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From one of my recent trips.I got a very spacy feeling when I took this one.

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Warrick Allen 2 weeks ago

First off, amazing photo, I really love it. Secondly, I don't know much about space objects and speed, I'm just a student, but if that object is travelling as fast as you said it was ("...that this object disappeared during the next 30 seconds after this pic was taken...") then I think that the rings caused from the object are as a result of the object breaking the sound barrier. The object is travelling so fast that the vapour in the air is being forced into thos rings that you see. Once again, I don't know much, but it is something to think about... to me it makes sense... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_barrier. Truly an amazing time and place to be, and I hope no-one bothers you further on the authenticity of this photo.

Marko Airismeri 4 months ago

As an aerial photographer I just put my tail between my legs...
But because of my emotional nature I won't talk any technical details in this thing, whatever it is. So many things must have been gone perfectly right position in this kind of phenomenon AND you noticed your possibilities to have good foto out of this scene, unbelievable. My suggest is that it's airplane, because I've seen strange lights reflecting out of those jet streams but who knows. This is beautiful to see and that's it, if someone is capable to do this then I have to believe something like that could happen to me and that's making me happy, Thank you John about that!

Riku Zenith 5 months ago

I googled this up because I got so curious. Incredible beauty. Is there a print available somewhere? I'd gladly hang this in my home for my own inspiration.
Perfect choice on the optics and underexposing. People claiming this one to be "over edited" don't seem to understand the whole process of creating photographs... Just as you have to develop a film image in a darkroom to make it complete, you have to post-process a digital image to make it complete - a photograph. The raw image won't look like the thing you saw live, and the complete image from technical choices to post-procession is the result of your creative insight. Photomanipulations are a popular thing too and it's a great thing in the areas such as commercial photography, but this is not photomanipulation, all I see is a properly finished piece of digital photography.
Must admit that I'm very confused about those circles behind the meteor, now that someone mentioned and I took a closer look! They look strange and I don't understand the phenomenon. But who's seen a real meteor from this angle, slightly from above? With their own eyes AND in a photograph?

John Colbensen Riku. I really want to thank you for "defending" me here. I've been contacted by people all over the world askingme if this is a fake and if it's been manipulated. Quite honestly I'm a bit fed up by defending my own picture. I had this once-in-a-lifetime experience but nevertheless some people just want to ruin the moment. I do not claim this to be a meteor, but i do know that this object disappeared during the next 30 seconds after this pic was taken. Maybe it was an airplane and the angle made it "invisible". I do not know...I can not explain the rings but i can promise everyone that they are not made by my hand... Thank you Riku :)

Carlos Wilson 5 months ago

This is overly edited. Everyone, please notice the perfect circles in the tail of the meteor. This is quite FAKE!

John Colbensen Dear mr. Carlos Wilson. I must admit that at first I was angry with your statement that this is a fake. But clearly you are not capable of seeing fake and reality as two different sides. I have entered this image in some competitions and in most cases I had to send the RAW file as evidence. So mr. Wilson, I beg you to look more into cases before you make yourself look stupid again. Do you really think I would have made perfect circles in the tail? Really? Overly edited? Do you refer to the saturation? This was a once in a lifetime moment for me so don't ruin it by playing an idiot! And I have NEVER concluded that this is a meteor ! If you took your time and actually read what has been written in all the comments here, you might understand that your comment here is quite a farse!

Michael Raghian 12 months ago

Wow, wow and wow. Should make prints of this available. Would love to get one and few others.

Amelie AGY 1 year ago

This is really amazing, how did you do that ?
you deserve a price for this one X)

Mahdi Jahangir 1 year ago

WoOoOoW
Fantastic

TeH 1 year ago

Inspiring and fantastic capture!

Sieger Joostens 2 years ago

This is amazingly impressive. This is the world I live in, yet it looks so surreal, how crazy is that?

Fantastic.

627adso 2 years ago

Incredible image! Brilliantly exposed!

Simone Byrne 2 years ago

Superb work John!! Such an incredible image, congratulations!

Prudkov 2 years ago

Lovely work.

Hans Van Rafelghem 3 years ago

I googled for your image because of your FB post. No wonder I came here :))
Fabulous image. Hope it wins the competition!

John Colbensen Thank you for very supporting words Hans. I keep my fingers (and more) crossed. And thank you for beeing my friend on FB :)

Gary McParland 3 years ago

One of the most amazing pictures i have ever seen John, like something out of Star Trek. Congratulations on this fantastic image. :-)

Gary

John Colbensen Thank you for your wonderful words Gary. I guess I owe it much to luck :)

Al Seyedain 3 years ago

Didn't your eardrums pop that high in space? :)
Outstanding editing.
Al

John Colbensen My eardrums are popping all the time Al. thanks :)

Hottshots 3 years ago

I dare say, you're going to get many people to join 1x just so they can comment on this magnificent photograph. It was featured by AmazingPics on Twitter. I don't remember ever flying so high in a commercial aircraft to be able to see the curvature of the earth...that looks like something 70,000 feet or higher. Thanks for your inspirational photography and introducing me to a remarkable website filled with remarkable photography.

