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'How did he get that guitar up here?'
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No way I was going to skip Mr. Hadfield's fantastic performance in my own space adventures....
And yes, the 60227 set is rather cramped inside...
Paki Paki Cemetery, Hawke's Bay, New Zealand
I was looking back through some old photos (in this case from June 2013) and I saw this image and thought I would improve it a bit and produce a new version.
This photo shows the passing over of the International Space Station about an hour before dawn, past the cemetery on the hill at Paki Paki, just south of Hastings. There was quite a heavy fog around on this morning so I didn't know if I was going to see the ISS at all, but thankfully I was above the thickest of the fog and it appeared suddenly out of the haze on the right of the shot.
This is a 6 shot composite, combined to show the path of the ISS over a period of about 90 seconds.
Each shot D800, 15sec, f2.8, 17mm, ISO1600
Calatrava's Guillemins station, encore une fois (one more time).....Liège, Wallonia, Belgium.
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#3 Nikon D80 Interestingness on August 15, 2010.
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The Anomaly sits adjacent to the Necropolis Corridor
The deep space anomaly, a fascinating and perilous phenomenon, lies in close proximity to the entrance of the Necropolis Corridor, an area characterised by its "dense fields of derelict spaceship hulls and temporal distortions." This corridor serves as a haunting reminder of past explorations, where countless vessels have succumbed to the overwhelming dangers of the cosmos.
Navigating through this region is not for the faint of heart. Extreme navigational hazards abound, including unpredictable rogue asteroids that drift through the void, seemingly appearing out of nowhere to threaten unsuspecting travellers. These asteroids, remnants of bygone interstellar voyages, can collide with a spacecraft in an instant, making careful navigation essential.
Additionally, the area is plagued by severe energy fluctuations, which can disrupt both the functionality of onboard systems and the stability of any warp drives. These fluctuations may create unusual spatiotemporal anomalies that can warp time and space, causing vessels to follow unpredictable trajectories. As a result, pilots must rely on their instincts and experience, often utilising advanced sensory technologies to detect anomalies before they become hazardous.
The combination of these treacherous conditions not only makes this route one of the most challenging in space travel but also invites curiosity and exploration. The deep space anomaly itself, with its mysterious properties and potential secrets, draws the attention of scientists and adventurers alike, who are eager to uncover what lies within the depths of this complex and treacherous environment.
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...you from that Game Con?
Begging thy pardon?
*nudge* sayeth yes!
Oh, from that? Yes, ourselves hail from that well beknownst Gamecon.
Naay, dontcha think I'm daft becus I'm just da cleaner. Used to be a pilot and seen ma share of strange thengs. Yer real, ye smell diffrent.
Dear Sire, thy must be mistaken. Ours surely are plain futurefarers.
*nudge* Normal people, silly.
Yeah, peaceful peasants!
C'mon, folloe me. I knoe a witch who can help ya
Youse hast witches?
Only one, but a good'n.
Witch Project Day 3746
Ben, how nice to see you. Who are they?
Time travellers who seem to have a wee problem.
I see. Leave them to me.
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...this is another example why I'm not too fond of indoor photography.
Outdoors I find a spot, place the minifigs, take some shots, done. If I don't find a good spot at least I had a good walk.
This shop exists for months - but I needed to change two details: A loose panel where the light shines through, and inverted roof bricks to illustrate that this is part of the Space Station. The walls are just upright panels, with the light shining through everywhere, and no chance to put more bricks on top. Took me about 90min to change details no-one besides me would even notice.
Shop Project Day 3748
The recall notice wasn’t a surprise, she knew more difficulties were arising back in Home System, but still, to stand on the command deck of HDF Ioria and read the actual text, to peel away the layers of arcane formality in directives sent from the Curiate Assembly, and to realize that she was going back, left her conflicted. She wanted, so very much, to return to her world, but she knew it was not at all as she remembered.
It had been over five standard years since she had stood on the surface of her beautiful world, a world of tranquil jungles, vast warm seas, and with three cities that steered their growth up into vast spires. Her last look at the surface was fleeting, as she taxied her Dart and rocketed into a suborbital trajectory to intersect with HDF Elliptic Harmony. It bothered her immensely that she was no longer sure what she saw as she departed Home. Of course, at the time, there was no indication that the growing violence in the cities would explode into the worst civil war in Home’s history. For her, the Infection War was three years of tenacious attrition periodically flaring into brief and violent combat between capital ships. And it ended when their leader, now known disparagingly as the Last Consul, had ordered a full bombardment of Home from space. The traitors were destroyed. The cost: a beautiful world in ruins.
