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At the southwest corner of Twelfth and Walnut Streets in Over-the-Rhine lies one of Cincinnati's most beautiful yet under-appreciated relics - the Germania Building.
Over an abandoned entrance on the Twelfth Street side is a statue of a chariot with Apollo driving four horses.
The Germania Building stands as a monument to the important role that German immigrants played in the development of the city and its business community. Built in 1877 at a cost of $100,000, this striking building was constructed by Heinrich Arminius Rattermann (1832-1923), to house his company, the German Mutual Insurance Company of Cincinnati. The building was designed by Johann Bast (1812-1880), a German-born builder and architect. The building's style is an example of Renaissance Revival, and, like so many buildings in Over-the-Rhine, is built of red brick, faced on Walnut Street with a handsome limestone facade.
The building is one of the most ornate in the city, but the most striking elements of this handsome structure are its two prominent sculptures, executed by Leopold Fettweis, a nineteenth century Cincinnati sculptor. On the second floor front is a statue named Germania, who symbolizes German culture and the German sprit. At her feet are: a palette, representing art; books, representing learning; a telescope, representing astronomy; a capital, representing architecture, and flora, representing nature.
After America entered World War I on the Allied side, German-Americans and their traditions were quickly stigmatized. The names of foodstuffs, businesses, families, and streets, were changed from German-sounding titles to anglicized ones. For example, in Over-the-Rhine, Berlin Street was renamed Woodward and Bremen Street was changed to Republic, to name but a few. In May 1919, the study of German in public schools was forbidden, ending a tradition of bilingualism in Cincinnati.
The Germania Building and the German Mutual Insurance Company of Cincinnati were also affected, the latter changing its' name to Hamilton Mutual Insurance (the company remains in business under that name today). The statue of Germania was covered with a black cloth, and then draped with an American flag in April of 1918; before long, the statue and the building had been renamed "Columbia." The United States' motto, E Pluribus Unum, was carved on the hem of the statue's robe. Panels were placed in the arched pediment to cover the company's German name, and remain in place in the early twenty-first century.
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Apollo Command Module used on the Skylab 4 mission. On display at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC.
Ultraviolet astronomy photos taken with telescope on moon, Apollo 16.
Disclaimer: I am not endorsed by NASA, I have done this out of intrest for the Apollo Program in my free time.
File information:
This set includes Apollo 16 UVC scans from NASA converted to JPGs by Thomas.
This set also includes unconverted scans from NASA, with a RAW prefix and .raw extension. The latter can not be read by conventional image software. For more information on how it was scanned, see NSSDC link below.
To get the RAW files, see 'Download options' window and click on 'SHOW ALL'
Why, and story:
The Apollo 16 UVC experiment photos are not all readily available on the internet. Original files have been received by NASA by asking here:
nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/datasetDisplay.do?id=ASUV-00017
At this website you can read how the raw files were decoded into image files viewable by modern operating systems: www3.telus.net/summa/faruv/explain.htm
Usefull Information:
The Revised S201 catalog of far-ultraviolet objects inspects some images in detail. A great source of information.
The Apollo House, a rather striking 1930s building in Amsterdam, at the intersection of the Apollolaan and the Stadionweg.
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The course that the Saturn V rockets of the Apollo program took from Earth to the Moon. This map resembles the one found at mission control in Houston.
Die Apollo-11-Crew wird in New York begeistert gefeiert. Im Auto erkennt man Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins und Neil Armstrong (von links nach rechts). Image Credit: NASA,
Photo by Bill Taub
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
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Marble head of Apollo with fragment of his hand
Roman, Imperial, ist or 2nd century A.D.
Roman adaptation of a Greek work of the 4th century B.C.
known as the Apollo Lykeios
A celebrated bronze statue of Apollo, standing at rest with his hand on his head, stood throughout antiquity in the Lykeion, a large open area just outside the walls of Athens that was devoted to athletics and philosophical discussion. The graceful pose was later adopted for other statues of Apollo, such as this small-scale work with almost feminine features and hairstyle.
Marble head of a girl from a small statue
Greek, Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C.
Said to be from Greece
The oval face with delicately indicated features and gentle transition to the soft hair is executed in a style popular in the Hellenistic period.
Marble head of a youth
Greek, Early Hellenistic, 3rd century B.C.
The soft modeling, deep-set eyes, and upward turn of the head mark this as a work of the Early Hellenistic period.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
NYC
Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey on display at the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchison, KS
Apollo 13 was the third manned lunar-landing mission, part of Project Apollo under the NASA in the United States. It launched on April 11, 1970. Two days after the launch, the Apollo spacecraft was crippled by an explosion, causing the Service Module portion of the Apollo Command/Service Module to lose its oxygen and electrical power. The crew used the Lunar Module as a ?lifeboat? in space. The command module systems remained functional, but were deactivated to preserve its capability to reenter Earth?s atmosphere upon return to the earth. The crew endured difficult conditions due to severe constraints on power, cabin heat, and potable water, but successfully returned to Earth.
