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She made me do it sir! It has been raining all afternoon and it seems that has encouraged us to bring the lenses out. I was going to have a break and not post anymore until after the big system maintenance but Cheryl inspired me to post this last shot which I prepared earlier! A good day for water drops and drips like me.
Somewhere in the northern Brisbane suburbs and out my back door!
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I can't imagine a phrase that better encapsulates what I love most about the United States. "Out of Many : One" E pluribus unum was considered a de facto motto of the United States until 1956 when the United States Congress passed an act (H.J. Resolution 396), adopting In God We Trust as the official motto. The phrase is similar to a Latin translation of a variation of Heraclitus' 10th fragment, "Out of all things one, one out of all things." While it was initially in reference to the colonies or states, it has come to reflect America's cultural diversity.
The Italian/Greek American artist Constantino Brumidi is responsible for the painting of The Apotheosis of Washington and also the famous Frieze of United States History, which are seen in this photo. The Apotheosis of Washington was completed in 11 months and painted by Brumidi while suspended nearly 180 feet (55 m) in the air. Washington is depicted surrounded by 13 maidens in an inner ring with many Greek and Roman gods and goddesses below him in a second ring. The frieze is located around the inside of the base of the dome and is a chronological, pictorial history of the United States from the landing of Christopher Columbus to the Wright Brothers's flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. The frieze was started in 1878 and was not completed until 1953. The frieze was therefore painted by four different artists: Brumidi, Filippo Costaggini, Charles Ayer Whipple, and Allyn Cox. The final scenes depicted in the fresco had not yet occurred when Brumidi began his Frieze of the United States History.
Antarctica is Earth's southernmost continent, encapsulating the South Pole. It is situated in the Antarctic region of the Southern Hemisphere, almost entirely south of the Antarctic Circle, and is surrounded by the Southern Ocean. At 14.0 million km2 (5.4 million sq mi), it is the fifth-largest continent in area after Asia, Africa, North America, and South America. For comparison, Antarctica is nearly twice the size of Australia. About 98% of Antarctica is covered by ice that averages at least 1 mile (1.6 km) in thickness.
As long as the ice lasts, I'm dreaming. It's my kind of cold, encapsulated in a coat of solid ice, every thorn on this rose bush blunted. You can't scratch me for trying, but I've got to shiver to enjoy it, and there's nothing stinging like freezing rain. It's the weather recreating my sense of place, upending anything familiar, new for a few hours. Limbs dancing to sharp music played by makeshift chimes, timed to gusts of wind. Warmth coming hard on a southblown breeze, it'll be gone like it never was by morning. But my mind breaks bright to what shatters the cracking quiet, hands full of pieces of peace again. Something to set your dark eyes shining before nightfall. I blinked once, and it was gone.
February 7, 2020
Beaconsfield, Nova Scotia
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The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen as the work platforms around it are closed following encapsulation in its fairing on Thursday, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft, encapsulated in its fairing, is rotated from a horizontal position back into a vertical position in its work platform on Thursday, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
1.5 weeks ago, before we got all the snow we have now, it was very cold and everything by the sea and lakes was encapsulated in ice.
This is a little part of a big felled tree, that for some reason was floating in the sea below our house.
My album of ice and snow here.
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The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has been encapsulated inside the Ariane 6 fairing at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
Encapsulation is when the satellite is placed inside the protective ‘nose cone’ of the rocket, known as the fairing. It is the final view of the satellite before launch, which is scheduled for Tuesday, 4 November at 22:03 CET.
The Sentinel-1 mission, which provides radar vision for the Copernicus Earth observation programme. The mission operates in all weathers, day-and-night, to deliver high-resolution radar images of Earth’s surface. This service is used by disaster response teams, environmental agencies, maritime authorities and climate scientists, who depend on frequent updates of critical data.
Credits: ESA - M. Pédoussaut
The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft, encapsulated in its fairing, is rotated from a horizontal position back into a vertical position in its work platform on Thursday, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
ESA’s Biomass satellite, encapsulated within a Vega-C rocket fairing, has been rolled out to the launch pad at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of liftoff, planned for 29 April at 11:15 CEST.
