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Logo I did for a mates D-Beat/Crust band..
If anybody is looking for band logos and stuff hit me up cos I really want to do more of this type o thing!
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it arrives at Launch Pad 39B, Friday, Nov. 4, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Launch of the uncrewed flight test is targeted for Nov. 14 at 12:07 a.m. EST. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Eastern State Penitentiary, Philadephia, PA
Designed by John Haviland and opened on October 25, 1829, Eastern State is considered to be the world's first true penitentiary. Eastern State's revolutionary system of incarceration, dubbed the "Pennsylvania system" or separate system, encouraged separate confinement (the warden was legally required to visit every inmate every day, and the overseers were mandated to see each inmate three times a day) as a form of rehabilitation.
The Pennsylvania System was opposed contemporaneously by the Auburn system (also known as the New York system), which held that prisoners should be forced to work together in silence, and could be subjected to physical punishment (Sing Sing prison was an example of the Auburn system). Although the Auburn system was favored in the United States, Eastern State's radial floor plan and system of solitary confinement was the model for over 300 prisons worldwide.[citation needed]
Originally, inmates were housed in cells that could only be accessed by entering through a small exercise yard attached to the back of the prison; only a small portal, just large enough to pass meals, opened onto the cell blocks. This design proved impractical, and in the middle of construction, cells were constructed that allowed prisoners to enter and leave the cell blocks through metal doors that were covered by a heavy wooden door to filter out noise. The halls were designed to have the feel of a church.[8]
Some believe that the doors were small so prisoners would have a harder time getting out, minimizing an attack on a security guard. Others have explained the small doors forced the prisoners to bow while entering their cell. This design is related to penance and ties to the religious inspiration of the prison. The cells were made of concrete with a single glass skylight, representing the "Eye of God", suggesting to the prisoners that God was always watching them.[8]
Outside the cell was an individual area for exercise, enclosed by high walls so prisoners could not communicate. Exercise time for each prisoner was synchronized so no two prisoners next to each other would be out at the same time. Prisoners were allowed to garden and even keep pets in their exercise yards. When a prisoner left his cell, an accompanying guard would wrap a hood over his head to prevent him from being recognized by other prisoners.[8]
Cell accommodations were advanced for their time, including a faucet with running water over a flush toilet, as well as curved pipes along part of one wall which served as central heating during the winter months where hot water would be run through the pipes to keep the cells reasonably heated. Toilets were remotely flushed twice a week by the guards of the cellblock.
One of the two story cell blocks in Eastern State Penitentiary
The original design of the building was for seven one-story cell blocks, but by the time cell block three was completed, the prison was already over capacity. All subsequent cell blocks had two floors. Toward the end, cell blocks 14 and 15 were hastily built due to overcrowding. They were built and designed by prisoners. Cell block 15 was for the worst behaved prisoners, and the guards were gated off from there entirely.
Inmates were punished with the "individual-treatment system." At the time this form of punishment was thought to be most effective. They would be separated from others.[9]
In 1924, Pennsylvania Governor Gifford Pinchot allegedly sentenced Pep "The Cat-Murdering Dog" (an actual dog) to a life sentence at Eastern State. Pep allegedly murdered the governor's wife's cherished cat. Prison records reflect that Pep was assigned an inmate number (no. C2559), which is seen in his mug shot. However, the reason for Pep's incarceration remains a subject of some debate. A contemporary newspaper article reported that the governor donated his own dog to the prison to increase inmate morale.[1]
On April 3, 1945, a major escape was carried out by twelve inmates (including the infamous Willie Sutton), who over the course of a year managed to dig an undiscovered 97-foot (30 m) tunnel under the prison wall. During renovations in the 1930s an additional 30 incomplete inmate-dug tunnels were discovered.
It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1965.[4][10]
The prison was closed in 1971. Many prisoners and guards were transferred to Graterford Prison, about 31 miles (50 km) northwest of Eastern State. The City of Philadelphia purchased the property with the intention of redeveloping it. The site had several proposals, including a mall and a luxury apartment complex surrounded by the old prison walls.
During the abandoned era (from closing until the late 80s) a "forest" grew in the cell blocks and outside within the walls. The prison also became home to many stray cats.
