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From: falk@sun.uucp (Ed Falk)
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Subject: Re: What kind of film do the astronauts use?
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Date: Tue, 18-Feb-86 00:25:45 EST
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> If you're just in a commercial airplane and you photograph the ground,
> the pictures don't usually come out very well, because the haze in the air
> even at that altitude badly reduces the contrast.  This made me wonder

   Pictures taken out of airplane windows are crummy for two reasons, neither of
which has much to do with the atmosphere.  First, most commercial airplanes
are taking off/landing from polluted areas.  Second, the plexiglass used in
airplane windows is really bad for photography.  I'm not sure, but I think it
has something to do with the weird filtering effects of plexiglass combined
with the fact that human eyes and film respond to different frequencies of light

Professional aerial photographers use special windows in their airplanes made of
optical glass.  I myself prefer to open the window of my plane when taking
pictures and just stick the camera out.

		ed falk
		sun microsystems