Almost as soon as the war was over, but before the full magnitude of the Bombardment became clear enough that the Last Consul was deposed, Lt. Commander Kyle was sent on a mission into deep space. The change from the crowded, war damaged HDF Elliptic Harmony to the isolation of the cobbled together ship was a shock she never truly got over. HDF ships are designed to be tightly knit social units, made all the closer by three years of war. Being alone, and being so far from Home System, it was a terrible punishment whether or not that was the official reason for her mission. But even more than the isolation, was the time she had to think. She had done many things in the Infection War which she wished she had not done, although she could not regret these things, not at first, since she was following the dictates of duty, the traditions of the HDF and the True Path of Dua Nera. Now, two years later, it wasn’t so simple. Regrets. Duty. She no longer knew if she had done the right things, especially at the end of the war.
She was different now, that was clear, in ways which would have appalled her just a few years before. Time among the Outsiders had changed her manner, softened it in some ways. First, soon after reaching the Botany Bay Station she realized she would need to soften her manner because the chaotic Outsiders were difficult to deal with otherwise. But now it was more than that. She respected them. Some of them. She even respected aspects of their civilizations. It was all too obvious that things needed to change in Home System, and, perhaps, there were elements of other cultures that should be considered. The thought made her laugh. Before arriving on Botany Bay Station she would have shot an HDF officer who made such a statement.
Individuals had mattered to her, another surprise. On the Botany Bay Station there had been much to learn from Jubilynn and Shyaa. She didn’t agree with everything they believed, and she had grave doubts about the Bastet. But they were worth defending, and she would do so again if she was needed. There was a mix of absolutism and tolerance in how Jubilynn ran her station, and later, the successive Botany Bay Colonies on Al Raquis and now Gaia. For a long time she couldn’t understand how those attitudes meshed, and then she realized that, for herself, this might have been the point. Not everything had to always fit into a set scheme, and not everything had to even make sense. Perhaps that was how she needed to look at her own actions in the Infection War. Regrets vs. Duty: it wasn’t a clear choice, and it never could be.
There were others, Outsiders who she brought aboard her ship HDF Glisette. There was Mei (poor Mei), and Mint (now off and prospering), and more. And, of course, Julia. Pretty Julia. There were also those she had encountered and interacted with, from piratical traders from 34 Tauri to leaders on Al Raquis. So many, and all so different. Not like Home, where conformity was woven deeply into social fabric of society.
She thought of all this as she prepared her latest ship, HDF Ioria, for the return to Home System. HDF Ioria had been designed for science, but it would be turned into a warship. Her mission to obtain technologies from other cultures had been partially successful, but not enough to continue in deep space. Home System was in the Sagittarius Rift, the only developed garden world between the Sag and Orion arms. Home was like an island between two land masses, each of which held a powerful potential enemy. Home was the strategic key to controlling access from one arm to the other. For three centuries Home had used subversion, rapid military strikes, and diplomacy to keep the two enemies sufficiently occupied that they would not look on the conquest of Home as a desirable goal. That was difficult before the Infection War but now, with the industrial centers largely destroyed and the Home Defense Fleet at one quarter effective strength, these enemies were probing closer and closer.
Commander Kyle smiled, not at the prospect of another war, but because her mission had found something more powerful than a new ftl drive core. She had found Julia. A beautiful woman from 34 Tauri, brought aboard HDF Glisette, a perfect companion, and ‘adopted’ into the culture of Home. Julia the café owner was now Lt. Julia, an officer of HDF. There would be one more war with the old HDF, with those single mindedly concerned with duty and the traditions of Home, ready – often too ready – to sacrifice themselves. Soldiers like herself. The rebuilding of Home was going to require more than material reconstruction, Home now needed those like Julia, those who had perspectives that reached across to other societies. Julia and those like her would not dilute the culture of Home, they would evolve it, push it forward so that no longer would Home be an isolated island, but part of the Galactic community with allies and trading partners.
