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Operations image of the week:
May and early June were busy months for NASA’s Cassini orbiter, as a series of complex link-ups with ESA and NASA stations supported ‘radio science’ as part of the mission’s Grand Finale.
In radio science, specialists analyse the signals transmitted by Cassini to Earth to extract important information on how gravity affects the craft’s motion or how matter through which the signals travel affects them.
Cassini is focusing on probing Saturn’s interior by mapping the planet’s gravity to an unprecedented level of detail, and determining the rings’ total mass to help understand how they formed.
This striking image was taken by Cassini’s two cameras. It is possible to see the outer edge of the Encke Gap in the outer portion of Saturn’s A ring. The uneven patterns in the ringlet appear and disappear through the gravitational influence of moon Pan, orbiting in the gap.
Cassini is providing insight into how and when the rings formed, as well as their relation with Saturn and its moons. The team working on these new fundamental measurements is all European.
The observations require a meticulous sequence of contacts with ground stations, making use of five NASA Deep Space Network antennas plus ESA’s Deep Space Antennas at Malargüe, Argentina, and New Norcia Australia. Some of these link-ups with Cassini will run for over eight hours.
Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Space Science Institute
A reworked startrails image taken back in 2014. Startrails over the famous sycamore gap tree ... Sadly someone has cut the tree down for some unknown reason .. a sad case of vandalism :-( .. Hence my revisit to this image.
The Hale River flowing through Ruby Gap in Central Australia
Cambo Legend 4x5
Nikon 240mm Copal 3
Kodak Ektachrome +1/2 converted to greyscale
On our way to see the company that is going to make my son's officer's sword took a detour. By now it was lashing down with rain! I do not see that house surviving there much longer.
Best viewed in large.
Un Ter Gap Grenoble au raccordement du Poteau St Luc.Si il avait pris la voie de gauche,il se serait dirigé vers Sisteron et Marseille.
When I first visited Birling Gap in 1996 there was still at least 5 cottages as opposed to the current 4. By 2058 the cliff line is expected to have receded so that all four cottages shall have disappeared and the current visitor centre (formerly the Birling Gap Hotel) shall likewise have gone into the sea.
Standing near The Midrips , looking towards the Coastguards Cottages at Jurys Gap, watching the rain and clouds race in on the strong South Westerly wind that was blowing all day.
Lydd Ranges is a military firing range south of Lydd, in Kent, England. It extends as far as the coast.
It has been used for military training for over 150 years and is part of the Dungeness, Romney Marsh and Rye Bay Site of Special Scientific Interest.Because the range is used for live firing access is sometimes restricted - red flags are flown during these times, access is prohibited along the foreshore and Galloways Road. Also red lights are shown at restricted times due to poor weather. The Danger area extends out to sea and mariners sailing to and from Rye Harbour must pass south of the Stephenson Shoal to avoid it. Firing occurs about 300 days a year. When firing is not carried out, it may be possible to walk along a designated path along the shore
The cliff is eroding fast, I don't know how much longer the remaining three houses will be there. There is a metal staircase to allow you to get down to the beach. 176 in Explore on 22nd August 2015.
There are interesting historic pictures of the cottages here.
www.sussex.ac.uk/geography/researchprojects/coastview/Ren...
An old scan from a 5x4 transparency (Velvia 50) of the now-lost tree at sycamore gap. I would have been using a Shen Hao field camera and 90mm lens, and by the angle of the light I assume this was taken early one morning in early spring. Scanned on a Howtek drum scanner and left on my hard drive for perhaps a decade.
Last weekend I was down on the coast with Murphyz and Marshallfish . We had some great weather and clouds for a great sunset at Birling Gap. Birling Gap is on the south coast of England near Eastbourne. This area is part of the National Trust.
The icon and world famous sycamore tree
A youth is in custody today charged with felling the tree.
www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews/boy-16-is-arrested-on-suspi...
It was made famous in the 1991 film ‘Robin Hood, Prince of thieves’. Kevin Costner and Morgan Freeman had a great scene on Hadrian’s wall next to the tree.
It’s a sad world we live in when someone so young has to damage this beautiful tree, and stop others from enjoying its splendour.
There’s also a tourism trade in the area, and this is significant for them.
We visited in 2016 and 2022.
A photo with me and Sam & Patches from 2016, and a photo I took last year in 2022.
Hexham
Northumberland
A repost
The New Market gap slices through the Blue Ridge Mountains and route 211 runs through it connecting the small towns of Luray Virginia and New Market Virginia. This was taken in the Shenandoah Valley at the Meems Bottom covered bridge. Another rainy day with showers coming and going.........
Pine Gap, the U.S. CIA/NSA base via Alice Springs Australia. Subject of a fictional 6 part Netflix drama series, this base makes the world a safer place. Rumored to go at least 10 stories underground, it monitors nuclear testing and potential launches from the Middle East to the Mid Pacific. Its 1000 employees also play a pivotal global role as the eyes and ears of the U.S. and Australian militaries and intelligence agencies.
We found this place from a painting in the farmhouse that we were staying at! It was really beautiful, although it took a lot of work to get an interesting shot with such dull weather and flat light!
Three exposures blended, ranging from 15s to 60s...