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#TBT to that beach in Bali that felt like a place from another world. Light moved at a slower pace and people’s reflections seemed to have a life of their own.
This week's Flickr #TBT theme is #Travel.
Whether you soar through the clouds in a G6 or you keep it retro and walk, travel is one of the more enjoyable ways to gain perspective in the world.
Share your favorite Travel photo on Flickr, Facebook, Twitter, or via carrier pigeon, and we’ll show our favorite selections next week on the Flickr Blog.
Original photo by SDASM Archives in the Public Domain.
This week in 2000, space shuttle Atlantis, mission STS-106, lifted off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on an 11-day mission to the International Space Station. STS-106 completed all mission objectives to prepare the station for the first crew, scheduled for launch October 2000. The mission focused on unloading nearly 3 tons of cargo from the orbiter and Progress supply craft already docked to the opposite end of the station. The crew transferred more than 6,000 pounds of material, including food, water, office supplies, onboard environmental supplies and a computer and monitor to the interior of the 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. 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.
Image credit: NASA
This week in 1973, the third and final crewed Skylab mission launched aboard a Saturn IB rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. The crew – astronauts Gerald Carr, William Pogue, and Ed Gibson – performed a diverse range of experiments and observed the comet Kohoutek. After 84 days in space, the crew returned to Earth on Feb. 8, 1974. 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.
Image credit: NASA
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This week in 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts Charles M. Duke Jr., lunar module pilot, and John W. Young, commander, landed on the lunar surface. This photo, taken during the mission’s second extravehicular activity, shows Young retrieving tools from the Lunar Roving Vehicle’s Hand Tool Carrier. NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center designed, developed and managed the production of the lunar rover and the Saturn V rocket that took astronauts to the moon. Today, Marshall is developing NASA's Space Launch System, the most powerful rocket ever built that will be capable of sending astronauts deeper into space than ever before, including to Mars. 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 fun throwbacks, check out Marshall's History Album by clicking here.
#tbt time again. This is a shot I've posted before but I did some Photoshop cheating to make up for small errors in composition when I took this almost 11 years ago.
The Cheyenne Frontier Days train has returned from its trip to deliver a trainload of Coloradoans to the "Daddy of 'em all." Just before I snapped this photo, the steam locomotive ejected some steam/water from the smokestack which was subsequently illuminated by the headlight making for a slightly more dynamic composition. Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good!
covered for the national victory celebration parade 1991. I think this was to protect sculptures from potential flying gravel caused by helicopters landing on the national mall.
#tbt du dimanche à la saison des aurores, alors que nous en rencontrons à nouveau en ce moment. Megan était à l’affût dans la Cupola et a ameuté l’équipage, telle la vigie en haut du mât. Tous ceux qui étaient encore réveillés l’ont rejointe - on sait maintenant qu’on tient au moins à cinq dans la Cupola ;) Les vagues vertes qui roulaient sous notre vaisseau semblaient prêtes à engloutir la Terre, je n’avais encore jamais vu un tel spectacle. Je me suis excusé auprès de tout l’équipage d’avoir bloqué un hublot avec mon appareil photo, mais un souvenir s’imposait !
The first time we saw aurora during aurora season, we were tipped off by a flight surgeon (they look at radiation events)... Megan kept watch in the Cupola and it wasn’t long until she called us: “Aurora!” Everyone who was still awake gathered in our observation post in the dark (now we know you can fit 5 astronauts in there) and an aurora watching party ensued. I had never seen one quite like this, with green waves engulfing Earth and seemingly rolling over our spaceship. I apologised to my crewmates for blocking the view with my cameras, but we needed a souvenir.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
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Not that this matters as a tbt photo. I'm sure the pattern looks the same, if only maybe a little more dusty.
@Carnegie Museum
Throw back Thursday
I was recently shown a social media post that went something along these lines….
Going outdoors – not cancelled
Music - not cancelled
Family - not cancelled
Reading - not cancelled
Singing - not cancelled
Laughing - not cancelled
Hope - not cancelled
Let’s remember what we have
Rather than going out and creating new images, it seems appropriate to look back at past collections of beautiful things our area has to offer during these difficult times and that will still be here when we are done with the current conditions….
Stay safe, stay supportive
Photography by Craig McCLure
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(Admittedly, this is a reposting, but this was one of my earliest posts to Flickr and therefore many of you may not have seen it before.)
Maybe I'm a little weird, but, for some reason, there's a few calendar dates from the past that always stick in my mind when it comes to railroad photography. When I looked at the date on my phone today, I remembered that one of those was 15 years ago today: March 26, 2005. I was a junior at Siena College, and this was probably the first, really nice Saturday that Spring. It was perfectly sunny from sunrise to sunset, and--as was my habit back then--I ventured up to the Mechanicville area to see if Guilford might be running an SEED (Selkirk, NY to East Deerfield, MA) in daylight. Sure enough, they were, and the timing was excellent as they were through Mechanicville just as the sun had started creeping over the horizon. After briefly holding at CPF464 (what the railroad calls "Ferry Street") at Hemstreet Park in Schaghticoke for westbound intermodal train AYMO, they were on the move and the chase was on! I even still remember what songs were on the mix tape I listened to during that chase (yes, my truck had a tape player). Appropriate for the time, it was a selection from 3 Doors Down, Social Distortion, Staind, Muse, Green Day, and Franz Ferdinand (there were even a couple country songs thrown in there from Montgomery Gentry ant Tim McGraw). Anyway, aside from the perfect weather and memorable playlist, this day was also probably memorable because I largely focused on shooting slides (I still shot a lot of video back then) and I therefore came away with some of my earliest, quality shots on the former B&M West End. This view of "Pownal Curve" in Vermont was the shot of the day, although I would go on to chase this train all the way to East Deerfield (back then, eastbounds didn't screw around at Hoosick Junction forever because that interchange wasn't reopened until 2008).
15 years later, a lot has changed. Guilford (at least in name) is gone, solid "Big G" lashups like these are gone, EMDs have largely been replaced by GEs on this line, NS is a 50% owner of this part of the railroad, and--with the Hoosac Tunnel temporarily closed do to a collapse--chasing an eastbound all the way to East Deerfield isn't possible at the moment. Then, of course, there's the bigger picture things: My carefree college years are behind me, I have a wonderful wife and son, and the world is a much different place at the moment due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nevertheless, it's been another, beautiful early Spring so far, and those songs on that mix tape are now a playlist on my iPod. So, maybe it's time to go for a drive between Schaghticoke and North Adams on a sunny morning, just to reminisce...
One week until Convention!!! It's that time of the year again!! Eek! There's definitely been an FR drought around here as I haven't been spending much time in my FRs but that'll all change next week when everything will be about FR. So excited!!!
Last year was fabulous as it was in L.A. (the west coast for the first time) and celebrated as the tenth year anniversary for IT's conventions. Going back to Florida will be fun and I'm super excited for GLOSS. I wonder what the dolls will look like, what the whole theme will be like and what surprises will be in store as well. I still have no idea what to wear! Eeek!