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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: August 2009
Most Excellent Rant
Why do things suck? Well here is one explanation.
Posted in Culture, Humor
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TR – Apathy
A new feature for a few weeks. The good folks over at The Art of Manliness have taken the “motivator” comcept in a most acceptable direction. There are a wide variety of them on their site with various historical characters, … Continue reading
Posted in Heroes, History
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Musical Interlude
I’m going shooting. Enjoy this flashback from Ozzie.
Posted in Music
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Oops
Every once in a while you wind up one of those situations where…
Posted in Guns, Humor
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Today’s POTUS Commentary
The beer summit is over, and it is amusing how the entire event was stage managed. The most interesting thing to come out of the entire event, is that someone at the White House posted this picture on the official … Continue reading
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Geek Warning – Vortex Cannon
Geeky cool engineering stuff below. Be warned… This is so fracking cool. I wonder if we could come up with a more user friendly energy source though. Think of the cool crowd control applications particularly if you could quickly recharge … Continue reading
Posted in Science
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