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Strobist: AB1600 with gridded 60X30 softbox overhead. AB800 open behind backdrop of white faux suede.Triggered by Cybersync.
Today, my 96 year old father peacefully passed from this life into the next. This is a digital painting from a photo taken in 2014 with my mother and father walking down a path, arm in arm the way they walked through life and their 70 years of marriage.
I am so grateful for their example of love and devotion to one another, their family, and the Savior Jesus Christ.
On a typical day, Turnagain Arm sees tides of more than 30 feet.
Highest Explore Position: 165 on Monday, May 12, 2008
This is a common view when looking out the portholes of space stations all around the system. The ARM(Assisted Robotic Maintenance) Ship is available in many shapes and sizes and used in just about every situation where a couple of extra hands are needed.
Spacesuits are a bit too fragile and have limited movability. The ARM-Ship, on the other hand, gives the pilot the added movability and strength. The arms can also be controlled remotely via AR-headset should the need arise.
I'm returning to one of John Wallin Liberto's designs once again. I really love the idea of an enlarged set of robotic hands that you control from within a protected environment. I tried to follow the original design as closely as possible. But the cockpit was hard to get right. My version has more windows on the sides and a rounder shape in the nose.
I've also added internal lighting and floodlights to the ship. I used the LifeLites eLite Jr kit. It's not very bright but very easy to fit into small builds.
Some more details on my blog.
This last weekend found me in Anchorage for the shortest day of the year. My wife and I drove up to Portage at the head of Turnagain Arm.
This is taken looking down the arm at sunset. As Turnagain Arm has some of the highest tides in the world (upwards of 36 feet), the tides pick up ice and move it up the arm and leaves it when the tide recedes. In the big summer bore tides provide an opportunity for surfers to get a 50 mile ride as the incoming tide overruns the outgoing tide and makes a wave about 6 feet high that runs up the arm.
Turnagain gets it name from it's discovery. Captain Cook sent his first mate, William Bligh of Bounty fame, in their smaller sailing vessel to see if it was the Northwest Passage. As the wind almost always blows down the arm, they had to continuously tack to go against the wind...or Turn Again!
more rock photos (increased contrast in some)
Endicott Arm, AK
rough guess image about 3.8m or 12' across (glaucus winged gull in another photo used for scale)
dark along bottom of image is where affected by tide
my lichen photos by genus - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections/7215762439...
my photos arranged by subject, e.g. mountains - www.flickr.com/photos/29750062@N06/collections
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We went to a remote place in California's Mojave desert to launch a big rocket called HARP - High Altitude Rocketry Program. My son was leading a team of San Jose State University students to build and launch the rocket. Shortly before launch he is arming the sustainer (upper stage) with help from a big machine.
I processed a balanced HDR photo from a RAW exposure, and carefully adjusted color balance and curves. I welcome and appreciate constructive feedback.
-- ƒ/9.0, 56 mm, 1/400 sec, ISO 100, Sony A6000, SEL-55210, HDR, 1 RAW exposure, _DSC3329_hdr1bal1e.jpg
-- CC BY-NC-SA 4.0, © Peter Thoeny, Quality HDR Photography
pier at Salmon Arm in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada. a beautiful part of the world
The view looking down… this arm looks thin but it’s capable!!! :)
La scène vue d'en haut... ce bras n'est pas épais mais il est costaud !
It was probably the most impressive experience I’ve ever had but it was not easy. I will never forget the robotic arm ride while holding equipment that is three times my weight. The slightest movement increased its inertia (thankfully Megan is the world champion robotic arm operator). Visually it was a bit like holding a fridge upside down, while holding on with my feet over a 300 km cliff face #humblebrag. Quite a few things didn’t go according to plan but I am immensely proud of the team that fought to find solutions. #dreamteam. Shane exudes professionalism at all times, the ground teams and control centre were on point, and then there were our incredible colleagues driving the robotic arm and getting us into the suits (and out again). I might still be on an adrenaline high, but I don’t think you can find a better team. We are going to try to get some rest and consider the follow-up operations.
C’était à la fois une expérience magique et un vrai combat ; je ne suis pas prêt d’oublier ce petit tour au bout du bras robotique en tenant un équipement qui fait 3 fois mon poids, le moindre mouvement lui faisant prendre de l’inertie. Heureusement que Megan est championne du monde de conduite de bras robotique ! Visuellement c’était un peu comme tenir un frigo, accroché par les pieds, la tête à l’envers sur une paroi abrupte de quelques kilomètres #humblebrag. Pas mal de choses ne se sont pas passées comme prévu mais je suis super fier de l’équipe qui s’est battue pour trouver des solutions #dreamteam. Shane 👨🚀 égal à lui-même de flegme et de professionnalisme, l’équipe 💻 au centre de contrôle au top, les collègues au bras robotique ou qui nous ont mis dans les scaphandres (et nous en ont sortis)... Je suis peut-être encore sous le coup de l’adrénaline, mais je pense qu’on ne peut pas trouver mieux (ou alors il va falloir me le prouver 😁). On va essayer de prendre un peu de repos en attendant la suite des opérations 😴
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Turnagain Arm and Cook Inlet on a somewhat low tide. Taken on the Turnagain Arm Trail, East of the Potter Trailhead, located just southeast of Anchorage, Alaska.