Counter Culture Coffee Espresso Apollo 6.3
Apollo 6.3 is 80% Ethiopia Shilicho and 20% Peru La Frontera. As the coffee cools you get the delightful floral aromatics I think from the La Frontera. But the Ethiopian coffee is really in the flavor. As I brew in a chemex it does bring out the Ethiopian beans and mutes the chocolate tones of the La Frontera. The acidity in my mouth definitely feels lemon like with a creamy texture, probably due to the darker roast used.
Many times I like to try coffees that are made to be brewed as espresso in my chemex. It offers a "stripped down" approach that might reveal what would otherwise be overwhelmed in the espresso shot. To put it as an analogy, think of watching an action movie in slow motion like in the Matrix.
Between 1622 and 1625, Gian Lorenzo Bernini sculpted a Baroque, life-sized marble entitled Apollo and Daphne. Apollo clutches Daphne’s hip pursuing her as she flees trying to escape him. Apollo desperate and longing wears a laurel crown foreshadowing Daphne’s metamorphosis into the laurel tree. Daphne is portrayed halfway through her metamorphosis into the laurel tree with her arms already transforming into its branches as she flees and calls to her Father to save her from Apollo.[2]
Artists such as Antonio and Piero del Pollaiolo often manipulated scenes from famous Greek mythology into the setting of their time periods. In Pollaiolo's painting Apollo and Daphne, both Apollo and Daphne are shown dressed in Renaissance garments as Daphne is in the midst of transforming into the laurel tree.
The myth of Apollo and Daphne has been examined as a battle between chastity (Daphne) and sexual desires (Apollo). As Apollo lustfully pursues Daphne, she is saved through her metamorphosis and confinement into the laurel tree which can be seen as an act of eternal chastity. Daphne is forced to sacrifice her body and become the laurel tree as her only form of escape from the pressures of Apollo’s constant sexual desires. Apollo takes Daphne’s eternal chastity and crafts himself a wreath out of her laurel branches turning her symbol of chastity into a cultural symbol for him and other poets and musicians.
The pub on this site has a long history, but since the late-60s has been at the bottom of a car park building. It was boarded up for much of the late-2000s, but reopened in 2010. Not a great photo, I'm sorry. In any case, now a hole in the ground as of mid-2013.
Address: 28 Paddington Street.
Former Name(s): Carpe Diem; Muswell's.
Owner: Punch Taverns [Spirit Group] (former); Firkin Pub Co. (former).
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While I was in Geneva for the motorshow, I was following along closely on Instagram to see what cars were out and about in Geneva. Luckily I came across a place called 'Carugati Automobiles' and decided I should head there ASAP and I'm so glad I did as I managed to catch the insane Apollo IE just before it left. Insane day wrapped up with a few Pagani's and various other insane cars!
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Edited NASA image of the launch of Apollo 4.
Original caption: The Apollo 4 space mission was launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The liftoff of the huge 363-feet tall Apollo/Saturn V space vehicle was at 7:00:01 a.m. (EST), Nov. 9, 1967.
Image #: S67-49969
Date: November 9, 1967
Apollo Bay, Victoria 2006.
Reprocessing some really old shots from when we first got our 20D. Images were less sharp due to the use of a really bad tripod and composition leaves alot to be desired. Nonetheless , I do remember the area vividly due to how striking the lighting was around sunset. Great holiday spot - or so most of Victoria thought at the time with every camp site filled to the brim.
Apollo 13 Command Module Odyssey on display at the Kansas Cosmosphere in Hutchison, KS
Apollo 13 was the third manned lunar-landing mission, part of Project Apollo under the NASA in the United States. It launched on April 11, 1970. Two days after the launch, the Apollo spacecraft was crippled by an explosion, causing the Service Module portion of the Apollo Command/Service Module to lose its oxygen and electrical power. The crew used the Lunar Module as a ?lifeboat? in space. The command module systems remained functional, but were deactivated to preserve its capability to reenter Earth?s atmosphere upon return to the earth. The crew endured difficult conditions due to severe constraints on power, cabin heat, and potable water, but successfully returned to Earth.
Apollo 14 Commemorative Medal
During the third Apollo lunar landing, Alan Shepard and Edgar Mitchell became the fifth and sixth humans on the Moon, while Stuart Roosa piloted the command module.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_14
Apollo 15 Commemorative Medal
In an August 1971 landing, astronauts David Scott and James Irwin explored the surface with a Lunar Roving Vehicle, while Alfred Worden orbited the Moon.
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_15
Apollo 12 Commemorative Medals
In November 1969, astronauts Pete Conrad and Alan Bean walked on the Moon twice, while astronaut Richard Gordon piloted the Command Module.
1. Lincoln Mint, U.S.A.
2. Wellings Mint, Canada
3. Lincoln Mint, U.S.A.
4. Constantino Affer, Italy
For more info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12
Apollo 13 Commemorative Medals
The third Apollo lunar landing attempt ended after an explosion damaged the service module. Astronauts Lovell, Swigert, and Haise returned safely on April 17, 1970.
1. Constantino Affer, Italy
2. Lincoln Mint, U.S.A.
For more information: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_13
Forget-me-Knot
Confusion reigns in David Tristram’s superb comedy. Is anyone who they say they are?