In 1988, the Eastern State Penitentiary Task Force successfully petitioned Mayor Wilson Goode to halt redevelopment. In 1994, Eastern State opened to the public for historic tours.
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it moves up the ramp at Launch Pad 39B, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I mission is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Launch of the uncrewed flight test is targeted for no earlier than Aug. 29. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
The four women in charge of the effort to build and test the 212-foot-tall rocket stage that will enable NASA's first Artemis mission to the Moon watch as the first completed core stage for NASA's Space Launch System Program rolls out from the agency's Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans on Jan. 8, 2020. These key leaders are, from left, Lisa Bates, NASA Stages element deputy manager; Jennifer Boland-Masterson, Boeing Michoud production/operations manager; Julie Bassler, NASA Stages element manager; and, Noelle Zietsman, Boeing chief engineer. Each of these women manage the entire scope of design, development, testing and production of the complex core stage that will power the super heavy-lift rocket and the agency's Artemis lunar missions. Combined, the women have 90 years of experience in the aerospace and defense industries. Bassler and Bates previously held leadership positions within many NASA programs and projects, including International Space Station, space shuttle, microgravity experiments, robotic lunar landers and other launch vehicles. Â Manufacturing of the core stages for the SLS rocket is a multistep, collaborative process for NASA and Boeing, the core stage lead contractor. The first core stage for Artemis I is undergoing the core stage Green Run test series at NASA's Stennis Space Center near Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, ahead of the program's first launch. Michoud manufacturing teams are currently producing core stages for the second and third Artemis missions.
NASA is working to land the first woman and next man on the Moon by 2024. SLS is part of NASA’s backbone for deep space exploration, along with Orion and the Gateway in orbit around the Moon. SLS will be the most powerful rocket in the world and will send astronauts in the Orion spacecraft farther into space than ever before. No other rocket is capable of carrying astronauts in Orion around the Moon.
Image credit: NASA/Jude Guidry
Prairie dogs will chirp as an alarm for other prairie dogs, when they see potential danger. The ones at the zoo are accustomed to humans; this little guy may have seen a vulture overhead.
Textures Only ~ Competition #78
Original image by Dano
texture by skeletalmess:
www.flickr.com/photos/skeletalmess/3539048568/sizes/l/in/...
A pair of hi-nose GP9s on the Chessie transfer head south over the IHB main at McCook from June of 1986. The B&O 6585 went to the Georgia Northeastern shortline after it was retired.
Aquila was demonstrating how pressure can displace water!
First pass through the North American exhibits provided little in the way of animal photos. As I came back around I heard a lot of noise coming from Aquila's way. When I got to the underwater view there were small children gleefully being entertained. Aquila was taking a page out of Willy's book and swimming towards the glass!
It was very crowded and I was pretty lucky to get these shots without little hands in the frame. It is really great to see the small children so interested in him. Hopefully there will still be some in the wild when they are adults!
(errand day, will visit later!)
This Windows Operating System pre-dates the Microsoft version by over 100 years.
This photo was taken by a Mamiya C-330 TLR medium format film camera and Mamiya-Sekor 1:2.8 f=80mm lens with a Mamiya 46ø Y2 SY48•2 filter using Kodak TMAX 100 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered in Photoshop.
Not much to add that I haven’t already said in yesterday’s post revealing 71374 Nintendo Entertainment System. They did confirm a few things: The price is officially $229.99. The interactivity with the Mario brick won’t have him play the theme song, but instead has him react “to on-screen enemies, obstacles and power-ups just as he […]
www.fbtb.net/video-games/nintendo/2020/07/14/lego-sends-o...
BFI Waste Systems of San Jose, CA.
(Fun fact, these where the samer trucks used in the movie ''Men At Work'' BFI Los Angeles had the same type of trucks working as well)
I wouldn’t say I like the education system… I almost despise it! I never liked it much!!! Not American. I can explain why… Over the years, I met many intelligent people who either didn’t do well in High School or couldn’t get through college. But they are very, very, very intelligent!!!! Sometimes I feel if you are not growing up in a good family where you get a good push, you are almost officially bound to fail. Tests! Official tests. The quality of education or resources is not the same. But try to take care of your family or maybe work 40 hours a week as a teenager or I don’t know anything else… And here your education chain reaction starts… But some will say, and I think so too, but can’t you get your act together and know your priorities… But I will ask people over 35 do we, as adults, always know how to overcome the barriers that pull us down or away from our goals. Our school system in Ukraine was amazing! A child from a family of alcoholics could get an education just as good as someone from a well-off family. Not everyone in life can be self-educated, Walt Whitman or Mikhail Vasilyevich Lomonosov. Just to underline the above statement doesn’t mean I don’t like or didn't like most of my teachers. Some of them I love to pieces!
