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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: Personal
Last Airport Visit of the Year
I am done. Two weeks with no travel plans at all. For this I am most grateful. The last 3 weeks I have spent in 4 different time zones and my body needs to find a rhythm again. I flew … Continue reading
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As much as I enjoy the sunrise…
As much as I enjoy the sunrise, I wish I wasn’t viewing it from yet another airport.
Time Capsule
I feel like I have entered my own personal time capsule with this business trip to Pasco / Richland / Kenniwick. So far in the last 8 hours I have seen restaurants that I have totally forgotten existed, driven by … Continue reading
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Happy Columbus Day
Today is Columbus day. The kids have been off of school since the end of day Wednesday and still have today off too. Needless to say I am jealous, and am wishing that I was burning some vacation time right … Continue reading
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Traveling
It has been a long week on the road. Should be home in another 8 hours or so. Even if it is only for a quick 47 hrs it will be nice to be home, with the screaming children.
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Something to think about
This week finds me on the road again, what else is new. So, I get the chance to miss the first day of school for my 9 year old this year, and all the excitement that goes along with that. … Continue reading
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Life
Life is getting in the way of blogging lately. Big project moving my office around and rebuilding it. About 65% complete now. Then a major building / organization project for the garage looming, and amongst it all is the normal … Continue reading
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Art Imitating Life
I have spent the last 9 months of my professional life working on a project within a public higher education system. The Dilbert cartoon from yesterday sums the entire experience up nicely. Change the titles around and you have a … Continue reading
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Aging
Aging sucks. I finally broke down and had my eyes checked… reading glasses suck. I am not giving in easily to father time, and will fight to the end. But, then things like this crop up and it puts this … Continue reading
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Well another Mother’s day just about in the books. Not too bad a day even though it started out with my two year old waking me up covered in her own feces. Need to keep working on the potty training … Continue reading
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