coast of Panama. when he captured this spectacular view.
Taken from the cockpit of his LATAM Ecuador Airlines Boeing 767-300 as it swerved to avoid flying through the storm pulsing over the ocean off the coast of Panama at the moment of a lightning flash, it illustrates both the ferocity of a turbulent atmosphere and the beauty of Mother Nature. A strong, roiling updraft; a smooth, flat anvil; and the overshooting top — all features of intense developing thunderstorms.
Borja said it was difficult to get the shot in near-darkness and during a bumpy ride. “Storms are tricky because the lightning is so fast, there is no tripod and there is a lot of reflection from inside lights.” Taken with a Nikon D750.
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Great photo! Thanks for the technical explanation. Yep...you want to avoid flying thru a T-storm of this magnitude as the vertical wind-shear can cause structural failure and break up of even a large aircraft like the B-767.
 

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