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Full Moon Silhouettes

Full Moon Silhouettes is a real time video of the moon rising over the Mount Victoria Lookout in Wellington, New Zealand. People had gathered up there this night to get the best view possible of the moon rising. I captured the video from 2.1km away on the other side of the city. It’s something that I’ve been wanting to photograph for a long time now, and a lot of planning and failed attempts had taken place. Finally, during moon rise on the 28th January 2013, everything fell into place and I got my footage.

The video is as it came off the memory card and there has been no manipulation whatsoever. Technically it was quite a challenge to get the final result. I shot it on a Canon ID MkIV in video mode with a Canon EF 500mm f/4L and a Canon 2x extender II, giving me the equivalent focal length of 1300mm.

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February 02, 2013

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New evidence of underground water on Mars!

As soon as I read the info at this link, my mind immediately hurtled forward to thoughts of Mars colonization. If that could happen right now, I would sign up immediately to be a part of the first wave of settlers. It would be so amazing to be one of the first teachers on Mars. I think I would have a lot to offer the colony. Maybe I could also be the first bar piano player, as well as start the first Mars film society.

The best part of this fantasy (which happened quickly in like 15 seconds) is that I imagined my “current location” info on Facebook having to be changed to Mars.

(Source: cosmosscience)

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January 20, 2013

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Contact
Robert Zemeckis
1997

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November 25, 2012

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The space shuttle era has officially ended, and this video makes me kind of sad. But it’s kind of beautiful as well. Space, astronomy, astrophysics, and science fiction have all been topics of great interest to me for as long as I can remember.

I just went back and looked at all of my posts that were tagged with the word “space.”

“Maybe I’m not leaving. Maybe I’m going home.”

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October 23, 2012

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"Science is not only compatible with spirituality; it is a profound source of spirituality."

— Carl Sagan (via subjecttodeath)

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September 28, 2012

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The Hubble Extreme Deep Field

The Hubble Extreme Deep Field is most distant image of the Universe ever created. Its diameter is one tenth the width of the full moon, its area is one 30 millionth of the entire sky. Within this field of view there are more than 5000 galaxies, 600 trillion stars and 50 quadrillion planets and moons. The light from the most distant visible objects was created more than 13 billion years ago, when the Universe was only 5% of it’s current age. This photograph is a slice of infinity, proof of the immense scale of reality.

I think I’m going to set my laptop wallpaper back to this photo today. It is perhaps the most sobering yet inspiring image I can think of. And it really makes me wish I could have met Carl Sagan and talked with him for days.

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September 28, 2012

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A Space Shuttle Over Los Angeles
Image Credit & Copyright: Stephen Confer

Explanation: It’s not every day that a space shuttle lands at LAX. Although this was a first for the major Los Angeles airport hub, it was a last for the space shuttle Endeavour, as it completed its tour of California skies and landed, albeit atop a 747, for the last time. During its last flight the iconic shuttle and its chase planes were photographed near several of California’s own icons including the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, the Hollywood Sign, and the skyline of Los Angeles. Previously, in May, the space shuttle Enterprise was captured passing behind several of New York City’s icons on its way to the Intrepid Sea, Air, & Space Museum. Pictured above, the piggybacking shuttle was snapped on approach last week to LAX as it crossed above and beyond a major Los Angeles street. Now retired, the space shuttles are all museum pieces, with the above shuttle scheduled to be towed along the streets of LA to the California Science Center.

Gallery: A Space Shuttle Endeavour Retrospective

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September 27, 2012

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Sometimes I wish one of these coronal mass ejections would make its way to Earth fully intact and just swallow us whole. This picture is actually quite beautiful, and it makes me shudder at my insignificance in the universe.

A Solar Filament Erupts - NASA’s Astronomy Picture of the Day

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September 18, 2012

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Sunshine by Peter Lawrence

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August 25, 2012

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Saying Goodbye to Neil Armstrong

It’s not a pleasant thing to get older and realize that your personal, childhood heroes are getting on in years and passing away. I have been fascinated with space exploration for as long as I can remember. It was the first thing that really captured my imagination as a child, probably because I saw E.T. when I was five.

The video above uses a song by the band OMD. They wrote it as a tribute to the Apollo XI mission. Listening to the song now, some of it sounds pretty dated and cheesy, but I still love how the harmonica used to make me think of Armstrong, Aldrin, and Collins as space cowboys.

The YouTube user who made this video did a pretty good job of mixing footage from many sources to capture the magic and wonder of what the moon landing was like. I wish I could articulate what Armstrong’s passing means to me, but even verbose people like myself sometimes have to step aside and let images and sound do the talking.

- quote below taken from Wikipedia -

“Neil Alden Armstrong (August 5, 1930 – August 25, 2012) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, aerospace engineer, university professor, United States Naval Aviator, and the first person to set foot upon the Moon.”

And he was my hero.

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August 25, 2012

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