Once in orbit, this latest Earth Explorer mission will provide vital insights into the health and dynamics of the world’s forests, revealing how they are changing over time and, critically, enhancing our understanding of their role in the global carbon cycle.
Credits: ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/Optique vidéo du CSG–T. Leduc
The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft, encapsulated in its fairing, is rotated from a horizontal position back into a vertical position in its work platform on Thursday, Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Expedition 49 flight engineer Shane Kimbrough of NASA, flight engineer Andrey Borisenko of Roscosmos, and Soyuz commander Sergey Ryzhikov of Roscosmos are scheduled to launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on Oct. 19. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
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This started out as a project to make a t-shirt. The t-shirt maker required an Encapsulated Postscript (vector) file. This is a montage of cobbled together images. Some of the above was created from traced raster images from my photos. The knobs and shadows all had to be horsed with to get to this image. The virtual "Frequency 9" label is vector art.
At the top is the radio control head used by the operator to adjust settings. A twenty to thirty five pound box housing the electronics and tubes was mounted elsewhere in the vehicle and connected via a garden-hose-sized cable. The speaker and microphone are pasted below. These had maybe 3 tubes in their transmitter and everything else was transistors.
FREQUENCY 9 GE MASTR PROFESSIONAL UHF RADIO: At left is what's supposed to look like a 1975 Santa Clara County ambulance radio made by now-defunct General Electric Mobile Radio. It might be what you saw in a Fields, Palo Alto Ambulance, Bigleys, AAA, San Jose Ambulance, or the other companies whose names I can't recall. This was before paramedics. Everything was on one channel. If someone was bitten by a dog in Los Altos Hills, an ambulance in Gilroy, (at the other end of the county), could hear the dispatch. When an ambulance crew called the hospital to give report, everyone heard that, too. "Wheeler, Three Zero Six, inbound with a 57-year-old male, victim of a fall from a horse..." Radio users had to set the 1-2-3-4 switch to the correct setting for the geographic location of the ambulance. The ultra-high frequency (UHF) transmitter produced 60 watts. It was a basic, functional, single-channel system. Even in 1975, it was almost 24-hour, non-stop radio calls. Monday at 2am? There were people talking on the radio.
CALFIRE MOTOROLA SPECIAL PRODUCTS MOTRAC RADIO: In the 1970s, CalFire was known as CDF: California Division of Forestry. It was part of the Resources Agency. Like the Highway Patrol, they had radios custom built to match their growing, statewide system.
Their radios might be made by low bidders RCA, General Electric, or Motorola. The buttons, and names on them, looked the same regardless of who made the radio. They might be a different shaped button but they were labeled as here. Nowadays this is called "user interface." If you needed "District, Tone 4" you press the D button (District channel) and the 4 button (Tone 4) whether it was an RCA or Motorola radio. This was true until Midland microprocessor-based radios of the mid-1980s. "District" is now "Region."
I do not own this CDF Motrac or any other old CDF equipment. I may have had a MASTR Professional, or possibly a MASTR II, repair manual but these seem to have disappeared.
Both of these systems used an elderly technology called, "tone burst." I think the State tones were 1,800 Hertz, 1,950 Hertz, 2,100 Hertz, 2,250 Hertz, and 2,552 Hertz. Each mountaintop site listened for its assigned beep tone. If you selected 3, the radio would make a roughly 2-second, 2,100 Hertz beep every time you pressed the push-to-talk button. "[beeeeep] San Andreas, Chief Fourty Four Hundred responding." After an hour of busy radio traffic, your ears would be ringing with a 2,100 Hertz tone. Our engineers put a notch filter that knocked the ambulance network (Frequency 9) burst tone down to about one tenth of its original volume while having no effect on voice.
You may recognize the microphone and speaker on the CalFire radio at right. These were standard Motorola parts you'd see on television shows like Dragnet, Emergency, or Adam 12. Both the City and County of Los Angeles used a standard Motorola control head less complicated than the CalFire model shown.