Commander Kyle Inniatzo di Synthica of the Home Defense Fleet -- formerly second-in-command of the 1st Squadron/Suborbital Strike of HDF Elliptic Harmony of the 2nd Response Force; formerly commander of HDF Glisette; currently in command of HDF Destiny and HDF Ioria; awarded Commendation of the Fleet Commander three times; awarded Commendation of the Curiate; awarded other Commendations and Citations with combat honors in the Chian Spires engagement, Midway Dawn engagement, Fractal Bloom engagement, and other engagements, of the Infection War -- was going Home with the greatest gift she could bring her people. The future.
'Control, Space Station here. Science platform installed. From now on we can keep an eye on Space Weather...
And we found a place for the extra fuel tank...
Why do we need an extra fuel tank, Control? Are we starting an Intergalactic Gas Station?'
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A bit of MOCing on the side...
The Twelve Loops of Goodbye - Stoic in Zero Gravity.
The Data-Possession. You’re coming back wrong! Ghostly glyphs are phasing over your face. Like a ritual mask. "Lines of code flow like linen strips"... wrapping you. Binding you. Just like they’re binding me! Your goggles rotate. You aren't looking at me anymore. You’re looking at the void.
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I set up my Stargate Universe inspired Destiny at the Space Station above Al Raquis. I took a bunch of pictures, but I liked this one the best, even though it doesn't really show my Destiny. I'm inside, looking out at the station.
Transit of the international space station shot with Nikon D5200 on Skywatcher Evostar80ED + Barlow 2x. From Boulogne Billancourt, Paris area, France
and that new toy is... wait for it.... no, no, not a person! not this time anyway. no, the new toy is an absurdly large spaceship.
previously i was renting land with a very nice beach house and, a couple km up, a sort of spaceship cobbled together from space station parts. both worked very well for rp and just general hanging around. i really loved that place. the ratio of the expenses vs. the amount of time i was spending in sl kept climbing higher. so, with a heavy heart i realized i had to move to cheaper land. about seven months later i actually did.
and about one month after moving i went for more prims... and then more... and, well, now i’ve got more or less the same number of prims i had for the beach house land, although for slightly few lindens. so, it is cheaper although, well, um.... not much cheaper.
this time, though, there is no beach house, just the space ship. and with all the prims put towards the ship i decided to make one that was big. very big. absurdly large. oh, there are larger spaceships in sl, no doubt about it. but, this one was designed for two people.
this picture shows the new ship: HDF Ioria, with my previous attempt at ship building, the Stargate Universe-inspired HDF Destiny along side. when i was putting Destiny together i thought it was pretty big, but its tiny compared to Ioria. to get an idea of Ioria’s size, check out the weapons turret which is in the front of the top section near Ioria’s bow. that turret is designed for one person, and it has a fair amount of space. i could have made 5 or 6 decks for Ioria, if i had had lots and lots of prims to work with.
Destiny is a prim hog. the outer hull is curved both when you look down from the top (that’s pretty obvious in this picture), and also when you look at it in cross section. i am not talented enough for sophisticated sculpties so these ‘curves’ are just flat segments, but flat segments at funny angles. that made connecting them seamlessly (well, close to seamlessly) tricky. it also made the rooms hard to manage, since they need to match up with the ‘curved’ outer hull. i’m happy with the result – although a real builder could do it much better – but, it did take forever.
Ioria is designed with a much simpler outer hull, mostly made of megaprims. the end result is the outer hull for Ioria is a lot boxier, which is unfortunate. on the inside, though, i gave myself a lot more freedom with room design by not trying to match the interior walls with the outer hull. in other words, the Ioria is a shell of prims with a bunch of cylindrical and semi-spherical rooms inside it... and... with lots of empty space between them.
i have put together the most significant rooms – which are the ones where julia and i would actually spend time in. the living quarters, for instance, take up about half of the forward section. that room has a garden, trees, a creek and a waterfall, as well as the actual Japanese themed ‘house’. basically, this part all by itself would be more than enough for any sensible person.
so, of course, i have a lot more attached to it. there are some secondary places i am still working on off and on, but basically, the main sections for rp are complete. i have not been terrible efficient of late, with various rl stuff, and also mass effect, keeping me from sl. but, i keep plugging along even though the stuff i am building now may not be used in any sort of rp ever.
in short – and yes after all this verbiage it is too late for that – this new ship is wildly impractical, a major timesink, and the cost isn’t much less than what i had before (the whole reason for moving). but it’s the biggest thing i will ever make in sl, i am sure, so, well, i think that’s cool.
As there won't ever be a picture of the Crew together with the Ship, I thought I'd build a little Space Bar for them to meet.
