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I've been truly blessed this past year to be able to get out and explore. Looking back, it's pretty unbelievable that I had stood in front of so many beautiful land- and cityscapes--I hope this composite captures at least a fraction of how I felt.
Cheers 2015, and here's to another great year, full of adventures (and photos)!
in this picture you can see some of my latest purchases for the scanner camera:
-Mamiya 45mm lens
-Mamiya compendium with the shortened adapter.
-Mamiya original soft lens shade for the 45mm lens
-Current regulator for the LED
-Another similar regulator for testing purpose
-PWM dimmer for the LED
-Potentiometer for the dimmer
-35mm COB LED module
-60mm COB LED module
I have yet to design the way to illuminate the sensor, but probably the LED module will be modified to fit near the edge of the front opening of the camera
May 24, the Bush Center hosted Engage event, Invictus Games Recap: Honoring Our Wounded Warrior Athletes. ESPN's Jeremy Schaap moderated a panel with President Bush, US Team Captain Will Reynolds, and Competitor Sarah Rudder about the 2016 Invictus Games. Photo by Grant Miller for the George W. Bush Presidential Center.
Enough about people; back to rockets.
I just finished the December issue of Rockets Magazine, where some of my creative commons photos earned a nice byline.
I liked the enthusiastic summary of the rocket drag race I had with Erik and the post-mortem on the peculiar crater created by our Mavericks Q-P Doll project (I was wondering why there was so little shrapnel scatter):
“at the count of zero, the 80 grams of thermite brought the Q motor to life immediately, and 500 pounds of rocket shot off the pad like it weighed nothing at all. The flame was enormous, trailing 30 feet behind the rocket. [flight details]… the P motor never lit… The booster section with an unfired P motor with potentially active and functioning head-end ignition was diving toward the playa at breakneck speeds. The plume of dust could be seen for miles when the booster impacted. What wasn’t known, due to the distance, is that somehow the 35 grams of thermite had fired and lit the propellant at impact. The P motor must have been at least 20 to 30 feet underground at this point, and there was nowhere for the exhaust thrust to go. The motor instantaneously over-pressurized at CATOed while underground, leaving a 12-foor-wide crater in the Playa.”
I’ll post a photo of the crater below. Also, here’s an energetic video report on the flight…
I also liked the shout out to “some late night launching that included a spectacular J-motor CATO in a rocket launched by Steve Jurvetson. But even Steve’s CATO couldn’t match the haunting sounds of a late-night concert by Bob Dylan violinist Scarlet Riviera.”
And lastly, “Steve Jurvetson was flying a Nuclear Sledgehammer on an M1315 for his Level Three certification attempt. This kit was serial number 001 in the production run. Steve was involved in design consultations of this rocket, and he wanted to have the first one for himself. Being able to certify Level Three at a Research Launch is one of the positive steps that the Tripoli Board has enacted in the last year. The black rocket, highlighted with red pin striping, took to the sky like a seasoned Level Three veteran. The rocket rose steadily on the trail of white fire and smoke. There was a slight arc that sent the rocket down range. The whole flight was perfectly silhouetted against the dissipating high, white clouds, and the perfect apogee deployment of the of the main signaled that another Level Three flier had been added to that elite club.”
Some of my favourite photos from 2020. Normally there would be a much bigger selection to choose from (especially music photos) but 2020 sucked big time for photo opportunities and gigs
:(
Music:
Artist: PinkLung
Title: Bass and Awe
being inspired, good friends, making new ones, making art, good art shows, travel and celebrating getting married & then the party! HNY folks!
xoxo
inspired by leya
20 posts this year! I think this was a good warm-up for 2024 as I had a lot of speedbuilds and remakes. So closer to 15 fully new builds.
I'm super appreciative of my friends in the community. I probably would have quit long ago were it not for them. So happy to have met a bunch of them in person at BFVA and Bricks Cascade.
Wishing you all a happy new year! Get ready for the real stuff next year ;)
Se Here's a quick recap of what's been happening lately (and stopping me from taking and posting pictures).
I discovered that men are stupid... and women are even more.
It was my bday, almost a month ago so I decided to take a whole week and travel to California to visit my parents. It's been 4 years since i don't spend my bday with my dad so it was kind of special.
I saw a roadrunner, they do exist... I didn't know that.. boy they're fast.
I went to San Diego... and fell in love...
I took my head out the window a couple of times while my dad was driving (hence this picture)... I learned my lesson... but had fun.
I saw the pacific ocean... and proposed to it... but got no response.
I got obsessed with meeting a millionaire while I was there...
I missed people... one in particular... or maybe two.
I saw my dad using my DSLR and felt so proud... he liked it...
I came back to Tampa and felt old...
Started working on my website again... www.apolanco.com... don't despair, it's coming...
Went nuts with tons of work at Microsoft.
Finally launched Windows 7... and got goodies out of it :)
Met interesting people.
Got sick, again...
Was told that I need surgery... sucks but whatever...
My grandma died.
Cried a little bit.. missed tons of people.
My dad had surgery.... he's ok
Got the flu.
Got better.
Dressed up in Halloween.
Opened a twitter account.
Cut my hair.
and now I'm getting ready for a photshoot of my godson in his first halloween costume.... can't wait...
so many ups and downs... but I'm still here..
Hope to hear from everybody soon...
Much love...