Taken a few weeks after this year's opposition. Very chuffed with this one!
Skywatcher 400P Dobsonian
ZWO ASI178MM
Baader IR-Pass filter + RGB
2x Barlow
Stacked in AutoStakkert!
Processed in Registax
Assembled in Photoshop and Lightroom
My first complete solar system collage! Details:
Sun & Prominence, May 19, 2012
Composite image taken with iPhone 4S through Coronado PST H-alpha solar telescope.
Mercury, May 24, 2014
My first telescopic photo of tiny Mercury. Stack of 26 frames taken with iPhone 4S attached to NexStar 8SE telescope.
Venus, July 2, 2015
Stack of 51 frames taken with iPhone 6 through 8" telescope. Processed in Registax, Nebulosity, Gimp & Flickr.
Mars, June 24, 2016
Stack of 1200 frames with iPhone through NexStar 8 SE telescope. Stacked & edited in PIPP, Autostakkert, Registax, Nebulosity & Gimp.
Jupiter & Double Moon Shadow Transit, March 22, 2016
Includes Great Red Spot and shadows of moons Io & Europa. Stack of 700+ frames taken with iPhone 6 through 8" telescope.
Uranus, Feb 26, 2017
Stack of 150 iPhone 6 video frames taken with the NightCapPro app through 8" telescope.
Neptune, Jan 2, 2017
Stack of 5 single images taken with iPhone 6 using the NightCapPro app through 8" telescope.
Additional details available on my blog here: canadianastronomy.wordpress.com/2017/03/13/the-solar-syst...
An artist's concept shows the Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle and future destinations for human exploration beyond Earth orbit: the moon, an asteroid and Mars.
NASA has selected the design of a new Space Launch System that will take the agency's astronauts farther into space than ever before, create high-quality jobs here at home, and provide the cornerstone for America's future human space exploration efforts. The booster will be America’s most powerful since the Saturn V rocket that carried Apollo astronauts to the moon and will launch humans to places no one has gone before.
The SLS will carry human crews beyond low Earth orbit in the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle. The rocket will use a liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen fuel system, where RS-25D/E engines will provide the core propulsion and the J-2X engine is planned for use in the upper stage.
Image credit: NASA
Original image:
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More about SLS:
www.nasa.gov/exploration/systems/sls/index.html
Space Launch System Flickr photoset:
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Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51·542 Long -3·593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian, Tal 2x Barlow, ZWO ASI 120MC
Captured in daylight using Firecapture
FPS (avg.)=44
Shutter=0.262ms
Gain=38 (38%)
Apparent diameter at time of capture 27.36"
Phase 43%
Magnitude -4.60
Processed with Registax 6 & G.I.M.P.
Seeing Conditions: Reasonably good.
Out of 7000 frames captured, about 2000 used for processing. Final image enlarged by 150%
GP40-2's #4293 & 4385 bring C&O train DT-41 into Conrail's Niagara Falls, NY yard on Sept. 1, 1984.(BO1261)
Samco system time. More photos of my local fields here: www.flickr.com/photos/davidambridge/albums/72157630401261538
Image taken with a SkyWatcher 70mm SK707AZ2, using a super 10mm lens + barlow 3x.
I edited it with Photofiltre and MS Picture Manager, to get more details.
The General Atomics Aeronautical Systems’ MQ-9B SkyGuardian took off from its base in North Dakota and embarked on a 4,000miles journey to RAF Fairford piloted by an operator located at the aerospace company’s Flight Test and Training Centre in Grand Forks.
The transatlantic flight by a civilian-registered Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) taking part in the Royal International Air Tattoo Gloucestershire and did usher in a new era of unmanned aviation.