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This three-radial-module space station concept was intended to utilize Apollo hardware to deploy the station and to transfer crews to and from orbit.
Credit: NASA
Image Number: S-64-3704
Date: 1960
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Abandoned Abused Street Dogs.
Nikon D300 DX Camera.
Nikkor 17-55 2.8 Lens.
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Mama guarding Apollo from all the monkeys
that want to steal his breakfast ......................
Monkey on the overhead branch already
tried it once and was sent scurrying back up
the tree limb. Apollo is feeling much better ..;-)
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Jon&Crew.
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Taken 24 December, 1968
Apollo 8 mission
Courtesy: NASA
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This is the first photograph taken of Earthrise taken by a human as he watched the event unfold. Interestingly, it is not the image that has become iconic over the years by virtue of the fact it is monochrome. Two colour photographs taken in a minute or so will become the images that are favourite of photo editors around the world. Note how close the Earth is to the lunar horizon. We are looking across the middle of Pasteur, a large degraded mini-basin at 224-km diameter. The lighting renders its rim invisible but the distinct crater in the central foreground is Pasteur G. A cluster of craters at the top of the frame are centred around Pasteur U.]
[We have presented this photograph in an unconventional orientation with the Moon's horizon vertical. On Earth, the convention for a sunrise or moonrise shot is to have the horizon running left to right. Bill Anders has said that this is how he see this image. They were orbiting around the Moon's equator and with north being to the top, Earth came out from behind a vertical horizon. ]
The first of these two images is likely the photograph that has become an icon for environmental groups around the world. It manages to contrast the rugged, hostile, barren landscape of the Moon with the dynamic, colourful life-giving sphere of the Earth.]
[So who took the famous Earthrise photograph? Bill Anders had always been sure he had taken it, and strictly speaking he had, as it is quite clear he did take the two colour images. Yet, in his book, Countdown, Frank Borman claims that the famous colour image was taken by him.]
[There are competing theories to explain this difference which were laid out in an article and subsequent letters in The Sciences magazine on the thirtieth anniversary of the flight by Robert Zimmerman, author of Genesis: The Story of Apollo 8, and Andrew Chaikin, author of A Man on the Moon. Both of these historians agree that Bill took the two colour images and can take credit for the famous image. But who took the first black and white image? The controversy hinges on the identity of the speaker at 075:47:30 who expresses astonishment at the sight of the rising Earth. If the transcripts are correct and it is Frank, then it seems likely that he actually took the early B+W image by grabbing the camera Bill had been using and firing off a shot while Bill jokingly admonishes him for carrying out unscheduled photography. If, on the other hand, the utterance at 075:47:30 is made by Bill then it seems likely that he had kept the camera as Frank was rotating the spacecraft, spotted the rising Earth and fired off a shot before getting Jim to help him.]
[The unfortunate fact about this controversey is that Frank and Bill have very similar voices and it can often be difficult to distinguish between them. When possible, we will make a recording of the moment available to readers so they can judge for themselves.]
[As the crew are enjoy an historic view of their home planet, the other Hasselblad in its mounting is still photographing the landscape below.
The Apollo GT was built from 1962 through 1965 in California. It featured a 3.5L aluminum Buick V-8 and a body inspired by many Ferraris from the era as well as the Jaguar XKE. Only 88 were produced. For more information:
This was what drew me to Titusville and Space View Park, last night, July 16, 2019, the 50th anniversary of the #Apollo11 launch.
Meet the Apollo monument. According to the American Space Museum & Space Walk of Fame website, "the monument groundbreaking was held on July 16, 1999, at precisely 9:32 a.m., exactly 30 years after 'Lift Off' of Apollo XI."
So, this was where I decided I would capture the rise of the Full Moon, exactly 50 years (plus 11 hours) after "Lift Off" of Apollo XI.
I arrived a few minutes before moonrise, but I failed to account for how dense the trees were in the background, which meant I needed to wait until the Moon was higher in the sky. This is 35 minutes after moonrise and 40 minutes after sunset, and the monument isn't lit, which meant the scene was quite dark. Solution: My rarely used speedlight. But, there were also powerlines and tree branches in the way, so really didn't like anything I was getting.