John Colbensen Now you made me speechless for a while there... Just as you don't get this wrong.The altitude was far from such hights as you suggests. The curvature came from the use of my 10.5 mm fisheye.
I didn't know it's been presented on Twitter. I was never asked :)
The photographers on this site are amongst the best photographers in the world IMO. And I agree with you 100 % that this is a remarkable website.
Finally,thank you for a warm comment that will keep me snapping :) And by the way...welcome to the site :)

warreno 3 years ago

I loved this one so much that I decided to set up an account just so I could say so. Very well done.

John Colbensen How can I answer such a sentence ?:) Actually it made me proud...thank you for words that put a huge smile on my face ! :)

jimmy hoffman 3 years ago

Very special!Congrats.

John Colbensen Thank you Jimmy :)

Valdor 3 years ago

Probably one of the best photographs I have ever seen! As others said... speechless.
I do have a question... What country is below? Also what is the light. The moon?

And last... What lens did you use? I want one...

Benjamin Jung "Also what is the light. The moon?"

It's only the sun and because of its brightness the rest of the image is underexposed. That's why the sky looks almost black (like outer space).

@John Colbensen:
I think the image would look even better with a properly exposed sky.
Great use of the fisheye anyway and a wonderful scene you captured there.

John Colbensen Now that was some strong words Valdor :) I'm extremly flattered and very cheerful ... As for your questions : The country below is Denmark and what you see is the sun (bright bugger) . The lens used is a Nikon 10.5mm f/2.8 DX. A fantastic lens for its use...recommend it highly ;)

Akira 3 years ago

Superb!

John Colbensen Thank you Akira :)

Marcel Clemens 3 years ago

An amazing picture. Stunning. The streak in the sky that looks like the vapour trail from another plane...is it a scratch on the window catching the light (the trail itself is out of focus so presumably much closer to the lens). The diffuse light around the sun I guess is from the plane window (don't they ever clean them properly?!)

Benjamin Jung The trail is not out of focus. Sometimes condensation trails from airplanes turn into a trail of little circles. I have pictures of it taken from the ground (no smudged airplane window in between to make it OOF).

John Colbensen It might be a trail from another plane,honestly I don't know. It is NOT a scratch on the window but I suspect the out-of-focus part is there because of the window shape or something that was smeared on the window. This picture is 1 shot only and i did no hokus pokus with it. You are most certainly right about the diffused light around the sun.That was pretty annoying really, but it was on the outside,so what could I do ? Thank you for taking so much time with this picture Marcel :)

Ben Goossens 3 years ago

What an atmosphere:-)))

John Colbensen You picked the right word there Ben,thank you so much :)

Guro Storskjær 4 years ago

You alway bring that extra touch out of your pictures John.
Always a big inspiration with your eye candy! ;)

John Colbensen So great to see you here Guro. Your comment is truly appreciated and cherished :)

Macadoo 4 years ago

John, this floors us. Is this available as a print?

John Colbensen Well,it seems that this picture hit something with many people and it delights me.If anyone wants a print,of course it's available .Thank you for warming words Macadoo :-)

Thomas Sass Pedersen 4 years ago

This is one of those shots that let your mind go traveling. The comet entering the atmosphere makes it even stronger in the exotic place that this could be. Keep clicking ;o) Cheers, Sass.

John Colbensen I click all the time so I need more space (got that?:-)) to store my rawfiles ;-)thank you for a wonderful comment.

Joni Niemelä 4 years ago

Wow! Very nicely captured John!
I don't see this kind of photos every day so this is something special for me :)

John Colbensen It really makes me happy getting your words Joni.thank you :-)

Terrence Gabriel 4 years ago

I am not even going to try to repeat what has been said. You are an artist, pure and simple.

John Colbensen Overwhelming words from you Terrence and I humbly thank you :-)

Thomas Ljungberg 4 years ago

As many said before me. Stunning image!
/Thomas

John Colbensen And I keep on smiling...thank you :-)

Dian Agung Nugroho 4 years ago

absolutely beautiful...

John Colbensen Thank you Dian:-)

john turner 4 years ago

magnificent

John Colbensen And thank you too :-)

rikki-paul 4 years ago

fantastic capture.

John Colbensen Thank you so much :-)

Wolfgang Payer 4 years ago

Wow !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

John Colbensen How can I answer that one ;-)? Thanks

James Fitzgerald 4 years ago

One of the best images I've seen... ever
Congratulations.

John Colbensen Wow,that sentence knocked me of my chair :-) Thank you so much James.This response makes me very happy :-)

Clyde Beamer 4 years ago

This is, as others have said, simply amazing. This is from an airplane and is a meteorite, correct?

