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Operations image of the week:
The flight dynamics experts working on the ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter mission meet regularly to assess progress of the spacecraft's almost-year-long aerobraking manoeuvres at Mars.
The TGO orbiter swung into an initial, highly elliptical orbit at Mars on 19 October last year.
Aerobraking - using drag from the faint wispy tendrils of the upper-most part of the martian atmosphere to slow and lower the spacecraft into its final science orbit - began on 15 March, and will take most of a year, following a cautious ‘slow-as-you-go’ strategy.
As with Goldilocks and the famous bears, staying too high won't drag on TGO sufficiently to reach its intended orbit anytime soon, while dipping too low into the atmosphere could slow it too much, with unwanted results.
Therefore, the flight dynamics team carefully assess the results of every aerobraking orbit, and make detailed predictions on the subsequent orbits based on realtime results. This means there is a lot of data to keep up with.
They have, of course, many sophisticated tools, applications and databases available to help determine orbits, visualise trajectories and calculate future spacecraft manoeuvres.
"But the white board in our briefing room is the best tool we've found for giving everyone an up-to-the-date, realtime view of aerobraking progress during our frequent review meetings," says ESA's Robert Guilanyà, seen above, the TGO flight dynamics team lead.
"A large group of people need to see and discuss the data collected from the atmospheric passages to plan subsequent aerobraking activities. Marking up the white board by hand is simple, easy and instantly viewable by all."
From 25 June to end-August, aerobraking is on pause due to Mars and Earth lining up on opposite sides of the Sun in a conjunction that greatly reduces the reliability and robustness of communication to and from the spacecraft.
Aerobraking will resume in August, and should continue until early 2018, when TGO will perform a series of final manoeuvres to transition to its approximately 400-km high, circular science orbit.
Credit: ESA
A Quick Gap paperbus to fill in time this is R153 RSN which I know may be something to some here is a simplified attempt a it... Personally I still think that the Optare Versa Jet net is my best and the new style stagecoach E400H net :)
Original Net: Peter Fray
Updated & Adapted: Dom Robson
Model : Angela Ong
Taken by : Kweong
Location : Taiping Lake Garden
Just tired for editing and due to disappointed on Canon because this morning I just knew Nikon increase lens price last 2 months and I want to buy 24-70L but atfer I call to the store take an order he told me the lens was increase by USD 200..... because after I walk out from the Canon Singapore fax a notice to them. No more old stock from him... I just saw in their lens display cabinet... and he told me yesterday just sold 2 lenses. I tell myself don't buy Canon lens anymore for this coming 2 years. 5D MK II also increase another USD 100. What I have to do now? Go for film!!!
EOS 650 + EF 28mm f/1.8
I remember a time when I shot bright, pastel coloured images. Super narrow depth of field and with long lenses. Style evolves as we discover more about ourselves through our work. The understanding that how we photograph is more about use than our actual subject comes and everything changes.
I'm happier now with one camera a 35mm lens and my subject. The simpler the shoot the more at home I feel. For me simplification is amplification.
Shot with the most basic of camera.
BOX DATE: 2001
MANUFACTURER: M.G.A.
DOLLS IN LINE: Cloe; Yasmin; Sasha; Jade
RELEASES: 2001 "1st Edition;" 2005 (not dated) Collector's Edition; 2021 20 Yearz; 2023 "Slim Box"; 2023 "2 Pack"
IMPORTANT NOTES: There are two versions of the original 2001 Bratz that I know of--one version has more detail (which would look like my doll's outfits in the photo), while the other has simplified details on her outfits and accessories. The only difference between the 2001, 2005, and 2021 dolls' outfits is the shoes. The 2005 and 2021 dolls have holes punched in their shoes (a feature added in 2003 to Bratz footwear due to the creation of the 2003 Formal Funk Super Stylin' Runway Disco). The 2023 "slim box" doll was sold wearing her second look, with no extras.