Production kindly sponsored by Vectis Rotary.
11-13 and 16-19 May 2017 (note changed show dates for this production)
Forget-Me-Knot, by David Tristram, tells the tale of a man who may or may not be Robert Zeinfeld, found wandering and suffering from amnesia. Detective Inspector Monroe is the man charged with working out who this mystery man is, with the help – or rather hindrance – of Mrs Zeinfeld and his own wife Samantha.
Robert is a confused man, not of his own doing – a bump on the head resulting in amnesia and a night in the cells have attributed to that. Inspector Monroe is also a confused man, but he has nobody to blame but himself.
Robert has been found wandering the streets in his confused state. His Filofax knows who he is – but does anybody else? Monroe is on the case – or seems to think he is. More confusion rains down when Robert’s wife is summoned and doesn’t know what’s going on either; but what she does know is that Robert shouldn’t be anywhere near where he was found and probably with a mistress, whom he definitely shouldn’t be anywhere near. When the mistress turns up, utter confusion is unleashed upon the stage. Is Robert who everybody else says he is? Does he really have amnesia? If he doesn’t then what is he doing with a wife like that in the first place? Is anybody actually who they maintain they are?
Forget-Me-Knot has been described as ‘one of the funniest British farces … with superb laugh-out-loud comedy’. We think you’ll agree!
"Apollo 13 Recovery Area -- Two of the Apollo 13 astronauts, John L. Swigert, Jr. (l.) and James A. Lovell, Jr. (center), CDR, await pickup by rescue helicopter, as pararescuemen waits to assist in the operation. They, and astronaut Fred W. Haise, Jr., who was hoisted aboard the recovery helicopter before this photograph was taken, circled the Moon and returned to Earth when spacecraft technical problems eliminated the planned lunar landing by Lovell and Haise in the Moon's Fra Mauro region."
-- caption for NASA photo No. 108-KSC-70P-205, release date April 17, 1970.
Apollo 15 selected photos of interesting specimen rocks on Moon's surface. I enhanced photos for clarity - some are rotated.
New Mexico Museum of Space History
The Apollo Fuel Cell was designed to convert cryogenic oxygen (O2) and hydrogen (H2) into electrical power. A vitally important by-product of this chemical reaction was the production of water (H2O) which was used by the astronauts during their mission. A complement of three 28-volt fuel cells provided all the onboard electrical power to the Apollo Command and Service Module (the Lunar Excursion Module was battery powered). Each fuel cell was rated at 1.5kW, with a maximum power of 2.2kW for brief periods. Each fuel cell consisted of 31 cells connected in scries (each producing one volt) and weighed 245 pounds. Each fuel cell had its own hydrogen and oxygen compartment and two electrodes (conductors). The heat produced by the chemical reaction (mixing H2 with O2) was used to maintain the gases at a reactive temperature (385 F) while excess heat was vented into space. The three power cells operated in parallel; although a single power plant was enough to ensure safe return. Fuel cells were first tested during the Gemini program and are still used today, in modified form, aboard the Space Shuttle.
Apollo command module at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. I believe it is Command Module "Kitty Hawk" from Apollo 14, but I may be mistaken. Technically an HDR picture, but without the "surreal" look that many get.
Apollo. final plaster model. 1996.
Apolo. Modelo final em gesso (português).
Apolo. modelo final en yeso ( español).
Apolo. modello finale dell'intonaco (italiano).
Century VI quatrain 33
His hand finally through the bloody ALUS,
He will be unable to protect himself by sea,
Between two rivers he will fear the military hand,
The black and angry one will make him repent of it.
From pg. 7 of Space News Roundup (the official publication of the Manned Spacecraft Center, Houston, TX) Vol. 3, No. 2, dated November 13, 1963.
"Ferry Atsurugi"
Built: 1996 Japan
Length: 112 Meters
Gross Tonnage: 3,214
Speed: 19 knots
Amenities: Resto Blu, Sky Deck, Kronous mart, K GameZone, Adoration Chapel,
Information Counter, Lobby, Titanium Gym, Greek Spa
Accommodations: Orange (Economy), Violet (Business), Red (Tourist) Blu (Suite)
Mix of Ferry Tsurugi of Nankai Ferry of Japan,
Trans-Asia 3 and used the template of Cebu Ferry 1
Using the LCD controller's "scroll" command for a fast animation of a CSM moving over a background.
Quite hard to capture without reflections etc!
Apollo 17 (the last mission) was 50 years ago.
Just a photoshop composition I made quite a while back, depicting a Saturn V rocket on it's way to the moon. Of course all purists would know the 1st / 2nd stages would already been jetisoned at this point in preparation for trans lunar injection ;) Who cares though, it's about the bigger picture ! :-)
Apollo. final plaster model. 1996.
Apolo. Modelo final em gesso (português).
Apolo. modelo final en yeso ( español).
Apolo. modello finale dell'intonaco (italiano).
Century VI quatrain 33
His hand finally through the bloody ALUS,
He will be unable to protect himself by sea,
Between two rivers he will fear the military hand,
The black and angry one will make him repent of it.