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Title
Super Moon With Spirit Passenger Jet
Artist
Steve Rich
Medium
Photograph - Digital
Description
NOT Photoshopped
4-26-2021
Super Moon 2021 caught with a "Spirit" Airliner passing by.
4-27-2021
This image was uploaded to my Facebook page AND to the South Carolina Picture Project in an effort to find the plane. I have come so close just a few times, the night of the SUPER MOON was it. A passenger jet flying across the SUPER Moon. I never saw it while taking pictures.
4-27-2021
This is an effort to reach out to Spirit Airlines and United Airlines to see they have an interest in this photo. We have two possibilities as both were flying Monday evening at 9:10 pm, South of Columbia, South Carolina. This image was taken from Aiken South Carolina, the passenger jet was flying North through South Carolina.
4-29-2021
UPDATE, I was contacted by the First Officer of Spirit Flight 320 confirming this was his aircraft. This is AWESOME.
I am getting asked a lot about how did we find the crew and passenger jet.
Monday night I had set up early for the Super moon. I was in the front yard on the driveway this was about 830 pm. The moon was up but I did not have a good view because of the trees. I like to take moon images as the sun is setting. I moved the camera to the front porch and shifted to the left of the trees. I could see the glow of the moon but those darn trees again. I packed up a third time and headed to the backyard, I set up on my deck and had a nice view of the rising Moon.
As the Moon cleared the last tree, I began shooting lots of shots, pausing checking focus, and beginning again. My camera as do most DSLRs will timestamp your image when an image is taken. As Flight 320 flew by the moon at 21:10:16 or 9:10 pm, I took an image, I never saw the aircraft, I just kept shooting pictures. When I uploaded the images to my computer, I could not believe what I had captured. A second too soon, no aircraft, a second too late, no aircraft.
I posted the image here on my FB page and over in the South Carolina Picture Project. I never expected to find the crew but folks commenting on the image said I should try to locate the aircraft. I had no clue how or where to start. One of the members used an app that tracked aircraft, all I needed to do was give my time of capture, the direction I was facing, and the planeās heading. We ended up with two possibilities. From there, one of my Facebook friend's husband is a retired pilot. She took the maps and my image and reached out to her group. Success. We found our plane and crew. #SpiritProud
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April 27th, 2021
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Amelia, OH - United States
Amazing capture and an amazing description!
Steve Rich replied:
Thank you Gregory, what a team of people that evening. All, I had never met but helped so much to ID the plane.
Aiken, SC - United States
Thank you Nader for the feature in Fine Art America Professionals on 10-05-2023
Aiken, SC - United States
Your work deserves to be showcased on the homepage of "The Meandering Photographer!" Please consider adding this work to the "Feature History, The Meandering Photographer (Oct-Nov 2023)" active discussion thread. (l/f on 10-04-2023)
MOSMAN,SYDNEY, NS - Australia
My GOSH !! look at that!! The jet dwarfed by the gorgous moon......all 'au naturel' creativity,timing!!.......Kudos, fav.
Steve Rich replied:
Thanks so much. What a story once I took the shot. Many people helped find the airplane.
Saratoga Springs, NY - United States
Magnificent capture of the Super Full Moon with the Spirit Passenger Jet, and loved the story that followed your capture of this image!
Aiken, SC - United States
Thank you Linda for the Feature in Twinkle Twinkle and the Celestial Sky on 2-05-2022
Saratoga Springs, NY - United States
02/05/2022. Twinkle Twinkle and the Celestial Sky is featuring 'Super Moon with Spirit Passenger Jet' on the group homepage. Magnificent capture Steve! Congratulations and many thanks. Please add your featured image to the 2022 promotional thread in the group discussion area.
Aiken, SC - United States
Thank you so very much Alex, thank you for the feature and sharing to Instagram.
Kharkiv - Ukraine
Congratulations, Steve! Your outstanding photograph is now featured in the 100 Favorite group! L/F/Ig
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