Guest guest Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 Clearly this was an alien from a planet populated by intelligent raccoons. It generated the fog so that it could come in and spy on people's garbage cans under cover. Be warned. Raccoons do like to go out in fog. I didn't see anything with the flashlight while I was going back there, but when I broke down the experiment, a sweep revealed a pair of shiny green eyes watching me. One of the raccoons was out there no doubt wondering what the crazy human was doing out in the middle of the cold night playing with a light on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 29, 2011 Report Share Posted January 29, 2011 After Niven's "For a Foggy Night" it wouldn't surprise me. It was too far away to see more than the shape of "raccoon" so I don't know which one it might have been, then again it could have been a new one since the old ones run if a human gets that close to them. They don't like coming out in the snow when its falling and nor do they much care for the rain either. Often see them wet from being in the creek though. This winter has been very snowy and hard on the raccoons. They already seem to have lost much of their fall store of body fat. They didn't look this lean last year until late February or so. They also really dive into any leftover squirrel and bird food. In a message dated 1/29/2011 1:02:30 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, no_reply writes: Clearly this was an alien from a planet populated by intelligent raccoons. It generated the fog so that it could come in and spy on people's garbage cans under cover. Be warned. Raccoons do like to go out in fog. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2011 Report Share Posted January 30, 2011 Nifty idea to shine the light straight up! Hope your photo turns out! rl 'My cat Rusty is a servant of the Living God....'adapted from a poem by Smart Subject: Foggy night. To: FAMSecretSociety Received: Friday, January 28, 2011, 10:17 PM Â Just above freezing and very foggy. I went out to take some pictures but this digital camera isn't that good and night photography. I really miss film cameras sometimes. If any come out I'll post a few. I tried an experiment of setting a flashlight in a glass so it shot a beam up into the fog. That worked quite well. You couldn't see it very well from the side but right underneith you could see maybe 50 or 60 feet of cone. Again, not sure if it came out or not. This experiment took place in the backyard away from the direct light of the street lights. I didn't see anything with the flashlight while I was going back there, but when I broke down the experiment, a sweep revealed a pair of shiny green eyes watching me. One of the raccoons was out there no doubt wondering what the crazy human was doing out in the middle of the cold night playing with a light on the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 I'll try working on that later today and see how they turn out. I had tried the same with my old laser pointer, but for some reason it didn't leave a trail through the air. That was really strange because it had done so in much lighter fog and in the rain. It might be possible to tinker with the setting, though the quality of the image would probably suffer. Nifty idea to shine the light straight up! Hope your photo turns out!rl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2011 Report Share Posted January 31, 2011 Red light does not refract as easily in drops of water as easily as it does in tiny droplets. Tiny droplets of the kind seen in fog disperse red light like particulate matter would. Administrator I'll try working on that later today and see how they turn out. I had tried the same with my old laser pointer, but for some reason it didn't leave a trail through the air. That was really strange because it had done so in much lighter fog and in the rain. It might be possible to tinker with the setting, though the quality of the image would probably suffer. In a message dated 1/30/2011 2:55:32 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, renaissanzelady@... writes: Nifty idea to shine the light straight up! Hope your photo turns out! rl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 1, 2011 Report Share Posted February 1, 2011 Thanks. It looked impressive in person but the pictures didn't come out well. I had to really crank the settings to get one visible. The rest didn't turn out at all. Perhaps if I learned the settings better I could have lengthened the exposure time and gotten it. Then again, it would have been easier with film cameras. Nifty idea to shine the light straight up! Hope your photo turns out!rl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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