By the way, the t-shirt came out perfectly.
The good thing about a legacy system is that you have one…
— Homer R. Wagner MD, Ph D
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The Art of Minimalism - splendid light with clouds encapsulated over the River Tay - I was captivated by the light and clouds today - love the simpicity and beauty in this image
Looking for a picture to, single-handedly, encapsulate my trip to England last week.
And this, strangely enough, is it.
I didn't shoot a lot, found myself far more interested in just BEING PRESENT, but I did bring the camera out, for the new faces, for the faces I loved, for the folks that I dug.
I was also, when I brought my camera out, looking for something a bit different, for a way to engage with English folk...differently. Use what I knew to do something different.
Like, oh, I dunno, grab a dude gently by the face.
Because...heh, lots of English folk get SO UNCOMFORTABLE when you give 'em a tender touch.
So fantastic, watching Kenny squirm ever so gently.
Yeah, did this to a few folks, giggling madly the whole time.
And that was England, this time: so much fun, smoothly distributed, for seven days straight.
Cheers!
I captured this enchanting street scene during my afternoon walk through the local neighborhood. The explosion of pink bougainvillea cascading over the traditional temple entrance immediately caught my eye. What I love most about this shot is how it perfectly encapsulates the everyday beauty of Vietnamese street life - from the parked cyclos waiting for passengers to the ornate temple decorations featuring golden Chinese characters
"When waterfalls comes from the sky."
Picked one today from the archive. I still remember the moment.
I wasn't really hanging around when this weather came through. You probably know, It's all about getting the most of it. Even getting soaked, you at least have a story to tell for a late dinner with friends.
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sorta encapsulates the hot, sticky days of summer - wouldn't be summer w/o a fly or two around
backyard capture in chesterfield
nhq201609150019 (09/15/2016) --- The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen before encapsulation in its fairing on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
On Friday 17 December, the Ariane 5 rocket fairing was closed around the James Webb Space Telescope. This protective fairing, or ‘nose cone’, will shield the telescope during liftoff and its journey through the atmosphere on 24 December.
Earlier this week, Webb was placed on top of Ariane 5 and a protective ‘shower curtain’ was put up to avoid any contamination.
On the day of encapsulation in the fairing, a protective cover on top of Webb was removed and the fairing was lowered down over the observatory and locked in place for liftoff.
This was a particularly delicate operation, assisted by a laser guiding system, because the margins between the folded up observatory (4.5 m wide) and the rocket fairing (5.4 m wide) are small.
The fairing is equipped with specialised environmental controls that keep the observatory in a perfectly controlled temperature and humidity range during its final few days on Earth.
Now that Webb has been securely attached to its Ariane 5 launch vehicle, and enclosed within its protective fairing, mechanical operations involving the observatory at its launch site in French Guiana have formally concluded.
Final electrical and software configurations will occur on the launch pad during the final hours before liftoff. Webb will switch to internal battery power roughly 20 minutes prior to liftoff, and within 15 minutes prior the observatory and its launch vehicle will both be fully cleared for flight.
Ariane 5’s rollout to the launch pad is scheduled to begin Wednesday 22 December, and this is where final health checks and preparations for liftoff will occur.
Webb will be the largest, most powerful telescope ever launched into space. As part of an international collaboration agreement, ESA is providing the telescope’s launch service using the Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Working with partners, ESA was responsible for the development and qualification of Ariane 5 adaptations for the Webb mission and for the procurement of the launch service by Arianespace.
Webb is an international partnership between NASA, ESA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Find out more about Webb in ESA’s launch kit and interactive brochure.
Credits: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo du CSG - S.Martin
"The car’s name encapsulates the true significance of all that has been achieved in terms of performance. The reference to the 90th anniversary of the foundation of Scuderia Ferrari underscores the strong link that has always existed between Ferrari’s track and road cars. A brilliant encapsulation of the most advanced technologies developed in Maranello, the SF90 Stradale is also the perfect demonstration of how Ferrari immediately transitions the knowledge and skills it acquires in competition to its production cars..."
