Ciel & Espace Competition: Photograph Mars’ Surface
On page 98 of the December issue of the French magazine Ciel & Espace, the following competition has been published. English translation follows:
Concours spécial
PHOTOGRAPHIEZ LA SURFACE DE MARS
Cet hiver, Mars passe près de la Terre. C’est l’occasion d’en réaliser de belles images avec une lunette ou un télescope. Ciel & Espace et [The] Imaging Source organisent un grand concours photo. Pour y participer, c’est simple: envoyez-nous votre plus belle photo de la surface de Mars (la plus détaillée, la mieux traitée, etc.) prise en 2007. Un jury compose des membres de la rédaction désignera les sept meilleures.
1er prix:
une caméra DMK 41AF022e prix:
une caméra DMK 31AF033e prix:
une caméra DMK 21AF04Du 4e au 7e prix:
un numéro hors-série de Ciel & Espace Photographier le cielLe résultat sera annonce dans le numéro de Ciel & Espace de février 2007, avec publication des sept meilleures images.
Envoyez vos images exclusivement par mail à l’adresse mars2007@cieletespace.fr, en précisant vos nom et adresse, ainsi que les conditions de la prise de vue.
Date limité des envois: le 31 décembre 2007, minuit
English translation:
PHOTOGRAPH MARS’ SURFACE
Mars will be passing nearby the Earth this Winter. This offers a great opportunity to take wonderful photos with binoculars or a telescope. “Ciel et Espace” (name of magazine) has teamed up with The Imaging Source to organize a competition: To participate, simply send us your best photo of Mars’ surface (the most detailed, the best post-processing etc.) The photo must have been taken in 2007. A jury, consisting of members of our editorial team will decide on the best photos.
1st prize:
DMK 41AF02 astronomy camera2nd prize:
DMK 31AF03 astronomy camera3rd prize:
DMK 21AF04 astronomy camera4th to 7th prize:
The special edition Photographier le ciel (photograph the night sky)The winner of the competition will be announced in the February 2007 issue. We will also publish the winning images,
Send your images by e-mail to mars2007@cieletespace.fr, detailing your name, address and parameters of your photo.
Closing date: Midnight on December 31, 2007.
Hartwig Luethen said,
December 5, 2007 @ 17:02
Great idea to organize a Mars competition! I would love to participate. How many photos each participant is expected to submit?
Hartwig
Jonathan Maron said,
December 5, 2007 @ 18:52
The instructions say “simply send us your best photo of Mars”, so I would say to only submit one.
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