PERSONAL FUN FACT: It goes to show you that all the original Bratz had some awesome outfits, if I say that I didn't play with Yasmin's clothes as much as some of the others. I LOVED Yasmin's two outfits shown here, but I liked Jade and Sasha's things even more. That being said, I still remember using these outfit pieces all the time. My favorite piece of Yasmin's wardrobe has to be her cream colored bell bottoms. I love the bohemian print at the bottoms of them. Plus, they are so wide, that they cascade perfectly over Yasmin's massive snap on boots. I remember playing with the denim/purple print mini skirt a lot too--it was a great mix and match piece. Yasmin's tube top is really adorable, and quite unique being that it feels like it is made from velvet. But it doesn't stay up well at all--in fact, whoever wears it always ends up showing of her bosoms (not very modest at all is it?)! Yasmin's handkerchief and backpack are the perfect little accessories for these two outfits. Of the original four backpacks made for the first edition Bratz, Yasmin always had my favorite (although Sasha's was really awesome too). I love how earthy and bohemian Yasmin's stuff is--it's a personal aesthetic that she still dons to this day! These two pairs of shoes are even more enormous than your average Bratz shoes. Besides the 2015 shoes, the first edition Bratz footwear is probably the most oversized. If you asked me, the larger the Bratz shoes, the better they are. Plus, they help the dolls stand up on their own!
“Minimalism is the intentional promotion of the things we most value and the removal of anything that distracts us from it.” Joshua Becker, Simplify
"Live simply that others might simply live." ~Elizabeth Ann Seton
Have a great Friday....and thanks for all your visits!!!! Will catch up soon :-)
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I made a product box and tested it out using this old bold and washer. The picture was good but boring so I decided to have some fun using some Topaz plugins I recently purchased. This is using Simplify.
Newcastle Corporation was an early adopter of the rear-engined Leyland Atlantean with substantial purchases from 1960. The first examples featured this 'boxy' style of bodywork from Weymann, Roe and Alexander; before the latter's more curvaceous design was adopted as the fleet standard. 220 JVK (fleet number 220) was of those bodied to the earlier Alexander design. This digital representation, based on the sister bus 221 in its current preserved condition, depicts the short-lived simplified 'intermediate' PTE livery, which omitted the traditional yellow colour from between the decks. This was quickly replaced by the final PTE scheme, which reverted to the original style, but with white (rather than cream) window surrounds and roof; and blue (rather than maroon) lining and wheel hubs. It is unlikely that any of the earlier Atlanteans lasted long enough to carry either of these schemes, but please tell me if you know differently (07-Jul-10).
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Created in PSE 9 and Topaz Simplify 4 for Down Under Challenge # 608, with thanks to Kajvin
for providing the challenge image (see below).
Topaz has just released Topaz Simplify 4, a free upgrade, which has tons more features than Simplify 3 had; so, if you're into Topaz, jump on this one. You'll love it.
Taking Bus Drawing Requests - Simplified Process
Please comment below with the following information:
1. The bus you would like me to draw, identified by registration number and fleet number,
2. Link to a photo showing the livery for the bus; and,
3. Other special remarks (time period, slight modifications, etc.).
Remarks:
Right to decline requests reserved
Drawings will be completed as soon as possible, subjected to free time available
Drawings may not be completed in sequence according to the time of request
One may only request again after the prior request has been completed
Another photo from my recent stroll down the South Bank of the Thames at London.
Huelight E-M5 camera profile. Lightroom, Photomatrix. Nik Collection, DxO Viewpoint 2, Flypaper presets and Topaz Simplify 4.
Olympus OM-D E-M5 & M.Zuiko 45mm f1.8.
This one for sure looks better on B l a c k M a g i c
Todays challenge for the daily shoot was Experiment in the digital darkroom today. Make a photo and post-process it any way you like to unleash your creativity.
So it was a nice day here and we had some things we had to do, but by about 2:30 we were done so decided to jump in the car and go somewhere we hadnt been before and ended up in Snug Harbor Park on Staten Island a lovely quaint little park which we enjoyed a leisurely stroll around, and this is one of the shots I got today
This shot I played around with in Topaz Simplify, the shot in the first comment is how I would normally have done this shot
ODC- Wave for 9 November. I used Topaz Simplify 4 to change what was a black and white cushion pattern.
© Saira Bhatti
This is what these cherry blossoms induced in my thoughts while walking among them.....“As you simplify your life, the laws of the universe will be simpler; solitude will not be solitude, poverty will not be poverty, nor weakness weakness.” ~ Henry David Thoreau #Canon #Photography
ODC, March 9, 2022, B-SIDES. The B-side of the Leica M-10D, no LCD, no video. The LCD and assortment of buttons are replaced by exposure compensation "dial", just like the M7. The most "analog" experience I've ever had with a digital camera, opposite the F5's experience. Even includes a "film advance" lever.
Hasselblad 500 C/M
Zeiss Planar 80mm f/2.8 C
Fomapan 100
Developed with HC110 dilution B
I've been wanting to make a "plus quilt" forever! This pattern is from the Simplify book by Camille Roskelly. Fabrics are mostly Curio by Basic Grey, with other Moda fabrics mixed in.