
TIME Magazine Picture of the Year
By Astro-Photographer Wally Pacholka of Long Beach California
As featured on NASA's Hale-Bopp Site, as published in over 100 newspapers worldwide, and as seen on CNN,ABC,CBS,and NBC NEWS!
Exquisite 8x10 Photographs $20, 11x14 Photographs $45
All Photos taken under the dark skies of Joshua Tree National Park
in California
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Photo #1
"TIME Magazine Picture of the Year - Taken 4/04/97 at 8 PM with regular 50mm minolta lens at f2.4 on a tripod with a 30 second exposure using Fuji 800 film. The foreground was lit up by flashing a flashlight on the nearby rock formations |
Photo #2 "Comet Hale-Bopp seen from Mars #2" Taken 4/04/97 at 8 PM with 50mm minolta lens at f2.4 on a tripod with a 30 second exposure using Fuji 800 film. The foreground was lit up by flashing a flashlight on the nearby rock formations |
Photo #3 "Comet Hale-Bopp passing Heaven's Gate." Taken 4/06/97 at 8 PM with 135mm lens at f2.8 mounted "piggyback" on 2.4 inch Tasco telescope used to track the comet during this 5 minute exposure on Kodak 400 Pro film. Nearby columnar rocks were lit up using a flashlight during the exposure. |
Photo #4 "Comet Hale-Bopp - First Contact" Taken 4/06/97 at 8 PM with 135mm lens at f2.8 mounted "piggyback" on 2.4 inch Tasco telescope used to track the comet during this 5 minute exposure on Kodak 400 Pro film. Nearby columnar rocks were lit up using a flashlight during the exposure. |
Photo #5 Comet Hale-Bopp over Joshua Tree & Rocks Taken 3/28/97 at 8 PM with regular 50mm minolta lens at f2.4 on a tripod with a 30 second exposure using Fuji 800 film. The foreground was lit up by flashing a flashlight on the nearby rock formations |
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