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This is a montage of planetary images taken by spacecraft managed by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, CA. Included are (from top to bottom) images of Mercury, Venus, Earth (and Moon), Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. The spacecraft responsible for these images are as follows: the Mercury image was taken by Mariner 10, the Venus image by Magellan, the Earth image by Galileo, the Mars image by Viking, and the Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune images by Voyager. Pluto is not shown as no spacecraft has yet visited it. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Moon, and Mars) are roughly to scale to each other; the outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune) are roughly to scale to each other. Actual diameters are given below: Sun 1,390,000 km Mercury 4,879 km Venus 12,104 km Earth 12,756 km Moon 3,475 km Mars 6,794 km Jupiter 142.984 km Saturn 120,536 km Uranus 51,118 km Neptune 49,528 km Pluto 2,390 km.
Credit: NASA/JPL
Image Number: PIA01341
Date: April 9, 1999
All eight planets (sorry Pluto) orbiting at approximately the right rate relative to each other and the Sun's rotation. Timing 95% accurate, spacing and sizing really ... not.
These desert trees have long root systems that seek out any available water. With erosion taking away the soil cover, this tree will not survive much longer.
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher as it is rolled back to the Vehicle Assembly Building from Launch Pad 39B, Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA made the decision to rollback based on the latest weather predictions associated with Hurricane Ian. 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. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
A southbound Central Oregon & Pacific train near Cornutt, Oregon is just about to enter Cow Creek Canyon. Until the Bureau of Land Management built a road through the canyon in the 1970s, the Siskiyou Line was the only means of accessing the remote area.
Signal 5396 is the first signal in the automatic block signal system that stretches from here north to the end of CORP trackage at Springfield Junction. Southbound, the line is dark (no signals) for the next 32 miles between this point and Glendale.
Artillery museum. Saint-Petersburg. Артиллерийский музей. Санкт-Петербург.
The 2K11 Krug (Russian: 2К11 «Круг»; English: circle) is a Soviet and now Russian long-range, medium-to-high altitude surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. "2K11" is its GRAU designation, while SA-4 Ganef is its NATO reporting name. The system was designed by NPO Novator and produced by Kalinin Machine Building Plant.
Development of the Krug ZRK-SD (2K11) air defense system started in 1957 by the Lyulev OKB design bureau. It was first displayed during a parade in Moscow in May 1964. The system started to be fielded in 1967 and became fully operational in 1969. It was used by the Russian Army as a long-range SAM.
The early version of the Krug entered service in 1965. The first operational deployment version, the Krug-A, entered service in 1967, with extensively modified versions, the Krug-M in 1971 and the Krug-M1 in 1974, which were developed to rectify problems discovered during army service.[1] The upgraded version Krug-M was fielded in 1971 and the Krug-M1 in 1974. A target drone called 9M316M Virazh, developed from obsolete Krug missiles, was proposed for export in 1994.
The 2K11 was briefly operated by the Soviet army during the war in Afghanistan in 1979 and 1980, but was withdrawn several months after the initial invasion.[4] In 1997, it was reported[2] that, between 1993 and 1996, some 27 fire units of Krug and 349 missiles had been sold to Armenia. Poland flight tested four missiles in September 2006 against P-15 Termit (SS-N-2 'Styx') targets.
The missiles are launched with the aid of four solid fuel rocket motors inside boosters attached to the outside of the massive missile. Once they have burned and the missile is aloft, it fires a liquid-fuelled ramjet sustainer engine. It reaches speeds of up to Mach 4 and has an effective range of 50–55 km (31–34 miles) depending upon the version. It carries a 135 kg (300 lb) warhead. Possible engagement altitudes range from 100 m-27 km (330-88,500 feet). 3M8 missile was designed and produced by NPO Novator.
Missile guidance is via radio command with a terminal semi-active radar homing (SARH) phase. Optical tracking is possible for the initial command guidance stage in a heavy ECM environment.
n service 1964–present
Production history
Designer Lyulev Novator
Designed 1957
Manufacturer MZiK
Variants Krug, Krug-A, Krug-M, Krug-M1, Krug-M2, Krug-M3
Specifications (2K11 Krug[1])
Weight 28,200 kg
Length 7.5 m (9.46 m with missiles)
Width 3.2 m
Height 4.472 m (with missiles)
Crew 3 to 5
Armour 15 mm
Engine V-59 V-12 water-cooled diesel
520 hp
Power/weight 17.33 hp/t
Ground clearance 0.44 m
Fuel capacity 850 litres
Operational
range 780 km
Speed 35 km/h
Applied Dynamic Systems Inc. Model DWA-1109e
Project Code Name: 'Ratite'
A little something in the same class as the IP2K-D202-V.
A small, bipedal frame barely big enough for a pilot. Designed to accommodate unmanned or AI operation.
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Built for Mobile Frame Zero - a tabletop wargame.
Mobile Frame Hangar (MFZ Community Forums).
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Aberkenfig, South Wales
Lat +51.542 Long -3.593
Skywatcher 254mm Newtonian Reflector, Tal 3x Barlow Lens, ZWO ASI 120MC Astronomical Imaging Camera.