After a 24-hour cooling off period (I was rather frustrated with the scene last night; the gazillion mosquitoes weren't helping my mood, either) I revisited the images and found this one. The monument isn't in focus (I had to shoot closer than I intended), and the Moon is partially obscured (by a tree and aforementioned monument), but here it is.
Aside from the mosquitos, it was a pretty terrific being there, and I was able to hang around to catch the ISS flying overhead a few minutes later.
TL;DR: #Apollo50!
Film: Kodak Tri-X 400
Wikipedia schreibt:
Die Apollo-Brücke (auf slowakisch: Most Apollo; geplant als Most Košická: Brücke der Kaschauer Straße) ist die neueste Brücke in Bratislava, Slowakei, über die Donau. Sie wurde am 5. September 2005 eröffnet. Die Brücke ist 854 Meter lang, mit einem 231 Meter langen Hauptbogen über die Donau. Durch diese Brücke sollen die anderen drei großen Donaubrücken, die Prístavný most (im Zuge der Autobahn D1), die Starý most und die Nový most entlastet werden.
Benannt ist die Brücke nach der 1895 in Bratislava gegründeten Apollo-Raffinerie, die nordwestlich der Brücke lag und bei Bombenangriffen während des Zweiten Weltkriegs im Juni 1944 zerstört wurde. Die an diesem Standort wiederaufgebaute Raffinerie des später verstaatlichten Mineralölunternehmens Slovnaft blieb bis in die 1960er Jahre in Betrieb.
1962 London registered 388 EXT Atkinson Mk1 eight wheeled flat "Apollo" of Ernest Thorpe Transport, from Thurgoland, S.Yorks. Seen here awaiting her fate, but still fitted with the firm's trademark nudge bars and 'The Service that Satisfies' roundel to the ringed 'A'.
copulation of one of the rarest butterflies in germany, even in the world? anyway, this beautiful creature is worlwide protected by the "Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES)". i´m very glad that such a species lives in my homeland.
d200 - sigma 150 - f/8 - 1/10s - IS0 200
At Portsmouth, the Abdiel-class minelayer HMS Apollo is tied up outboard of HMS Tyne, a destroyer tender. Taken by my father in 1961 just before Abdiel was laid up for the final time.
The Royal Navy ordered the first four of six ships in 1938, with a further two acquired as part of the War Emergency Programme. They were specifically designed for rapidly laying minefields in enemy waters, close to harbours or sea lanes. As such they were required to be very fast and to possess sufficient anti-aircraft weaponry to defend themselves if discovered by enemy aircraft. A large mineload of up to 150 mines was required to be carried under cover, necessitating a long, flush-decked hull with high freeboard. The resulting ship was laid out much like a large destroyer. However, the three straight funnels were an instant identifying feature.
Top speed was specified as 40 kt. To achieve this they were given a full cruiser set of machinery, and with an installed output of 72,000 shp on two shafts they made 39¾ kt light and 38 kt deep load.
Commissioned after sea trials in February 1944, Apollo joined the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow before setting out for minelaying operations in support of the planned invasion of France. Loading mines at Milford Haven she commenced operations off Brittany. She was detached for duty in Operation Neptune and on 7 June (D-Day+1) she embarked Allied Supreme Commander General Eisenhower, naval C-in-C Admiral Bertram Ramsay, and staff officers from SHAEF, to visit the assault areas. Unfortunately she grounded while underway, damaging her propellers, and her passengers were transferred to the destroyer Undaunted. Repairs were completed in September and she deployed in the South-Western Approaches, laying deep trap minefields as a countermeasure to U-boat activities in inshore waters. Her minefields proved fatal for U-325 and U-1021.
On 24 December she joined the Home Fleet for minelaying duty off Norway, operating off Utsira in January, accompanied by the destroyers Zealous and Carron. On 15 January 1945 she began minelaying in the Irish Sea. In April she commenced a minelaying operation in the Russian Kola Inlet (Operation Trammel) as part of Force 5 with destroyers Opportune, Orwell and Obedient.
