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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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Category Archives: Evil walks the earth
Changing Attitudes
I ran across this post recently. An interesting essay that I think is one of those must read pieces for everyone. It details one man’s story and realization that evil is out there, and bad stuff happens to anyone. When … Continue reading
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Terrorist Tactics
WARNING: Raw footage below.There is a reason why terrorism is called terrorism. The goal is to impose your will and agenda on others through fear and intimidation. Watch the SUV weave through and concrete barriers, and time it’s approach to … Continue reading
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Remember
25 years ago. Beruit . It was the bloodiest day in the Corps’ history since World War II, when Marines fought to secure Iwo Jima. On October 23 1983, around 6:20 am, a yellow Mercedes-Benz truck drove to Beirut International … Continue reading
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Imagine if you will…
As I was writing the post about advertising I closed the post with a comment about alarmism, and I was trying to visualize what that might look like. I came up with trying to envision what an Obama cabinet might … Continue reading
WAKE UP CALL
I read a lot of other blogs around the web. Most often I extract what I think are interesting perspectives and opinions of others. I give you some of my superficial thoughts on the topic and ask you to go … Continue reading
Evil
Many years ago I read a book by Mercedes Lackey that got me thinking. Being young and immortal at the time (at least in my own mind) I had never really given it any thought. In any case it was … Continue reading
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Evil Walks The Earth
I became a father three months before 9/11. Since that time I have become extremely focused on what takes place around me, and what I have in my bag of tricks to protect my family in times of trouble. Having … Continue reading
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