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Delighted to be sharing our 500th post on Instagra

Delighted to be sharing our 500th post on Instagram with this utterly butterly delicious capture by @stimulightthenight
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My name is John Andrews and my Instagram handle for night photography is @stimulightthenight (My personal Instagram is @jandrewz7).
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A Nearly 10-Month Exposure! My longest exposure to date. I placed the #SolarCan to be facing southeast towards the historic Middleton & Fern blacksmith shop in Clarksville, Missouri, USA. I strapped the can about 12 feet up on a pipe next to a telephone pole in hopes that nobody would bother it during its extended stay. 🤞 Luckily, nobody did! 🙌
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I started the exposure at 12:30 p.m. on September 7, 2020, and retrieved the can at 4:22 p.m. on July 3, 2021. Here are some various ways of showing that exposure time:
25,847,520 seconds
430,792 minutes
7179 hours
299 days
42 weeks
9 months, 26 days, 3 hours, 52 minutes
82% of a year
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©️ John Andrews, Missouri, 🇺🇸 2021

Astrophotographer Nick Cook placed a #solarcan fac

Astrophotographer Nick Cook placed a #solarcan facing North West and captured a super long 6-month exposure. Not only do the remarkable foreground details and reflection make this a fantastic image, the post processing and yellow colour makes it very original.
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Thank you for letting us share! 💛
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©️Nicholas Cook, 2021, 🇬🇧

🤯🤯🤯 An absolute masterclass in #solarcan

🤯🤯🤯 An absolute masterclass in #solarcan presented by the fabulous @alexflikerphotography of Chișinău, Moldova 🇲🇩.
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5 months of sunlight and we’re delighted to be able to share it with the community! 💫
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©️ Alex Fliker, 2021 🇲🇩

Yet another spectacular shot by @foggygeezer3 who

Yet another spectacular shot by @foggygeezer3 who wows us all with incredible image after incredible image.
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Michael makes his own #Solarcan cameras and installs them in his town and around Indiana, USA. This oak tree is one he’s very proud of and we don’t blame him!
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Thanks for@letting us share & can’t wait to see what else you create in the future! 🌳 💫
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©️Michael Seefeldt, 2021 USA

This is a #solarcan exposure of 1 year! Installed

This is a #solarcan exposure of 1 year! Installed on Solarcan day 2020 and harvested exactly 365 days later in 2021.
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YouTuber ‘Spidermaf’ put together a great little video which you can find by searching the username.
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Thanks for sharing, we think it’s fantastic!
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©️ Spidermaf, 2021 💫

The street #Solarcan HQ is located. Inside the win

The street #Solarcan HQ is located. Inside the window with all the squares we Beaver away on a daily basis getting cameras ready to ship out worldwide.
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This is a colourised photo of the scene. I asked a designer on Reddit to attempt the colouring and this is their result. Swipe along to see the B&W version.

We are all slowly recovering from the shenanigans

We are all slowly recovering from the shenanigans of #Solarcan Day. What started with an early (very early) hike up to the top of Ruberslaw summit, ended with three talks to guests at @kielderobservatory. It was an exhausting but exhilarating day!
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Of the dozens of images sent in, so many stood out as extraordinary it was difficult to choose which to post and share with the community first. This corker by Oli Wood is unusual in its placement/mounting giving the sloping and upward curve of the Sun’s path. It’s wonderful, not to mention incredibly detailed. Thank you for letting us share, Oli!
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We are still manufacturing and shipping Solarcan - you’re not too late if you’ve only just discovered us, the truth is they can be installed and retrieved any time of year, however having a single day to celebrate is fun too!
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More images and results will be shared over the coming days.
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©️ Oli Wood, 2021 🇬🇧
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*EDIT* I’ve accidentally cropped off Oli’s watermark on this image (too long for Instagram and trimmed the bottom). Oli can be found on Twitter at @coldclimate

Don’t be disappointed if someone gets their grub

Don’t be disappointed if someone gets their grubby mitts on your Solarcan, the result can still blow minds 🤯
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A vandalised Solarcan will still produce a result. This particular one was left in an open space, over looking the Humber (but too far away to see it effectively.) Chris Mason installed it on December 2020 and collected last week. Swipe along to see the crushed and collected #solarcan and be amazed at the electric colours captured! ⚡️🔷
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©️Chris Mason, 2021 🇬🇧

