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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: Foriegn Policy
Illegal Border Crossing – Technology
Here’s one that got my blood simmering this morning. It seems that some of the good folks at the University of California at San Diego have determined that the folks who cross our southern border without going through official channels … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Foriegn Policy, Politics
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The “Surge”
Life has been intruding lately and I have been absent from meaningful posting. Apologies. Even though it is very near the holidays, and demands on the “spare time” are high, I am working to remedy my absence. We start with … Continue reading
Posted in Foriegn Policy, GWOT, Presidential Politics
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Scary Season
The scary season of Halloween is rapidly approaching, and all of the little ghouls and goblins are preparing for the event. The decorations are coming out in the neighborhood, with tombstones, and skeletons rising from the front lawns of suburbia. … Continue reading
Posted in Foriegn Policy, Politics, Threats
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My How Times Have Changed
Today we have “journalists” that have been convicted for crimes in North Korea. Historically our response would probably have been to overtly move a carrier battle group into the area. Supplement that with some covert activity in North Korean waters, … Continue reading
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Piracy
A lot of attention has been given lately to the piracy taking place in the Gulf of Aden. Recently a US flagged merchant ship was attacked. The crew were unarmed and unable to repel borders. The US Government has taken … Continue reading
Posted in Foriegn Policy, GWOT, Humor
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Fairness
Having young children, I hear “It’s not fair” and awful lot. Recently, we have heard a lot about proportional responses equating to “fairness”. I agree with the following sentiments.
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Georgia – Not Good
There has been a lot of reaction to those that have been watching the events in Central Asia. Stratfor has done their usual great job of breaking down the facts from the information available. Others have discussed it being a … Continue reading
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Iranian Fusion
Ed Morrisey over at Hot Air popped this one up a few days ago. He nails most of this on the head so I won’t drive too deep into it. I looked at the headline and the fusion comment puzzled … Continue reading
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Did You Know…
Oil shale… this is something that has been talked about and around since I first started looking into energy when I was a Boy Scout back in the early ’70s. One of my first merit badges was for nuclear energy. … Continue reading
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Nicaragua? Again?
Well it looks like we are seeing some new threats try and creep under the radar here. Please go read this article in the NY Sun. I’ll wait, the rest of my comments will make sense after your reading assignment. … Continue reading
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