NASA Picks Hartland Man's Nighttime Shot For Astronomy Picture of the Day
Mike Rosinski earns top honor in astrophotography for 'A Summer Night's Dream.'
NASA chose a picture Mike Rosinski of Hartland took of his yard for its Aug. 5 Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD), where an astronomer writes a detailed explanation of the photo. Rosinski, who works for Nissan as a manager engineer, has a passion for astrophotography. Here's is a series of Patch questions and his answers about his achievement: PATCH: Is there a prize associated with being selected? ROSINSKI: No, just your "15 minutes of fame" with fellow astrophotographers. Would be nice if I could win some contest and get a few $$'s to offset my gear, but I'm into this as a hobby/enthusiast. PATCH: Have you been selected before? ROSINSKI: My first time selected at the APOD site. Many, many people submit photos there, thousands. PATCH: If…
Michael A Rosinski
4:31 pm on Monday, August 8, 2011
Doing some marketing 101 here. Hartland Patch gang - please vote for my NASA APOD Aug 5, 2011 pict "A Summer Night's Dream" for Picture of the Week for 2011 July 31-Aug 6 No need to register to vote. http://asterisk.apod.com/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=24782 Info from that site: Please vote for the TWO best Astronomy Pictures of the Day (image and text) of July 31-Aug 6, 2011. We ask for your help in … more ›