After VE Day she sailed to Oslo in company with sister ship Ariadne and heavy cruiser Devonshire, returning the Norwegian Government-in-Exile and Crown Prince Olav. She subsequently prepared for, and sailed to, the British Pacific Fleet, but arrived in Melbourne, Australia, two weeks before the Japanese surrender. Apollo was then employed in repatriation work carrying former British PoWs to Shanghai for passage back to the UK, and then carried mail and stores to ships and establishments in Manus, Shanghai, various Japanese ports and Hong Kong.
In mid-1946 she returned to Chatham and was paid off into Reserve. In 1948 her pennant number was changed from M01 to N01. She was recommissioned in 1951 after the outbreak of the Korean War and remained in commission for 10 years. She was paid off and returned to the Reserve in 1961, was put on the Disposal List the next year, and sold for breaking-up by Hughes Bolckow at Blyth, Northumberland in November 1962. - From Wikipedia.
" Apollo Féerie "
Si vous aimez les papillons et ce genre de photos, mon livre est dispo, de l'obscur vers l'épuré en passant par la couleur, il est encore temps pour noël !
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Il est encore tout juste le temps pour les derniers envois demain et pour les recevoir avant samedi !!!
Beneath delicately arched ridged brows the Piraeus Apollo has horizontal eyes, the upper lid curving above the iris. Both iris and pupil are incised, a feature that is occasionally found on marble works where paint was used to point up the details. The large plastic ears are naturalistic, with both tragus and antitragus shown. The ears are rendered as if they are being pushed out by the bulging mass of thick hair pulled behind them.
Source: Carol C. Mattusch, “Greek Bronze Statuary: From the Beginnings Through the 5th Century BC”
Bronze sculpture
Height 192 cm
High Archaic period
ca. 530 - 520 BC
From Delos [?]
Piraeus - Archaeological Museum
The Apollo is on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. It's rare and endangered in Norway, so I feel so lucky having the opportunity to photographed it.
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A kinetic sculpture of the Greek god Apollo, riding in his chariot.
Video: youtu.be/19XGmUEvvYM
Seen in the Gulf of Oman in early March 1981, HMS Apollo was participating in officer-of-the-watch manoeuvres that marked a change of Royal Navy ships on Operation Armilla duties.
Apollo and Ardent had returned to the Gulf region from a break in Mombasa and HMS Birmingham (D86) and HMS Avenger (F185) were about to depart for home waters. They had been diverted from other activities in the Indian Ocean to set up an impromptu patrol in the Gulf in response to the outbreak of the Iran-Iraq War. Apollo and Ardent were the first units deployed from the UK for this patrol.
Built by Yarrows, Apollo was the penultimate ship in the 26-unit Leander class, commissioning in May 1972. The Batch IIIs were 113.4m in length, with a beam of 13.1m and a draught of 5.8m. Standard displacement was 2,500 tonnes. Their two oil-fired boilers fed 550 lb/sq in steam at 850˚F to a pair of double reduction-geared steam turbines. The 30,000 shp generated a speed of 28 kt. Interestingly, Apollo's fuel costs during the deployment were about twice those of Ardent, powered by Olympus/Tyne gas turbines.
The Mk 6 twin 4.5-inch 45-calibre gun was primarily an anti-aircraft weapon, the final development of the QF 4.5-inch naval gun first introduced in the mid-1930s. It took a considerable number (26?) of men to operate, in contrast to the replacement Mk 8 a 55-calibre weapon, which took full advantage of developments in automation, increasing the rate of fire and reducing manning requirements significantly.
Apollo was transferred to the Pakistani Navy in 1988 and renamed PNS Zulfiqar. She was finally disposed-of in February 2010 when she was expended as a target.
Some images from the upcoming presentation in Newport during Dress Rehearsal.
The Shakespeare Revue
A clever, witty and hilarious musical revue in irreverent homage to the Bard.
3-4 and 7-11 July 2015
Gumpert Apollo Sport
Circuit du Castellet (Paul Ricard HTTT) - France
Caméra: Nikon D80
Exposition: 0,008 sec (1/125)
Ouverture: f/7.1
Longueur focale: 55 mm
Vitesse ISO: 100
Some image from Dress Rehearsal for the forthcoming performance of :
The Private Ear and The Public Eye
Two one-act plays by Peter Shaffer
19-27 October 2018