Source: Ferrari
Photographed during Driven Club event in Northern Ireland.
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An encapsulation of the variety of activities and pursuits undertaken on a crisp winter’s morning around the northern shores of Lake Annecy. The lake is purported to be Europe’s cleanest.
nhq201609150019 (09/15/2016) --- The Soyuz MS-02 spacecraft is seen before encapsulation in its fairing on Thursday, Sept. 15, 2016 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Photo Credit: (NASA/Victor Zelentsov)
GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The Core Observatory will link data from a constellation of current and planned satellites to produce next-generation global measurements of rainfall and snowfall from space.
On Feb. 11, the Core Observatory was moved into the spacecraft fairing assembly building and into the Encapsulation Hall. Final inspections and preparations were completed for the installation into the fairing, which began on Feb 13. The fairing is the part of the rocket that will contain the spacecraft at the top of the H-IIA rocket.
The encapsulation process for the H-IIA is very different than for most U.S. rockets. For U.S. rockets, the fairing is usually in two pieces that close around the payload like a clamshell. To install the GPM Core Observatory into the fairing of the H-IIA rocket, first the Core Observatory and the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) are set up in scaffolding in the Encapsulation Hall. Then, the fairing is lifted above and lowered onto the fitting. When only a few feet remain above the final position, stanchions support the fairing while technicians go inside to complete the electrical connections. When this is completed, they remove the stanchions and lower the fairing to its final position, where it is bolted in place.
The GPM mission is the first coordinated international satellite network to provide near real-time observations of rain and snow every three hours anywhere on the globe. The GPM Core Observatory anchors this network by providing observations on all types of precipitation. The observatory's data acts as the measuring stick by which partner observations can be combined into a unified data set. The data will be used by scientists to study climate change, freshwater resources, floods and droughts, and hurricane formation and tracking.
Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
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Iceland is famously known as the "Land of Fire, Ice, and Snow," a moniker that perfectly encapsulates its unique and dramatic landscape. The "Fire" in this name refers to the country's intense and ongoing volcanic activity. Situated on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a major tectonic plate boundary, Iceland is a hotspot of geothermal energy. It is home to over 130 volcanoes, both active and dormant, which regularly shape the land through eruptions, lava flows, and the creation of new geothermal features like hot springs and geysers. This constant geological dynamism is a fundamental part of the Icelandic identity, providing a stark and powerful contrast to the country's colder elements.
The "Ice" component of the name is equally prominent and is a direct result of Iceland's subarctic climate. Despite the volcanic heat, a significant portion of the country is covered by vast glaciers, or *jöklar* in Icelandic. The Vatnajökull glacier, for example, is the largest in Europe and covers approximately 8% of Iceland's landmass. These immense ice caps are not just static features; they are dynamic forces that carve out valleys, create glacial lagoons filled with icebergs, and feed powerful rivers. The interplay between the fire of the volcanoes and the movement of these glaciers creates a stunning and ever-changing topography.
The "Snow" aspect, while often grouped with ice, deserves its own recognition as a defining feature of the Icelandic landscape. Snowfall is a regular occurrence, especially in the highlands and during the long winter months, blanketing the country in a pristine white cover. This snow transforms the scenery, creating a magical, often serene, and sometimes harsh environment. The snowmelt in spring and summer also plays a crucial role, feeding the countless waterfalls and rivers that crisscross the island, further shaping the land and contributing to the island's vibrant ecosystem.
The combination of these three elements—fire, ice, and snow—is what makes Iceland's geography so extraordinary. You can find landscapes where steaming volcanic vents and hot springs are located just a short distance from massive glaciers. The sight of a black volcanic sand beach juxtaposed with a brilliant white snowfield and the deep blue of a glacial lagoon is a common, yet breathtaking, spectacle. This remarkable geological harmony creates a landscape of extreme contrasts and raw natural beauty that is unlike anywhere else on Earth.
