November 15, 2005:
Dropping Pearman Cantilever and Drum Island Segments.
An overview of the Pearman Town Creek Sections - 10:03
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What follows is a sequence approximately 3 frames/sec from my camera.
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Frame 2
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Frame 3
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Frame 4
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Frame 5
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Frame 6
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10:05 am
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10:16 am
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Tom Trusk captured this frame at the moment of ignition
from his composite realtime and slow motion video (78 Mb wmv)
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From the my video (link at the top of this segment),
Jonathan Coultas extracted the first individual frames to highlight
the early ignition process.
t = 0
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t = 33 msec
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t = 66
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t = 100 msec
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t = 133
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t = 166 msec
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t = 200
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t = 233 msec
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Andy Sierra captured this video from near the Aquarium
and extracted these images that reflect a different angle
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Gary Eaton, who shares a bridge addiction with me viewed the implosion
from near the Morrison St on ramp - which shows a different perspective
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