Set in a garden atop loch broom, way up in the Nor

Set in a garden atop loch broom, way up in the North of Scotland, a #Solarcan sat soaking up the Sun’s rays for 8 months. Capturing stunning detail in the foreground and dappled tree leaves in the sky, this sepia toned image is an instant classic. Thank you for sharing! 💫

©️Jonathan Reid, 2021 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Solar eclipse captured with a #solarcan by @astro_

Solar eclipse captured with a #solarcan by @astro_mackem

©️ Matthew Robinson, 2019

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How about this splendidly classic #solarcan shot b

How about this splendidly classic #solarcan shot by @myahcat_on_film 💫
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Initially intended to be a 6 month exposure, the pesky COVID got in the way and ended up making this an 11 month July to June 2021 marathon exposure!
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Caroline tells us it was simply placed on a drainpipe overlooking some Shropshire fields and was angled slightly upwards.
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We think it’s perfect.
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©️ Caroline Mills, 2021 🇬🇧

Is this the most beautiful abstract #solarcan to d

Is this the most beautiful abstract #solarcan to date? 💖💙
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Instagram member @songs.at.twilight says they installed it on a wire fence facing up toward the sky and left it exposing from December to May in the town of Damascus, Maryland.
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The result is truly magical. The sun’s lines not only blossom like a flower, you can see a day around mid exposure where it slipped intermittently over the length of a single day. It looks like some kind of Morse code! 🤯
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Thanks for sharing, it’s truly incredible!
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©️Jacob Mills, 2021 🇺🇸

Cowabunga dude, look at the @thesolarcan spectacul

Cowabunga dude, look at the @thesolarcan spectacular shot by @this_is_sunnybedrule. Using a special limited edition #Solarcan #Dubble camera the entire scene is duplicated top and bottom.
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So what happened for the sun’s rays to be interrupted in such a way? According to Adele, a pesky cow beast fiddled with it and knocked it in the floor. A quirk of luck meant it continued capturing but offset to before.
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Have a look closely and you can see a beautiful pine tree silhouetted along the horizon. A lovely touch to finish things off.
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As always, thank you to the community for sharing your amazing work. Make sure you give Adele a follow, and doubly make sure you’re ready for Solarcan Day next month 💫
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©️ Adele Richardson, 2021

🎉 woop! On the 18th May it was our 4th birthday

🎉 woop! On the 18th May it was our 4th birthday. To celebrate we took down a long standing #solarcan and had a look at the delicious result! Check out the processing video in our featured stories 💫

A stunning west London curve captured by @hhhelss

A stunning west London curve captured by @hhhelss who installed a #solarcan at an unusual angle to catch this result. Swipe along to see her other edits. We’re pretty fond of the purple 💜
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©️Helena Eatock, 2021 🇬🇧

Hello and welcome to all our new followers. 👋 .

Hello and welcome to all our new followers. 👋
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What is Solarcan? It’s an extreme time exposure camera capable of capturing the path of the Sun over days weeks, months or years!
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We manufacturer Solarcan in the Scottish Borders and ship GLOBALLY 🌎🌏🌍
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Shipping is more than reasonable! Find out more at solarcan.co.uk

At the beginning of lockdown, Bellamy Hunter (resi

At the beginning of lockdown, Bellamy Hunter (resident megastar of @japancamerahunter ) placed a #solarcan outside his Tokyo office window and left it there until retrieving it this past weekend. Over the year it captured the path of the sun and a beautiful silhouette of the surrounding buildings. Look carefully and you’ll see sparkles in the tower windows - these are commonly mistaken for lights, but in reality it’s the sun’s reflection! 💫
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©️ Bellamy Hunter, 2021 🇯🇵

An exquisite square cropped #solarcan shot by the

An exquisite square cropped #solarcan shot by the very lovely @gallagherphotos - achieved by tilting the camera in an unusual way.
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©️ Emily Gallagher, 2021 🇮🇪

A sublime curve captured down under by Dr Priyanka

A sublime curve captured down under by Dr Priyanka Dhopade with a #solarcan installed for 6 months. See how it was positioned by swiping along and checking out the duct tape laden install. It captured the sun’s rays for six months from October to May in Tāmaki Makaurau, Auckland 💫💜
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©️ Dr Priyanka Dhopade, 2021 🇳🇿

A near perfect #Solarcan exposure by @cscurrier ,

A near perfect #Solarcan exposure by @cscurrier , who captured the Sun’s path over six months as it lit up the skies of Mystery Bay. Swipe along to see the before image too 💫
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©️Cameron Currier, 2021 🇺🇸

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