Ultimately, the nickname "Land of Fire, Ice, and Snow" is more than just a catchy phrase; it's a precise scientific and poetic description of Iceland's fundamental character. It speaks to the constant struggle and collaboration between elemental forces that have shaped the island's past, continue to define its present, and will undoubtedly influence its future. It is a land of extremes, where the raw power of nature is on full display, offering visitors and inhabitants alike a constant reminder of the planet's powerful and awe-inspiring geological processes.
This purchased slide encapsulates my two main photographic interests in one photo. Sacramento Fire Department Hose Tender 19 is seen here, with Union Pacific Railroad steamers 3985 and 8444 in the background, during the California Railroad Museum's 1981 Railfair in Old Sacramento, California. The photographer is unidentified.
Hose Tender 19 was built by Seagrave on a 1979 Ford C-Series chassis; it had a 1000-GPM pump and a 500-gallon water tank.
When I stepped outside this morning I noticed the water in the birdbath had frozen, encapsulating some maple leaves well below the surface and a solitary maple key sitting just near enough to the surface to be partially above and partially just under the surface. The combination of the colours, the distorted autumn leaves, and the texture on the surface created an interesting abstract effect. - JW
Date Taken: 2017-11-12
Tech Details:
Taken using a tripod-mounted Nikon D7100 fitted with a Tamron 90mm f/2.8 Macro 1:1 (272E) lense, ISO100, Daylight WB, Aperture priority mode, f/6.3, 1/20 sec. PP in free Open Source RAWTherapee from Nikon RAW/NEF source files: scaled to 9000x6000, exposure increased (brightened) by approx EV+0.7, significant increase in contrast and Chromaticity in L-A-B mode, significant increase in vibrance, adjust colour balance to reduce a green cast, slightly increase black level, sharpened, saved. PP in free Open Source GIMP: loaded both frames as l2ayers, bottom layer named maple key, top frame named background, adjust the background frame to get good colour balance, tonality and contrast using the tone curve tool and colour balance tool, add a black/transparent layer mask to the top/background frame and using a soft-edged paint brush with white paint, paint the mask to select the maple key and then invert the colours so the background is white and then select the maple key layer and adjust its tone curve, contrast and colour balance to get a good looking maple key, create new working layer from visible result, slightly increase overall contrast, sharpen, save, scale image to 6000x4000, sharpen, save, add fine black black-and-white frame, add bar and text on left, save, scale image to 1800 wide for posting, sharpen slightly, save.
An alternative way of creating shadow effects in Lego. In this case it should look like fluorescent lamps in the ceiling. The roof was adjustable so i could create the column for light I wanted in the center.that i can move around to let in light in the way i want.
Driver shortage…
One of the best examples of the driver shortages impacting the bus industry is encapsulated by this picture here. Here is a SPT-supplied Optare Solo waiting time to make its next journey on the supported 59-service between Mosspark and Glasgow City Centre. SPT owns the vehicle as well as similar vehicles and leases them to various operators for use on its supported services. It allows the services to be run by a uniform standard of vehicle and SPT can use its purchasing power by ordering larger quantities of buses - at a better discount - than the individual bus companies could by themselves. If you order one bus, you’ll maybe get a discount. If you order 20, you’ll get a bigger one.
But back to the shortage. You’ll notice that this bus, 53759 (YJ16DXH) carries First decals. That’s because the service is operated by First Glasgow. But the legal lettering is for Craig of Campbeltown and is run by drivers from its Glasgow Citybus subsidiary. It runs as part of the First network in the city, First passes are accepted and to all extents and purposes it looks like First run it. However due to driver shortages, First has subcontracted operation of this to Glasgow Citybus.
Driver shortages are an endemic issue across the industry, leading to shortages and lost journeys. Despite companies offering large incentives to new recruits, recruiting new drivers is challenging. Together with staff shortages due to COVID its leading to frustrated passengers and pressure on the industry, which is fuelling demands for re-regulation.
So what’s behind it? There’s various reasons. The pandemic was a factor. Recruitment and training stopped dead during it and some say the industry has struggled to catch up. Normal turnover, as employees leaving were not replaced, became skewed as no new replacements arrived to take their place. That’s common across other industries too.
