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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: Politics
Spending, Taxation or Both
First a quick tip of the tam o’ shanter to Joe for pointing out this article. An interesting opinion piece by Mike Jensen pointing out some of the problems with our tax system, and a potential solution. There is a … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics, Venting
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Nailed It
Tam hits a home run on this one. Well, we have high gas prices, gold is up, the economy’s stagnant, and now the president’s relatives are getting likkered up in public. The second paragraph is the kicker though… go read … Continue reading
Posted in Presidential Politics
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Execution
Over at The Sniper he has the following post up: Just take your sweet A$$ time « The Sniper. Now you need to go read the whole article. It reminds us that words are words, and you need to go … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Marines, Presidential Politics
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Economic Observations and Course of Action
Original content time, it’s been awhile. I am not one for doom and gloom, generally. A couple of decades ago, maybe longer, we got to the point where the global economy took precedence over regional economies. If something happened in … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Politics
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Watch What You Say
If you parse through enough public speeches you can extract all kinds of contradictory tidbits. However, I found this on amusing so I will share. Sean Linnane: OBAMA’S OWN WORDS TRAP HIM.
Posted in Humor, Presidential Politics
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Another Rant
The man who has rapidly taken his place in my top 5 author list has done it again. He went off on a tangent and has created a wonderful rant for us all to howl over. You may find it … Continue reading
Posted in observations, Politics
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Shocked…
It appears that the International Atomic Energy Agency agrees with what the world has assumed to be true for four years now. Well, the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN’s nuclear watchdog agency has come out and said that it strongly thinks … Continue reading
Posted in Foriegn Policy, History, Terrorism
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Contrasts
Well the folks over at rightchange.com are putting together some video on contrasting styles. It looks like the first one chooses to contrast the presidential leadership styles that as they apply to Lybia. Regardless of your views on the issue, … Continue reading
Posted in Leadership, Presidential Politics
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Border Incursions
Well it looks like things on the southern border are beginning to heat up, and get some more media attention. The most recent focus has seemed to be on the cartel battles taking place within Mexico, and any flow of … Continue reading
Posted in Foriegn Policy
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Times are a changing….
…but are things going too far?? The whole DNA swab by the TSA propsal thing that is being discussed across the media took me a bit off guard. Who thinks that this is a good idea? What is the benefit … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Politics
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