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- Composite of a Series of Images Taken From Space Aboard the Station
This is a composite of a series of images photographed from a mounted camera on the Earth-orbiting International Space Station, from approximately 240 miles above Earth. Space station hardware in the foreground includes the Mini-Research Module (MRM1, center) and a Russian Progress vehicle docked to the Pirs Docking Compartment (right). Expedition 31 Flight Engineer Don Pettit said of the photographic techniques used to achieve the images: "My star trail images are made by taking a time exposure of about 10 to 15 minutes. However, with modern digital cameras, 30 seconds is about the longest exposure possible, due to electronic detector noise effectively snowing out the image. To achieve the longer exposures I do what many amateur astronomers do. I take multiple 30-second exposures, then 'stack' them using imaging software, thus producing the longer exposure." A total of 47 images photographed by the astronaut-monitored stationary camera were combined to create this composite. Image Credit: NASA
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Monthly Archives: July 2009
Interesting – Giant Flowers Gi…
Interesting – Giant Flowers Give You Free Power / Wi-Fi: http://bit.ly/geEEK [via @picocool]
Huh? RT@bitterb Bloomberg bans…
Huh? RT@bitterb Bloomberg bans idling cars – except his cars, of course. (Excuse? His are considered emergency vehicles.) http://ow.ly/hVU7
Strange case in the senate wit…
Strange case in the senate with the Thune amendment where a clear majority vote is not a win. Politics are too much fluff and little s …
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Win or loss? RT @nranews Bipar…
Win or loss? RT @nranews Bipartisan Majority of the U.S. Senate Votes in Favor of National Right-to-Carry Reciprocity http://digg.com/u19EE0
Livin’ The Dream
Michael Yon is back in Afghanistan and had an interesting post of the way his trip is going so far. I am really looking forward to his future posts. In this post, he had a most interesting take on my … Continue reading
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Tranquility Base
40 years ago, now, we heard these words… “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” With them, the goal set forth by John F. Kennedy in 1961 to land a man on the moon before the end of the … Continue reading
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Apollo 11 – Trivia
1. The Apollo’s Saturn rockets were packed with enough fuel to throw 100-pound shrapnel three miles, and NASA couldn’t rule out the possibility that they might explode on takeoff. NASA seated its VIP spectators three and a half miles from … Continue reading
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Space
Mercury, Gemini, Apollo. The classical space program. Yet at the same time we have the U2 program being developed and executed. Amazing stuff. more about "Space", posted with vodpod
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Designed in America
This is incredible footage. It condenses the build cycle of an aircraft (Hornet) and gives you an idea of just how complicated the assembly of this fighter is. The next time you jump on a commercial aircraft, think about this … Continue reading
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Friday Funny
This blonde decides one day that she is sick and tired of all these blonde jokes and how all blondes are perceived as stupid. So, she decides to show her husband that blondes really are smart. While her husband is … Continue reading
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