Captured using Firecapture
FPS (avg.)=17
Shutter=57.95ms
Gain=68 (68%)
Brightness=7
Apparent diameter at time of capture 3·73"
Processed with Registax 6 & G.I.M.P.
Seeing Conditions: Reasonably good.
Out of 7000 frames captured, 1900 used for processing. Final image enlarged by 175%
No need to stop at the gas station to refuel this vehicle, although an occasional stop for hay and water would help keep it running smoothly.
The engine has three donkey-power. Can you count all 12 legs?
On our visit to a local village in Zimbabwe, we were able to observe a style of life very different from our own and meet many wonderful local people, who seemed both very happy in their less complicated world, but at the same time very curious about ours.
See two of the local boys in comments below.
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B, Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Teams at Kennedy continue to monitor the weather forecast for Tropical Storm Nicole ahead of the next launch attempt. NASA’s Artemis I flight test is the first integrated test of the agency’s deep space exploration systems: the Orion spacecraft, SLS rocket, and supporting ground systems. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
(Neanuridae)
OM SYSTEM OM-1 Mark II
OM SYSTEM M.Zuiko Digital ED 90mm F3.5 Macro IS PRO
TCx2 MC-20
Flash Godox V860o III
Cygnustech diffuser
GP40 #4048, GP40-2 #4344 and a D&H GP39-2 are the power for eastbound D&H train TV98 at William St in Buffalo, NY on Jan. 18, 1986. (bo1282a)
Astronomical seeing was pretty decent when I captured the Jupiter data for the image immediately proceeding this one. My optics were starting to dew over, to I replaced the front cover, waited for an hour and found that the dew heater had completely dried the front glass on my SCT. I slewed to Mars and found that astronomical seeing had dramatically worsened. Being at the telescope and ready for another capture, I did 10 iRGB runs of 45s per filter at gain 400. In processing I found the B channel completely unuseable and the G channel not much better. I tried combining the colors anyway, and the image barely looked like Mars. The R channel, captured in IR, looked pretty decent, so I salvaged what I could.
ZWO ASI290MM/EFW 8 x 1.25"
TeleVue NP101is/2.5x PowerMate
Losmandy G11
About 20,000 frames per filter x 10 RGB runs captured with FireCapture
Best 60% stacked in Autostakkert
Wavelet sharpened in Registax
Finished in Photoshop
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher as it rolls out of the Vehicle Assembly Building to 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)
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen atop a mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I flight test 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 Sept. 3 at 2:17 p.m. EDT. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
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All art is but imitation of nature.-- Seneca (Letters from a Stoic - Letter LXV: On the First Cause)
The universe itself is God and the universal outpouring of its soul. --Chrysippus (Quoted by Cicero in De Natura Deorum)
Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness
Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun
Conspiring with him how to load and bless
With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run;
To bend with apples the moss'd cottage-trees,
And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core;
To swell the gourd, and plump the hazel shells
With a sweet kernel; to set budding more,
And still more, later flowers for the bees,
Until they think warm days will never cease,
For Summer has o'er-brimm'd their clammy cells. --To Autumn. by John Keats
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!
Transville Systems 009
King Long XMQ6126Y3
Location: General Luna cor Anda Streets, Brgy 655, Intramuros, Manila
NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket with the Orion spacecraft aboard is seen at sunrise atop the mobile launcher at Launch Pad 39B as preparations for launch continue, Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA’s Artemis I flight test 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)
My second entry for Febrovery
Here have I invented (I have not searched for it anywhere) new wheels technique.
The last locomotives purchased by the L&N were SD50s, but they were all delivered in Seaboard gray. They did, however, retain some of the L&N subtleties such as nose mounted headlights and marker lights. For a kid like me in '83, they were a real shock. Seeing these big matched sets pulling exhaustingly long coal trains was the final end of the Louisville & Nashville railroad forever. They always seemed to come in sets of three and always followed by a mile of coal hoppers. I have built a Seaboard SD50 before, but it passed back into the brick long ago. I knew this time around I would have to do it right and build a 3 unit lashup of these 3500 hp brutes. I'll get back to you on that mile long string of hoppers.
A tale of two systems. As you can see here, both of these SLRs are pretty nice examples of their respective brands. The Pentax Spotmatic SP with the 35mm f/3,5 Super Takumar weighs 1 lb. 14 oz., and the Nikon FE with the fantastic 35mm f/2 Nikkor weighs 2 pounds, 2 ounces. Not a lot of difference, and both are joys to use. One is fully manual, the other aperture-priority. The Spotmatic and its lens are definitely more compact than the Nikon FE. I can't go wrong with either one.
Red Coats
Bladderwort - Utricularia menziesii
An insectivorous plant which traps tiny aquatic insects in its root system comprising "bladders" which are joined to a central tuber or corm via stolons. Each bladder has a trigger which, when fired, sucks in the insect with water and digests it. The flower only attracts insects for pollination purposes, the "pitcher"-like appendage does not apparently act as an insect trap. (thanks to esperancewildflowers.blogspot.com.au)
Torndirrup, Albany, Western Australia