Brexit too is a factor. With the ending of freedom of movement across the European Union, many former EU citizens elected to return home. Many were bus drivers who left during lockdown periods and never came back or elected not to apply to stay in the United Kingdom. Here is not the place to debate the merits of Brexit but it’s clear it has had an impact.
With shortages of other types of drivers in other industries such as lorry drivers, many bus drivers have left to work for better paid jobs driving lorries. And who could blame them? Pay in the industry has always been an issue and it’s only now that pay seems to be getting addressed, albeit in some cases as a result of industrial action.
However one issue affecting bus driving is that it’s not seen as a ‘sexy’ job. Indeed it’s far from it - it’s bloody hard graft. So it doesn’t appeal. The industry is trying all it can. It’s trying to recruit more female and younger drivers into what is traditionally is seen as a older male dominated industry. But it can only do so much and unless the recruitment improves companies are facing real problems and service cuts are a real threat.
Fake inter dimensional rainbow paper silhouette table faffing.
Usual nocturnal routine; Mrs in the front room watching what can only be described as dog arse on tv whilst I shine lights at things in the kitchen whilst rotating my camera through the axis of its lens at twenty degree increments during a long exposure.
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To go where no man has gone before.
This photo was taken by a Kowa/SIX medium format film camera with a KOWA 1:3.5/55mm lens using Kodak Portra 800 film, the negative scanned by an Epson Perfection V600 and digitally rendered with Photoshop.
As preparations for the launch of ESA’s latest Earth Explorer continue on track, the team at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana has bid farewell to the Aeolus satellite as it was sealed from view in its Vega rocket fairing. Liftoff is set for 21 August at 21:20 GMT (23:20 CEST). Aeolus carries one of the most sophisticated instruments ever to be put into orbit. The first of its kind, the Aladin instrument includes revolutionary laser technology to generate pulses of ultraviolet light that are beamed down into the atmosphere to profile the world’s winds – a completely new approach to measuring the wind from space.
Credits: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG - J Durrenberger
ENCAPSULATED IN OBLONG SHAPES / THE FINAL / CHRISTELLE GEISER & AEON VON ZARK / NAKED EYE PROJECT BIENNE / ALTERED STATE SERIE / THE WEIRD DREAM / PORTRAIT.
GPM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The Core Observatory will link data from a constellation of current and planned satellites to produce next-generation global measurements of rainfall and snowfall from space.
On Feb. 11, the Core Observatory was moved into the spacecraft fairing assembly building and into the Encapsulation Hall. Final inspections and preparations were completed for the installation into the fairing, which began on Feb 13. The fairing is the part of the rocket that will contain the spacecraft at the top of the H-IIA rocket.
The encapsulation process for the H-IIA is very different than for most U.S. rockets. For U.S. rockets, the fairing is usually in two pieces that close around the payload like a clamshell. To install the GPM Core Observatory into the fairing of the H-IIA rocket, first the Core Observatory and the Payload Attach Fitting (PAF) are set up in scaffolding in the Encapsulation Hall. Then, the fairing is lifted above and lowered onto the fitting. When only a few feet remain above the final position, stanchions support the fairing while technicians go inside to complete the electrical connections. When this is completed, they remove the stanchions and lower the fairing to its final position, where it is bolted in place.
The GPM mission is the first coordinated international satellite network to provide near real-time observations of rain and snow every three hours anywhere on the globe. The GPM Core Observatory anchors this network by providing observations on all types of precipitation. The observatory's data acts as the measuring stick by which partner observations can be combined into a unified data set. The data will be used by scientists to study climate change, freshwater resources, floods and droughts, and hurricane formation and tracking.
Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center enables NASA’s mission through four scientific endeavors: Earth Science, Heliophysics, Solar System Exploration, and Astrophysics. Goddard plays a leading role in NASA’s accomplishments by contributing compelling scientific knowledge to advance the Agency’s mission.
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