Toy Project Day 3698
'Spacestation, ground control here.
The next cargo is on its way, including the Buildingbot we promised...
You'll find it in cargo bay 1, and we suggest you start with that one.'
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The 'eye in the sky' satellite is giving us a great view!
The first Hologram stamp was printed by Austria in 1988.
In 1989, the U.S. Post Office issued a $.25 Holographic Stamped Envelope called, "The Space Station Hologram Stamped Envelope." It depicts the Space Shuttle docking with a future Space Station.
Two astronauts can be seen floating in space.
The planetary bodies are not identified, but do not appear to be the Earth or Moon.
The hologram changes colors from bright yellow to deep blue in beautiful 3D when held to the light at different angles.
This Hologram Envelope continued for several years, but in 1992, postage increased to $.29 and then $.32 in 1995.
The image was taken with a Nikon D5500, Tamron 16-300mm @ 110mm with a 12mm extension. The image measures 2 3/8" (6cm) by 1 3/8"(3.5cm).
I finally got the shot inside the spaceport that I've always wanted! :) I even used the railing as a "tripod" ;)
Space Mountain
Tomorrowland
Disneyland
Anaheim, California
July 6, 2011
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Explored on Friday, June 8, 2012 at #395!
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The first completed module for a Moon Base I'm working on. It fits on to an (unfinished) corridor section.
A lot of thanks to Pete Reid for pushing me to build a better design.
A pass of the International Space Station with Canadian astronaut David St. Jacques on board, on the evening of January 26, 2019. I started the sequence just before 7 pm MST. The ISS is moving from right to left, southwest to southeast.
The ISS faded and reddened naturally into sunset at top left in Taurus. Just before it did that it passed through the Hyades star cluster and just missed Aldebaran.
Interestingly, the ISS seemed to track along the ecliptic here, made somewhat visible by the faint arc of the Zodiacal Light reaching up from the horizon at right and stretching across the sky to the upper left. The ISS coincidentally travelled parallel to, but just below the Zodiacal Light, which follows the ecliptic.
Some red streaks of airglow are also visible, and I emphasized those in the colour correction to make a more colourful sky. I did the opposite to the light polluted clouds! But their yellow remains. Pity.
I shot this from home, with the oft-photographed old farm rake as a foreground element.
This is a stack of 8 x 30 second exposures, but with the ISS trails masked and blended with Lighten mode onto a single 30-second exposure taken just before the first ISS image. This yields a background sky with minimum star trailing. However, the ISS is trailed over the 4 minutes it traversed the sky from southwest (right) to southeast (left). All were with the 15mm Canon full-frame fish-eye lens at f/2.8 and Canon 6D MkII at ISO 3200. I added small cloned ISS trail bits to fill the gaps between the exposures caused by the 1-second interval, to make a continuous trail, despite it being from 8 exposures.
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The revival protocol is complete
The revival protocol is complete, rebooting my biology. The GRIP holds me, a psychical pressure of my magnified self, exposed by the anomaly. Here, I meet a reflection of myself with crimson eyes, the colour of cosmic decay. It projects, "You see the beauty, don't you? The flawless logic of a 45 per cent probability was never about survival. It was about the sublime perfection of this…unmaking."
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A shot with the towers removed. I think this better illustrates the construction and symmetry of the lower portion.
The Twelve Loops of Goodbye Hindsight
It’s fracturing! "Chromatic aberration" tears you apart. The colours are screaming. Red. Violet. Static. I see your hand twitch—fingers flexing—reaching for me! But "soundless shockwaves" push us apart. I am panicking. My mind is a "relentless tempest." I am losing the signal!
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This is a composited image of 11 individual frames and compliments the posted video also in my gallery. Please check out the video "International Space Station Lunar Crossing over Grantham Australia - Video".
International Space Station Lunar Crossing over Grantham Australia. 22h37m41.85s. Crosses the disk of the waxing gibbous Moon (86%), Grantham, Queensland, Australia.
Transit-Duration: 0.84s, (in shadow of Earth)
Path width: 13.3km. Diameter of ISS: 44.66"
size=109.0m x 73.0m x 27.5m.
Satellite at Azimuth=328.8° NNW Altitude=36.2°
Distance=663.0 km.
Angular Velocity=37.0'/s
Ground Speed=7.504 km/s
Neptune orbit, receiving med-shuttle T for Terry.