John Colbensen Hi, and thank you for your comment Clyde. Yes,this is taken from an airplane.The altitude was somewhat higher then what I'm used to (and I fly alot) so I got a great view.Your second question is hard to answer though.To me it seemed to be a meteroite because of the angle it moved,but then again I don't really know. maybe it even was another airplane? I can't really tell 'cause i couldn't follow it with my eyes long enough to see what it was.I've tried to blow up the RAW-file but it gives me now answer.Sorry :-)

Yohan Terraza 4 years ago

Maybe it's the first time i look at a picture and feel that it is really an another world. Really well done.

John Colbensen Can't help smiling when I read your comment.Thank you so much Yohan :-)

Jacob Jovelou 4 years ago

Amazing, stunning. Being a frequent traveler myself, I've thought many times about this view, you did it. Good to have you back, hope to see much more of your works! Cheers

John Colbensen This surely was a boost so I think I'll be posting more from now on.Thank you so much for your kind words Jacob,much appreciated :-)

george gradinaru 4 years ago

excellent

John Colbensen Thanks a billion:-)

David Rocaberti 4 years ago

Absolutely gorgeous. What a nice view!

John Colbensen I'm just happy they didn't place me at the wing ;-) Thanks:-)

lucian olteanu 4 years ago

Beautiful indeed!!

John Colbensen I smile and say "thank you so much" :-)

Kristoffer Jonsson 4 years ago

Marvelous!

John Colbensen Thank you :-)

Claudio Solera 4 years ago

Excellent work! Ciao,Claudio.

John Colbensen Grazie Claudio.Appreciate it :-)

Pouya Nakhaie 4 years ago

Nice Work.

John Colbensen Thank you, thank you:-)

Cupcake 4 years ago

Good capture.

John Colbensen Thanks a lot :-)

Anna Lepke 4 years ago

Do understand that you got a spacy feeling here.

BTW Hei John! Flott å se deg her. :)

John Colbensen Heisann Anna.Takk for den ..:-)

hippolyte 4 years ago

just amazing ! and there's no reflect on the glass, you were out ? ;)

John Colbensen Now,I wasn't outside,but I wore black clothes and put my camera so close to the window they clinched.Thank you for your comment hippolyte :-)

John Roshka 4 years ago

WOW, What's you profession, Space Photographer? :)
That's unbelievable, beautiful and "spacy".

John Colbensen My profession couldn't be further from that :-) Thanks

Sven Fennema 4 years ago

Amazing!

John Colbensen I feel I keep repeating myself,but how many ways are there to say thank you :-) Thank you :-)

Kaveh H. Steppenwolf 4 years ago

I express my amazement in a simple word:
Damn!

John Colbensen That was straight to the point ;-) Thanks

Robert Strahinjic 4 years ago

Fantastic!

John Colbensen I thank you Robert:-)

storytaylor 4 years ago

Amazing and speechless. Congrats

John Colbensen Very happy right now ...thank you :-)

Dare Turnsek 4 years ago

Excellent !!

John Colbensen I thank you Dare :-)

Ole Condrup 4 years ago

An "out-of-this-world" experience. I feel what you feel when you took it! An amazing shot! Well done! :)

John Colbensen I smile from ear to ear.Thank you :-)

Carola Lundmark 4 years ago

Really amazing and very spacy indeed!!
Best regards Carola

John Colbensen I didn't expect this response but I'm happy.Thanks a billion Carola:-)

enrique reyes 4 years ago

Fantasic!!!

John Colbensen Thank you so much :-)

Judy W 4 years ago

AWESOME. Like 2008 - a New Space Odyssey.

John Colbensen Funny thing....that film crossed my mind as well. Thank you :-)

Daria Endresen 4 years ago

John, this is something really special!
Stunning capture, I simply have no words :).. "breathtaking" is the only one that comes to mind ;)

John Colbensen And what I'm most proud about it is that's not "produced" :-)One shot and some finetuning in PS.Makes me glad you liked it D .:-)

Angela Bacon-Kidwell 4 years ago

Outstanding! You should work for national geographic. WoW!

John Colbensen I once had a dream about that ;-) Thanks a whole bunch.

Lachlan Kent 4 years ago

WoW! That is beautiful and unique!

John Colbensen I spent over 2 hours snapping away through the window,but it was worth it.Thank you :-)

Andrea Auf dem Brinke 4 years ago

Very nic composition and post processing. It really seems to be in the space!

John Colbensen Thank you very much Andrea :-)

Alexandre Buisse 4 years ago

I find it hard to believe it's not in Creative Edit!
So beautiful, I don't really have any words.

John Colbensen I can perfectly understand why you believe it looks like a CE.Even the 1X crew sent me some questions about it,BUT all I've done is som efinetuning in PS..like sat,levels,curves and some sharpening.Very happy you liked it .Thank you :-)

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