In celebration of the successful launch of the Juno Mission to explore Jupiter, I created a poster featuring my launch photo taken from the Atlantic Ocean off Playalinda Beach north of the launch pad, as well as several NASA photos of the spacecraft itself and the launch complex at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.
The photo poster is 24 inches by 12 inches and being printed by a professional photo lab. I’m offering prints of the poster to anyone who wants it for $20, plus a $5 charge for packaging and shipping to anywhere within the United States.
The camera used for the image was my Canon 7D, which is an 18 megapixel digital SLR, and a Canon 300 mm zoom lens. The launch photo itself is not the greatest from a technical standpoint, but that is no real surprise as I did have to shoot the image from sea level through nearly five miles of ocean salt spray and heat haze. However, the composition of the photo was unique among the media reps at the launch and proved to be popular among Space Tweeps and the worlds of social media. Hence my reason for deciding to use it for the poster.
The image of the poster shown above is a low resolution file of the original draft image. I’ver made minor adjustments to it since receiving a test print of it. The poster is being printed on Kodak Endura Metallic paper, which uses a combination of film laminate layers to produce ‘three-dimensional’ images on an ultra-bright background. The paper provides extreme sharpness, brightness and color saturation that increases visual appeal as well as being tear resistant and having an estimated 100-year lifespan.
To purchase the poster, just click on the ‘Buy Now’ button below and follow the instructions to pay through PayPal. Orders of multiple posters are allowed and there is no additional shipping charge if all are being sent to the same address. Don’t forget to include your name and shipping address with your order. The final posters should be in the mail to initial purchasers by early to mid September.
Note: Orders to addresses outside the United States are possible, just please contact me in advance at mchaseclark @ gmail.com so that I can figure out how much extra it will cost for shipping. Thanks.
Since moving to Florida in 2007, I’ve been fortunate enough to witness nine rocket launches, including seven from up close as a member of the working media. The latest launch I saw was the Juno launch atop an Atlas V 551 rocket – the most powerful of the Atlas configurations.
The Juno spacecraft launched on August 5, 2011 and will reach Jupiter in July of 2016. Juno then will make 33 polar orbits before being plunged into solar system’s largest planet thereby ending its mission.
Juno will improve our understanding of our solar system’s beginnings by revealing the origin and evolution of Jupiter.
Specifically, Juno will…
• Determine how much water is in Jupiter’s atmosphere, which helps determine which planet formation theory is correct (or if new theories are needed)
• Look deep into Jupiter’s atmosphere to measure composition, temperature, cloud motions and other properties
• Map Jupiter’s magnetic and gravity fields, revealing the planet’s deep structure
• Explore and study Jupiter’s magnetosphere near the planet’s poles, especially the auroras – Jupiter’s northern and southern lights – providing new insights about how the planet’s enormous magnetic force field affects its atmosphere.
You can learn more about Juno at NASA’s official mission page.
With the conclusion of the Big Prints Sale on July 31st, I’ve temporarily taken my storefront, ShuttlePhotos.com offline. I’ll be updating prices and inventory and likely moving it to a new eCommerce server before restoring the storefront. While Shopify is a very nice place to setup and host an online store, there are a few missing features which I hope to find elsewhere. For all my previous customers, thank you for your patronage. For any possible new customers who are reading this, please keeping checking back to see what’s new. Thank you! ~Chase