A tablescrap from old mocs. Also, I suddenly seem to have lost the ability to work my camera correctly.
'whooops'...
'Well, look at the bright side; At least it does not hurt when you step on Lego in zero gravity...'
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Grin, I had this one in mind ever since I saw a video of NASA Astronaut Mike Massimino unbox and build LEGO a set in zero gravity...
It's a good thing they have Spacebot to hunt down and collect all the parts!
Woke up at 3am to capture this rocket launch from Williamsburg, Va, which is 80 miles from the NASA Wallops flight facility. About 8 30 second exposures stacked.
Going back in time to see some dragons, right? Now take us back!
Can't.
Whut?!
This is big magic, I can't do another one so soon...
Space Project Day 3734
Photo longue pose de 38 secondes qui révèle la comète Neowise à gauche du Pavillon de vignes de Macheron, ainsi que le passage de la Station Spatiale Internationale (ISS).
“This artist’s concept shows what the 4-man GE space station would look like in space. The supply crafts hovering around the station are Gemini vehicles.”
So, this is possibly a MORL precursor? Or, is it MORL without being called MORL? Despite varied literature I came across it's sort of muddled...at least to me. Especially, with this being a General Electric entry/submittal & them being out of the running by the time "MORL" was the common jargon. I think. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I assume the station is spinning. 😉
This has got to be the thickest, heaviest-weight photographic paper with a black & white image on it that I’ve ever come across. It rivals ANY of the heaviest-weight “A KODAK PAPER” (with color image) specimens.
An unexpected & pleasant find, with some other works by the artist, Peter A. Bertolino:
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Credit: John Sisson/”Dreams of Space” blog
Even more gratifying, thanks yet again to the Legacy website:
“Peter A. Bertolino:
BERTOLINO, PETER A., on May 5, 2004. Beloved husband of Adeline Bertolino, loving father of Michael and Peter Bertolino, devoted grandfather of 3. A Veteran of WWII-U.S. Army.”
While the above is cursory, the following comments more than make up for it:
“My condolences to Peter's family. He was a wonderful man. I can tell you that it was always a pleasure to work with him and to be in his company. I know he was always proud of his work, but even more so of his family. I will remember him fondly.”
Marlene Cecco
May 9, 2004”
And:
“Co-worker from GE days:
“I am very saddened by Pete's death. Pete was a loving and caring person. He always had a story to tell about family, life and especially about his artwork. I still picture Pete with his pipe in his mouth and a grin on his face as he worked on his board. He always made me smile. What a GREAT man. I will cherish all of his Christmas Cards.”
Anna Cecco Robbins
May 8, 2004”
Finally:
“Co-worker from GE days:
“Pete was certainly a great guy. He was a man that I always looked up to, a very special person.”
Paul Thomas
May 7, 2004”
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May 2, 1923 - May 5, 2004:
Benny is busy playing old video games (with Mr. Robot supporting him), while Kelly tries to recall him to his duty as Outpost Alpha Commander.
I took this photo expressly for HispaBrick Magazine 29 (January 2018)
This week in 1995, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-71, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on the first space shuttle-Mir docking. STS-71 also marked the 100th U.S. human space launch conducted from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Here, Atlantis prepares to dock with Russia’s Mir space station. Today, the Payload Operations Integration Center at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center serves as “science central” for the International Space Station, working 24/7, 365 days a year in support of the orbiting laboratory’s science experiments. After 20 years of continuous human presence, the space station remains the sole space-based proving ground and stepping stone toward achieving the goals of the Artemis program. The NASA History Program is responsible for generating, disseminating, and preserving NASA’s remarkable history and providing a comprehensive understanding of the institutional, cultural, social, political, economic, technological, and scientific aspects of NASA’s activities in aeronautics and space. For more pictures like this one and to connect to NASA’s history, visit the Marshall History Program’s webpage.
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I've always liked this angle at Space Mountain!
Space Mountain
Tomorrowland
Disneyland
Anaheim, California
July 6, 2011
Space Shuttle Discovery (Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-103) is one of the orbiters from NASA's Space Shuttle program and the third of five fully operational orbiters to be built.
Over 27 years of service it gathering more spaceflights than any other spacecraft. First Mission: STS-41-D, flew from August 30 to September 5, 1984. Last mission: STS-133, launched on February 24, 2011 and touched down for the final time at Kennedy Space Center on March 9, 2011